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RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start

2004-11-22 12:45:58
Subject: RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start
From: James Shanks <jshanks AT us.ibm DOT com>
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Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:45:18 -0500

Well, Dominic, it's pretty obvious then that the problem is not in NetView, isn't it?  You pre-production server's snmpd daemon is not responding.  Was it responding before?  

Are you certain that you have started the correct snmpd daemon?  At some levels of AIX you need  to run the command "snmpv3_ssw -1" which switches AIX from SNMPv3 (the default) back to SNMPv1.  If you don't then it won't pick up any changes you made to snmpd.conf because the SNMPv3 version doesn't use that file.  You could also edit that file and enable logging to level3 (trace) so that the snmpd daemon will trace what he's doing to the snmpd.log.  If you do that, and you don't see anything new in the log when you restart the daemon, then either you are using the wrong version or you'll need to talk to AIX about why snmpd is not working.


James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group



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Hello James,
 
i had verify and snmpd.conf and xnmsnmpconf and identical for both server.
 
however,
 
when i try snmpget command on both server i get 2 differents response :
 
 
1- production server :
 
sisauda@sxptiv0009:/saq/home/users/sisauda$ snmpget -c private 127.0.0.1 system.sysDescr.0 system.sysUpTime.0

system.sysDescr.0 : DISPLAY STRING- (ascii):  IBM PowerPC CHRP Computer
Machine Type: 0x0800004c Processor id: 0003563F4C00
Base Operating System Runtime AIX version: 05.02.0000.0030
TCP/IP Client Support  version: 05.02.0000.0030
system.sysUpTime.0 : Timeticks: (518086489) 59 days, 23:07:44.89

 
2- pre-production server :
 
root@aixtivlab1:/usr/OV/bin$ snmpget -c private 127.0.0.1 system.sysDescr.0 system.sysUpTime.0
snmpget: No response arrived before timeout.

thanks
Dominic

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Issue xnmsnmpconf and verify that either the global default community name is the same as the read community name in /etc/snmpd.conf or that there is a specific entry for the NetView box itself which has the correct community name specified.


Then issue
(1) stopsrc -s snmpd  

(2) ps -ef | grep snmpd  (to verify that it is down)

(3) startsrc -s snmpd  

(4) ps -ef | grep snmpd (to verify that it is up)

(5) ovstart netmon


James Shanks
Level 3 Support  for Tivoli NetView for UNIX and Windows
Tivoli Software / IBM Software Group


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Hi,

 

i have the same /etc/snmpd.conf file on both server and also the same /usr/OV/conf directorie...

 

what i should check exactly then ?

 

Dominic

 

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netmon needs to be configured with the appropriate SNMP community name to be able to talk to the snmpd agent that resides on the same box as itself.


The global default community name within NetView's SNMP Configuration panel and the loopback community name in snmpd.conf need to be the same.

OR

If not the global default, then you need to have an entry (such as a specific entry) in NetView's SNMP Configuration for the NetView host box  where its community name matches the community name in the snmpd.conf file.


Cheers,


Gareth Holl
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IBM Software Group - Tivoli Brand
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina.

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Hello all,

i got a error when i copy the /usr/OV/conf dir. from my production      
server to my pre-production netview server when i ovstart my pre-      
production server i got this :


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----                              
object manager name: netmon                                            
behavior:            OVs_WELL_BEHAVED                                  
state:               FAILED                                            
PID:                 31714                                            
last message:        Can't talk to snmpd; see /usr/OV/log/netmon.trace for
info                                        
exit status:         -                                                
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

                                                         
Cannot communicate with SNMP Agent via loopback address (127.0.0.1); it is
either not running or has been configured with a community name different
from that configured into Tivoli NetView for this system. If a community
name has
been configured into the SNMP Agent, that community name must be configured
via xnmsnmpconf and /usr/OV/conf/ovsnmp.conf for address 127.0.0.1 as well
as for the hostname or IP address of this system.
Or, the /usr/OV/conf/snmpmib and /usr/OV/conf/snmpmib.bin files are
corrupted
and need to be rebuilt using the
Maintain->Rebuild MIB binary file with installation MIB defaults
option in NetView configuration menu
         


any idea what can be wrong ?    

thanks
Dominic



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