High process "snmpdm"

[Ahmed_58]

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

656680 1049 root /usr/sbin/snmpdm

Regards,
Ahmed

[Gary Glick]

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

[Bosman, Kryno]

Did you already stop and start that process?

[Andrey Tumanov · Accepted solution]

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.

[Bill Hassell]

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.

[Ahmed_58]

Thanks all,
will follow your advice.
Ahmed