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Package: nut-snmp
Severity: important
According to docs/snmp.txt, it appears that this package only
implements the client side of an incomplete solution, which relies on
the nut-snmp "Sub-Agent", which according to its author is an
abandoned project. Please read this mail where he recommends using
Cacti or Nagios instead:
http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2009-July/005228.html
I'm not sure if it's a good idea to provide this package at all. If
the package is to stay, I would at least document this in the package
description.
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Closing as per explanation below.
thanks,
Arnaud
2009/9/25 Arnaud Quette <[email protected]>:
> Hi Robert
>
> 2009/9/25 Robert Millan
>>
>> Package: nut-snmp
>> Severity: important
>>
>> According to docs/snmp.txt, it appears that this package only
>> implements the client side of an incomplete solution, which relies on
>> the nut-snmp "Sub-Agent", which according to its author is an
>> abandoned project. Please read this mail where he recommends using
>> Cacti or Nagios instead:
>>
>>
>> http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/nut-upsuser/2009-July/005228.html
>>
>> I'm not sure if it's a good idea to provide this package at all. If
>> the package is to stay, I would at least document this in the package
>> description.
>
> you're mixing things: having a full SNMP implementation (Agent and Manager)
> and having useful SNMP support (manager).
>
> SNMP support has 2 sides:
> - the manager, which acquires data from an SNMP agent (SNMP card in our
> specific case).
> the nut-snmp package does this side with the snmp-ups driver.
> And this driver is very useful since it allows to discuss with many units
> (UPSs and PDUs).
> - the agent, which provides data through SNMP, that will then be acquired by
> an SNMP manager.
> this is mostly useful for NMS (Network Management Systems) that do not
> provide NUT native support (through the NUT network protocol).
> This is the mostly abandoned project I mentioned. And since there has never
> been much requests for this, reviving the SNMP sub agent project is a very
> low prio...
>
> that said, the snmp.txt needs refreshing, and will soon be refreshed with
> the full website / doc rewrite I mentioned.
> For another take on this (huge) task:
> http://buildbot.ghz.cc/~buildbot/docs/r1998-141/asciidoc.html
>
> I'm now closing the bug.
>
> cheers,
> Arnaud
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>
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