topic Re: High process "snmpdm" in Operating System - HP-UX

High process "snmpdm"

Ahmed_58 — Tue, 23 May 2006 06:38:06 GMT

Hi,
Below process shows very high, any idea what is for? is it normal?

656680 1049 root /usr/sbin/snmpdm

Regards,
Ahmed

Re: High process "snmpdm"

Gary Glick — Tue, 23 May 2006 15:43:39 GMT

This is the snmpd daemon.
on my servers this process is basiclly idle. I would think that what you're describing is not normal. The man file for snmpd give some info on how to restart it. I'd also check what version you're running and if there are any patches available.

Reegards

Gary

Re: High process "snmpdm"

Bosman, Kryno — Tue, 23 May 2006 15:50:42 GMT

Did you already stop and start that process?

Re: High process "snmpdm"

Andrey Tumanov — Tue, 23 May 2006 16:11:52 GMT

There have been some security vulnerabilities reported related to SNMP. Make sure you have the latest patches installed:

PHSS_26137 s700_800 10.20 OV EMANATE14.2 Agent Consolidated Patch

PHSS_26138 s700_800 11.X OV EMANATE14.2 Agent Consolidated Patch

These patches are marked OV (OpenView) but also suit non-Openview systems.

If you don't use SNMP, you'd better disable it by removing its entries from /etc/services and removing the execute permissions from /usr/sbin/snmpd and /usr/sbin/snmpdm.

Good luck.

Re: High process "snmpdm"

Bill Hassell — Tue, 23 May 2006 19:02:08 GMT

Old versions of snmpd had a bug that not only consumed excessive CPU time but also excessive amounts of RAM. There are two choices: get up to date on patches (always the correct decision), and two: stop the SNMP processes by editing all the SNMP files in /etc/rc.config.d -- set the start variable to zero.

Re: High process "snmpdm"

Ahmed_58 — Tue, 23 May 2006 23:23:15 GMT

Thanks all,
will follow your advice.
Ahmed