rc scripts

rc scripts are installed for all SNMP related products, which permits automatically starting one or more agents during POSIX startup or an automatic stop when POSIX is terminated. In order to enable the automatic startup of NET-SNMP or any of its agents, their respective rc files should be modified to match your configuration.

The RC script for the NET-SNMP master agent starts 'snmpd' as follows:

               _OPTIONS="-LS0-6d -p /var/run/snmpd.pid -q"

               snmpd $_OPTIONS

The default configuration file for snmpd can be found in:

               /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf

Usage for net-snmp package (snmpd):

               /etc/rc2.d/S90net-snmp start|restart|stop|status

Examples for SNMP daemon:

               /etc/rc2.d/S90net-snmp start

               /etc/rc2.d/S90net-snmp stop

               /etc/rc2.d/S90net-snmp restart

               /etc/rc2.d/S90net-snmp status

Usage for snmp-agents package:

In order to start any of the SNMP agents, the master agent (snmpd) has to be started first. 

              /etc/rc2.d/S91snmp-agents start|restart|stop|status [appMonAgent|consoleA
gent|openFTAgent|openSM2Agent|spoolAgent|storageAgent|hostAgent|hsmsAgent|openUTMAge
nt]

Examples for SNMP agents: 

If the S91snmp-agents script is executed with only one of the mandatory parameters (start/stop/restart/status), the designated action will be performed for all agents:

               /etc/rc2.d/S91snmp-agents start

                     appMonAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/appMonAgent.log
                     consoleAgent is already started
                     openFTAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/openFTAgent.log
                     openSM2Agent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/openSM2Agent.log
                     spoolAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/spoolAgent.log
                     storageAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/storageAgent.log
                     hostAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/hostAgent.log
                     hsmsAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/hsmsAgent.log
                     openUTMAgent is started
                     log file is: /var/adm/openUTMAgent.log

If the agent name is given as  the second argument, the S91snmp-agents will start/stop/restart/status only the chosen agent:

              /etc/rc2.d/S91snmp-agents start consoleAgent

                    consoleAgent is started
                    log file is: /var/adm/consoleAgent.log

Some agents need mandatory configuration in the rc files, like passing configuration files and/or credentials.

          

In order to add custom parameters please change _CUSTOM_XXX_config variable in the S91snmp-agents script where XXX is the name of the agent, for example "console", "ftp", "host"...

Example for hsmsAgent

_CUSTOM_hsms_config="-l \$SYSHSMS.SYSLIB.HSMS.120"

Example for consoleAgent

_CUSTOM_console_config="-o tsos -y sysadm"

Note

Using plain-text passwords is not safe. The Console Agent facilitates the usage of authentication files, which are AES-encrypted. In order to create such file proceed as follows:

• Call "consoleAgent -A"

• Follow the prompt

• Edit rc file by passing argument -a with absolute PATH to the created auth-file.