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added a HP server over snmp
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Hi all, I have just added a HP server. added SNMP and set it up. The server connected fine to observium. Now i see Observium has support for HP but the data im getting is pretty mandatory server stuff so im wondering what the HP support is added? or did i do it wrong? As an example i was hoping to get some RAID info on the RAID 1 running on the server with the controller that was shipped. But all i see is C:\ which won't alert me if a disk fail.

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odd install issue with the DB
by Lyndon Labuschagne 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Hi I have no idea what I have done or missed? I have created the user and I can login to the observium database as the observium user, root@nms:/opt/observium# php includes/update/update.php $config['db_host'] = 'localhost'; $config['db_user'] = 'observium'; $config['db_pass'] = ’Not-The-Password'; $config['db_name'] = 'observium'; // Base directory $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; // Default community list to use when adding/discovering $config['snmp']['community'] = array(“public"); // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help // Enable alerter (not available in CE) #$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; MySQL Error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) If I try to load the page from my browser I see this $config['db_host'] = 'localhost'; $config['db_user'] = 'observium'; $config['db_pass'] = 'Not-The-Password'; $config['db_name'] = 'observium'; // Base directory $config['install_dir'] = "/opt/observium"; // Default community list to use when adding/discovering $config['snmp']['community'] = array(“public"); // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help // Enable alerter (not available in CE) #$config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; MySQL Error: Access denied for user 'lyndonl'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Why it references my username via my browser is even more odd to me?

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All obserdium devices are located at latitude 37.7463058 and longitude 37.7463058
by Chaman Rathee 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Observium is showing my all server at :- R. Francisco de Arruda Furtado 6, 9500-605 Ponta Delgada, Portugal Latitude: 37.746306 | Longitude: -25.666857 This is default latitude and longitude in cinfig.php $config['geocoding']['default']['lat'] = "37.7463058"; // Default latitude $config['geocoding']['default']['lon'] = "-25.6668573"; // Default longitude .......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No. +9109560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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are page counts possible on a per user basis (in adressbook) of a Ricoh / Aficio MP c305 printer?
by ecaroh 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

We got an Aficio MP C305 Printer where we want to get a monthly automated report of printed pages (bw/color) based on a per user basis (addressbook / print code) to make a print accounting possible. We still can count total numbers (also of all in one types like fax, copy, print and divided in colour/bw counts), but no counts on a per user basis. Does anybody knows whether it is generally possible to have per user counts (based on printer addressbook and user print code) and if so is there an oid? We do not need that functionality directly in observium… cause this is not monitoring but reporting, but it would be nice to get them via snmp automated monthly. Thanks in advance. ecaroh — sample for known oids for getting overall general counters. ## AFICO PAGECOUNTERS OIDDEVTOTAL="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.1" OIDCOPYSW="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.3" OIDCOPYCL="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.5" OIDPRTSW="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.9" OIDPRTCL="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.11" OIDFAXSW="SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.367.3.2.1.2.19.5.1.9.6" PRINTER="aio.office-factory.net“ after getting counters we make calculations with difference between now and the day before. Output via E-Mail: PAGES PRINTED SINCE 20150912 Total: 303 Print_SW: 134 Print_color: 78 Copy_SW: 45 Copy_color: 34 Fax_SW: 12

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New Install Alerts Rebuild not Matching
by Cameron Murray 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Guys, We've done a fresh install for a customer and created a sample offline rule however when we run the rebuild the output states it matched however under the alert checks the device count is still 0 We've just recreated the DB and all devices with the same outcome. [cid:image001.png@01D0F068.E9049100] [cid:image002.png@01D0F068.E9049100] Regards, Cameron Murray Remote Support Engineer How am I doing? Please click here<http://www.techpath.com.au/contact-us/feedback/> to rate my work. [cid:image003.png@01D0F068.E9049100]<http://www.techpath.com.au/> P 1300 033 300 F 07 3809 3999 E cameron(a)techpath.com.au www.techpath.com.au<http://www.techpath.com.au> Unit 2/55 Tradelink Rd, Hillcrest QLD 4118 Formerly Betta Computer Services Pty Ltd [Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/techpathau> [Twitter]<http://twitter.com/techpathau> [LinkedIn]<http://www.linkedin.com/company/techpathau> Note: This message may contain privileged and confidential information that is the property of the intended recipient. The information herein is intended only for use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, then you are requested to return e-mail to TechPath Pty Ltd and destroy any copies made. Copying or disseminating any of this message is prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of TechPath Pty Ltd.

