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SNMP Probe fails to start with failed to open UDP session error

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Question

In the probe's log file,  below  error messages can be seen:
SNMP Message (priority=3): UDP snmp_open: Unknown host (udp:162) (Permission denied)
Error: E-UNK-000-000: Failed to open UDP session
Error: E-UNK-000-000: Unable to get hold of session link pointer

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nco_p_mttrapd

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Modified date:
09 May 2025

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ibm11071722