Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Perfm.bat Error

ID: Q183864

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0

SYMPTOMS

When running the Perfm.bat batch file from the Windows NT resource kit to install SNMP Performance Monitor Agent Extensions, you may receive the error:

Unable to open 'C:\NTRESKIT\LMMIB2MIB'

Also, the Mib.bin file created by this batch file is incorrectly only 23 bytes and Snmputil.exe queries may not work properly.

CAUSE

The batch Perfm.bat file supplied with the Windows NT resource kit to automatically install SNMP Performance Monitor Agent Extensions has various typos and errors that cause it to fail.

RESOLUTION

The following batch file, if run from the NTReskit directory at an MS-DOS prompt inside of Windows NT, should create the correct Mib.bin file and add the Performance Counter Agent Extensions correctly:


   @echo off
   echo "Creating perfmib....."
   @echo on
   perf2mib perfmib.mib perfmib.ini memory 1 memory processor 2 CPU
   "Network   Segment" 3 net PhysicalDisk 4 disk
   @echo off
   echo "Compiling perfmib"
   @echo on
   mibcc -omib.bin -n -t -w2 SMI.MIB LMMIB2.MIB mib_ii.mib perfmib.mib

   @echo off
   echo "Stopping snmp service"
   @echo on
   net stop snmp

   @echo off
   echo "Saving old mib to mib.old...."
   @echo on
   move %systemroot%\system32\mib.bin %systemroot%\system32\mib.old

   @echo off
   echo "Copying perfmib files from NTResKit to system32"
   @echo on
   copy perfmib.dll %systemroot%\system32\perfmib.dll
   copy perfmib.ini %systemroot%\system32\perfmib.ini
   copy mib.bin %systemroot%\system32\mib.bin

   @echo off
   echo "Registering new Mibs"
   @echo on
   regini perfmib.reg

   @echo off
   echo "Restarting SNMP Service"
   @echo on
   net start snmp

NOTE: If the SNMP Service causes an access violation when it restarts, restart the computer.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the resource kits for Microsoft NT Server 4.0 and Workstation 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

To test the results of the batch file above, try the following command using the Snmputil.exe utility from the Windows NT resource kit:

SNMPUTIL get <agent> <community>

.iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.microsoft.software.1.3.1.1.1.1.0

The results should look similar to the following:

>snmputil get <agent / computernmae> <communtiy>

.iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.microsoft.software.1.3.1.1.1.1.0


   Variable =

.iso.org.dod.internet.private.enterprises.microsoft.software.1.3.1.1.1.1.0


   Value    = INTEGER - 757760

The above example is the "memory free" OID.

Keywords : kbbug4.00
Version : WinNT:4.0
Platform : winnt
Issue type : kbbug