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Discard out error rate check
by Laszlo Nemeth 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello, On the 7793 we try to create a check that alert if the interface discards TX errors on our Nexus switch more than 0 per sec. This error is real, we see it on Observium graphs (Device->Port->Error->Discards TX ) and on the switch’s CLI too. We created this check but looks like it doesn’t work: ifOutDiscards_rate notequals 0 We tried it with “gt 1” instead of "notequals 0” without result. :( In an another check the ”ifInErrors_rate” is working, but the ifOutDiscards_rate not. Picture is attached. What we did wrong? BR Laszlo

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Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname
by Ivan Jukic 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi All, I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a nightmare to managed. Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium without using hostname? Cheers, Ivan

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Re: [Observium] Could not resolve
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

Hello Everybody, I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of observium to think well on this situation. We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this devices for monitoring in somewhere. Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? All my monitoring will stop? IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We have 3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. They need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS Names. Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring services we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Hi, > I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve 10.30.1.1 > I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > > http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > > It all work, w hat could be the reason > > Thanks > > > Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 42
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

That's the problem. It's not once. It's not one time in life. It's not advanced users that only uses the system. Can you think on this scenario? Who uses the information, and who uses the system? Is it necessary to be an system administrator or a network Engineering to uses the system? Or my Help Desk team will be able to add an CPE for monitoring too? You are developing a system for big ISP and big companys, but thinking small. Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 14:26, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Spencer Ryan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 13:25:46 -0400 > From: Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: > <CA+HzidTFxhKcf16-=xXJZsZNKNyC-MHYX4w= > 2xSkjUAwcT5K4w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 10 minutes, one script to add all the names to /etc/hosts > > You've spent more time explaining why you don't want to do it than you > could have just doing it. > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net > *Arbor Networks* > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > www.arbornetworks.com > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Claudionei Mendes < > claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't think it's my personal option. It's a use case that many Service > > Providers as us, have. > > > > You have two Scenarios that are not that simple as it looks. > > > > We have important devices. Ok. We need host names, but and for temporary > > devices, as an CPE. > > > > Can you imagine the work you are giving to us? Or to any ISP that cares > > about the customer? > > > > It's impossible that only us, as ISP serve temporary events. Don't you > > think? > > > > In my opinion, and it's not hard to implement, you should think in this > > scenarios. It won't cost nothing to have both options, IP and Host name. > > > > Every monitoring system you search, won't have this limitation. > > > > Adam. It's not my problem. It's what you said. It's a different scenario > > that is not implemented in the system. > > > > Can't you see how many people are complaining about this issue? > > > > Observium is a great software as I could see until now. Congratulations, > > > > But, please, think about this situation. In three days there are three > > people having this difficult. How many people, do you think, simply have > > given up thinking it's a bug on the software, just because, sometimes it > > add devices by IP and sometimes it cannot solve the host name? > > > > Many customers do not complain, they simply turn around and go away. > > Does that complain, it's because really like your work, and wants it > > better. > > > > > > > > > > Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 13:50, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > > escreveu: > > > >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> observium(a)observium.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Re: Could not resolve (Adam Armstrong) > >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (Jason Vanlandingham) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:01 +0100 > >> From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > >> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > >> Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> Message-ID: <4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47(a)typeapp.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > >> You're trying very hard to come up with scenarios that people have > >> already given you solutions for. > >> > >> Observium's target market is primarily service providers and enterprise > >> with large networks. > >> > >> Many of our SP customers like the features we have which enforce good > >> operational practice. > >> > >> If Observium works for you and you're not in that segment, that's fine. > >> > >> However, we can't and won't compromise SP-centric design decisions > >> because users outside of our target market don't like them. > >> > >> Write a script which takes an Ip, puts a dummy entry in to /etc/hosts > and > >> adds the dummy entry. 5 seconds, done. > >> > >> It's you who need to solve the problem of your unusual use case, not us > >> who need to accommodate it. > >> > >> There is actually a way to trick Observium in to allowing you to add by > >> IP. I use it for temporary devices, and it most definitely involves > DNS. ;) > >> > >> Adam. > >> > >> Sent from BlueMail > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 9, 2016, 17:37, at 17:37, Claudionei Mendes < > >> claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >Hello Everybody, > >> > > >> >I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of > >> >observium to think well on this situation. > >> > > >> >We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this > >> >devices > >> >for monitoring in somewhere. > >> > > >> >Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary > >> >devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. > >> > > >> >In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. > >> > > >> >And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? > >> > > >> >What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > >> > > >> >All my monitoring will stop? > >> > > >> >IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. > >> > > >> >I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We > >> >have > >> >3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them > >> >need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. > >> >They > >> >need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS > >> >Names. > >> > > >> >Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring > >> >services > >> >we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > >> >escreveu: > >> > > >> >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> >> observium(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> >> > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Today's Topics: > >> >> > >> >> 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > >> >> 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> >> 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > >> >> Message: 1 > >> >> Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > >> >> From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > >> >> To: observium(a)observium.org > >> >> Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> >> Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve > >> >10.30.1.1 > >> >> I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > >> >> > >> >> http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > >> >> > >> >> It all work, w hat could be the reason > >> >> > >> >> Thanks > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >> >> > >> >>

