Compiling a MIB file

You can compile Management Information Base (MIB) files that are located on the IBM® Flex System Manager.

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This topic describes how to access this task in the IBM Flex System Manager Web user interface. If you are using the IBM FSM Explorer, use the finder at the top of the user interface (shown here) to locate this task:

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The MIB files are located in the /opt/ibm/director/proddata/snmp directory.

When IBM Flex System Manager starts, it loads a default set of compiled MIB files that are commonly used. If you have updated the list of MIB files to load, your most recent selections are loaded.

MIB data is stored in its own persistent-storage file, name.mibdata, where name is the MIB definition name. These files are located in the /opt/ibm/director/proddata/snmp directory. By deleting these files and loadedmibs.dat, you can remove all MIB data in IBM Flex System Manager but retain other persistent-storage data.

To compile a MIB file, complete the following steps:

Procedure

  1. Call IBM Support and obtain the password that is required to run the pesh command.
  2. From the management software command-line interface, use the lsconfig -v command to determine the UVMID of management node.
  3. Run the command pesh UVMID, where UVMID is the system ID that you determined in the previous step. When you are prompted, enter the password that you obtained from IBM Support. For more information about the command, see pesh.
  4. On the Initial Setup tab of the Home page in the management software web interface, click Chassis Manager. On the Chassis Manager page, type Manage MIBs in the Find field, then click Manage MIBs in the resulting list on the Tasks tab.
  5. On the Manage MIBs page, click Import MIB File.
  6. On the Import MIB file page, click the File name field or click Browse to search for an MIB file. (To compile successfully, the MIB file must be located on the IBM Flex System Manager.)
  7. Select the MIB file that you want to import, then click OK. Click Cancel to close the page without importing a MIB file.

Results

A message displays that indicates whether the compilation was successful. The message provides a link to view logs.
Parent topic: Managing MIB files