Speeding up ncp_poller startup by not checking SNMP credentials

Disabling the testing of SNMP access credentials on startup of ncp_poller can improve startup times.

If you are sure that your access credentials for the devices you want to poll are accurate, you can configure the polling process, ncp_poller, not to check them on startup.

  1. Back up and edit the file NCHOME/etc/precision/NcPollerSchema.DOMAIN.cfg
  2. Locate the line that defines the value of the DiscoverInitialAccess option.
  3. If you want the ncp_poller process to check the SNMP credentials each time it starts up, leave the value of DiscoverInitialAccess set to 1.
  4. To turn off the initial checking of SNMP access credentials, set the value of DiscoverInitialAccess set to 0. The ncp_poller process still tests SNMP credentials for a given device if there is a poll failure.
  5. Restart the ncp_poller process.