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how to support observium
by Chris 22 Aug '13

22 Aug '13

Hi there, I'm very new to observium and I set up a lot of devices now to be monitored. As I'm managing a big network running on EIGRP I'm missing some things I formerly built in cacti "per hand". I had always an eye on EIGRP queries, EIGRP Topo routes, EIGRP updates and such things. Is it possible to support you to bring in some new graphs into observium? unfortunately I'm not an php-coder but I've got long-term experience in networking and snmp. Nice features where also: - Usage of ISDN-Channels on voice-routers/Gateways (cisco) - Working GFX on MGE-UPS (we've got a big Powerware-Galaxy and want to see output power, battery runtime, and so on) - Working GFX on SmartUPS (older RM1400 - APS OS 3.7.3) (I#m missing output load) - More Sensors monitored of cisco 4500s. and I think I will have many more Ideas ;-) Greetings and many thanks for this great piece of software! Chris

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Upgraded to latest SVN trunk
by James Bensley 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

I just wanted to say thanks to everyone on the Observium project. I updated last night a 2012 version of Observium to the very latest in SVN. Everything worked perfectly and I'm very happy with the results. Just wanted to say thank you for all your hard work, it isn't going unnoticed here! Kind regards, James.

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Re: [Observium] New Install working except Graph/RRD
by Adam Armstrong 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

I run it as root. That's still the documented way. Adam. Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >On 08/21/2013 08:24 AM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> The RRD directory doesn't actually need to be owned by www-data. >> >> If you want to run observium as a non-root user, chown it to that user. > >Is that the preferred method now? All of my installations still use >root since that was the documented method at the time I installed. > >Paul >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] New Install working except Graph/RRD
by Peter Casserly 21 Aug '13

21 Aug '13

I ran it as the root (sudo) and all is working now. Thank you for your quick responses. -Peter -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:56 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] New Install working except Graph/RRD Not root and not www-data, that's for sure. Who thought they knew better than the install guide, and managed to break it? The warnings are there for a reason :) adam. On 2013-08-20 21:36, Tom Laermans wrote: > And you are running the poller.php as which user? > > On 20/08/2013 21:34, Peter Casserly wrote: > > New to observium and I have it up and running on a new Ubuntu 13.04 > install. > > Everything seems to be working and polling the one device that I have > added. > > However…. > > It seems that none of the graphs are being generated. "Error Drawing > Graph" or "Draw Error" where the graphs should be. > > I reviewed the e-mail archives for similar issues but nothing seems to > fit. > > When I run the poller manually I see a few errors related to the RRD > directory and it looks like a permissions issue. > > ./poller.php -h all > > Observium v0.13.8.4312 > > Poller > > Starting polling run: > > fw.redacted.local 1 asa (cisco) > > Created directory : /opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local > > ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local/status.rrd': No > such file or directory > > ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local /ping.rrd': No > such file or directory > > ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local/ping_snmp.rrd': > No such file or directory > > Module [ unix-agent ] disabled globally. > > Using SNMP Agent sysUpTime (10086692 seconds) > > ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local/uptime.rrd': No > such file or directory > > Uptime: 116 days, 17h 51m 32s > > The CHOWN (chown www-data.www-data graphs rrd )commands have been run > per the install documentation and show up as this: > > drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Aug 20 13:54 graphs > > drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Aug 20 13:54 rrd > > Thank you in advance for any assistance > > -Peter > > ------------------------- > > The information in this transmittal (including attachments, if any) is > privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) > listed above. Any review, use, disclosure, distribution or copying of > this transmittal is prohibited except by or on behalf of the intended > recipient. If you have received this transmittal in error, please > notify me immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the > transmittal. Thank you. > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [1] > > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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rrdtool_info() redeclared issue
by Ray Parish 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

I am installing observium for the first time and getting a fatal error: [root@agsappl01 observium]# php -l includes/rrdtool.inc.php PHP Fatal error: Cannot redeclare rrdtool_info() in includes/rrdtool.inc.php on line 334 Fatal error: Cannot redeclare rrdtool_info() in includes/rrdtool.inc.php on line 334 Errors parsing includes/rrdtool.inc.php I am at svn revision 4313 To install, I had to comment out include_once($config['install_dir'] . "/includes/rrdtool.inc.php"); in includes/functions.php

