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Feature request + issues with NetApp cDot and EMC Isilon
by Jesper Frank Nemholt 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

Hi Not sure if there is a better place for feature requests, but here it goes : 1. In the group option it would be great to be able to create subgroups and assign/re-assign, so different measures related to the same infrastructure or area can be kept together. 2. Currently it is not possible to rename a group. Would be nice to have this option. 3. Would be great to have some simple functions / regex related to the group graphs to allow consolidating & filtering the data further. Right now it will either aggregate/stack data depending on what it is and it would be more flexible to have some control over this. Also being able to give the aggregated data some more meaningful data labels would be nice. Some time back I asked about NetApp cDOT support....got no answer but saw on the forum that someone was looking into this several months back. Right now the cDOT support is very limited as the MIB is different compared to standard OnTAP and it allow for multiple controller pairs in the same cluster. Any news on what the status is ? Same story for Isilon, here all the server data is gathered, but with complete unawareness of the nodes being in a cluster.... so the only way to get cluster data properly recorded & presented is to create a group for all nodes and create aggregated graphs. Anyone using Observium with IBM GPFS (ESS) ? /Jesper

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Re: [Observium] BGP Alert Checks
by Moerman, Maarten 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

https://github.com/mgmoerman/docs/blob/master/observium-alert-checkers.md There's a BGP example there. This works on both Juniper & Cisco with Ipv4 & IPv6 (there's some details on this, in a thread on this mailing list) Maarten -- Maarten Moerman | Mgr, Network Engineering | eBay Classifieds | +31-655122247 | mmoerman(a)ebay.com From: observium on behalf of Aaron Hite Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System Date: Wednesday, October 21, 2015 at 4:32 PM To: "observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>" Subject: [Observium] BGP Alert Checks Team, I need some guidance. I have spent some time on the web trying to find examples of how to configure a alert checker to tell me when a BGP peer is Admin up but not working. We have quite a few peers in our environment that are Admin down and I just want to ignore those. I have tried many variations of the checker, but must be missing something. Here is a screenshot of the latest attempt. My device and entity match are set to “*”. If I change the condition or any instead of all, I seem to get alerts that are not correct as they are including peer states that are admin down. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Aaron

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FW: Correct metrics for storage_free checker
by Hilco de Lathouder 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi, I'd like to use the storage_free (instead of storage_perc) to get an alert if disk space is below 500 MB. What kind of units are used (byts/mb/kb/gb) ? I was thinking the rule would be like 'storage_free lt 500' if it's in megabytes. Or should i use 'gb' or 'mb' in the equation? Regards, Hilco

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Observium CE / rename device, it disappears from "Servers" view
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 21 Oct '15

21 Oct '15

Hi Command used : /opt/observium/rename_device.php azimuth3 srvbggwer004 Host azimuth3 renamed to srvbggwer004 I see the server under Devices | All devices, but it disappears from "Servers". Also naming back to "azimuth3" doesn't solve. Is there a database hack to place the host in the right category ? Observium CE 0.15.6.6430 best regards, Sala

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Request: Add a device proactively
by Nate Mellendorf 20 Oct '15

20 Oct '15

Observium team, I just finished pre-deploying a few routers for a new client, and I'm adding each one to our monitoring platforms in advance. As they're offline, I'll be unable to add them to Observium until they respond to SNMP / ICMP. Is there a way I could add these proactively, and work around the error that Observium pushes our by default? Ideally, I'd like to add them all now, disable their alerts, and enable them when they're deployed and connectivity is in place. I see you have a Ignore RRD checkbox on the add device page. I wonder if we could have another that says, "Add even though device is offline"? As always, thank you for your feedback and time on this. Regards, Nate Mellendorf | Network Analyst | Netgain 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 | 877.797.4700 x183 <http://www.netgainhosting.com/> www.NetgainHosting.com _____ The information contained in this email message is for the designated recipient only and may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any information contained within is strictly prohibited.

