Well, you could try this if you like, and it may even work, but it's not
supported.   I'm sure it has not been tested.

Each mib compiler maintains its own binary file and its own text file and no
attempt has ever been made to make them interchangeable.  Indeed, because each
one has different parsing routines, it is hard to say whether they could read
each other's binary files or not.   If you want to really try this, then I would
do it this way:
(1) make a backup copy of /usr/OV/conf/snmpv2mib
(2) make a backup copy of /usr/OV/conf/snmpv2mib.bin
(3) cp snmpmib snmpv2mib
(4) cp snmpmib.bin snmpv2mib.bin
(5)  try loading a new MIB with xnmloadmib2.

You won't really know whether your copying was successful until you get the
first new MIB loaded, because the entire MIB database is re-compiled with every
new MIB added to it.  That's the acid test.

If it works, then please tell us all, but don't be surprised if it doesn't.

James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support



"Prokott, Joe" <Joe.Prokott AT WESTGROUP DOT COM> on 01/11/2000 03:54:59 PM

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Subject:  Loading SNMPv1/SNMPv2 MIBs




Without having to reload all MIBs over again one-by-one, is there a way to
convert the existing SNMPv1 MIBs loaded into the SNMPv1/SNMPv2 NetView
browser?  Can one just copy the "snmpmib.bin" file over to the
"snmpv2mib.bin" file and then just reload the few SNMPv2 MIBs (we have many
more SNMPv1 MIBs than SNMPv2)?

Joe Prokott
Network Architect
West Group
e-mail: joe.prokott AT westgroup DOT com