NewMM.pl will fail to run

Products

• Spectrum
• Network Observability

Issue/Introduction

The NewMM.pl script is failing to run with errors.

 

We notice that NewMM.pl will fail to run, see error and checks below;

 

[User@SS_HostName ~]$ perl /opt/app/spectrum/Install-Tools/PostInstall/NewMM.pl

 

NewMM.pl is running using out-of-the-box conversion criteria. To specify custom conversion criteria, run NewMM.pl with the `-m' option.

 

Enter name or IP of VNM Host: SS_HostName

 

Enter SpectroServer Landscape Handle (Must be in hex): 0x100000

 

Make sure the SpectroServer is up and running.

 

                           or

 

       You do not have connection privileges to the VNM machine: SS_HostName

 

                           or

 

       You are using an invalid Landscape Handle: 0x100000.

Environment

All supported DX NetOps Spectrum releases

Cause

The NewMM.pl script must be launched from the $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/PostInstall/ directory.

Resolution

To avoid these errors follow these steps:

1. Navigate to the $SPECROOT/Install-Tools/PosInstall/ directory.
2. Run the NewMM.pl script from that directory

See the Update Device Interface and Connection Information documentation topic for additional information on the NewMM.pl script.