On Fri, Mar 03, 2006 at 02:32:11PM +0000, Dave Shield wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-03 at 08:47 -0500, Jean-Sebastien Morisset wrote: >> This morning I found automountd down on a few servers, so I'm looking at >> the "procfix" feature in snmpd.conf. The details on it's use are a >> little sketchy. For example, is a trap sent for the failure, or is the >> "fix" applied first. Is a trap sent after the fix command? > > Neither. > "proc" and "procfix" don't actually trigger traps at all. > At least not on their own - that's the realm of the (newer) > "monitor" directive. > > The basic use of "proc" is to set a flag when it detects an > error. It's up to an external management application to poll > the agent to spot such error flags. > > The basic use of "procfix" is to run a command when it is > explicitly told to do so (by some external management app). > This command will *not* be run automatically (at least not > on its own), or trigger a trap - either before or after > being run. > > > > One possibility with the 5.3 release is to have the DisMan > Event MIB trigger a suitable SET request (instead of sending > a trap), that *will* execute the command automatically. > > This would look something as follows (untested!): > > setEvent jimllFixIt prErrFix = 1 > monitor -S -r 128 -e jimllFixIt "procTable" prErrorFlag != 0 > > > This functionality is only available with the 5.3 release. > The previous Event MIB implementation did not support set > events, just notifications.
Dave, Excellent - thank you very much for your continued replies. I don't know where you find the time, but it's very much appreciated. In your example, would that mean a trap would never be sent, even if the "procfix" command failed? Is there a way to run the procfix and then generate a trap if the proc is still missing afterwards (checking the procfix exit code may not be reliable -- procfix may run ok but not restore the process)? Thanks, js. -- Jean-Sebastien Morisset, Sr. UNIX Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Personal Home Page <http://jsmoriss.mvlan.net/> Underwater and Travel Photographs <http://www.mvpix.com/> ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Net-snmp-users mailing list Net-snmp-users@lists.sourceforge.net Please see the following page to unsubscribe or change other options: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/net-snmp-users
