RE: [nv-l] Efficiency of snmpd.conf
2003-07-25 14:17:29
True, but
these smart sets are based on hostname, i.e. IP Hostname ~string.
When a node is discovered with a hostname that meets the criteria of the
smartset used by snmpd.conf, the proper community string is used. When I
implemented 6.0.3 way back when....., I thought that an entry had to be in
snmpd.conf before the proper community string would be used, but after testing I
was proven wrong.
What would be more efficient for the interaction of netmon and the
snmpd.conf file......to have these 4000 nodes in smart sets and then list the
smart sets in snmpd.conf or have 4000 individual entries for each node in the
snmpd.conf.
Channing
Hill EMS Analyst II BB&T (252) 246-3642
You
don't have much choice.
The
smarset entries in ovsnmp.conf cannot be used during discovery. So if you
DON'T use the communityNames.conf file, you will never get an SNMP request to
work on them in the first place and thus you won't be able to have the
smartset entry picked up in ovsnmp.conf. (Unless your smartset is based SOLEY
on the name of the box. It's a chicken vs. egg problem. You have to have an
entry in ovsnmp.conf first before the smarset criteria
applies.
Someone chime in if this is wrong. Our smarset criteria is often based
on SysContact and SysLocation which of course, can't be interrogated until
after the box has been discovered which requires SNMP in the first
place.
Netview 7.1.3 w/ fixpack 1 on AIX 5.1
I am in the process of building a new Netview system
from scratch (complete overhaul from Netview 6.0.2). In the past, I've
always had smart sets in my snmpd.conf for determining which community
strings, polling settings, etc to use when the default community did not
apply. These smart sets (2 of them) have about 2000 nodes a piece in them. I
am thinking about letting the "communityNames.conf" file take care of this
for my future build, but that would make my snmpd.conf file rather large
with about 4000 entries in the "Specific Nodes" section. My question is:
What would be more efficient for the interaction of netmon and the
snmpd.conf file......to have these 4000 nodes in smart sets and then list
the smart sets in snmpd.conf or have 4000 individual entries for each node
in the snmpd.conf.
Channing Hill
EMS Analyst II
chill AT bbandt DOT com BB&T Wilson,
NC
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