From: Matthew Palmer (no email)
Date: Wed May 09 2007 - 01:28:13 EDT
On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 08:10:56PM -0700, matthew zeier wrote:
> >>and
> >>more to the point how the whole shebang (I'm using net-snmpd) is
> >>typically used.
> >
> >Agent on device provides values, management app(s) collect data by polling
> >(and possibly via traps), sysadmin gets to go home on time for once.
>
> I have yet to see this work in practice however.
Yeah, I misread 'typically' as 'theoretically'. Practical experience is
more like:
Agent on device lies about it's values, management apps collect lies (and
ignore/lose traps), and the sysadmin has yet more software to swear at.
<grin>
- Matt
-- I'm seriously considering getting one of those bright-orange prison overalls and stencilling PASSENGER on the back. Along with the paper slippers, I ought to be able to walk right through security. Not. -- Brian Kantor, in the Monastery
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