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Re: xnmsnmpconf -resolve ???

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Subject: Re: xnmsnmpconf -resolve ???
From: "Prokott, Joe" <Joe.Prokott@WESTGROUP.COM>
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:03:11 -0500
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I have seen this same problem.  Open a PMR with support to help get this
resolved.  My opened PMR # is 37441, Branch 379.

Try doing a "xnmsnmpconf -clearC", then "snmpwalk sehi-155.princeton.edu".
Then do a "xnmsnmpconf -dumpC | grep sehi-155".  Is the community name
"public"?  You also need to realize that the community name used for
discovery may very well still be in your SNMP cache.  Your rule below will
not cover the initial discovery community name since NV has not discovered
yet and thus no "Selection Name" match exists in the database.  Thus, NV
will always use the global default community name for initial discovery and
put this into the cache until a "xnmsnmpconf -clearC" is done.


Joe Prokott - West Group
Network Architect
610 Opperman Drive
St. Paul, MN  55123
Phone: 651-687-4536
Fax: 651-687-6946
E-mail: joe.prokott@westgroup.com




-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey G. Fitzwater [mailto:jfitz@PRINCETON.EDU]
Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 10:44 AM
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
Subject: xnmsnmpconf -resolve ???
Importance: High


HELP

I am runnning  Netview 5.1.1 on solaris

Strange community name resolution on host.

The devices have been loaded in via LOADHOSTS and I have set the
xnmsnmpconf  default community name to that of this group of devices.
(not public)  I will change this back to public later.

I do a demand poll on these devices to discover that they are snmp
supported.

I create a collection for this group of devices ...

All these devices have the same community name as shown below.

_____________________________________________________

Description: sehi
        Rule: (('Selection Name' ~ 'sehi-') && ('isNode' = True))
_____________________________________________________

I configure xnmsnmpconf to have this collection and its community name
(madeup).   There are no individual entries or ip wildcard groups.  just
the collection and default with community name of public.

I have cleared the xnmsnmpconf cache.

The device names as shown that are created on the map do not have the
domain name attached  ie.  (sehi-155 )

If I sellect the device and do a demand poll it fails.  If I use the mib
browser it fails because it uses ( public ) as the community name.

HERE is the interresting part.

If I do an xnmsnmpconf -resolve on ( sehi-155 )  it returns ...


name           = sehi-155
community      = madeup
proxy          = <none>
timeout        = 20
retry          = 3
pollInterval   = 60
remotePort     = 161
setCommunity   = <default>
discoveryPoll  = 1
useAutoAdjust   = 1
fixedInterval  = 60
confInterval   = 86400
nodeDownIntrval= 31449600
routeEntries   = 800
discoverManage = 1
ipAddr         = 128.112.196.167
isProxied      = FALSE
ipAddrAge      = Mon Jul 26 10:47:34 1999

If I run xnmsnmpconf -resolve sehi-155.princeton.edu
I get public  as the read community whic is the default name.

name           = sehi-155.princeton.edu
community      = public
proxy          = <none>
timeout        = 20
retry          = 3
pollInterval   = 60
remotePort     = 161
setCommunity   = <default>
discoveryPoll  = 1
useAutoAdjust   = 1
fixedInterval  = 60
confInterval   = 86400
nodeDownIntrval= 31449600
routeEntries   = 800
discoverManage = 1
ipAddr         = 128.112.196.167
isProxied      = FALSE
ipAddrAge      = Mon Jul 26 09:53:57 1999

Why does this resolve differently?  Isn't there only one object  in the
database?

It looks to me that the object  sellected is (sehi-155.princeton.edu)
but the collection thinks it is object (sehi-155) so they don't match
and it falls through to the default community name.

I have tried creating different  collectiions with SELECTION NAME,
IP HOSTNAME and IPIP NAME with identical results.

Am I doing something wrong or could this be a bug??


Thanks for any help.

Jeff Fitzwater
Princeton University

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