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

["D'Apice, Dominic" <D.D'Apice@SAQ.qc.ca>]

Hi James,

 

i did the command snmpv3_ssw -1, restart snmpd and netview and no errors when starting netview... (netmon is up and running)

 

 

now,

 

when i start the netview gui with the "netview" command, it seem to freeze at this point :

 

root@aixtivlab1:/usr/OV/bin$ netview
Waiting on SNMP Agent to become operational.
0513-029 The snmpd Subsystem is already active.
Multiple instances are not supported.
portmap is already running
Initializing the Tracing and Logging...
Done.
nettl startup completed

 

 

ps : i also try the reset_ci command but same thing...

any idea what should be the problem now ?

 

thanks a lot for your help

Dominic

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com [mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]De la part de James Shanks
Envoyé : Monday, November 22, 2004 12:45
À : nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Objet : RE: [nv-l] netmon won't start

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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[mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]De la part de James 
Shanks
Envoyé : Friday, November 19, 2004 12:19
À : 
nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
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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nv-l

To	"'nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com'" <nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com>
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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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[mailto:owner-nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com]De la part de Gareth 
Holl
Envoyé : Thursday, November 18, 2004 16:24
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nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
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