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No, it is not.  All applications, Trap Input Files, and Management Packs are copyrighted and licensed by JaxMP, L.L.C.  No source code will be made available to the public.

You can use the application and Trap Input Files seperately from System Center Operations Manager.  SCOM 2007 is not needed to run the Trap Enhancer service. 

Essentially, what the Trap Enhancer does is receive incoming SNMP traps, reforms them with information from the Trap Input Files that makes sense to people, and then writes them to the Windows EventLog and/or Syslog server of your choice.

The SCOM2007 Trap Enhancer Service supports SNMP versions 1 and 2c.  Version 3 of SNMP is not currently supported.

The Trap Input Files (TIF) are text files that are formatted in such a way as to allow the SCOM 2007 Trap Enhancer Service to receive a trap, read it's contents, and re-write the trap according to information stored within the TIF. 

For instance, when a trap is sent for a Link UP/Down from a device, part of the information contained within the the trap is the type of interface.  This is identified as a decimal number that the MIB defines.  When a trap from an Ethernet interface arrives, the interfce type is of type: 6.  This means nothing to people who manage networks.  What the TIF allows you to do is create an alternate description for the interface type.  When the SCOM2007 Trap Enhancer Service is used with a corresponding TIF, the trap arrives and the interface type is identified with a value of "6".  The SCOM20067 Trap Enhancer Service checks the TIF for information about this particular value for interface types.  It then re-writes the trap information to reflect the new text to something that makes more sense, like "Ethernet Interface" or "Voice Interface" or "Serial Int on this device".

The TIF is derived from the MIB.  All TIFs can be edited to add new information.  This is easily done through a text editor.

Currently, you have the option to log to the Windows EventLog and a Syslog server.  By default, all incoming traps get logged to the EventLog.  Optionally, you can configure a syslog server to receive the rewritten traps, in addition to the EventLog.

Refer to the article:

 www.jaxmp.com/article/TIF-format (must be a subscriber to access the link)

You can create your own Trap Input Files (TIF) with a simple text editor.  You will need to refer to the TIF format to ensure that you have correctly created the TIF.

In the future, an editor or TIF file checker will be created to assist in the development of TIF files.

SCOM2007 Trap Enhancer Service was developed to run on x86 machines.  It has not been tested on x64-based architechtures and is currently not supported.  This is not to say that it will not run on an x64 machine.  It is jutt not officially supported at this time.

Yes.  The SCOM2007 Trap Enhancer supports both SNMP traps and SNMP informs. 

No.  You do not need any TIF files to run the SCOM2007 Trap Enhancer Service.  it will run fine without the TIF files.  What you will see is the original trap information gets written to the EventLog and/or syslog server using the orginal trap values.