Frequently Asked Question
Resolving Synology NAS Resource Monitor Issues
Last Updated 6 months ago
Issue
Resource Monitor shows no values, despite no apparent issues in logs and notifications. A reboot does not resolve the issue. Enabling or disabling usage history might also result in an error. The underlying issue is a corrupted snmpd.0.conf
file.
Solution
Fixing the Issue by Deleting Corrupted File and Restarting SNMP Server
Follow the steps below:
- Enable SSH Services
- Navigate to
Control Panel > Terminal & SNMP > Terminal
to enable SSH.
- Navigate to
- SSH Login
- Use an SSH client like Putty to log into your Synology NAS.
- Enter Credentials
- Use the root (administrator) username and password for login.
- Elevate Permissions
- Enter
sudo -i
and then re-enter the root password when prompted.
- Enter
- Delete Corrupted File
- Execute the command
sudo rm /var/lib/net-snmp/snmpd.0.conf
to remove the corruptedsnmpd.0.conf
file.
- Execute the command
- Restart SNMP Server
- Run the command
sudo systemctl restart snmpd
to restart the SNMP service.
- Run the command
Your Resource Monitor should be operational immediately after these steps. If not, a reboot of the NAS should resolve the issue.
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