sending snmp traps from z/OS

Hello folks,

I have been trying to send a simple snmp trap from z/OS to another host for
some basic monitoring purposes. I found the /bin/snmp executable and its
documentation in the link below:

http://publibz.boulder.ibm.com/cgi-bin/bookmgr_OS390/BOOKS/F1A1C260/7.1?SHELF=EZ2ZO10K&DT=20070604123226

Also I´ve read parts of the "Managing OS/390 TCP/IP with SNMP" Redbook and
got some notion about SNMP agents and the needed configuration. In this book
I have read the capacity of trap forwarding for the z/OS snmp agent and
other stuff.

Surprisingly, the command line tool (/bin/snmp) that interfaces with the
snmp agent task only gives me the opportunity to RECEIVE TRAPS and not to
SEND THEM.

Reading over and over the snmp command syntax it is clear that I am not able
to send a trap, only work with the SET/GET functions, creating a fake MIB
entry on both endpoints to set some value.

Am I wrong? What can be done?

Why the send trap function is not available?

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