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Title:DECmcc user notes file. Does not replace IPMT.
Notice:Use IPMT for problems. Newsletter location in note 6187
Moderator:TAEC::BEROUD
Created:Mon Aug 21 1989
Last Modified:Wed Jun 04 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:6497
Total number of notes:27359

4264.0. "problem with MIB compiler ?" by CLARID::HOFSTEE (E(nterprise)=MC�) Wed Dec 16 1992 11:50

I have tried to run a MIB (supplied by Novell) through the MIB compiler. This
worked fine on V1.2 (just checked it again). When I run the same MIB through
the compiler that comes with T1.3, it fails with the following message.

  23
  24    serverUp                TRAP-TYPE
  25                            ENTERPRISE      netware-GA-alert-mib
  26                            VARIABLES       {
  27                                            osName, osLoc, tiTrapTime, tiEventvalue,
  28                                            tiEventSeverity
  29                                            }
  30                            DESCRIPTION
  31                                    "This Netware server is operational."
  32                            --#TYPE "Server up"
  33                            --#SUMMARY "%s server is up"
  34                            --#ARGUMENTS {0}
  35                            --#SEVERITY INFORMATIONAL
  36                            --#TIMEINDEX 2
  37                            --#HELP "nmm.hlp"
  38                            --#HELPTAG 64586
  39                            --#STATE   OPERATIONAL
  40                            ::= 1
Variable osName in trap defn. serverUp not previously defined
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Could somebody explain what is wrong in this MIB, or is it the compiler in T1.3
that changed? I'll post the complete MIB in the next reply.

I took the options PRUNE NO, HELP YES, UPDATE yes. All this on VMS and T1.3


Timo
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4264.1MIB removedCLARID::HOFSTEEE(nterprise)=MC�Thu Dec 17 1992 03:585
Since I realized that the MIB was maybe a little bit long to be posted here,
I removed it. If anybody wants to have a look at it. let me know.

Timo
4264.2RMON compilation ok?CLARID::HOFSTEEE(nterprise)=MC�Thu Dec 17 1992 07:55100

I just bluntly removed all VARIABLES sections to see if that improved. Now the
output of a compile was :

(Now processing file # 1 out of a list of 1 file(s) ...)

Beginning Phase 1 for file $1$DKA200:[MCC.NOVELL]NW2SNMP.MIB;4

  17-DEC-1992 13:44:17
Now starting to run the MIB Translator ...
This may take approximately 1-5 minutes.
Issuing following command:
  $ MTU $1$DKA200:[MCC.NOVELL]NW2SNMP.MIB;4  -h
Max levels = 3
MIB translation completed successfully.
  17-DEC-1992 13:44:25

  17-DEC-1992 13:44:25
Now starting to run the HELP File Builder ...
This may take approximately 15-30 minutes.
Issuing following command:
  $ MANAGE/TOOLKIT/HELP_BUILDER
DECmcc Help File Builder
Component Version:  V1.2.0

Cleaning up any intermediate files...
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_ALARMS_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_BRIDGE_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_CIRCUIT_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_COLLECTION_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_CONC_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_DNA4_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_DNA5AM_HELP.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_DOMAIN_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_ENET_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_EXPORTER_HELP.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_FDDI_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_FDDI_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_GENERAL_HELP.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_HISTORIAN_HELP.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_KERNEL_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_NOTIFICATION_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_PA_BRIDGE_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_PA_FM.HELP
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPA
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzCHAR
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzCHARzCOMPONENTzIDENTIFICATION
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzCHARzCOMPONENTzVERSION
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzSHOW
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzSHOWzCHAR
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzTEST
Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzTESTzEXAMPLES
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_STM_FM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_TCPIP_AM.HELP
Processing file $1$DKA200:[MCC]MCC_TS_AM.HELP
Sorting character cell help topics.
Sorting windows help topics.
Verifying hierarchy...
    Verifying for character cell
Unable to find parent topic <EXP_RMON>, for <ENTITY SNMP EXP_RMON statistics eth
erStatsTable STATISTICS> topic
Unable to find parent topic <RMON>, for <ENTITY SNMP RMON statistics etherStatsT
able STATISTICS> topic
    Verifying for windows
Unable to find parent topic <EXP_RMON>, for <ENTITY SNMP EXP_RMON statistics eth
erStatsTable STATISTICS> topic
Unable to find parent topic <RMON>, for <ENTITY SNMP RMON statistics etherStatsT
able STATISTICS> topic
Processing file(s)....
MCC help files updated.
MCC help files updated.
Cleaning up any intermediate files...
Now copying ".HLB" files to SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP] ...
Copy completed.
HELP build completed successfully.
  17-DEC-1992 13:52:11

Phase 1 for file $1$DKA200:[MCC.NOVELL]NW2SNMP.MIB;4 completed.

Phase 2 for file $1$DKA200:[MCC.NOVELL]NW2SNMP.MIB;4 not performed.
(MIB definition translated into management specification but
  management specification not translated into dictionary loadable file and
  DECmcc data dictionary not updated)

                                   * * *

  17-DEC-1992 13:52:11

Normal successful completion.
$
==========================================================================

The RMON messages don't seem very healthy to me. I'll let you know if I
can effectively get some enterprisespecifdic traps into MCC.

