snmpd process on Manager stopped automatically

Products

• VMware NSX

Issue/Introduction

• snmpd process on Manager stopped automatically.
• Verify the status using following command

root@nsx-mngr-01:~# /etc/init.d/vmware-snmpd status
 vmware-snmpd.service - VMware SNMPD
     Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/vmware-snmpd.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
     Active: inactive (dead)   <<<

• /var/log/syslog will show entries similar to the below indicates service stopping automatically

2023-02-27T05:40:43.270Z tbnsxtm01-1.fj-lgwan-mng.local systemd 1 - - Stopping LSB: VMware SNMP agent...
2023-02-27T05:40:43.702Z tbnsxtm01-1.fj-lgwan-mng.local vmware-snmpd 13009 - - * Stopping vmware network management services:
2023-02-27T05:40:43.989Z tbnsxtm01-1.fj-lgwan-mng.local vmware-snmpd 13009 - - umount: /var/spool/snmp: not mounted.
2023-02-27T05:40:43.150Z tbnsxtm01-1.fj-lgwan-mng.local systemd 1 - - Stopped LSB: VMware SNMP agent

Environment

VMware NSX-T Datacenter 3.x

VMware NSX 4.x

Resolution

This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 3.2.4
This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.1.1
This issue is resolved in VMware NSX 4.2.0

Workaround:

Execute "/etc/init.d/vmware-snmpd restart" on the problematic node and verify the status using above command.