RE: [nv-l] Errors in trapd.log related to community name

[JAMES Robin <robin.james@eurocontrol.int>]

xnmsnmpconf is the application run when you select Options->SNMP Configuration. You say the window shows a community name compatible with your routers. There is one thing I suggest you try. Run the command "xnmsnmpconf -clearcache" as root. Netview maintains a cache for IP addresses and SNMP parameters and the cache probably has all your old settings. See "man xnmsnmpconf" for a fuller description about what this option does. You could also do a "-dumpcache -verbose" to confirm this before you clear the cache.

 

Good luck

Robin

 

-----Original Message-----
From: anand anupam [mailto:ananda@bharatpetroleum.com]
Sent: Tuesday 23 September 2003 10:22
To: JAMES Robin
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Errors in trapd.log related to community name

Hello,

 

Under "option->snmp configuration" menu, almost all the routers are showing correct "community name" as defined. All these community name is also defined in "communityNames.conf" file. Also, I am able to do demand poll for all these routers through GUI.

 

After disabling "public" community name, I have not run xnmsnmpconf. What is the correct syntax to run xnmsnmpconf for all the routers.

 

Regards,

Anupam

-----Original Message-----
From: JAMES Robin [mailto:robin.james@eurocontrol.int]
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 12:26 PM
To: 'Nv-L (nv-l@lists.tivoli.com)'
Subject: RE: [nv-l] Errors in trapd.log related to community name

You must also configure the netview polling to use one of these new community names. Have you run xnmsnmpconf to use one of the new ones, if not, it is probably still using public?

 

Regards

Robin

 

-----Original Message-----
From: anand anupam [mailto:ananda@bharatpetroleum.com]
Sent: Tuesday 23 September 2003 06:48
To: nv-l@lists.tivoli.com
Subject: [nv-l] Errors in trapd.log related to community name

Hello Everybody,

We are having NetView 6.0.2 on AIX 4.3.3

We have defined six different community names in "communityNames.conf" file under /usr/OV/conf directory for our routers. Each routers have been configured to send SNMP trapd to two AIX boxes(production+lab).

Recently, we started getting the following errors in our trapd.log :-
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1064214682 11 Mon Sep 22 13:41:22 2003 BHILAIRT                  A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064214728 11 Mon Sep 22 13:42:08 2003 SABARMATIRT               A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064214733 11 Mon Sep 22 13:42:13 2003 MIRAJRT                   A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064214755 11 Mon Sep 22 13:42:35 2003 NDARORT                   A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: 10.88.13.8
1064214755 11 Mon Sep 22 13:42:35 2003 NDARORT2                  A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: 10.88.13.8
1064214775 11 Mon Sep 22 13:42:55 2003 swc_core1                 A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap)
1064214780 11 Mon Sep 22 13:43:00 2003 swc_core1                 A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap)
1064214828 11 Mon Sep 22 13:43:48 2003 MIRAJRT                   A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064214828 11 Mon Sep 22 13:43:48 2003 SABARMATIRT               A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064215008 11 Mon Sep 22 13:46:48 2003 MIRAJRT                   A Cisco Incorre
ct Community Name (authenticationFailure Trap) authAddr: BPCLNV
1064215008 11 Mon Sep 22 13:46:48 2003 SABARMATIRT               A Cisco Incorre
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These errors were not coming earlier. But now are coming for almost all the routers. Probably, network administrators have removed public community name from all these routers. I suppose, public community name is not mandatory?

Then what could be the reason for these errors and where this could impact?

Regards,
Anupam

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