Huh?

I thought netmon sent traps to trapd, not
vice versa.

Could the error message mean that trapd is
not processing the traps from netmon (probably
due to an external trap storm) and that netmon
is going to quit sending them for a while?

Les Dickert
Verisign Consulting



>From: James_Shanks AT tivoli DOT com
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>To: IBM NetView Discussion <nv-l AT tkg DOT com>
>Subject: Re: [NV-L] Maximum number of events?
>Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 10:38:55 -0400
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>That depends on what is going on.  The message means that netmon is not
>processing the traps that trapd is sending to him, probably because he is
>busy doing something else.  When his queue gets full, trapd terminates his
>connection, so that he himself does not wind up in an out-of-memory
>condition.  If you have just restarted netmon then this may be entirely
>normal, because he has to do all of his initialization and config checks
>before he can process traps.  When he is done with his init stuff, he will
>re-connect to trapd and start paying attention to the incoming trap flow.
>If you have not just restarted netmon, then you may have a trap storm
>problem or a netmon hang of some kind to investigate.  I would start with
>the netmon trace and see what netmon is doing in that case, and call
>Support if you need help.
>
>James Shanks
>Team Leader, Level 3 Support
>  Tivoli NetView for UNIX and NT
>
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>"Treptow, Craig" <Treptow.Craig AT principal DOT com>@tkg.com on 04/02/2001
>10:04:51 AM
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>Hi.  We are running Netview 6.0.2 on AIX 4.3.3.  I just saw an event scroll
>by with this message:
>
>"netmon reached maximum number of outstanding events, disconnecting from
>trapd"
>
>The processes are still running, and things still appear ok.  Should I be
>concerned?
>
>Craig Treptow
>Principal Financial Group
>I/S Network Administration
>(515) 247-6207
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