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  • 1.  net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/25/21 07:27 AM
    (Thread initially started in AIX community)
    I'm needing to replace CA's SysEDGE with an alternate snmptrap generator and @José Pina Coelho suggested net-snmp from the AIX toolbox which I downloaded (v5.8).

    When running /opt/freeware/sbin/snmptrapd I'm getting the following, I've seen other comments (lpar2rrd) stating that the latest net-snmp won't work with the native AIX sendtrap.

    exec(): 0509-036 Cannot load program /opt/freeware/sbin/snmptrapd because of the following errors:
        0509-150   Dependent module libpcre.a(libpcre.so.1) could not be loaded.
        0509-022 Cannot load module libpcre.a(libpcre.so.1).
        0509-026 System error: A file or directory in the path name does not exist.​


    Am I needing to install an older version of net-snmp (and if so where might that be) or is the issue I'm facing something that can be addressed?

    Many thanks, Steve

    ​​​

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  • 2.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/25/21 01:01 PM
    ** Update **

    Found I needed to install net-snmp-utils which now gives me snmptrap in /opt/freeware/bin.

    I then tried the below taken, in the main, from our existing SysEDGE "call" [I'm unsure of the "6 14" and wonder if its a SysEDGE specific item]

    /opt/freeware/bin/snmptrap -v 2c -c <community> <host>:162 \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.1 6 14 \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.1 "SAP_AIX_MONITOR" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.3 " net-snmp " \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.4 "3" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.8 "<Service Manager queue name>" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.9 " Demo ticket to see if net-snmp Open Source works "​


    However I get

    Created directory: /var/net-snmp
Created directory: /var/net-snmp/mib_indexes
14: Bad variable type ("1")
#


    Will keep digging.

    Thanks, Steve



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  • 3.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/26/21 11:36 AM 
    1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.1 6 14 \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.1 "SAP_AIX_MONITOR" \​

    I'd guess it's trying to process the 3rd argument (14) as an OID (which fails).

    Also note that both lines have the same OID, which makes no sense.



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    José Pina Coelho
    IT Specialist at Kyndryl
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    Original Message


  • 4.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/26/21 11:48 AM
    José,

    Thanks for your note.  I think I've now managed to resolve things by using the below for v2 SNMP which is a little different from v1.  Agreed, the syntax where two lines are the same is odd it was lifted from the SysEDGE definition.

    /opt/freeware/bin/snmptrap -v 2c -c <community> <destination>:162 "" 1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1 \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.1 s "SAP_AIX_MONITOR" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.3 s "<Ticket subject>" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.4 s "<Ticket severity>" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.8 s "<Service Manager queue name>" \
1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1.9 s "<Ticket detail>"
​


    Many thanks, Steve



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  • 5.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/26/21 04:33 PM

    I can't find the ...14.1.1 part.

    Note that trap values were traditionally ill-defined.

    https://oidref.com/1.3.6.1.4.1.546.14.1

    http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/getmib3.cgi?win=mib_a&i=1&n=EMPIRE&r=cai&f=empire.mib&v=v1&t=tree#extensionGroup

    http://www.circitor.fr/Mibs/Html/E/EMPIRE.php



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    José Pina Coelho
    IT Specialist at Kyndryl
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    Original Message


  • 6.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 10/26/21 04:45 PM

    Ok, this just in from a couple of musty neurons that have been twiddling their synapses for the past quarter century:

    In SNMPv1, there are 6 generic traps, numbered 0 through 5 (coldStart, warmStart, linkDown, linkUp, authenticationFailure, and egpNeighborLoss), and an enterprise-specific trap (numbered 6) where the "what is this trap" is a function of the trap OID, and specifc-trap field (14, in your case).

    https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.2.0?topic=commands-snmp-trap-types



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    José Pina Coelho
    IT Specialist at Kyndryl
    ------------------------------

    Original Message


  • 7.  RE: net-snmp on AIX 7.1

    Posted 02/03/22 07:51 AM
    José,

    I've managed to resolve my issue.  Long story short is that I was trying to send a v2 formatted trap to our SMARTS environment which is (only) expecting v1 formatted traps.

    My v1 formatted traps are now flowing into SMARTS with Service Manager tickets auto-cut from there.

    Regards, Steve

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