This entry starts the hostmibd daemon on system startup. This is a dpi2 sub-agent that may be required if the server runs SNMP. The hostmibd daemon is a dpi2 sub-agent which manages a number of MIB variables. If snmpd is not required, it is recommended that it is disabled.The specific MIB variables which are managed by hostmibd are defined by RFC 2790. Further details relating to these MIBS can be found in the URL below- http-//pic.dhe.ibm.com/infocenter/aix/v7r1/topic/com.ibm.aix.cmds/doc/aixcmds2/hostmibd.htm?resultof=%22%68%6f%73%74%6d%69%62%64%22%20
Solution
In /etc/rc.tcpip, comment out the hostmibd entry- chrctcp -d hostmibd