Excellent, that did the trick.

Thanks for that Christopher.

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] 
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christopher Sweeney
Sent: Saturday, 1 May 2010 12:46 a.m.
To: InterMapper Discussion
Subject: Re: [IM-Talk] SNMP 'geterr' causing probe to fail

On 4/29/10 7:52 PM, Ben Nuttall wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> We are monitoring an SNMP device in front of two aircon units.  When one unit 
> is disconnected (for maintenance or whatever reason), the SNMP response for 
> the OIDs relating to that unit error with 'generr'.  This isn't a problem, as 
> the unit is offline.
> 
> The OIDs for the other unit still return values fine, but when the probe gets 
> the 'generr' on the failed unit, all values in the probe are set to 0.  This 
> causes the probe to alarm because it sees that neither aircon unit is 
> running.  If I comment out the OIDs for the offline unit, the probe works 
> fine. Obviously this isn't a desirable solution going forward.
> 
> Is there any way to ignore/pass-over 'generr' and just leave those particular 
> variables at 0?
> 
> I appreciate the device isn't particularly compliant in any way (we also have 
> to use pdutype=get-request) , but we would like to monitor it with 
> intermapper if possible.
> 

I've seen this happen before; I think the solution was to both use the
get-request as you're doing and to use maxvars="1" (also in the device
properties section).

-- Christopher

-- 
=================================
Christopher L. Sweeney
Director of Software Development
Dartware, LLC
+1 603 643-9600 x104
http://dartware.com/
____________________________________________________________________
List archives: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/
To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]

----
Unison uses e-mail as a fast and relatively informal means of communication.  
The information transmitted in this e-mail is intended only for the person or 
entity to which it is addressed, and may contain confidential and/or privileged 
material.  If in doubt as to the official status of a message, or if you want 
formal confirmation, please ask the sender.  We are not responsible for any 
changes made to a message and/or any attachments after sending.  If you have 
received this in error please contact the sender and delete the material.
____________________________________________________________________
List archives:
http://www.mail-archive.com/intermapper-talk%40list.dartware.com/
To unsubscribe: send email to: [email protected]

Reply via email to