I wonder if the snmp timeouts are causing a problem. Do you have snmp timeouts
set high in xnmsnmpconf? Also, if you have collection-based SNMP Data
Collectors, how long does it take nvcold to start up? is it long?
Regardless, it seems like calling support is in order, as Leslie said.
lclark AT us.ibm DOT com wrote:
> Pretty wierd. I don't think I have ever seen anything in the nettl log from
> snmpcollect, but have you looked there? And you are not using a relational
> database for data collection, right? and it comes right up if you
> stop/start
> everything? I suppose you have tried removing mibExpr.conf from the
> equation.... See the man page for snmpCollect and try turning on
> verbose tracing. Maybe it will tell you more about what it is doing. But
> I would be getting close to calling support if I were you.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
> =======================================================================
>
> There are a few "deferrings" (like below) but they are expected as they are
> coming from systems that we're in the process of changing community
> strings:
>
> Wed Mar 08 08:10:48 2000 : XXX.XXX.com not up
> Deferring SNMP of all collections on XXX.XXX.com
> 15 minutes (0.25 hours). Send event (via
> snmpCollect -C <node>) to retry sooner.
>
> I am also getting a few errors (expected) from the expression I am working
> on:
>
> Wed Mar 08 07:53:18 2000 : SNMP to XXX.XXX.com for MIB variable
>
> .iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.compaq.cpqHostOs.cpqHoComponent.cp
>
> qHoFileSys.cpqHoFileSysTable.cpqHoFileSysEntry.cpqHoFileSysPercentSpaceUsed.
>
> 0
> (error-index #2) returned: The variable does not exist or is read
> only.
> Deferring SNMP of diskCused.0 on
> XXX.XXX.com 15 minutes (0.25 hours). Consecutive deferral #83.
> send event (via snmpCollect -C <NODE>) to retry sooner.
>
> What's got me bugged is that collections work fine with I ovstop/start
> NetView, but ovstop/start snmpCollect never gets collections going again.
> Is there something else that needs to be started and stopped when
> snmpCollect gets bounced? Not a major show-stopper - just annoying.
>
> Thanks
> Steve Stamper
> Grand Rapids, MI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lclark AT us.ibm DOT com>
> To: <NV-L AT tkg DOT com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] Restarting snmpCollect
>
> >
> >
> > That does not sound normal. If you have created a problem in
> mibExpr.conf,
> > there
> > will be an immediate error message in snmpcollect and it will go down
> right
> > away.
> >
> > So what DOES it say in /usr/OV/log/snmpCol.trace? Stuff about deferring
> > nodes
> > for an hour because it cannot reach them, maybe? Stuff about renaming
> > things?
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Leslie A. Clark
> > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> > Detroit
> > =================================================
> >
> > Having a problem with collections not restarting. When I edit my
> > /usr/OV/conf/mibExpr.conf file, I ovstop snmpCollect then ovstart
> > snmpCollect. It restarts as expected and keeps running but HOURS later
> is
> > still has not started collecting. When I have to do a full
> ovstop/ovstart
> > of the whole NetView system, within about 10 minutes collection starts.
> >
> > Not a problem to work around, but a bit annoying. Any ideas?
> >
> > Steve Stamper
> > Grand Rapids, MI
> >
> >
> >
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