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bogus VLANs reported on switch
by Adam Thompson 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

We have a Cisco C2960S running 12.2(55)SE3 that Observium insists has a whole bunch of VLANs that don’t actually exist on the switch. The VLANs (No Graphs) screen, for example, shows: VLAN Description Other Ports Vlan 1 default Vlan1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19129/>(U), Gi1/0/25<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19158/>(U), Gi1/0/26<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19159/>(U), Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>(U), Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/>(U) Vlan 2 ccey Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 3 ccmy Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 4 me Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 5 Hermes-Uwrtr1 Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 6 Vlan 9 firewall Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 10 Vlan 90 VLAN0090 Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 91 Vlan 99 ITC-Office-Inside Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> …but VIDs 6, 10 and 91 don’t actually exist on this device: UMTor1#show vlan id 6 VLAN id 6 not found in current VLAN database UMTor1#show vlan id 10 VLAN id 10 not found in current VLAN database UMTor1#show vlan id 91 VLAN id 91 not found in current VLAN database I have manually re-run discovery, successfully. Every bogus VID strictly follows a valid VID, i.e. 5 is valid, 6 is not. 9 is valid, 10 is not. 90 is valid, 91 is not. And so on. Anyone else run into this? Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? Thanks, -Adam Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services [[MERLIN LOGO]]<https://www.merlin.mb.ca/> 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) athompson(a)merlin.mb.ca<mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca> www.merlin.mb.ca<http://www.merlin.mb.ca/>

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Google Maps on dashboard
by Lars Joergensen 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Hi Finally figured out how to make locations work properly by paying for the Google geocoding API. The map on the dashboard is provided by OpenSteetMap. Any way to make that map provided by Google instead, so we can get the satellite view? Lars ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this e-mail by mistake please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments, without opening the attachments, from your system. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any part of this e-mail by anyone else is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. Chr. Hansen does not represent and/or warrant that the information sent and/or received by or with this e-mail is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto. https://www.chr-hansen.com/en/legal-notice

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SNMP Timeouts
by Luis Londoño 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

Hello, A couple of weeks ago some of our switches starting not responding to SNMP and are showing down now but I can ping them from the server that I have Observium on. Recently the server storage got filled up but I expanded the disk and has plenty of space now, but I still get timeouts even if I run the SNMPwalk from the Obserivum server. I reinstalled the snmp and snmpd packages on the server (ubuntu 20.04). Some switches are using v2c and those are working while the ones that aren't working are using v3. Wasn't sure if maybe I needed to reinstall some other packages or see what else I could do to fix this. Thank you

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Monitoring and Alert of MySQL Replication
by Kevin Riahi 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Hello, Is there a method to monitor MySQL replication status, Master Slave status, and alert on failure? Thank you Kevin.

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Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Pieter De Wit 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter

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Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Tony Guadagno 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Milton, I disagree, for example, how do you set up a rule to apply to all devices (past and future)? It appears you cannot, however, you could in the past and that are what all the examples show. I like observium quite a lot, however, its these things (like documentation that is not current) that can really frustrate a user. Tony From: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 5:05 PM To: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? The only thing that has really change is the association rule set. Instead of it being a text entry like the test conditions, there is now an expression builder, but the fields and operators are still the same. That should be easier that before. The test/check condition documentation is still relevant. That hasn't changed. From: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 1:59:04 PM To: Milton Ngan; Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: RE: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? This is what modern version looks like, unfortunately, there are no docs for this. [cid:image007.png@01D685B3.55A2C860] Tony From: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:49 PM To: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? I can't really say what "modern" Observium looks like, I haven't updated our SVN pull for a while. But the version we are running has Test Conditions and the syntax for those looks like what is on the examples page, so I assumed that this should still be relevant. Hopefully Pieter can figure it out from there. From: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 1:43:35 PM To: Observium; Milton Ngan Cc: Pieter De Wit; Observium Subject: RE: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? There is a problem with these examples, they don’t work for modern Observium. Now that observium uses test conditions and “association rulesets”, the documentation is broke and you cannot implement these examples the way they are shown. It would be REALLY helpful to have updated documentation. I am stull struggling with checkers because it is all trial and error. Tony From: Pieter De Wit via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:18 PM To: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? How did I miss that….Thanks ! On 8/09/2020, at 07:58, Milton Ngan <milton(a)valvesoftware.com<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com>> wrote: Use ifInOctets_perc, an example of this is in the docs. https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/ Example Alert Checkers - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/> docs.observium.org<http://docs.observium.org/> Observium Documentation From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Pieter De Wit via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:46:46 PM To: Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Tony Guadagno 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

