Bug 1375912 - SNMP Reports tmpfs as hrStorageFixedDisk
Summary: SNMP Reports tmpfs as hrStorageFixedDisk
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Classification: Red Hat
Component: net-snmp
Version: 7.4
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Josef Ridky
QA Contact: BaseOS QE - Apps
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-09-14 08:46 UTC by Disabled Account
Modified: 2019-12-10 14:23 UTC (History)
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Description Disabled Account 2016-09-14 08:46:11 UTC 
Description of problem:

SNMP Reports tmpfs as hrStorageFixedDisk when performing SNMP checks.


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

Doesn't appear to be release specific, running latest. 

How reproducible:

Every time.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install net-snmp
2. Perform walk looking for 'hrStorageType' and 'hrStorageDescr'
3. Compare "real" disks with tmpfs disks. 
4. Realise that most seem to report as 'hrStorageFixedDisk'

Actual results:

tmpfs drives report as hrStorageFixedDisk

Expected results:

I suspect that the actual result should be as follows:

   hrStorageRamDisk OBJECT-IDENTITY
       STATUS current
       DESCRIPTION
           "The storage type identifier used for a file system that
           is stored in RAM."
       ::= { hrStorageTypes 8 }

Additional info:

https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2790
Comment 2 Disabled Account 2016-09-14 19:47:00 UTC 
A potential workaround solution is to utilise something like this: 

https://access.redhat.com/solutions/1173933

But it's very much a workaround, rather than a fix.
Comment 3 Josef Ridky 2019-01-10 11:51:45 UTC 
Move to RHEL-7.8
Comment 4 Josef Ridky 2019-12-10 14:23:56 UTC 
Red Hat Enterprise Linux version 7 is entering the Manteining phase 1 of its lifetime and this bug doesn't meet the criteria for it, i.e. only high severity issues will be fixed. Please see https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/ for further information.

Closing as WONTFIX.
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