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Re: [nv-l] snmp polled does not give good status?

To: Paul Stroud <nvladmin@gmail.com>, nv-l@lists.us.ibm.com
Subject: Re: [nv-l] snmp polled does not give good status?
From: Maxime TRANNOY <MTRANNOY@fr.ibm.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:33:39 +0100
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I've done

delete device
ovmapcount -a
ovmapcount -b
ovtopofix -A

Nmdemandpoll device and the problem still.


Kind Regards/Cordialement/S pozdravem.

Maxime TRANNOY
IGS - Network Delivery Support Center
Tel : +33 (0) 492 114 767
mailto:mtrannoy@fr.ibm.com



                                                                           
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Sounds like maybe the entire device is not being removed as expected.
I would delete the bad objects, stop the map, stop netmon, and run:
ovmapcount -a
ovtopofix -A

then restart the map and see if the devices are discovered properly.
Make sure you have a good back before you attempt this!

Paul

Maxime TRANNOY wrote:

>I try to delete 4
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>For two it works for the two other one it does not works
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>For one it works but for an other one it does not work.
>The two that does not work have an IP addres in 172.*.*.* and the twi
which
>works have an address of 192.168.*.* and 172.*.*.*
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>Kind Regards/Cordialement/S pozdravem.
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>Maxime TRANNOY
>IGS - Network Delivery Support Center
>Tel : +33 (0) 492 114 767
>mailto:mtrannoy@fr.ibm.com
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>Maxime,
>I would suggest removing and rediscovering this device. Have you tried
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>Paul
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>>HI francois,
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>>With the command xnmsnmpconf -resolve <device selection name> I got the
>>wrong community that I set in netview which is wrong as I said in my
first
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>>The snmpwalk does not work. I received a time out. It's normal because
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>>community is wrong.
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>>But the nmdemandpoll on this device never time out and the interface is
>>still Up :
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>>14:32:34 ***** Starting demand poll of node Device-name *****
>>14:32:34     Interface w.x.y.z (w.x.y.z) (currently up)
>>14:32:34   Current polling parameters
>>14:32:34     scheduled SNMP status check at 11/25/05 14:34:06
>>14:32:34     scheduled configuration check at 11/26/05 14:28:59
>>14:32:34       auto-adjusted polling interval is 900 seconds
>>14:32:34   Verify node name
>>14:32:34     node name verified to be device-name
>>14:32:34 ***** End of demand poll for node Device-name
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>>And for me this nmdemandpol is not normal I should receive an SNMP  time
>>out.
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>>On an other device which is configured with also with a wrong SNMP
>>community I have :
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>>15:53:34 ***** Starting demand poll of node Device-name2 *****
>>15:53:34     Interface 192.168.126.1(192.168.126.1) (down since 11/25/05
>>14:23:18)
>>15:53:34   Current polling parameters
>>15:53:34     scheduled SNMP status check at 11/25/05 15:56:54
>>15:53:34     scheduled configuration check at 11/26/05 14:24:01
>>15:53:34     scheduled new node poll at 11/25/05 15:54:36
>>15:53:34       auto-adjusted polling interval is 900 seconds
>>15:53:34   Get system identifier
>>15:53:40     SNMP request timed out (192.168.126.1)
>>15:53:40   Verify node name
>>15:53:40     node name verified to be Device-name2
>>15:53:40 ***** End of demand poll for node Device-name2
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>>And this is for me is the normal behaviour of an nmdemandpoll for an snmp
>>polled device with a wrong community.
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>>Kind Regards/Cordialement/S pozdravem.
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>>Maxime TRANNOY
>>IGS - Network Delivery Support Center
>>Tel : +33 (0) 492 114 767
>>mailto:mtrannoy@fr.ibm.com
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>>Maxime,
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>>if you do:
>>xnmsnmpconf -res <device selection name>
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>>What do you get ? Is it the correct community string ?
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>>when you do:
>>snmpwalk <device selection name> system
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>>do you get an answer other than time out ?
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>>If the answer is yes to both question it means that Netview has the
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>>You can also do a quicktest on the device to check that netview is really
>>using snmp for polling and to see what answer it gets.
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>>Salutations, / Regards,
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>>Francois Le Hir
>>Network Projects & Consulting Services
>>IBM Global Services
>>Phone: (514) 964 2145
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>>            Maxime TRANNOY
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>>Hello netview 7.1.4 FP2 on AIX.
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>>I ask my netview to load devices and to snmp polled them.
>>I put 2 entry in the seed file
>>A.B.C.D
>>$A.B.C.D
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>>The devices for the moment is configured with a wrong community but is
>>reachable by ping so could be discovered.
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>>But netview instead of showing the device interface Down (because netview
>>could not reach the device with SNMP), Netview shows the device with an
Up
>>interface status.
>>And what is most strange is that when I try to make an nmdemampoll it
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>>correctly that Netview is polling this device with SNMP but I never
>>received as usual the snmp time out answer which arrives normally when
you
>>nmdemapolled a device with a wrong community.
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>>I try to stop and start netmon and the problem still.
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>>Is there anyone who has an idear?
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>>Kind Regards/Cordialement/S pozdravem.
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>>Maxime TRANNOY
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