On Mon, Oct 16, 2023 at 02:14:28PM +0530, Pushpa Thimmaiah wrote: > Hi, > > Could you please provide information about following > 1. Is there any lifespan for enterprise OID allocated by IANA.
OID allocations are forever. > 2. When a company got acquired by another company, > Eg: old company's mib tree .*1.3.6.1.4.1.xxxx.1.2.5* > New company's mib tree > * .1.3.6.1.4.1.yyyy* > > is it recommended to migrate exiting mib-objects unter new company's > enterprise OID? Customers that have bought a thingie from old-company expect to be able to continue using their OIDs under old-company.thingie so no, it is counter to good practice. > i.e > *.1.3.6.1.4.1.yyyy.1.2.5* > Can we retain exiting mib object as it is i.e under old-company's > enterprise OID? > i.e . > *1.3.6.1.4.1.xxxx.1.2.5 * You should do it but you could change their STATUS to deprecated. > > I feel if enterprise-OID has no lifespan or renewal period then old > company's oid can be retained. > > Kindly guide. RFC 2578 (STD 58) section 10 is all about how MIB modules should be updated as time goes by and it lists the allowed changes to a MIB module. Read RFC 2578!!! /MF _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-coders mailing list Net-snmp-coders@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-coders
