getmany(1M)                                              getmany(1M)


       NAME
             getmany - retrieve classes of objects from an SNMP entity

       SYNOPSIS
             getmany [-T timeout] entity_addr community_string
             object_name...

       DESCRIPTION
             The getmany command is an SNMP application that retrieves
             multiple objects from an SNMP entity.

             The arguments are the entity's address, the community string
             for access to the SNMP entity, and the object name(s).

             The entity address can be either an IP address or entity name
             (if name-to-address resolution is enabled).

             The community string used must be valid on the given entity.
             On UnixWare, community strings are kept in
             /etc/netmgt/snmpd.comm.

             Object names must refer to a valid SNMP object or class of
             objects.  Object names can be in the form of an identifier or
             the equivalent SNMP dot-notation.  Identifiers for UnixWare
             SNMP objects are listed in the section ``SNMP Objects'' in the
             chapter ``Network Management Using SNMP'' of part ``TCP/IP
             Administration'' of the book Network Administration.
             Equivalent SNMP dot-notation for these objects is defined in
             the files /etc/netmgt/nwumpsd.defs, /etc/netmgt/snmpd.defs,
             and /etc/netmgt/unixwared.defs.  For a general explanation of
             SNMP dot-notation, see RFC 1213.

             The -T option can be used to specify the number of seconds the
             command will wait for a response from the entity specified by
             entity_addr.  If not specified, this defaults to 20 seconds.

             getmany retrieves a object class by first calling the SNMP
             entity with the object class name to get the first object in
             the class.  Utilizing the GET_NEXT capability, it then calls
             the entity again using the object name returned in the
             previous call to retrieve the next object in the class.

             For instance, running the following:

                         getmany suzzy public ipRouteDest



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      getmany(1M)                                              getmany(1M)


            will traverse the network entity's ipRouteDest  object  class.
            The  traversal  of  the  object  space  stops  when all of the
            classes being polled return a object of a class different than
            what was requested.

            Note that  a  network  entity's  entire  object  tree  can  be
            traversed with a call of

                        getmany suzzy public iso

      REFERENCES
            getone(1M), getnext(1M), getid(1M), getroute(1M), setany(1M),
            snmp(1M), snmpd.comm(4), RFC 1155, RFC 1157, RFC 1213.



































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