SNMP uptime value in hrSystemUptime differs from /proc/uptime in RHEL

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The value of hrSystemUpdate from our SNMP daemon is different than the value of /proc/uptime (1289636 vs 42962566):

    $ uptime
    23:46:44 up 497 days,  6:02,  1 user,  load average: 0.06, 0.15, 0.15
    
    
    $ cat /proc/uptime
    42962566.94 42701926.83
    
    $ snmpget -mALL -c public -Ovt -v 1 localhost hrSystemUptime.0
    1289636
    

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • SNMPd

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