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A few Questions Regarding Observium
by Lyndon Labuschagne 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi All So a few questions around the paid subscription and supported devices etc. In the paid version we have more frequent updates, I assume that some of the issues I see now with supported devices may well be already fixed, I would be interested to hear from any paid subscription users what your experiences are, either on or off list is fine with me. We are really impressed with the support level on the Cisco equipment. Obviously the more useful the MIB files are and the devices support for SNMP the more information is obtainable by Observium. We do however make use of other vendor equipment that is not on the supported list and although the basics of these devices work, more information would / could be available based on the device and the MIB files. We make use of EdgeCore / Accton switches, Alcoma Microwave equipment, and Ubiquiti, First off Ubiquiti support seems spotty, I see the FROGFOOT MIBs seem to be the default and although the UBNT MIBs are in the mibs directory I have not at yet seen a device that seems to use the UBNT MIBs. I would love to see RSSI noise, Capacity etc, obviously dependant on the radio / MIB ability, a few years ago we used Cacti and there was a plugin that did support the radio levels etc for the Stations so it must be possible via SNMP. Unless I am missing something I don't see these graphs. I know that UBNT’s SNMP support have generally been crap to say the least, combine that with some “interesting” hardwarre snmp v1…. Tough Switch and the quasi 5 or 8 port setup that is actually only 2 ports etc etc. Alcoma is a fairly extensively used radio in both the licensed and ISM bands and they do have a fairly comprehensive looking MIB, we would be very interested in having much more detailed graphing and monitoring. EdgeCore These switches also offer a fairly extensive MIB file and support. We would be happy to look at paying for development work to be done to support these hardware platforms if we decide to use Observium. How to we go about requesting development work to be done? Just a side note. We use the new airfibre radios and have noticed that Observium shows the in-band managed IP (management vlan) to show as down, even though this is the IP that Observium gets the SNMP details / polling from, I will check the bugs and see if this has been logged as yet. Thanks Lyndon

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Alerts
by Serghei Golipad 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi Guys, We seem to be getting alerts for ignored ports. This seems to happen when port was ignored after an alert check has been created, to fix this we have to delete and re-create alert check each time port needs to be ignored. Any chance this can happen automatically? Cheers Serghei Golipad - CCIE(r) #45033 Network Consultant @ Kelway UK 1 Cyrus Way, Cygnet Park Hampton, Peterborough, PE7 8HP DDI: 0203 069 5165 Mobile: 07469 081 910 Web: www.kelway.com<http://www.kelway.com/> Email: s.golipad(a)kelway.com<mailto:s.golipad@kelway.com> PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. Kelway (UK) Ltd is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of Kelway Holdings Limited. Kelway Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for Kelway (UK) Limited trading as Kelway. The registered office for Kelway Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than Kelway or the sender of its existence. For more information about Kelway please visit www.kelway.co.uk

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Alerting
by Jason LeBlanc 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Here is my config, yet it is still sending to the SNMP sysContact email address: // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Default Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contacts'] = "jleblanc(a)ctgatlanta.com"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['graphs'] = FALSE; What am I missing? Jason LeBlanc IT Consultant Direct: 678-387-5529 | Cell: 954-461-6492 [CTG-logo-TAG-COLOR] 2030 Powers Ferry Road SE | Suite 130 | Atlanta, GA 30339 Main: 404.352.3000 | Fax: 404.352.2962 | www.ctgatlanta.com