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geomapping stopped to work
by Alessandro Arciero 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Hello, geomapping stopped to work after (I think) a svn update. With the same overidden (working well) location configured in about 100 devices, the new devices are not mapped (message: not found) the geolocalization is enabled. I solved with the lat, lot values. Attachements are self-explanatory :-) tnx alessandro arciero [cid:85329DA6-2C7B-48BA-9CD5-03F5D867586A][cid:C4A8EE78-1CD7-4576-81F8-F067C0AF8312] Alessandro Arciero Networking Management Multilink Friuli S.r.l. Attività di direzione e coordinamento Serenissima Partecipazioni S.p.A. Via Marconi 85 | 33010 Tavagnacco (UD), Italy One number/Tel. +39 0432 498511 | Fax +39 0432 498585 Email alessandro.arciero(a)multilinkfriuli.net<mailto:alessandro.arciero@multilinkfriuli.net> | www.multilinkfriuli.net<http://www.multilinkfriuli.net> Reg. Imprese di UD C.F./P.I. 02271850303 - R.E.A. di UD 248194 | Capitale sociale Euro 50.000,00 i.v. The information contained in this e-mail message and inside the respective attachments are confidential and reserved and are strictly for exclusively use by the intended recipient. The opinions therein and in case expressed, are those of the author: therefore the message doesn’t represent contractual commitment between Multilink Friuli S.r.l. and the recipient, and the company assume no responsibility regard the contents of the text and respective attachments, nor for any interception, changes or damages. Please don’t make copies, forward to thirds or conserve this message if you are not the right recipient. In case you incorrectly received this message, please resend to sender and erase it immediately and permanently from your personal computer.

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Geolocation bugs
by Attila Nagy 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Hi Adam and everyone! I have two small bugs to report. I'm using Observium CE 0.15.6.6430, I'm closely following the mail list, but if the below mentioned glitches/bugs were between solved, then sorry for wasting your time. 1. I had this problem for longer, but now I found the way to formulate it properly. We have sysLocation strings alike this: Qualitis Iroda / Iroda - 1131 Budapest, Béke utca 116 [47.541773,19.085868] Now when I check the "Geolocation" tab in the "Device Settings" I see following in the "Last Update Status": Geocoding ENABLED, try detect device coordinates: by REVERSE query (API: MAPQUEST, LAT: 47.541773, LON: 19.085868) - FOUND GEO API REQUEST: http://open.mapquestapi.com/nominatim/v1/reverse.php?format=json&accept-lan… GEOLOCATION: Hungary (Country), Unknown (State), Budapesti kistérség (County), Budapest (City) GEO COORDINATES: 47.54163 (Latitude), 19.0859 (Longitude) The problem as I see, is that after using the coordinates given in the sysLocation string to make a reverse query to lookup the Country, State, County etc., the geocoding API returns some coordinates which corresponds to THEIR found geolocation. But the geocoding API sometimes can give really offset coordinates, especially for some bigger sites, where it gives back the entrance. So if there are coordinates specified in sysLocation, then they should be used to pinpoint the device, no matter what the geocoding API says. PS: the documentation also says: "But observium anyway will store in DB specified coordinates." But this is currently not true. 2. I stumbled upon this while trying to get the data out of the Last Update Status Field for previous bug. The fields in the "Geolocation" tab in the "Device Settings" are marked with attribute disabled="disabled", and if something should be made writable, then this attribute is removed. I would suggest using the readonly attribute, as that would enable focusing and selecting from the given field. Not to mention the pure logic would tell the same, those fields are unmodifiable, so readonly should be used. Regards, Attila

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Subinterfaces in "down" state
by Bjoern Engels 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

Dear list, Observium reports sub-interfaces as down even if the parents are administratively down, ex.: set interfaces ge-0/0/0 disable set interfaces ge-0/0/0 unit 0 family ethernet-switching port-mode \ access This raises an alert for ge-0/0/0.0 Is it possible to ignore sub-interfaces if the parents are admin down? BR Björn -- Bjoern Engels OpenIT GmbH engels(a)openit.de In der Steele 33a-41 PGP keyID 0x67504AC1 D-40599 Duesseldorf ________________________________________________________________________ HRB 38815 Amtsgericht Duesseldorf USt-Id DE 812951861 Geschaeftsfuehrer: Oliver Haakert, Maurice Kemmann

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Missing memory history
by Jason Vanlandingham 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

I recently made some device changes and ran *discovery.php -h all* and *poller.php -h all*. Shortly after that I noticed that on one Windows 7 Pro box I'm monitoring, I no longer have any physical memory in the memory graph, just virtual memory. The entire history of it disappeared, and it hasn't started new or anything like that. I checked permissions on that workstation's rrd directory, and all looks good. I do have some backups of the rrd directories. Should I restore?

