Persistent Storage Files

The persistent storage file, /var/sma_snmp/snmpd.conf, contains USM security information and any MIB components that are set for persistent storage. This file also contains the engineID and the engineID boots. This persistent storage file is automatically updated when the System Management Agent starts. When the System Management Agent stops, the snmpusm and snmpvacm utilities write user security information to this storage file. For more information on security, see Chapter 4, Managing Security.

The persistent storage file is generated based upon the tokens that are placed in the main user configuration file in /etc/sma/snmp/snmpd.conf. For more information, see the snmpd.conf(4) man page.