Re: [nv-l] Disabling port 162 use

[Johanna Hislop <jhislop@us.ibm.com>]

Thanks for the info.  I should have known that it was the trap service
using it.  The system being set up wants an application other than
ITSANM/NetView to be picking up the SNMP traps from port 162.  Should both
applications be able to get the traps from the MS Trap Service without
having to make a choice over which application gets it and then has to
forward it to another application or have that application just go without?

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Actually, it isn't. Not by default any way. The Microsoft Trap Service is.
And NetView's trapd uses an API to get traps from the Service.  Any other
well-behaved MS app can do the same thing.  NetView started using the Trap
Service back in Version 6, so that other apps could be installed on the
same Windows box and get traps too.  So normally there is no good reason to
alter that.

But if you must, you can make him stop using the MS Trap Service and then
listen on any other port you choose by editing the Registry.
And this isn't recommended though possible.

Is this really what you want to do?    Why?



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

                                                                           
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How can I set up NetView 7.3 for Windows to not listen on port 162?

Thanks

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Johanna Hislop | Software Development | IBM Tivoli Storage Area Network
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