Timo

PS:I haven't found a MIB def that defines all the used variables like osName
etc.
4264.3cannot restart sink?CLARID::HOFSTEEE(nterprise)=MC�Thu Dec 17 1992 09:1421


After having compiled the MIB, I registered the SNMP entity succesfully. Than
opened notification services and setup notification for entity 
SNMP nmssrv any event. After about 10 seconds, I get a popup window, with
the message:

"The event sink is running,but not communicating; cannot restart Sink."


I tried to find in the manuals (SNMP , Notification/alarms) what this means,
but haven't found a description. 

Could someone explain what is going wrong and what I should do to correct it?

Thanks

Timo

(VMS 5.5, T1.3)
4264.42582::YAHEY::BOSEThu Dec 17 1992 12:1122
>>Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPA
>>Warning - Duplicate Key: 2PAPAzCHAR
.
.
>>Unable to find parent topic <EXP_RMON>, for <ENTITY SNMP EXP_RMON statistics eth
>>erStatsTable STATISTICS> topic

>>The RMON messages don't seem very healthy to me. I'll let you know if I

	There is a QAR against PA FM regarding this. The error messages are
	from the Help file builder, so the only thing that can be messed up is
	the help library. All other operations should continue normally.

>>PS:I haven't found a MIB def that defines all the used variables like osName


	I have seen some people mentioning in this notes conference that
	Novell has two mibs, one which has the traps defined and one which
	defines all the mib variables. You might want to locate that 
	particular note and contact the author.
	
	Rahul.
4264.52582::YAHEY::BOSEThu Dec 17 1992 15:2821
>>"The event sink is running,but not communicating; cannot restart Sink."


>>I tried to find in the manuals (SNMP , Notification/alarms) what this means,
>>but haven't found a description. 

	This normally means that there is a problem with the event pool.
	You may not have sufficient virtual memory for the event pool. (That
	is something which has happened to me a few times).

	Have you tried running the IMPM? The message I normally see from
	the iconic map is %MCC-E-EVT_POOL_INSRES, insufficient resource to
	create/access event pool. The only option at that point is to
	increase your VIRTUALPAGECNT.

	I am only guessing as to why you are seeing such behaviour. Can you
	check if the process MCC_TCPIP_SINK is around when you do a $ SHO SYS
	The other possibility might be that your event pool is corrupt.
	This can be fixed by rebooting the system.

	Rahul.
4264.6virtualpagecnt=60000CLARID::HOFSTEEE(nterprise)=MC�Fri Dec 18 1992 05:2834
Yes, I have been playing around with the IMPM without any problem. The
MCC_TCPIP_SINK is running, and the VIRTUALPAGECNT is 60000. Is that 
reasonable?
When I restart the whole thing from scratch (reboot), and I reenable the
notifications, I get the same problem. 
When doing SHOW MCC 0 TCPIP_AM SINK ALL COUNTERS, everything is zero. When
I than send some traps, and repeat the same command, the counters have
indeed increased.

MCC> SHOW MCC 0 TCPIP_AM SINK ALL COUNTERS

MCC 0      TCPIP_AM SINK
AT 18-DEC-1992 11:23:23 Counters

Examination of attributes shows:
                        Current Clients = 1
               coldStart Traps Received = 0
               warmStart Traps Received = 0
                linkDown Traps Received = 0
                  linkUp Traps Received = 1
   authenticationFailure Traps Received = 0
         egpNeighborLoss Traps Received = 0
      enterpriseSpecific Traps Received = 3
                   Total Traps Received = 4
                  Counter Creation Time = 18-DEC-1992 11:21:57.63

So it seems that the sink is running correctly. Should I increase the 
VIRTUALPAGECNT, and if so , what is a reasobale value?

thanks

Timo

4264.7RACER::daveAhh, but fortunately, I have the key to escape reality.Fri Dec 18 1992 07:335
Bumping the virtual page count by itself wont fix everything.  You also
neet to make sure you are not hitting other limits, like your page file quota.

If you want to play with the size of the event pool, see the event topic in
the MCC-TOOLS conference.
4264.82582::YAHEY::BOSEFri Dec 18 1992 09:3711
	The fact that you can show the event sink counters may be an
	indication that there isn't any problems with the event pool.
	The sink counters are retrieved by the AM through the event pool
	only, and your results show that the event pool is working.

	Can you bypass notification services and post the following request :

	MCC> GETEVENT SNMP * ANY CONFIGURATION EVENT

	Rahul.
4264.9it suddenly works, but..CLARID::HOFSTEEE(nterprise)=MC�Mon Dec 21 1992 04:4722
Well, I don't know what happened , but when I did:

	MCC> GETEVENT SNMP * ANY CONFIGURATION EVENT

it worked. Than when I enabled the notification through the IMPM I did NOT
get the message anymore. When sending traps , they both came through the
IMPM and FCL. However, when clicking onto an enterprisespecific trap to
get some details, it crashed with :

%DEBUGBOOT-W-EXQUOTA, exceeded quota
%XLIB-E-INSFMEM, insufficient dynamic memory
%DEBUGBOOT-W-EXQUOTA, exceeded quota
%CMA-F-EXCCOP, exception raised; VMS condition code follows
-SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=04, virtual address=00000000, PC
=00478BC4, PSL=0BC00004

I am running on a 4000/60 with  48 Mb. No alarms or other heavy stuff. It looks 
to me like a memory leak somewhere...


Timo
4264.10TOOK::GUERTINMCC Managing everything for everyone everywhereTue Dec 22 1992 09:267
    What are
       1) your page file quota
       2) your VIRTUALPAGECNT sysgen parameter
       3) your page file block size
    all set to?
    
    -Matt.