There is a problem with these examples, they don’t work for modern Observium. Now that observium uses test conditions and “association rulesets”, the documentation is broke and you cannot implement these examples the way they are shown. It would be REALLY helpful to have updated documentation. I am stull struggling with checkers because it is all trial and error. Tony From: Pieter De Wit via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:18 PM To: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? How did I miss that….Thanks ! On 8/09/2020, at 07:58, Milton Ngan <milton(a)valvesoftware.com<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com>> wrote: Use ifInOctets_perc, an example of this is in the docs. https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/ Example Alert Checkers - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/> docs.observium.org<http://docs.observium.org/> Observium Documentation From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Pieter De Wit via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:46:46 PM To: Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Seperate Juniper Flow Sessions from Max
by Pieter De Wit 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, We have a Juniper firewall and its Max Flow Sessions is a *lot* higher than what is currently used. Is there a way to seperate these values onto 2 graphs (without using custom OIDs) ? Thanks, Pieter

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IPSEC Tunnel graphs - Def Error
by Dale Chambers 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, I we predominantly have Cisco devices which is monitored via Observium. I have noticed that there is an issue showing graphs of IPSEC Tunnels. I am not sure when this started to fail but I am on version 20.8.10644. I have checked amongst several different devices and they all show the same error. This is tested on ASA5506, ASA5525, Cisco 1921, Cisco 2911 and Cisco 4331. All graphs shows 'Def Error' [cid:image007.png@01D6829C.C6E0D220] How do I resolved this issue? I have already tried running the discovery.php -h all, and I have even upgraded to 20.9.10652 and still having the same issue. Many Thanks Dale CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY POLICY This communication is private and the information contained in this email and any attachments may be privileged, commercially sensitive, confidential, proprietary to NSSLGlobal Limited or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient or have been sent this in error, you are prohibited from using, copying, relying upon, or disseminating the information, and the sender disclaims any liability for such unauthorised use. Further, if you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. In accordance with our email policy, emails sent or received may be monitored. Thank you. We have recently updated our Privacy Policy, which can be accessed at https://www.nsslglobal.com/uploads/documents/NSSLGlobal_Privacy_Policy.pdf We will hold and manage personal data that you provide us with in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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Enabling MIB and custom values support
by Marian Rychtecky 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi all, I do have two questions with different topics, but I didn't want to send multiple emails. Hope you don't mind. First question is probably very simple, however I cannot find out - I need to collect information from Cisco devices using " CISCO-NETWORK-VIRTUALIZATION-OVERLAY-MIB". This MIB is part of Observium. How I will "activate" collecting these MIB values from a device please? I do have almost all modules active and I don't know how to add MIB to a certain device (not all devices, just 3 of them). Second question - as more and more devices (such as Arista) are giving up on SNMP turning slowly to REST APIs or similar methods, is there any way to push information to Observium using its own (python/php) script? I would imagine any kind of value mapping to graphs and then collecting values from scripts or JSON file.... Thank you for your time and support. Marian -- Marian Rychtecký mr(a)nix.cz Phone +420 724 397 441 NIX.CZ z.s.p.o. Americká 23, Praha 2 130 52 Czech Republic http://www.nix.cz

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