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Conference molar::snmp

Title:SNMP
Moderator:MKNME::DANIELE
Created:Mon Apr 02 1990
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:289
Total number of notes:900

278.0. "ERROR os_mibs.c ?" by CSC32::PITT () Mon Jan 27 1997 14:16

    
    
    3.2f dunix.
    
    Customer is running Polycenter Performance MOnitor 1.4 and Polycenter
    DXAdvisor on local node. HP Openview is running on the network. 
    
    About once a month, customer sees the following error in daemon.log
    and on her console:
    
    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs **ERROR esnmp_poll.c
    line 372: R
    ESPONSE to REGISTRATION of 'at': DPI_alreadyRegistered
    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs WARNING esnmp_poll.c
    line 201: e
    snmp_poll: Could not process a packet
    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs **ERROR os_mibs.c line
    340: eSNM
    P error: -2
    Jan 22 16:26:51 ubesfin01 snmpd[436]: Closing subagent os_mibs, reason:
    103
    
    
    Can anyone clarify these error messages for me? 
    
    thanks
    
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278.1SMURF::DANIELETue Jan 28 1997 17:4147
Hi,
    
    
>    3.2f dunix.
    
>    Customer is running Polycenter Performance MOnitor 1.4 and Polycenter
>    DXAdvisor on local node. HP Openview is running on the network. 
    
>    About once a month, customer sees the following error in daemon.log
>    and on her console:
    
>    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs **ERROR esnmp_poll.c
>    line 372: R
>    ESPONSE to REGISTRATION of 'at': DPI_alreadyRegistered

This means that for some reason, os_mibs is trying to reregister
its MIB subtrees after it has already done so.
 
>    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs WARNING esnmp_poll.c
>    line 201: e
>    snmp_poll: Could not process a packet
>    Jan 22 16:26:21 ubesfin01 os_mibs[428]: os_mibs **ERROR os_mibs.c line
>    340: eSNMP error: -2

This is expected 'unwinding', the -2 indicates a failed registration.
os_mibs now sleeps 30 seconds and reestablishes its protocol state w/snmpd.
Since it has already initiated communications, the first step will be to
'close' its current state.

>    Jan 22 16:26:51 ubesfin01 snmpd[436]: Closing subagent os_mibs, reason:
>    103
    
And here we see the close msg being received and logged by snmpd.
The reason code of 103 is due to a bug in libesnmp.so I just discovered
thanks to this note!

It appears that things continue on their merry way, os_mibs having
reconnected w/ snmpd.  Is that correct?  

The question is what kicks off the whole thing?

Are they shutting down or somehow signalling os_mibs?
Is this all that's in the log?  
Is anything happening on these once a month times?
    
Thanks,
Mike