Unable to rediscover and poll Cisco nexus device 7700 in snmpcollector
This issue can also be encountered wih other network devices discovered using snmpv3 with snmpcollector intermittently
Release : 8.51
Component : UIM - SNMPCOLLECTOR
snmpcollector 3.43 HF7
After network device reboot for any reason unable to readd device in snmpcollector .Profile shows failed discovery in snmpcollector gui
Can see below error in snmpcollector logs even though the snmpv3 credentials are checked to be valid
Line 14262: Jul 20 07:13:46:752 [DiscoveryController3, snmpcollector] DeviceDiscovery failed: xxxxxx.com.sg in state Discovery Failed. Reason: Credentials Invalid or device is unreachable. Unable to communicate with device using given credentials
Observed with network device discovered with snmpv3 protocol and monitored with snmpcollector probe
Workaround which is option 1 is to delete the device , restart snmpcollector probe and rediscover the device
Option1
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1 - delete the device from snmp-collector gui and save
2 - deactivate the snmp-collector probe
3 - active the probe
4 - add the device (Query from discovery server option in snmpcollector GUI to Import, or just create a new profile with the Device via IP or Hostname
Option2
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Upgrade snmpcollector probe to version 3.50 or greater and rediscover the device.