AW: [AGENT++] newbie: How to send trap via agent++?

[John Mudd]

I see.  I just did a search and read that traps can be lost because
they use UDP and UDP is not guaranteed.  The network can also be down.

I'm going to check with others but I think our plan is to send
heartbeat traps.  That way if the heartbeats don't arrive then someone
monitoring the system will have a clue that traps are being lost.

We also will resend linkDown type traps so long as the component is
down, every 30 seconds or so.

I'll double check if anyone expects my program  to service requests.

I think your approach makes more sense and it helps me to at least
understand how this is supposed to work.

Thanks to you and Jochen for your replies,
John

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> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:53:17 +0100
> From: "Eggers, Henning" <Henning.Eggers at plath.de>
> Subject: AW: [AGENT++] newbie: How to send trap via agent++?
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> > > I'm tempted to just use the snmp++ sample code but I have been
> > > *advised* that the agent++ package will provide me with advantages
> > > over the snmp++ code.  Are there advantages?
> >
> > If your application just has to send a trap (as you wrote above) and
> > doesn't have to respond to any manager requests, you should
> > use snmp++.
> > If you need a real agent, you should use agent++.
>
> And I do not tire of saying, that traps should _never_ be the only
> source of information about an event or state because they can get lost!
> Traps should only be used to trigger the manager to request the details
> of the event immediately. Any information found in traps should _always_
> be accessible through get requests as well.
>
> I know there are not a few MIBs out there that grossly violate this
> design rule but they are a pain to handle!
>
> So, there really is no choice wether to use Agent++ or Snmp++, unless
> the sending of traps and the servicing of requests is done by separate
> applications on the same device.
>
> Just my 50 ct.
>
> Henning
>
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