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Re: [Observium] Alerting Emails
by Moerman, Maarten 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Here's my config: // Alert Configuration $config['email']['default'] = "blablabla@blablabla"; ## Default alert recipient $config['email']['default_only'] = FALSE; $config['email']['headers'] = "From: Observium <observium@blablabla> " . "\r\n"; $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['uptime_warning'] = "84600"; $config['email']['from'] = "blablabla@blablabla"; // Mail from. Default: "OBSERVIUM Network Monitor" <observium@`hostname`> Might wanna try that :) -- Maarten Moerman | Mgr, Network Engineering | eBay Classifieds | +31-655122247 | mmoerman(a)ebay.com From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Jason LeBlanc <jleblanc(a)ctgatlanta.com<mailto:jleblanc@ctgatlanta.com>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2015 at 6:11 PM To: "Observium Network Observation System (observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>)" <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: [Observium] Alerting Emails Here is my config, yet it is still sending to the SNMP sysContact email address: // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Default Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contacts'] = "jleblanc(a)ctgatlanta.com<mailto:jleblanc@ctgatlanta.com>"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['graphs'] = FALSE; What am I missing? Jason LeBlanc IT Consultant Direct: 678-387-5529 | Cell: 954-461-6492 [CTG-logo-TAG-COLOR] 2030 Powers Ferry Road SE | Suite 130 | Atlanta, GA 30339 Main: 404.352.3000 | Fax: 404.352.2962 | www.ctgatlanta.com

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Alerting Emails
by Jason LeBlanc 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Here is my config, yet it is still sending to the SNMP sysContact email address: // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Default Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contacts'] = "jleblanc(a)ctgatlanta.com<mailto:jleblanc@ctgatlanta.com>"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['email']['graphs'] = FALSE; What am I missing? Jason LeBlanc IT Consultant Direct: 678-387-5529 | Cell: 954-461-6492 [CTG-logo-TAG-COLOR] 2030 Powers Ferry Road SE | Suite 130 | Atlanta, GA 30339 Main: 404.352.3000 | Fax: 404.352.2962 | www.ctgatlanta.com

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Query optimization
by Eduardo Schoedler 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

# User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.003876 Lock_time: 0.000048 Rows_sent: 0 Rows_examined: **2836** SET timestamp=1441208020; SELECT `device_id` FROM `ports` WHERE `deleted` = '0' AND `ifPhysAddress` = '001ec9943fdd' LIMIT 1; ALTER TABLE `observium`.`ports` ADD INDEX `ports_ifPhysAddress` USING BTREE(`ifPhysAddress`, `deleted`); OPTIMIZE TABLE `observium`.`ports`; Same query, now using index. ;) Thanks! -- Eduardo Schoedler

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windows servers not showing under servers
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 02 Sep '15

02 Sep '15

Hi all, When i go to Device -> servers I only see my linux servers My windows servers doesn't show.. Only when i remove server option in device type and click search do i see them. Why is that? the windows server has the type=server so i don't get why i don't see it when searching for servers?

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Override IfAlias
by Jarno Tensen 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hi all, Does anyone know how to override the ‘ifAlias’ setting? Just like the ‘sysLocation’? We have a lot of network devices which are not able to give a port description, what is very annoying cause we have to go physical to a switch to find out which device is behind the port. I know a lot of settings can be configured in config.php, does anyone know a configline to manual setup a portdescription (ifAlias)? Many thanks in advance! Regards, Jarno Met vriendelijke groet, Kind regards, Jarno Tensen Systeem- en Netwerkbeheerder [cid:imagecff646.JPG@12e175e4.45946183] Savannahweg 8 3542 AW Utrecht T 030 - 261 91 96 F 030 - 261 69 77 E Jarno.Tensen(a)A2SP.nl W http://www.a2sp.nl<http://www.a2sp.nl/> [cid:image7c3561.JPG@8d03535a.49a528e9] DISCLAIMER Op deze e-mail is de disclaimer van A2SP van toepassing: http://www.a2sp.nl/disclaimer

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Debian 8
by Andrew Colin 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hi Guys Will we have any issues if we do an apt-get dist-upgrade to debian 8?

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Multiple CPU
by Cameron Murray 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Guys, I have checked the guides however Not seeing how to configure CPU alerting based on multiple CORE CPU's. We have quite a number of windows virtual machines with 2 - 16+ cores and currently use "processor_usage greater 65" however this is alerting when a single core reaches >65% What is the best way to manage this? Regards, Cameron Murray

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