This suggests that you do not need SNMP, but to finally answer that question you simply will have to try.

No, it doesn't. I haven't installed AIX from scratch for a long time and i am not sure what the installation default of the SNMP-daemons is, but you can simply test that:

Code:

lssrc -a | grep -e snmp -e mib

You may eventually see 4 running daemons: snmpd, aixmibd, hostmibd and snmpmibd. If so: SNMP is active. If not: then not. (duh ;-) )

If it is active: shut them offf via the SRC. The command is stopsrc -s <daemon>. See the description of the SRC (system resource controller), namely the command chssys to change the starting behaviour.

No, SNMP won't affect these three either way.

This depends on the network service and a general answer can't be given. You will have to determine which network services you need in particular and then find out if they rely on SNMP. What you have said so far indicated that you don't need it, but just try it and see what happens. In teh unlikely event of you having to start them again: use the startsrc command to start them via the SRC.

I hope this helps.

bakunin