How to convert lots of MIBs?

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Regarding my latest question on this site; I'm still struggling with adding MIB files to my snmptt server. I have this huge pile of MIBs from both Cisco and Juniper, and snmptt needs handlers for them. They provide a tool called snmpttconvertmib, and I can write shell scrip that executes it for each MIB, but here is the problem: They depend on each other...

So converting a whole directory of MIBs will fail, because the order in which the files are translated is wrong. Is there any known tool/way that takes care of this and lets me do what I need?

Using Debian btw.

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 17 '14 at 13:28

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The snmpttconvertmib script relies on the the Net-SNMP snmptranslate utility to process the MIB files behind-the-scenes. The snmptranslate tool looks for dependent MIB files in the directories specified in the MIBDIRS environment variable. Are you certain that snmptranslate is looking in the right place in your scenario?

answered Oct 17 '14 at 13:28

Evan Anderson

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My MIBDIRS environment variable is set to the folder where my mibs are, so I guess that it is correct? – Harold Holsappel Oct 17 '14 at 13:40
@HaroldHolsappel - Sounds like it. (It was worth a shot, at least... >smile<) – Evan Anderson Oct 17 '14 at 13:43
Would it work to `cat` all MIBs into one file and then run `snmpttconvertmib` on it? – Harold Holsappel Oct 20 '14 at 07:43
Hmm nope. Doesnt work, because now all the import statements are failing. – Harold Holsappel Oct 20 '14 at 08:12

How to convert lots of MIBs?

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