I have ticket
20059700 open with CA about NetMaster not working with SNMP when the snmpd.boots file contains a loopback address rather than the Stack VIPA. OSNMPD builds those snmpd.boots files and sometimes it builds it with the VIPA and sometimes with the loopback address.
When the hosts are built in /IPADMIN.S or when you provide the information into /IPDIAG.MB then NetMaster is using the Stack VIPA (presumably from the .boots file) to generate the keys. If the .boots file gets built with loopback then the keys stored in /IPADMIN.S or typed in in /IPDIAG.MB don't work.
So, my
suggestion is that NetMaster have the option of using a non-localized user and/or a localized user when querying SNMP. It would eliminate the need for hordes of /IPADMIN.S hosts entries ( we have one set for the real-world and another set for a DR-Test ). It would also mean that NetMaster would still work when OSNMPD burps and buillds a wonky .boots file.
I have ticket TS002703774 open with IBM as to why the .boots file can contain loopback.
Thanks for listening to my suggestion.
Best Regards,
Jeff