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Re: [Observium] Could not resolve
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

I don't think it's my personal option. It's a use case that many Service Providers as us, have. You have two Scenarios that are not that simple as it looks. We have important devices. Ok. We need host names, but and for temporary devices, as an CPE. Can you imagine the work you are giving to us? Or to any ISP that cares about the customer? It's impossible that only us, as ISP serve temporary events. Don't you think? In my opinion, and it's not hard to implement, you should think in this scenarios. It won't cost nothing to have both options, IP and Host name. Every monitoring system you search, won't have this limitation. Adam. It's not my problem. It's what you said. It's a different scenario that is not implemented in the system. Can't you see how many people are complaining about this issue? Observium is a great software as I could see until now. Congratulations, But, please, think about this situation. In three days there are three people having this difficult. How many people, do you think, simply have given up thinking it's a bug on the software, just because, sometimes it add devices by IP and sometimes it cannot solve the host name? Many customers do not complain, they simply turn around and go away. Does that complain, it's because really like your work, and wants it better. Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 13:50, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Adam Armstrong) > 2. Re: Could not resolve (Jason Vanlandingham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:01 +0100 > From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: <4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47(a)typeapp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You're trying very hard to come up with scenarios that people have already > given you solutions for. > > Observium's target market is primarily service providers and enterprise > with large networks. > > Many of our SP customers like the features we have which enforce good > operational practice. > > If Observium works for you and you're not in that segment, that's fine. > > However, we can't and won't compromise SP-centric design decisions because > users outside of our target market don't like them. > > Write a script which takes an Ip, puts a dummy entry in to /etc/hosts and > adds the dummy entry. 5 seconds, done. > > It's you who need to solve the problem of your unusual use case, not us > who need to accommodate it. > > There is actually a way to trick Observium in to allowing you to add by > IP. I use it for temporary devices, and it most definitely involves DNS. ;) > > Adam. > > Sent from BlueMail > > > > On May 9, 2016, 17:37, at 17:37, Claudionei Mendes < > claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Hello Everybody, > > > >I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of > >observium to think well on this situation. > > > >We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this > >devices > >for monitoring in somewhere. > > > >Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary > >devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. > > > >In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. > > > >And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? > > > >What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > > > >All my monitoring will stop? > > > >IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. > > > >I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We > >have > >3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them > >need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. > >They > >need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS > >Names. > > > >Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring > >services > >we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. > > > > > > > >Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > >escreveu: > > > >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> observium(a)observium.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > >> 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > >> > >> > >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > >> From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > >> To: observium(a)observium.org > >> Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve > >10.30.1.1 > >> I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > >> > >> http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > >> > >> It all work, w hat could be the reason > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >> > >>

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Report of traffic data
by Danny op de Dijk 09 May '16

09 May '16

Dear readers, Using Observium quite some time now. And am wondering if the following is possible, I'm asking because after a couple of days of searching for it, I can't find it anywhere. What I would like to have or maybe to be able to execute on Observium is a way so I can view what the incoming and outgoing traffic is for an given month. I am able to view it (and even see the bill options) but not to export it or see the absolute values. (for example 13,33 Gb out 21,65 Gb in) Better Example. For customer X, I want to see what his traffic was for box x from April 1 to April 30. And off course this is with Incoming and outgoing values. If there is already a way to view this data in an easy way and I've missed it. Then sorry for this pointless mail. Regards, Danny op de Dijk

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Re: [Observium] DNS
by Rob VanHooren 09 May '16

09 May '16

> On May 8, 2016, at 8:11 PM, ron(a)rjr-services.com <mailto:ron@rjr-services.com> wrote: > It made me be a better network architect. aye, Ron. this. THIS. A Thousand Times, This. <oldgrump> perhaps, albeit dimly, hostnames might not be "necessary" for SNMP, in the shameful besotted hipster world where "zOMG it works!" equals "it's good enough!" but goddammit they *are* necessary for QUALITY OF THE ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENT, and (imo) one of the marks of a competent craftsman. *not* having them screams "SLOPPY" moral: DON'T BE LAZY. and don't foist such nasty bad habits upon those who would come after you. for heaven's sake, there's already enough technical debt on our backs without suffering crap like that. my greybeard might be showing here, but son, *every* allocated IP address should have a matching DNS entry. every. single. one. (bonus points if your As and PTRs match!) a hundred beers to Adam for not backing down. may we raise our glass in the barren remorse of Eternal September. </oldgrump> R. > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com <mailto:ijukic13@gmail.com>> > Date: 05/08/2016 5:57 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname > > Hostnames are not necessary when monitoring via SNMP, in fact IP Addresses are easier. Second we host many IP address ranges for our clients (Public and Private), so this will be a nightmare to manage. As they tend to change hostnames (and rightly so) all the time. Many of them have managed services. > > Is adding devices via IP Address not the important to Observium Devs? I thought it would be a given, since many NMS platforms do this? > > Cheers, > Ivan

