Hi all,
Hope all is well.
I’m currently trying to work out as to why SNMPv3 authenticated scans are failing / test credentials are failing, despite having the correct auth & privacy creds provided.
I seem to have narrowed this down to the requirement of a “contextname,” that’s missing in the GUI configuration.
Some SNMP devices, such as HP printers have a hardcoded contextname which cannot be removed. As a result, all authentication’s are failed due to no contextname being provided from IVM.
I have simulated an SNMPv3 agent on a VM and disabled the contextname field within the simulated agent = Shared credentials are a success. However, the moment I enable the contextname on the simulated agent, authentication’s are failing.
It appears this isn’t solely a R7 issue, as competitors have had the same SNMPv3 field omitting from their GUI.
Has anyone got a work around or can provide further insights as to how to authenticate the SNMPv3 during scans if there’s no option for providing the contextname?
Cheers,
Joshua