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not getting alert email notifications?
by Simon Smith 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Hi All, I have been using the alerts check for all our servers and broadbands fine for months! then outta the blue last week its suddenly stopped sending me emails? the last email i have shows 'Observium Professional 0.14.11.5993' at the bottom of its header and was on the 21st Nov? I can see in the Alert Logging messaging saying Alert Notification sent and Alert_Notify but i never get them? where would be the best place to check or has someone changed a line in the SVN by mistake ??? because i see a few changes related to alerts NOTE: we use a mailcleaner for spam etc… but ive already checked there and the emails don't even hit the server at the time it says it sent in observium? Regards Simon

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Adding hosts in auto-discovery fails
by dorje2007＠seznam.cz 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Hi i tried auto-discovery feature, and hosts cannot be added even though they are resolvable and accessed by ping and SNMP. Manually can be added. here is the debug from the discovery log: SQL[[0;33mSELECT `device_id` FROM `devices` WHERE `sysName` = 'STO-3750-OFF 5' OR `hostname` = 'STO-3750-OFF5'[0m] [0m Discovering new host STO-3750-OFF5 through CDP Host STO-3750-OFF5 resolved as 10.x.x.x Host STO-3750-OFF5 (10.x.x.x) founded inside configured nets, try to adding: SQL[[0;33mSELECT D.`hostname` FROM ipv4_addresses AS A LEFT JOIN `ports` AS P ON A.`port_id` = P.`port _id` LEFT JOIN `devices` AS D ON D.`device_id` = P.` device_id` WHERE D.`disabled` = 0 AND A.`ipv4_address` = 'STO- 3750-OFF5'[0m] [0m Trying v2c community public ... CMD[[0;33m/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c *** -OQUst -m SNMPv2-MIB -M /opt/ observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'STO-3750-OFF5':'161' sysObjectID.0 sysUpTime.0[0m][0m EXITCODE[[0;31m1[0m][0m RUNTIME[[0;32m6.0104s[0m], [0m STDOUT[ ] SNMP_STATUS[[0;31mFALSE[0m][0m No reply on community public using v2c. However when i do the command above alone, it works: /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c public -OQUst -m SNMPv2-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/ rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'STO-3750-OFF5':'161' sysObjectID.0 sysUpTime.0 sysObjectID.0 = enterprises.9.1.516 sysUpTime.0 = 4151734310 And also works when i add the device manually: ./add_device.php STO-3750-OFF5 publicv2c Observium CE 0.14.11.6000 Add Device(s) Try to add sto-3750-off5: Trying v2c community OriRead ... Now discovering sto-3750-off5 (id = 22) sto-3750-off5 22 ios (cisco) Ports : Vl1(1)[1463] Vl10( ......... Many thanks Pet

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Auto Discovery without sysNames
by dorje2007＠seznam.cz 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hi I've started you use Observium mand must say I'm very impressed :-). Very useful and comfortable tool I have question regarding the autodiscovery feature. I read the do here , http://www.observium.org/wiki/Device_Autodiscovery, and one of the condition is that sysName and device name must be same, or resolvable. In our scalable design all over the world it is very difficult, cause there are about 80 domains and strong of the domain itself takes about 20 characters, so we use only hostname resolvable via /etc/hosts. We also cannot use DNS, cause AD DNS is processed by the other department ( in Asia :-) , and it would take a weeks to synchronize it. So the question is, how can i workaround the auto discovery without same sysName and the hostname ? As far as get it, sysName only contains the domain extension of the hostname. we have about 300 routers/switches, so we want to discover them automatically. many thanks Pet

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Alert checker for active "Used" memory? Alert for load average?
by Hogan Whittall 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hi all, I'm trying to set up some more proactive alerts for my hosts and either the mempool options for alerting are too generic or the docs are out of date. I want to have an alert checker triggered for active used memory, does that exist yet? I'm not talking about total used memory, which includes buffers and cache and is caught by mempool_perc for Physical Memory, but the active used memory (See "Used" memory in attached screencap). I can't find any way to make that happen and that would be much more useful than having an alert that includes buffers and cache in the tally. If I were to create an alert for mempool_perc >= 90% using "Physical Memory" then pretty much 100% of my hosts would alert because of buffers and cache being included. I'd also like to catch memory utilization issues before systems start to swap out, so I'd like to avoid having swap usage be the trigger. Is that possible currently or perhaps is it on the to-do list? :) Something else that would be great is to alert for load averages. I know someone else was asking about this a few months back and it wasn't possible at the time, so here's another vote to get it added. Sometimes we have processes get stuck in I/O wait and the only way to catch when this becomes a real problem is with a high load average since processes in this state don't drive up CPU. Currently running 0.15.2.6274. Thanks! -Hogan

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[2FB-1C6F952A-0641] how to use observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and more ?
by noc.rodrigo.araujo＠itmnetworks.com.br 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hey Colin, Excellent, very thanks for your recomendation. have a great weekend B.Regards, Rodrigo Araujo ITMNETWORKS Brazil

