Well, you have got a mess. trapd.conf is not backed up by NetView automatically
because most users customize it dramatically. So if you don't have a backup of
your own, we'll have to try to rebuild it.
Before you try any of this, go to /usr/OV/conf/C and make a copy of trapd.conf
so at least you can get back to this point .
First, it sounds as though you may be able to restore as much of the file as
possible by simply editing it and making that last line say simply: SDESC
in capital letters. Then add one more line after that which says just :
EDESC
Then try restarting the daemons with ovstart or /etc/netnmrc
Second, if that doesn't work, you can try deleting all the lines at the end of
the file up to the previous EDESC and see if that works.
Both of these methods have your file contain a few less traps than before, but
it keeps as much of your changes as possible, and perhaps you can discover what
you are missing and add it back later. See below.
If neither of those first two procedures work, then you are going to have to use
the stripped-down version of trapd.conf shipped with the product originally.
Copy trapd.conf from /usr/OV/newconfig/OVSNMP-RUN into /usr/OV/conf/C and try
to start the daemons. That should work, but now you have lost all your
customization.
If you have taken this third alternative, then there really is no easy way to
put your customization back except by using diff against the old, broken
trapd.conf and the new copy you just put in, and manually migrating any
differences you find. It will be a slow, painstaking process. This is the same
thing you would do to restore what is missing after alternatives one or two as
well, except that there should be fewer discrepancies to sort out.
Good luck.
Use this as an object lesson. In the future (a) check /usr frequently ( df
/usr ) and keep it at least 20% free at all times and (b) take system backups
once a month so you can recover from disasters more easily.
James Shanks
Tivoli (NetView for UNIX) L3 Support
Daniel_Casey@MAIL.JBHUNT.COM on 09/20/99 06:20:38 PM
Please respond to Discussion of IBM NetView and POLYCENTER Manager on NetView
<NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU>
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
cc: (bcc: James Shanks/Tivoli Systems)
Subject: netview error...
os = aix4.2.1
netview = 5.1.0
Thanks for you help earlier James, I've sent an e-mail
to the swdist address.
We're getting this error when trying to start netview:
(root@host) /: netview
portmap is already running
Starting TME 10 NetView daemons :
WARNING: Daemon startup error. See /usr/OV/tmp/netnmrc.ovstart
ERROR: The following REQUIRED daemons are not running:
actionsvr nvcorrd nvserverd ovactiond ovtopmd trapd
As root user, start all the daemons by using one of the following methods:
a) use the smit (TME 10 desktop) utility
b) issue the command: /usr/OV/bin/ovstart
c) rerun this command
And this is what I found in netnmrc.ovstart:
object manager name: trapd
behavior: OVs_WELL_BEHAVED
state: FAILED
PID: 10260
last message: Did not find a SDESC keyword in line #7786 of "/usr/OV/con
f/C/trapd.conf":
S.
exit status: -
The very end of the ../C/trapd.conf file ends with an S. It looks like
it has been chopped off or something. We did have a problem with a
filesystem full and I bet this has something to do with it. We have
fixed that problem and IPL'd and this is where we stand.
Is there another way to get this file "regenerated"? I noticed at the
top it said it was generated on Sep 13 by xnmtrap.
TIA,
Daniel
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