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Configuring TCP/IP Services
3.8 Verifying the Configuration
Deleting temporary read/write community SNMPIVP_6520.
Shutting down and restarting the SNMP service...
Shutting down the SNMP service... done.
Starting up the SNMP service... done.
SNMP IVP request completed.
Press Return to continue ...
If one of the SNMP tests fails, you will see messages such as the following:
SNMPIVP: unexpected text in response to SNMP request:
"No reply."
See file SYS$SYSDEVICE:[TCPIP$SNMP]TCPIP$SNMP_REQUEST.DAT for more
details.
Verify that SNMP trace is not enabled.
sysContact could not be retrieved. Status = 0
The SNMP IVP has NOT completed successfully.
In this case, the error could indicate that not all SNMP components have started,
or that SNMP tracing is enabled and needs to be disabled. For information about
SNMP trace, see the Compaq TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS Management guide.
3.9 Additional Configuration Tasks
After you run TCPIP$CONFIG and enable the functionality and components
appropriate for your network, you need to complete additional configuration tasks
to enable access to product applications. TCP/IP Services provides a management
command interface and logical names you can use to modify or customize the
software for your environment.
The additional configuration tasks include:
• Populating databases (for example, for BIND and DHCP)
• Setting up user accounts
• Setting up communication and NFS proxies
• Defining print queues
• Setting up, exporting, and maintaining file systems
• Tuning the system for optimum performance
Many of the services require additional configuration or optimization. For more
information about how to configure each service, refer to the Compaq TCP/IP
Services for OpenVMS Management guide.
3.10 Starting and Stopping TCP/IP Services by Command
You can use commands in your OpenVMS startup file to have TCP/IP Services
started and stopped automatically when the OpenVMS system starts up or shuts
down, as explained in Section 3.10.1. These commands start and stop all the
TCP/IP Services components installed on your system. Alternatively, you can
start and stop individual TCP/IP Services client or server components without
affecting other TCP/IP Services components currently running. For information
about starting and stopping individual components, see Section 3.10.3.
If necessary, you can start and stop TCP/IP Services manually, as explained in
Section 3.10.2. You can also start and stop user-written services, as explained in
Section 3.10.4.
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