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RE: external traps not received - NV for NT

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Subject: RE: external traps not received - NV for NT
From: Kevin Smith <c-kevin.smith1@wcom.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 17:10:27 -0500
Yes,
        I have an MLM (AIX 4.3) that forwards traps to Two (AIX 4.3)RS6000 IBM 
F50
servers. I want to monitor some non cisco devices on the network.  I've
enabled traps for these however I havent seen any of the traps in my
trapd.log.  Furthermore I enabled port traps for my Cisco Switch devices and
havent seen any of their link up/link down traps in my trap.log.  Where to
begin?

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-nv-l@tkg.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@tkg.com]On Behalf Of James
Shanks
Sent: Monday, November 26, 2001 6:49 PM
To: IBM NetView Discussion
Subject: RE: [NV-L] external traps not received - NV for NT


Nothing out of the ordinary.  On UNIX (AIX, Solaris, Tru64) typically you
just start trapd and that is all there is to it.  By definition external
traps are sent to port 162/udp.   And by default, that is where trapd
listens.  If you have some other piece of software which also wants to
listen for traps and can forward them (Optivity or MLM  for example) then
you set the nvtrapd-trap port to in /etc/services to some other port, the
same port that the receiving agent is going to forward them to, and you get
them after the first agent has sent them along.  But if trapd is the only
trap recipient, you use 162/udp and wait for the traps to roll in.

NT is different because Microsoft has its own trap service to receive
traps.  By default trapd on NT uses that service.  In NetView 5.1, the NT
trapd worked just like the UNIX one, but then no other application could
receive traps on the NT box.  The MS service allows multiple recipients and
we had a requirement handed down by marketing to use it to allow other
applications to run on the NetView for NT box.

Are you having some kind of problem which prompts you to ask this question?

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





                    Kevin Smith
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                    11/26/01 03:31
                    PM
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                    to IBM NetView
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James,
            What is required for a 6.02 Netview AIX 4.3 system to recieve
external traps?
     -----Original Message-----
     From: owner-nv-l@tkg.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@tkg.com]On Behalf Of James
     Shanks
     Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 1:07 PM
     To: IBM NetView Discussion
     Subject: Re: [NV-L] external traps not received - NV for NT


     NetView for NT 6.0.2 requires the MS SNMP Trap Service to be installed
     and running or it cannot get external traps.
     I would guess that yours is not.  Check Services in the Control Panel
     and see.

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




   "Evernden, Wes"
   <wes.evernden@eds.com>                   To:        nv-l@tkg.com
   Sent by: owner-nv-l@tkg.com              cc:
                                            Subject:        [NV-L]
                                    external traps not received - NV for
   11/14/2001 07:11 PM              NT
   Please respond to IBM NetView
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     Hello,

     I am having a problem with my NV for NT 6.02 implementation. Events
     that are
     generated by NV are appearing in the Event Browser but snmp traps that
     are
     sent from other devices never show up in the Event Browser.

     On start up I get:

     "11/14/01 14:38:18 [trapd] SnmpMgrGetTrap error: Unknown error" in the
     nv.log

     I have verified the traps are arriving at the NV server with a sniffer
     but
     they never seem to show up in the trace file.

     my trapd.lrf looks like:

     "trapd:/usr/OV/bin/trapd:
     OVs_YES_START::-z ,-a5000,-m1000,-t
     ..\log\trapd.trace:OVs_WELL_BEHAVED:120:"

     I suspect a problem w/ trapd and ODBC but I haven't been able to find
     any
     other error msgs. Trapd starts and runs.

     Any suggestion where to look next?

     Thanks,

     -Wes

     Wes Evernden
     EDS Canada
     Victoria, BC
     * (250) 405-2548
     * wes.evernden@eds.com



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