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Re: [Observium] Error Drawing Graph
by Peter Casserly 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Sorry. I replied to the wrong e-mail. I only have one personality that I know of. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:38 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Error Drawing Graph Do you have 2 separate identities, Peter? :> On 20/08/2013 22:29, Peter Casserly wrote: Screenshot attached of the Graph Errror(s) "It seems that none of the graphs are being generated. "Error Drawing Graph" or "Draw Error" where the graphs should be." There are placeholder images where the graphs should be. I don't believe is a value issue as I see traffic statistics in the "Ports" information pages but the ability to create the subdirectories and subsequent files defined in the original post. Created directory : /opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local/status.rrd': No such file or directory ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local /ping.rrd': No such file or directory ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local/ping_snmp.rrd': No such file or directory There are no files or folders created under the rrd and graphs directories. [cid:image001.png@01CE9DCB.451B1DD0] From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Michael Sweikata Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:13 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Error Drawing Graph You'll have to be a bit more specific than that. Is it not drawing graphs at all? Are you getting NaN as values? Do you just not believe the numbers? Try doing a manual polling of the device through the console, and specify the -d flag for debugging, and see what comes back, with an optional -r to have it not update your values. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Eliezer Sousa Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:02 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Error Drawing Graph hello good afternoon everyone! some devices do not station generating the graph correctly. what causes this error in generating the graphics? [ass eliezer] ________________________________ The information in this transmittal (including attachments, if any) is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. Any review, use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this transmittal is prohibited except by or on behalf of the intended recipient. If you have received this transmittal in error, please notify me immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the transmittal. Thank you. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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New Install working except Graph/RRD
by Peter Casserly 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

New to observium and I have it up and running on a new Ubuntu 13.04 install. Everything seems to be working and polling the one device that I have added. However.... It seems that none of the graphs are being generated. "Error Drawing Graph" or "Draw Error" where the graphs should be. I reviewed the e-mail archives for similar issues but nothing seems to fit. When I run the poller manually I see a few errors related to the RRD directory and it looks like a permissions issue. ./poller.php -h all Observium v0.13.8.4312 Poller Starting polling run: fw.redacted.local 1 asa (cisco) Created directory : /opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw. redacted.local/status.rrd': No such file or directory ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local /ping.rrd': No such file or directory ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local/ping_snmp.rrd': No such file or directory Module [ unix-agent ] disabled globally. Using SNMP Agent sysUpTime (10086692 seconds) ERROR: creating '/opt/observium/rrd/fw.redacted.local/uptime.rrd': No such file or directory Uptime: 116 days, 17h 51m 32s The CHOWN (chown www-data.www-data graphs rrd )commands have been run per the install documentation and show up as this: drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Aug 20 13:54 graphs drwxr-xr-x 2 www-data www-data 4096 Aug 20 13:54 rrd Thank you in advance for any assistance -Peter ________________________________ The information in this transmittal (including attachments, if any) is privileged and confidential and is intended only for the recipient(s) listed above. Any review, use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this transmittal is prohibited except by or on behalf of the intended recipient. If you have received this transmittal in error, please notify me immediately by reply email and destroy all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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Error Drawing Graph
by Eliezer Sousa 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

hello good afternoon everyone! some devices do not station generating the graph correctly. what causes this error in generating the graphics? ass eliezer

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Host up/down polling
by James Bensley 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

Hi All, Sometimes I get host down notifications from Observium at the start of a 5 minute poll. Five minutes later I get a host up alert for the same host. I believe that sometimes a busy host will drop the 5 minute "probe" from Observium which is presumably a UDP SNMP packet. As soon as I get such a notification I check the host in question, it is usually up unless it really has gone down, just a bit busy perhaps. [1] Where is this initial checking of device up/down state happening in the code? I have been looking through include/polling and I can see various scripts for different device types. Is there a generic host up/down check that happens for all devices, I'd like to hack in a "if a device recorded as up seems down, wait and check again a couple more times, then mark as down". Cheers, James. [1] So that is a separate issue I need to tackle, ensuring there is no packet loss to hosts and ensuring they aren't too busy to respond. I don't wish to discuss that here though.

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Lost sensors from PAN firewall
by Zafar Pravaiz 20 Aug '13

20 Aug '13

HI I am monitoring a pair of Palo Alto Firewall, recently i noticed one of the firewall not showing any traffic. I investigated and found there is not sensor showing in sensors list (screenshot attached). This happened recently any clue what happened and how to fix that? I don't want to delete and add the device again. Other PAN device show everything right. Thanks -- *Zafar Pravaiz *IT Senior Systems Engineer Information Technology Department AUS /> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Tel +971 6 515 2164 Fax +971 6515 2112 American University of Sharjah PO Box 26666, Sharjah United Arab Emirates http://www.aus.edu <http://www.aus.edu/> zpravaiz(a)aus.edu <mailto:youremail@aus.edu>

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