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Asterisk DAHDI monitoring
by Pieter De Wit 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hi Guys, Can we please add DAHDI monitoring to the asterisk agent ? As per http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-655?focusedCommentId=12588&page=… [1] I will gladly supply a patch to the agent file, if someone can "extend" the view of Asterisk to include dahdichannels and dahdiactive Thanks, Pieter Links: ------ [1] http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-655?focusedCommentId=12588&p…

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Alert on missing CDP/LLDP neighbor
by Spencer Ryan 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Is is possible to alert on a specific CDP/LLDP neighbor going away? *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com

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Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively
by Nate Mellendorf 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

I was going to do something simular, but thought I'd request a feature add. When I deploy my devices, I deploy them with a script that's been standardized / approved. Setting up DHCP would be possible, but it adds additional steps (prone to user error) and may not be possible for all Observium users. I can see why you may not want to add it, but I feel it would be a really nice time saver for future deployments. You configured Observium to say no, I wont poll you if I can't find you. I think this is a little bit of a grey area, where we know it'll be there eventually. Just my two cents. Thanks again Adam for the consideration. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 08:27:26 -0700 From: Robbie Wright <robbie(a)siuslawbroadband.com> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively Message-ID: <CADTKZWZ8kbo7ZU8KAnbANzvh+udkEAaC9Bg05zm+V2AxqZZYmg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The way we currently handle this, since all of the devices require dns, is to pre-provision the device on a dhcp network and set dns to the temporary dhcp address. We can do the full config on the on the device, ship it, and when it is in its new location (or while it is being shipped) update dns to the new static IP you pre-provisioned and then when it is plugged in, all should be good with the world. In theory. Most of the time. Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband <https://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101 On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Matt Ladewig <matt(a)univoip.com> wrote: > I?m in favor of having an offline device add option. We would be able > to add the device to Observium as part of the normal provisioning > workflow, instead of post activation. > > > > *From:* observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf > Of *Adam Armstrong > *Sent:* Monday, October 19, 2015 8:10 AM > *To:* observium(a)observium.org > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively > > > > Hmm... I'm not sure about this. What do other people think? > > > > adam. > > On 19/10/2015 16:07:40, Nate Mellendorf < > nate.mellendorf(a)netgainhosting.com> wrote: > > Observium team, > > > > I just finished pre-deploying a few routers for a new client, and I?m > adding each one to our monitoring platforms in advance. > > As they?re offline, I?ll be unable to add them to Observium until they > respond to SNMP / ICMP. > > > > Is there a way I could add these proactively, and work around the > error that Observium pushes our by default? > > Ideally, I?d like to add them all now, disable their alerts, and > enable them when they?re deployed and connectivity is in place. > > > > I see you have a Ignore RRD checkbox on the add device page. I wonder > if we could have another that says, ?Add even though device is offline?? > > > > As always, thank you for your feedback and time on this. > > > > > > Regards, > > > > *Nate Mellendorf **|* *Network Analyst **|* *Netgain* > 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 > Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 *|* 877.797.4700 x183 > *www.NetgainHosting.com* <http://www.netgainhosting.com/> > > > ------------------------------ > > The information contained in this email message is for the designated > recipient only and may be privileged, confidential, and protected from > disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify > the sender immediately and delete the original. Any dissemination, > distribution, copying or other use of this message or any information > contained within is strictly prohibited. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >

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Observium CE, housekeeping.php parameters
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Hi ! Reading http://www.observium.org/docs/housekeeping/ -b Cleans up stale entries in the database. Sometimes entries get left behind when devices are removed, this will clean them up. It seems the switch is missing : /opt/observium/housekeeping.php Observium CE 0.15.6.6430 HouseKeeping USAGE: housekeeping.php [-Vyaserptd] [-A <age>] I don't know if the web page is outdated, or I have to update our installation. Please help ! best regards, Sala

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Re: [Observium] Request: Add a device proactively
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 19 Oct '15

19 Oct '15

Also for me it is useful to add a device even if "dead". If you prefer, add a switch to add_device.php --no-snmp don't check device online So only the wise guys will force it. best regards, Massimo

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