SNMP SET error creating Response Path with CA Performance Management

Products

• CA Infrastructure Management
• CA Performance Management - Usage and Administration

Issue/Introduction

SNMP SET error creating Response Path with CA Performance Management 

When issuing the Create request the response received shows the following errors:

<ActionType>CREATE</ActionType> 
<Result> 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.RttType: OPERATION_NOT_ALLOWED - 
{http://im.ca.com/certifications/snmp%7DCiscoRttMonStatsMib.rttMonCtrlAdminRttType: SNMP error 6: No access 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.Owner: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.Timeout: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.RequestSize: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.TargetAddress: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.Frequency: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.Tag: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
{http://im.ca.com/normalizer%7DNormalizedICMPInfo.Threshold: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET 
</Result>

Environment

Reported against r2.8

Applies to all supported CA Performance Management releases

Cause

Per the details at the bottom of this page: 
https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-5/en/building/configure-round-trip-time-rtt-tests/rtt-configuration-details 

The errors indicate the cause is: 

Result

The result attribute is a read-only attribute that indicates the outcome of the request:

Meaning

<Result> value

Invalid credentials, such as SNMP SET profile.

{http://im.ca.com/normalizer}NormalizedICMPInfo.RttType: OPERATION_NOT_ALLOWED - {http://im.ca.com/certifications/snmp}CiscoRttMonStatsMib.rttMonCtrlAdminRttType: SNMP error 6: No access{http://im.ca.com/normalizer}NormalizedICMPInfo.TargetAddress: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET{http://im.ca.com/normalizer}NormalizedICMPInfo.Owner: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET{http://im.ca.com/normalizer}NormalizedICMPInfo.Tag: ATTRIBUTE_NOT_SET

Resolution

Ensure the SNMP Profile in use is configured to utilize the correct SET access community string, user and protocol details to allow MIB updates and writes against the target device.

Additional Information

https://docops.ca.com/ca-performance-management/3-5/en/building/configure-round-trip-time-rtt-tests/rtt-configuration-details