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NOC display for specific Graphs
by Ron Culler 17 Sep '15

17 Sep '15

I'm looking to see if the ability exists to create a group with only a specific set of graphs based on an App. Then be able to assign that group to a user to view Ron Culler

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RANCID integration
by Robbie Wright 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Been hacking around with rancid for a bit and stuck on this step: Run this command to create the folder structure: su - rancid /var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs It is asking for a password, presumably for rancid, which we don't have. Again presuming here, that it was created by the installer. Trying hard to follow the instructions (exactly) and this is where I'm getting hung up. Thanks ahead of time for the help. Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband <https://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101

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aacraid under linux
by Nikolay Shopik 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Anyone running RAID within aacraid and have working snmp sub-agent? I had working snmp under windows machine, but that include installing storage manager, does same apply to snmpd under linux?

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Fwd: Does observium support snapshot.
by Varun Nair (Tech-OPS) 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Hey All, Firstly, a big kudos to observium and for making the life of a n/w engineer tad better. :) Now to my query, I have a Subscription Edition installed. Was wondering if there is a way to setup two instances say master/slave where the master polls the data and sends a periodic snapshot to the slave. This is basically for backups. Any pointers in this regard would be much appreciated. Feel free to revert if any questions. Thanks Varun Nair -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. If you are not the intended recipient you are notified that disclosing, copying, distributing or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. Although Flipkart has taken reasonable precautions to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the company cannot accept responsibility for any loss or damage arising from the use of this email or attachments

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Support for EMC Isilon & NetApp cDOT
by Jesper Frank Nemholt 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

Hi! I saw on an old thread that it's a know fact that NetApp cDOT doesn't work well, apparently due to changes in the MIB from NetApp so they don't use the normal structure anymore. A case was opened with NetApp.....was there any traction on that so far ? Secondly, with Isilon it does pull a lot of info by default, but due to Isilon using something called SmartConnect which basically is a round-robin DNS, if you use the cluster name you get a new node every time which confuses Observium quite a lot. Is there a way to make it somehow consolidate or average the data from all nodes in a cluster so I don't have to create each node individually ? /Jesper

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Match for Cisco routers but not switches?
by Andrew Plas 16 Sep '15

16 Sep '15

I am looking to create an alert checker to send an alert when an Ethernet interface on a Cisco IOS router goes down- for example when the router is still up and available in monitoring, but a physical link is down due to a local switch failure, carrier CPE down, peer (unamanaged) router down... We receive syslogs of course, but these can occasionally get lost in the flood and not noticed as actionable by NOC staff. Is there an effective way to make a device match for Cisco routers, but not Cisco switches? The OS type both show up as "ios", and I haven't found something router-specific to successfully match on. I can do this individually by device name, but unfortunately our naming scheme isn't specific enough to match them all with *rt* or *wan or similar. As you can see below, I set the device match to "os equals ios" which includes switches that have a ton of link-down-but-enabled ports on them! Thank you, Andrew [image: Inline image 2]

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Show client *rate* on wireless clients graph
by Tim Vaughan 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

I'm using Observium to track wireless clients on our Cisco wireless controller. It's very useful. However, when I look at the longer-term graphs (monthly, yearly etc.) it's less useful because I'm not sure what it's showing. Is it clients per day, per week or what? For an example, see: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3183918/apelmRwNW7.png. Is there a way to get the legend show the rate rather than just a plain number? -- Mobile: 07868246225 Skype: tvaughan Twitter: twitter.com/tvaughan

