Hello:
this usualy means the snmpd daemon is not running.
you can check this by :
lssrc -a -> snmpd will either not be present or will be 'inoperative'
if inoperative : kill it first
to start it :
1. log as root
2. startsrc -s snmpd
3. check its status with the above command
4. start netmon
Regards,
Bernard Baudoux
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: it056625@IT.IBM.COM [SMTP:it056625@IT.IBM.COM]
> Sent: Friday, 08 September, 2000 16:31
> To: nv-l@tkg.com
> Subject: [NV-L] Netmon deamon problems
>
>
>
> Hi, this is my problem:
>
> I have Netview 5.1on AIX 4.3.2
>
> and netmon doesn't start. In the netmon.trace file this is the message:
>
> 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 TME 10 NetView for this system. If a community
> name ha
> s 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 smit
>
> How can I do to solve this problem?
>
> Thank you for help!!
>
>
>
> Cordiali saluti / Best regards.
>
> Lorenza Silvani
>
> IBM South Region, NWSM Division
> e-mail: Lorenza_Silvani@it.ibm.com
> phone: +39 039 6004662 internal: 84662
> fax: +39 039 6009021
>
>
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