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Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities

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Subject: Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
From: Paul Stroud <pstroud@bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 13:37:52 -0500
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Just open a PMR and ask them for those fixes, they should
be able to provide them quickly.

Paul


On Wednesday 26 November 2003 13:17, you wrote:
> Ok, Paul. i'll do it.
> But i still dont know how to get them. I did not find any link...
> Just mail an IBM support??
>
> Thanks
>
>
> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: Paul Stroud [mailto:pstroud@bellsouth.net]
> Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Noviembre de 2003 02:37 p.m.
> Para: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> Asunto: Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
>
>
> The actual fixes you must obtain from support. I understand you looking at
> the APARs and deciding they do not apply in your situation. While that may
> be true, earlier APARs surely do these are just the latest revisions for
> netmon and some of the snmp libraries . I am telling you, install these
> fixes and your problem will be solved.
>
> Paul
>
> On Wednesday 26 November 2003 12:21, you wrote:
> > Paul:
> >
> > I viewed the apars you told me:
> >
> > IY42241: INCCORECT SNMPADDRESS OF OBJECTS LOADED INTO NETVIEW THE
> > LOADHOSTS COMMAND. This apar is about the loadhosts command which is not
> > my case.
> >
> > IY49090: MODIFY THE ORDER OF SNMP REQUESTS DURING DISCOVERY TO ENSURE
> > THEFIRST IS RETRIVED FROM "SYSTEM" OF MIB INFORMATION. This apar is not
> > the case because I am not using alternate community names. The fact is
> > that I get authentication failures.
> >
> > IY49975: IPMAP NEVER ENDS THE SYNCHRONIZATION AND CORES IF GLOBAL-ACK IS
> > ENABLED. This is not the case.
> >
> > Thanks Paul, but these (although fixes to the 7.1.3 version) are not
> > really the problem im having.
> >
> > But, in every case, where can I download these fixes???
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> >
> > -----Mensaje original-----
> > De: Paul Stroud [mailto:pstroud@bellsouth.net]
> > Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Noviembre de 2003 01:41 p.m.
> > Para: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > Asunto: Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
> >
> >
> > Get these additional fixes and your problem should be resolved:
> >
> > IY42241
> > IY49090
> > IY49975
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > On Wednesday 26 November 2003 11:40, you wrote:
> > > Paul:
> > >
> > > No, I didn't assign any communities to communityNames.conf becuase I
> > > already imported the snmp configuration. I could try that, but it would
> > > be a workaround. Since it is only a secondary Netview, i prefer to
> > > reinstall it rather than having a faulty installation.
> > >
> > > Im running Netview for Linux 7.1.3 with Fixpack 01.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Mensaje original-----
> > > De: Paul Stroud [mailto:pstroud@bellsouth.net]
> > > Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Noviembre de 2003 01:11 p.m.
> > > Para: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > > Asunto: Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
> > >
> > >
> > > Have you added any of these community names to the communityNames.conf
> > > file? Also have you installed any patches? If so, which patches?
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > On Wednesday 26 November 2003 11:08, you wrote:
> > > > Scott:
> > > >
> > > > First of all, thanks.
> > > > I did as you told me to and got the netmon.trace, but it only shows
> > > > the community used with already discovered nodes... The thing is
> > > > that, because of my seed file ( !@oid  0), no nodes with communities
> > > > other than the default were discovered, which are the ones I try to
> > > > poll AND discover.
> > > >
> > > > -----Mensaje original-----
> > > > De: Barr, Scott [mailto:Scott_Barr@csgsystems.com]
> > > > Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Noviembre de 2003 11:57 a.m.
> > > > Para: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > > > Asunto: RE: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > During times of problem - use the netmon -a 175 command and look in
> > > > /usr/OV/log/netmon.trace to see if the community name is different
> > > > than the one reported in xnmsnmpconf. Thats the bug Leslie is
> > > > referring to.
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > > > [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]On Behalf Of Leslie Clark Sent:
> > > > Wednesday, November 26, 2003 8:42 AM To: nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > > > Subject: Re: [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Do you have maintenance on this 7.1.3? There were problems with
> > > > communities that were fixed.
> > > >
> > > > Cordially,
> > > >
> > > > Leslie A. Clark
> > > > IBM Global Services - Systems Mgmt & Networking
> > > > Detroit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         "Federico Vidal" <fvidal@tecsystem.com.ar>
> > > > Sent by: owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > 11/26/2003 12:16 PM
> > > > Please respond to nv-l
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >         To:        "Nv-L (E-mail)" <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>
> > > >         cc:
> > > >         Subject:        [nv-l] netmon and SNMP communities
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hello List:
> > > >
> > > > I have a customer with Netview 7.1.3 on Linux who tries to discover
> > > > his network with it. The thing is that, having a seed file that only
> > > > discovers SNMP devices ( !@oid 0 ), he can't discover any device
> > > > beside the ones using the default community. Any device that has
> > > > another SNMP community different than the default, can't be
> > > > discovered.
> > > >
> > > > I will give full details: Looking into the matter, i found that the
> > > > SNMP configuration (xnmsnmpconf) is correct because I can manually
> > > > poll these devices using snmpwalk without specifying community. I
> > > > found that netmon is the one who is using wrong communities to poll
> > > > because the cisco agents in the network keep telling that netview
> > > > causes authentication failure, thus netview doesnt discover any
> > > > device due to the seed file.
> > > >
> > > > This is very strange to me, because i thought that the netview engine
> > > > used the same snmp configuration that CLI commands.
> > > >
> > > > Another detail is that before this problem occurred, my customer
> > > > changed the netview's IP address, so I ran reset_ci to solve the
> > > > apparent problem but nothing happenned....
> > > >
> > > > What could be happening???? My last resort is to deinstall but I
> > > > would like to solve this issue as a Netview supporter.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Federico Vidal
> > > > IBM Certified Deployment Professional
> > > > Tecsystem S.R.L.
> > > > e-mail: fvidal@tecsystem.com.ar
> > > > Tel: (5411)-4814-2770 ext. 120

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