RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start

[James Shanks <jshanks@us.ibm.com>]

Well, Dominic, it's pretty obvious then
that the problem is not in NetView, isn't it?  You pre-production
server's snmpd daemon is not responding.  Was it responding before?
 

Are you certain that you have started
the correct snmpd daemon?  At some levels of AIX you need  to
run the command "snmpv3_ssw -1" which switches AIX from SNMPv3
(the default) back to SNMPv1.  If you don't then it won't pick up
any changes you made to snmpd.conf because the SNMPv3 version doesn't use
that file.  You could also edit that file and enable logging to level3
(trace) so that the snmpd daemon will trace what he's doing to the snmpd.log.
 If you do that, and you don't see anything new in the log when you
restart the daemon, then either you are using the wrong version or you'll
need to talk to AIX about why snmpd is not working.


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

"D'Apice, Dominic" <D.D'Apice@SAQ.qc.ca>
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11/22/2004 11:29 AM

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Subject	RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start

Hello James,
 
i had verify and snmpd.conf and
xnmsnmpconf and identical for both server.
 
however,
 
when i try snmpget command on
both server i get 2 differents response :
 
 
1- production server :
 
sisauda@sxptiv0009:/saq/home/users/sisauda$
snmpget -c private 127.0.0.1 system.sysDescr.0 system.sysUpTime.0

system.sysDescr.0 : DISPLAY STRING- (ascii):  IBM PowerPC CHRP Computer
Machine Type: 0x0800004c Processor id: 0003563F4C00
Base Operating System Runtime AIX version: 05.02.0000.0030
TCP/IP Client Support  version: 05.02.0000.0030
system.sysUpTime.0 : Timeticks: (518086489) 59 days, 23:07:44.89
 
2- pre-production server :
 
root@aixtivlab1:/usr/OV/bin$
snmpget -c private 127.0.0.1 system.sysDescr.0 system.sysUpTime.0 
snmpget: No response arrived before timeout.
thanks
Dominic

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Objet : RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start


Issue xnmsnmpconf and verify that either the global default community name
is the same as the read community name in /etc/snmpd.conf or that there
is a specific entry for the NetView box itself which has the correct community
name specified. 

Then issue 
(1) stopsrc -s snmpd   
(2) ps -ef | grep snmpd  (to verify that it is down)
(3) startsrc -s snmpd   
(4) ps -ef | grep snmpd (to verify that it is up) 
(5) ovstart netmon 

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

"D'Apice, Dominic" <D.D'Apice@SAQ.qc.ca>
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11/19/2004 12:05 PM

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Subject	RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start

Hi, 
  
i have the same /etc/snmpd.conf file on both server and also the same /usr/OV/conf
directorie... 
  
what i should check exactly then ? 
  
Dominic 
  
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Objet : Re: [nv-l] netmon won't start


netmon needs to be configured with the appropriate SNMP community name
to be able to talk to the snmpd agent that resides on the same box as itself.

The global default community name within NetView's SNMP Configuration panel
and the loopback community name in snmpd.conf need to be the same.
OR 
If not the global default, then you need to have an entry (such as a specific
entry) in NetView's SNMP Configuration for the NetView host box  where
its community name matches the community name in the snmpd.conf file.

Cheers, 

Gareth Holl
Staff Software Engineer
gholl@us.ibm.com

IBM Software Group - Tivoli Brand
Research Triangle Park,  North Carolina.

"D'Apice, Dominic" <D.D'Apice@SAQ.qc.ca>
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11/18/2004 04:10 PM

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Subject	[nv-l] netmon won't start

Hello all,

i got a error when i copy the /usr/OV/conf dir. from my production  
   
server to my pre-production netview server when i ovstart my pre-  
    
production server i got this :


----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----                    
         
object manager name: netmon              
                     
        
behavior:            OVs_WELL_BEHAVED  
                     
         
state:               FAILED    
                     
                 
PID:                 31714  
                     
                    
last message:        Can't talk to snmpd; see /usr/OV/log/netmon.trace
for
info                    
                    
exit status:         -        
                     
                  
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----

                    
                     
               
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 Tivoli NetView for this system. If a community
name has
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 NetView configuration menu
           


any idea what can be wrong ?     

thanks
Dominic