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 62, Issue 103
by Nate Mellendorf 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Adam, That makes sense. As much as modern technology makes it seem otherwise, someone always needs to spend the time and code it into existence. With the mibs, is it something we would expect to see in time? Is there a way we could help expedite the coding process? I'm curious if there's a way we can contribute to your efforts. If so, please let me know. I'd be happy to take it to my team. We've discussed it once already, and would really like to see additional stats on our kemps. Thank you! 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 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. -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2015 1:02 PM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 62, Issue 103 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: KEMP MIBs Attached (Adam Armstrong) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2015 19:02:00 +0100 From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] KEMP MIBs Attached Message-ID: <14fd22ba5c0.2779.11b54b3dd25b712395dab9818c67596f(a)observium.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" Hi, MIBs are only a small part of the process. Code needs to be written to support new things. Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 15 September 2015 6:44:20 pm Nate Mellendorf <Nate.Mellendorf(a)netgainhosting.com> wrote: > Team, > > I've attached the MIBs that can be found on the KEMP load master > support page. > > Do you know if it's possible to have these added to Observium? > Observium works great for Netscaler, so we're hoping it can do the > same for Kemp. > > I'm not sure if that's possible with what's provided, but I thought > I'd send it your way and see what can be made of it. > Please let me know if additional info is needed. > > 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. > > > > > ---------- > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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KEMP MIBs Attached
by Nate Mellendorf 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Team, I've attached the MIBs that can be found on the KEMP load master support page. Do you know if it's possible to have these added to Observium? Observium works great for Netscaler, so we're hoping it can do the same for Kemp. I'm not sure if that's possible with what's provided, but I thought I'd send it your way and see what can be made of it. Please let me know if additional info is needed. 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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After server-deletion, I have a dis-associated port shown as down
by Pål Rydningen 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hi I have deleted a server from the device-list, but somehow a single port escaped the deletion, and is now shown as "Port Down" without being attached to any device. Its called "Vmnic1" and the url to it is " http://observium-ip/device/tab=port/port=352173/" How can I identify and "clean up" the entry in question? -- Pål R.

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View and Sound for NOC Dashboard
by chott＠praha1.net 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hello Team, We are plaining show Observium Dashboard to Plasma TV Can i change Default Views? Can observium start Sound Alarm for new down device Same like in Cacti? Tom

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Graphs not drawing. Values show as -nan
by Yaad Taieb 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hi all, I went through the archive for 3 consecutive days, and tried the following steps there outlined. None of which has helped my situation. Its run on: Ubuntu 14.04 All the dependencies have been downloaded as you can see: imagemagick is already the newest version. mtr-tiny is already the newest version. php5-json is already the newest version. python-mysqldb is already the newest version. rrdtool is already the newest version. whois is already the newest version. fping is already the newest version. php5-mcrypt is already the newest version. graphviz is already the newest version. libapache2-mod-php5 is already the newest version. mysql-client is already the newest version. mysql-server is already the newest version. php-pear is already the newest version. php5-cli is already the newest version. php5-gd is already the newest version. php5-mysql is already the newest version. snmp is already the newest version. subversion is already the newest version. ipmitool is already the newest version. Screenshots: php.config: http://i61.tinypic.com/99q72r.png apache2 000-default.conf: http://i59.tinypic.com/m8k7sx.png ./poller.php -h all -d: http://i59.tinypic.com/ok4k5h.png ./discovery.php -h all -d: http://i60.tinypic.com/2rwnbc7.png This is what Observium actually looks like after following all the steps in the installation guide: http://i62.tinypic.com/14ndcw7.png First time working with Ubuntu and php, well, first time working with everything that was outlined in the installation guide. So bear with me Thanks!

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Re: [Observium] Bug concerning text with special characters
by Aurélien PERRODY 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Pb solved by changing geocoding api (from Mapquest to Google) Thanks for support Aurélien De : observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] De la part de Tom Laermans Envoyé : mardi 15 septembre 2015 09:59 À : Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Objet : Re: [Observium] ***SPAM*** Re: Bug concerning text with special characters Hi Aurélien, Did you do a reset of the geolocation? Once it's geolocated with the UTF-8 issue, it'll probably stay wrong in the database until we try to geo-locate it again. Tom On 15/09/2015 09:26, Aurélien PERRODY wrote: Hello Mike Thanks but still the same issue. I'm currently running the version 0.15.9.7000 (15th September 2015) Just added 3 screenshots to this mail to show you the problem. Maybe it's a MAPQUEST API related issue? Thanks Best, Aurélien De : observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] De la part de Mike Stupalov Envoyé : lundi 14 septembre 2015 17:54 À : observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Objet : Re: [Observium] Bug concerning text with special characters Hi, On 14.09.15 11:09, Aurélien PERRODY wrote: Hello Observium team, Just found a little bug concerning text with special characters, as attached with this message. It's strange because the text is correctly displayed just below. And the result is all my devices are not in the same group, I cannot do something because the regional settings are automatically filled and managed by Observium, from the name of the town (as I set in the snmp parameters of my devices). Can you check this point ? All UTF-8 related issues should be already fixed since r6839 (Professional). For CE wait next release. Thanks, best Aurélien _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alerting from eventlog?
by Svensson Fredrik A 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hi there! Is it possible to create an alert from the evenlog? Log message: 15d 20h 39m FAILOVER<http://jkpobservium01/device/device=1003/tab=port/port=155956/> Interface changed: [ifPhysAddress] '0025b3d7e06e' -> '0025b3d7e128'; [ifLastChange] '2015-04-21 20:47:50' -> '2015-06-02 16:17:43' I want to know if my Cisco ASA:s does an failover. Regards Fredrik

