On 17 Feb 2012 06:25:10 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Mason >> Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 4:18 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: z/OS Feeding SolarWinds >> >> Jim >> >> Your title could be restated as "The SNMP Agent supported by >> z/OS 'feeding' the SNMP Manager which happens to be supported >> by SolarWinds". >> >> The point about the title change is that the "P" in "SNMP" >> means "protocol" and thus SNMP is designed to support any old >> IP platform as an SNMP agent and any old IP platform as an >> SNMP manager and the two will work harmoniously together! > >So true. In another message I told how we use it. We had some problems which >the other side said was with us. So I simply redirected the SNMP messages from >their server to my Linux desktop. I used "tcpdump" on my desktop to show them >that z/OS was indeed sending out SNMP messages and that they were properly >formatted. They then went back and figured out what was wrong with their >server. But, around here, any intercommunication problem is automatically >assumed to be a z/OS failure until proven otherwise. Because they __know__ >that Windows always works correctly!
Don't they read the details that come with the Microsoft updates and don't look at knowledge base entries. There is a wealth of information available at the Microsoft web-site for anyone who cares to take the effort. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
