I wonder if the snmp timeouts are causing a problem. Do you have snmp timeouts
set high in xnmsnmpconf? Also, if you have collection-based SNMP Data
Collectors, how long does it take nvcold to start up? is it long?
Regardless, it seems like calling support is in order, as Leslie said.
lclark@us.ibm.com wrote:
> Pretty wierd. I don't think I have ever seen anything in the nettl log from
> snmpcollect, but have you looked there? And you are not using a relational
> database for data collection, right? and it comes right up if you
> stop/start
> everything? I suppose you have tried removing mibExpr.conf from the
> equation.... See the man page for snmpCollect and try turning on
> verbose tracing. Maybe it will tell you more about what it is doing. But
> I would be getting close to calling support if I were you.
>
> Cordially,
>
> Leslie A. Clark
> IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> Detroit
> =======================================================================
>
> There are a few "deferrings" (like below) but they are expected as they are
> coming from systems that we're in the process of changing community
> strings:
>
> Wed Mar 08 08:10:48 2000 : XXX.XXX.com not up
> Deferring SNMP of all collections on XXX.XXX.com
> 15 minutes (0.25 hours). Send event (via
> snmpCollect -C <node>) to retry sooner.
>
> I am also getting a few errors (expected) from the expression I am working
> on:
>
> Wed Mar 08 07:53:18 2000 : SNMP to XXX.XXX.com for MIB variable
>
> .iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.compaq.cpqHostOs.cpqHoComponent.cp
>
> qHoFileSys.cpqHoFileSysTable.cpqHoFileSysEntry.cpqHoFileSysPercentSpaceUsed.
>
> 0
> (error-index #2) returned: The variable does not exist or is read
> only.
> Deferring SNMP of diskCused.0 on
> XXX.XXX.com 15 minutes (0.25 hours). Consecutive deferral #83.
> send event (via snmpCollect -C <NODE>) to retry sooner.
>
> What's got me bugged is that collections work fine with I ovstop/start
> NetView, but ovstop/start snmpCollect never gets collections going again.
> Is there something else that needs to be started and stopped when
> snmpCollect gets bounced? Not a major show-stopper - just annoying.
>
> Thanks
> Steve Stamper
> Grand Rapids, MI
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <lclark@us.ibm.com>
> To: <NV-L@tkg.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2000 9:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [NV-L] Restarting snmpCollect
>
> >
> >
> > That does not sound normal. If you have created a problem in
> mibExpr.conf,
> > there
> > will be an immediate error message in snmpcollect and it will go down
> right
> > away.
> >
> > So what DOES it say in /usr/OV/log/snmpCol.trace? Stuff about deferring
> > nodes
> > for an hour because it cannot reach them, maybe? Stuff about renaming
> > things?
> >
> > Cordially,
> >
> > Leslie A. Clark
> > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> > Detroit
> > =================================================
> >
> > Having a problem with collections not restarting. When I edit my
> > /usr/OV/conf/mibExpr.conf file, I ovstop snmpCollect then ovstart
> > snmpCollect. It restarts as expected and keeps running but HOURS later
> is
> > still has not started collecting. When I have to do a full
> ovstop/ovstart
> > of the whole NetView system, within about 10 minutes collection starts.
> >
> > Not a problem to work around, but a bit annoying. Any ideas?
> >
> > Steve Stamper
> > Grand Rapids, MI
> >
> >
> >
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