[2013/01/04 03:20:05] #net-snmp <rickard> Hi, I have a question. We are trying to do a snmpwalk from a linux server to a solaris system, but it will not work. We can get the most data, but it always fails, looks like net-snmp don't have the correct mibs for solaris...
[2013/01/04 04:24:33] #net-snmp <pppingme> what do you mean by it always fails?
[2013/01/04 04:30:55] #net-snmp <rickard> pppingme: It have one string thats fails...
[2013/01/04 04:31:38] #net-snmp <pppingme> fails with what? snmpwalk doesn't need mib files to "walk", only to pretty up the output
[2013/01/04 04:32:14] #net-snmp <rickard> Error in packet. Reason: (genError) A general failure occured Failed object: iso.3.6.1.4.1.42.2.15.12
[2013/01/04 04:33:12] #net-snmp <rickard> pppingme: Ah, that may be the case... :/ I get this error on all the solaris machines that have sun native snmp (net-snmp only comes with solaris 10)
[2013/01/04 04:33:15] #net-snmp <pppingme> that is more than likely a fault on the box you are querying, not of snmpwalk. Have you looked to see if anything is getting logged on that box?
[2013/01/04 04:34:02] #net-snmp <rickard> Not right now, i get the same fail on all the solaris machines (8 of them)
[2013/01/04 04:35:49] #net-snmp <pppingme> are the snmpd.conf (or whatever solaris calls it) all 100% stock, or have they been customized at all?
[2013/01/04 04:37:34] #net-snmp <rickard> That is unknown at this moment, its old machines.
[2013/01/04 04:38:56] #net-snmp <pppingme> thats my suspicion. make sure the snmp daemons are up to date on those machines
[2013/01/04 04:41:27] #net-snmp <rickard> Yes, I will have a look at that...I assume that up2date on solaris 8 and 9 is not that up2date though...
[2013/01/04 04:44:00] #net-snmp <pppingme> rickard its possible that at some point the kernel and some pieces of those boxes have been updated, but not the snmp daemons, and now its not seeing something or getting expected results between the snmp daemon and the kernel, hard to say without doing more digging, but just making sure you're up to date on everything is a start, and figure out how to get a stock snmpd.conf (or whatever solaris calls it) and then go from there.