SNMP v3 Users not shown in running-config

[Desmond Lee]

Hi, I have lots of customers using SNMPv3 on their Cisco devices. I do have backup copies of their startup/running config files and am required to restored their devices if there are any hardware failures.

I do understand that configured snmpv3 users information are not shown in the configs, say if I put in a copy of the backup config on a new device to be restored on my client network, will the snmp v3 users info be intact in the new devices ? or I do have to manually add them to the config file again ?

Thanks,

Desmond

[Marvin Rhoads]

They will not be stored in any configuration backup.

Even the command to show the users only confirms their existence without even showing you the hashed credentials:

R1#show snmp user

User name: cscuser
Engine ID: 800000090300500000070000
storage-type: nonvolatile	 active
Authentication Protocol: MD5
Privacy Protocol: AES256
Group-name: v3users

R1#show run | i snmp
mmi snmp-timeout 180
snmp-server chassis-id 
R1#

You would have to do some sort of manual work around as suggested by @IVAN PEPELNJAK in his blog article here:

http://blog.ipspace.net/2008/08/snmp-v3-users-not-shown-in-running.html

[Desmond Lee]

Thanks, tested further.  Most of hidden details could be retrieved from the "show snmp user" command except for the passwords.