[j-nsp] SNMP interface index change after upgrade to 9.2

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Fri Feb 13 07:15:21 EST 2009


Once upon a time, Tore Anderson <tore at linpro.no> said:
> Hey, Juniper, if you're reading this:  Do you think that I ENJOY wasting
> hours of my to clear up the mess this «feature» has caused, you're sadly
> mistaken!  Not only is it fscking annoying - I use the data in my graphs
> for accounting too (and I think that's pretty common to do), so now
> valuable data used for invoicing customers is lost forever.

Um, how about using modern software that doesn't assume static interface
IDs?  Interface IDs are never guaranteed to be static, so proper SNMP
software should handle them changing.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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