HP Data Protector - omnisnmp - Cannot configure the SNMP service...

When trying to start omnisnmp on your HP Data Protector cell manager you may receive the following error:


"Cannot configure the SNMP service, it is not installed on the system. Install the SNMP service from the Control Panel's Network icon."

First of all, make sure the SNMP service is installed and running. But this is usually the case when you want to start omnisnmp :-)


The problem is that omnisnmp can't run when other HP Insight utilities are running, so open your services.msc and stop all HP Insight xxxxx agents which are running. 

After stopping the services execute the omnisnmp command again and it should run fine and don't forget to restart the services you stopped

Extra info from HP