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Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames
by Gert-Jan de Boer 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

I'm guessing he has no rDNS. I would probably make static entries based on their IP address and network segment. For example ap-ams-10-11-12-13. Kind regards, GJ Op 13 feb. 2015 17:56 schreef jorr(a)streamguys.com: Pet, If you have a list of their IPs, you can generate a reverse dns entry of each by doing a NSlookup, take the results and formulate a /etc/hosts entry for each, then pass the rdns names into Observium for discovery of services. The DNS entries to not need to be known in advance this way. Get the names for your hosts file: For ip in ${iplist[@}; do Echo –e –n “$ip\t” Nslookup $ip | grep <fordnsname> } This way you just need their IP addresses (and a functioning rdns entry) to get all of the devices into the software. Sincerely, Jesse From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of dorje2007(a)seznam.cz Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 8:50 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames Dear Tristan thanks, i know about that. however i was asking for workaround, because once the device is located in the /etc/hosts file, then i do not need to discover it ( in a certain sense ) , cause it is known :-). The point is that i have a hundreds of Cisco AP's and dozen of switches all around the world, that i do not now about their IP's and particular location.. They all have CDP running so i would have to first log to those switches and check their names,neighbors, relations and so on. And this i would like to avoid. Different departments configure devices and not all of them are known ( we operate in 60 countries ). So is there a way to discover them without being known by the DNS or hosts file ? ( there is a netdisco tool, that can manage it , however i prefer Observium cause it is more powerful ) Many Thanks Pet . ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- Od: Tristan Rhodes <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu<mailto:tristanrhodes@weber.edu>> Komu: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Datum: 13. 2. 2015 16:04:15 Předmět: Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames Pet, The wiki you linked to has the solution: Alternative: Add lines to the "/etc/hosts" file on Observium that match the hostnames and domains that you have configured in your devices. Tristan Rhodes Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549 [X] On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:13 AM, <dorje2007(a)seznam.cz<mailto:dorje2007@seznam.cz>> wrote: Hi I've started you use Observium mand must say I'm very impressed :-). Very useful and comfortable tool I have question regarding the autodiscovery feature. I read the do here , http://www.observium.org/wiki/Device_Autodiscovery, and one of the condition is that sysName and device name must be same, or resolvable. In our scalable design all over the world it is very difficult, cause there are about 80 domains and strong of the domain itself takes about 20 characters, so we use only hostname resolvable via /etc/hosts. We also cannot use DNS, cause AD DNS is processed by the other department ( in Asia :-) , and it would take a weeks to synchronize it. So the question is, how can i workaround the auto discovery without same sysName and the hostname ? As far as get it, sysName only contains the domain extension of the hostname. we have about 300 routers/switches, so we want to discover them automatically. many thanks Pet _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium = -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content and isbelieved to be clean.

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[2FB-1C6F952A-0641] how to use observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and more ?
by noc.rodrigo.araujo＠itmnetworks.com.br 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hi All, i'm new at here i hope all doing well i have one way using observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and any another ports ? i need to crate one monitoring for all my IPs, i need to see if have route problems, if have large latency from one to another location, if have null route and more any sugestion about that ? Thanks, Rodrigo Araujo ITMNETWORKS Platinum Internet Services www.itmnetworks.com.br "Mais PODER para seu WebSite" "More POWER for your WebSite" Atendimento: via Chat, via Email, Telefones, FAX Acesse: http://www.itmnetworks.com.br/faleconosco BLOG de Status Operacional Acesse: http://www.itmstatus.com Uptime da Nossa Rede em Real Time Acesse: http://rede.itmstatus.com Canal da ITMNETWORKS no Youtube Video Aulas, Video Tutoriais e Muito Mais Acesse: http://itmnetworks.tv

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tab=perf table layout
by Matt Ladewig 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Devs - Noticed this in the /device/device=*/tab=perf/ page. I checked a few devices and they all appeared the same. The Discovery Times table is formatted below the Total Performance table, instead of directly below the Module Performance table. Formatting is the same in IE, Chrome, and Firefox. Matt [cid:image001.png@01D046B6.0C015330]

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Website Wise ( Top Visit ) graphing
by Tshering DHENDUP 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Dear Team, Can we do graphing to monitor internet accesss patterns of users to see how much % are using GOogle, Youtube , facebook, local contents, etc. Just about top 10 contents. Regards -- Tshering DHENDUP(MR) Systems DrukNet (Internet, Data & Enterprise Services) Bhutan Telecom www.bt.bt

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HP Switches
by Jan Kuiper 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Helo, Is there a way to see in a port aggregation which ports are involved on a HP 5830 switch on a HP 2920 the information is shown in the interface? See the example for a 5830 switch. Bridge-aggregation 103 is using 4 1Gbit ports. [cid:image002.png@01D046CF.9A8DC020] Also is it possible to give me the mysql tables and columns where the information (relations) are stored in, so we can (automatically) update our CMDB with it? Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl<mailto:info@piramide.nl> | http://www.piramide.nl | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending.

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