SNMPD.BOOTS search order

The search order for accessing SNMPD.BOOTS information is as follows. The first file found in the search order is used.

1. The name of a z/OS® UNIX file or an MVS™ data set specified by the SNMPD_BOOTS environment variable.
2. /etc/snmpd.boots

Guideline: If the SNMPD.BOOTS file is not provided, the SNMP agent creates the file. If multiple SNMPv3 agents are running on the same MVS image, use the environment variable to specify different SNMPD.BOOTS files for the different agents. For security reasons, ensure unique engineIDs are used for different SNMP agents.