[SNMP4J] SNMP Manager re-installation no longer authenticating

[Aidan Diffey]

Frank Fock wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 18.01.2010 16:30, Aidan Diffey wrote:
>   
>> Hello.
>>
>> I have an SNMP device which is connected to a manager (A J2EE application).
>> They are both talking to each other using SNMP V3.  I have re-installed the
>> manager which involved reloading a database.
>> This has reset the engine boot count on the manager from 21 back to 1. Since
>> then, I am receiving a -1414 error from SNMP4J.
>>     
>
> This is absolutely normal. Either do not reset the boot counter
> or delete the cached boot counter information.
>
>   
>> Is there something in SNMP4J that requires the engine boots to be
>> incremented in order for authentication to take place?
>>     
>
> This is a SNMPv3 requirement, nothing SNMP4J requires.
>
>   
>> How would I get the devices talking again after rebuilding the manager
>> database?
>>     
>
> Let SNMP4J rediscover the engine ID of the device.
> Use Snmp.discoverEngineID(..)
>
> Best regards,
> Frank
>
>
>   


Hello Frank. Thank you for responding.

Is the cached boot count in a file somewhere on disk that I can delete? 
I will try the snmp.discoverEngineID method as well.

Kind Regards