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IV88506: CLARIFY AGENTLESS CONFIGURATION STEP REQUIRED FOR REDHAT.

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APAR status

  • Closed as documentation error.

Error description

  • Clarify Agentless configuration step required for RedHat.
    
    The documentation at this link:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSTFXA_6.3.0.2/co
    m.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/agleslinux/fac_config_agent_specific.htm
    
    says the following:
    
    The Agentless Monitor for Linux uses the Simple Network
    Management Protocol (SNMP) to remotely collect metrics from the
    operating system. SNMP Version 1, SNMP Version 2c, or SNMP
    Version 3 can be used, depending on the configuration of the
    Linux operating system.
    
    1.  On SuSE Linux Enterprise version 9 remote systems,
        Service Pack 3 or later (provides net-snmp-5.1-80.22.rpm or
        later) is required to correctly collect memory statistics.
    
    2.  For Red Hat operating systems, the /etc/snmpd.conf must
        be modified to allow the Host Resources MIB and ucdavis MIB
        to be viewed by all users.
    3.   Add the following system views to the SNMP
         configuration:
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021
    
    
    The following changes should be made and are valid across
    versions of the Agentless Monitoring agent.
    a. For step #2 above, the snmpd.conf is located in the
       /etc/snmp directory.
    b. Step #3 is really part of Step #2.
    c. In addition the following line should be added for the
       Network attribute group.
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.2
    

Local fix

Problem summary

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Problem conclusion

  • The documentation at this link:
    https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSTFXA_6.3.0.2/co
    m.ibm.itm.doc_6.3/agleslinux/fac_config_agent_specific.htm
    
    needs to say the following:
    
    The Agentless Monitor for Linux uses the Simple Network
    Management Protocol (SNMP) to remotely collect metrics from the
    operating system. SNMP Version 1, SNMP Version 2c, or SNMP
    Version 3 can be used, depending on the configuration of the
    Linux operating system.
    
    1.  On SuSE Linux Enterprise version 9 remote systems,
        Service Pack 3 or later (provides net-snmp-5.1-80.22.rpm or
        later) is required to correctly collect memory statistics.
    
    2.  For Red Hat operating systems, the /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf must
        be modified to allow the Host Resources MIB and ucdavis MIB
        to be viewed by all users.  The following system view lines
    need
        to be added to the snmpd.conf file to allow the MIB values
    to
        be retrieved by the Agentless Monitoring agent.
    
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021
            view systemview included .1.3.6.1.2.1.2
    

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APAR Information

  • APAR number

    IV88506

  • Reported component name

    ITM REMOTE LINU

  • Reported component ID

    5724C04RL

  • Reported release

    630

  • Status

    CLOSED DOC

  • PE

    NoPE

  • HIPER

    NoHIPER

  • Special Attention

    NoSpecatt / Xsystem

  • Submitted date

    2016-08-24

  • Closed date

    2016-08-24

  • Last modified date

    2016-08-28

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Fix information

Applicable component levels

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Document Information

Modified date:
08 March 2023