2.4.2 Notes about installation (for Solaris)
This subsection provides Solaris-specific notes about installation when SNMP Agent for a Solaris system is installed. For installation notes common to all OSs, see 2.4 Notes about installation.
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If you install SNMP Agent on the same host as for NNM, the directories listed below must exist. Take precautions especially in the case of a cluster system.
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/var/opt/OV/share
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/etc/opt/OV/share
SNMP Agent creates files under these directories during installation. If these directories do not exist, installation fails.
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Make sure that the Solaris native agent has been installed. If it is not installed, install it.
If the Solaris native agent has been installed, SNMP Agent acquires MIB-II's interfaces, at, ip, icmp, tcp, and udp group information from the Solaris native agent. If the Solaris native agent has not been installed, SNMP Agent does not respond regarding MIB-II's interfaces, at, ip, icmp, tcp, and udp group information, or it returns invalid information.
Normally, the Solaris native agent is installed when Solaris is installed. If you are not sure whether the native agent was installed in the currently running system, check as necessary.
The native agent consists of the following packages:
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system/management/snmp/net-snmp
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system/management/snmp/net-snmp/addons
To determine whether these packages have been installed, use the following command:
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/usr/bin/pkg info system/management/snmp/net-snmp
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/usr/bin/pkg info system/management/snmp/net-snmp/addons
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When SNMP Agent is installed, the following OS files are changed:
/lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp
If snmp 161/udp is not defined in the /etc/services file, this information is added to the /etc/services file.
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When SNMP Agent is installed, the start/stop script of the following Solaris native agent is changed:
The OS file (/lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp) can be overwritten. If the /lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp file has been customized, or if the snmpd process will not start up correctly after SNMP Agent is installed, edit the file /lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp as needed. Note that the snmpd process option udp:8161 is required for the native agent adapter to work correctly, so check that it has not been deleted. Also, if SNMP Agent is deleted, the /lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp file will be restored to the state it was in prior to installation of SNMP Agent. In this case, too, edit the /lib/svc/method/svc-net-snmp file as necessary.