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Cron Causing Kayako System Logout and Unable to run Observium Cron simultaneously
by Idzma Zakaria 09 May '16

09 May '16

Hi All, I having a problem related to Cron Job where if I started my cron job,my kayako will logout me from the system and if I stop the cron job I unable to pulled data for Observium. I had followed Observium on how to set the cron for it to pulled the data as shown inside the Observium page but still the cron will impact Kayako.Every time I started the cron job it will clash as Kayako also running php as well. How I can I separate the cron job so that it pulled the data and not harming my Kayako system? -- Kind regards, Idzma Zakaria, ICT Senior Executive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) No.22 Jalan Anggerik, The Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. *T:* +60 3 8949 5000 *F*: +60 3 8949 5100 *E*: idzmaz(a)aism.edu.my *W*: http://www.aism.edu.my/ *Direct Line*: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> -- *Confidentiality Disclaimer:* This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the intended addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise act in reliance upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any internet communications by any third party in reliance to this email, or from the transmission of any viruses. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group for operational or business reasons.

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Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname
by ron＠rjr-services.com 09 May '16

09 May '16

Actually, the hostname requirement actually finally "inspired" me to get my sh*t together and get a good DNS system running for internal devices, and now everyone else around the office is much happier, they're not having to dog around and do "manual" resolution by asking "what the heck is that IP address again?" To each their own, I guess. I'm glad it does have the hostname resolution requirement. It made me be a better network architect. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> Date: 05/08/2016 5:57 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname Hostnames are not necessary when monitoring via SNMP, in fact IP Addresses are easier. Second we host many IP address ranges for our clients (Public and Private), so this will be a nightmare to manage. As they tend to change hostnames (and rightly so) all the time. Many of them have managed services. Is adding devices via IP Address not the important to Observium Devs? I thought it would be a given, since many NMS platforms do this? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 23:12, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: First port of call would be to fire the people installing devices important enough to need monitoring without hostnames... adam. Sent from Mailbird On 06/05/2016 15:00:36, Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> wrote:Yeah, you adding it by hostname has absolutely nothing to do with you trying to add it by IP address, it simply won't work. Like what Joseph said, you need to get generic DNS entries in via some method (DNS server, /etc/hosts) Spencer Ryan | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.netArbor Networks+1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m)www.arbornetworks.com On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: As far as I know, hostnames are strictly required for Observium to talk to a device. If you cannot get DNS records set, or implement some sort of customized DNS server setup, you will have to use /etc/hosts entries (which is basically a custom DNS server setup, just not as elegant/flexible... and its probably somewhat slower when dealing with a lot of addresses). Observium can't resolve an IP to an IP because it isn't a hostname. Host file (and DNS A/AAAA record) lookups don't work "backwards" like that. Also, a hosts file pre-filled with a generically syntaxed hostname for each IP address within any of the subnets which you wish to monitor would pretty much never have to be updated. If you ever have any new IP ranges come into play, you would simply have to append the generic entries for it to the hosts file. What else would there be to manage/maintain? It certainly wouldn't require a full-time role. If you did this, anytime you have a device on an IP without a DNS record, you could add it with the generic hostname. The only other option would be to do some pretty involved patching of your Observium install, which almost assuredly WOULD be a nightmare to maintain. On 05/05/2016 07:02 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: The reason why I ask this is that. I've successfully added a device by Hostname, deleted it then tried via IP Address and get "Can't resolve 10.0.0.1". Even though, the hostname/IP address is still in the hosts file. Furthermore, we literally have millions of IP Addresses (both public and private) so managing this would require a full-time role. Is there any way we can add devices without using hostnames? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 08:29, Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> wrote: I was thinking to do that. But I wanted to avoid that all together. So just to confirm, Observium can only add devices by hostname only and not IP Address? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 08:21, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: It would probably be easiest to use a small script to generate a list of "hostnames" in whatever format you'd like for the IP(s) in the subnet that don't have any DNS records (perhaps something like 10.0.0.1 -> 10-0-0-1.noDNS.<yourdomain>, or whatever), and then add corresponding entries to /etc/hosts for those hosts. Then, you can add the range using that list of hostnames. On 05/05/2016 05:41 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: Hi All, I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a nightmare to managed. Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium without using hostname? 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Help with tunning Poller
by chott＠praha1.net 08 May '16

08 May '16

Hello everybody, please can you help me with tunning Poller? We have about 220devices and 3200ports, some time ago maybe after adding some switche polling information has some wrong blank timeline, picture down please can you help me what i can do for best performance? To [X] [X] [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 733 123 135 Metropolitní síť Praha 1 z.s.p.o. Jindrisska 18 110 00 Praha 1 Czech Republic www.praha1.net<http://www.praha1.net> [Popis: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/praha1net> <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tomas-chott/49/97a/1aa>

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