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Bug concerning text with special characters
by Aurélien PERRODY 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

Hello Observium team, Just found a little bug concerning text with special characters, as attached with this message. It's strange because the text is correctly displayed just below. And the result is all my devices are not in the same group, I cannot do something because the regional settings are automatically filled and managed by Observium, from the name of the town (as I set in the snmp parameters of my devices). Can you check this point ? Thanks, best Aurélien

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Interface alerts
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 15 Sep '15

15 Sep '15

I’m using Observium Enterprise, and I have an interface that is running close to 100% traffic that I would like to ignore. This interface is a network tap/span for our IDS device. What can I do in the alert checker to ignore alerts from this interface? —Jeff

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Error Drawing Graph
by Chip Pleasants 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi All, I'm seeing "error drawing graph" on several of our Cisco ASR's interfaces, so I'm hoping someone coupe point me in the right direction. I'm running Centos 6.6 with the latest rrdtool rrdtool-1.3.8-7.el6-x86_64 and CE version 0.15.6.6430. I've removed the specific graph rrd file then run the following two commands for debugging purposes. php ./discovery.php -d -h router.local.com php ./poller.php -d -h router.local.com. The file is 0 bytes for some reason. Oddly enough two of the three interfaces issues are with BDI interfaces. The weird part is there is one BDI interface on each box that is displaying correctly. Let me know if you any anything else to assist in troubleshooting. Thanks, Chip Port BDI3004(62) replacing with 64-bit... dot3Duplex, VLAN == TELECOM TRANSIT // CID: // CONTACT: ifInOctets (583452815 B) 2244049.2884615 Bps 260 secs ifOutOctets (34747474 B) 133644.13076923 Bps 260 secs ifInErrors (0 B) 0 Bps 260 secs ifOutErrors (0 B) 0 Bps 260 secs ifInUcastPkts (5021371 B) 19312.965384615 Bps 260 secs ifOutUcastPkts (50407 B) 193.87307692308 Bps 260 secs bps(17.9Mbps/1.07Mbps)bytes(556MB/33.1MB)pkts(19.3kpps/193pps)RRD[%g/usr/bin/rrdtool create /opt/observium/rrd/router.local.com/port-62.rrd \ DS:INOCTETS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTOCTETS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INERRORS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTERRORS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INUCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTUCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INNUCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTNUCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INDISCARDS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTDISCARDS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INUNKNOWNPROTOS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INBROADCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTBROADCASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:INMULTICASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 \ DS:OUTMULTICASTPKTS:DERIVE:600:0:12500000000 --step 300 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:1:2016 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:6:2976 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:24:1440 RRA:AVERAGE:0.5:288:1440 RRA:MIN:0.5:6:1440 RRA:MIN:0.5:96:360 RRA:MIN:0.5:288:1440 RRA:MAX:0.5:6:1440 RRA:MAX:0.5:96:360 RRA:MAX:0.5:288:1440 %n] rrd_dontneed: Argument 'rrd_file' is NULL. RRD[cmd[update /opt/observium/rrd/router.local.com/port-62.rrd N:2646180175082:22831627397426:0:0:22904108823:35248380163:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0] stdout[ERROR: mmaping file '/opt/observium/rrd/router.local.com/port-62.rrd': Invalid argument] stderr[]]

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Initial setup on UIbuntu - SQL syntax error when creating the observium DB
by Reuben Sankey 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi, Im setting up Observium on ubuntu server 14.04.1 LTS. Using the guide: http://www.observium.org/docs/debian_ubuntu/ All going well until I get to the SQL database bit and have issues: mysql -u root -p <mysql root password> mysql> CREATE DATABASE observium DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON observium.* TO 'observium'@'localhost' -> IDENTIFIED BY '<observium db password>'; I assume the <observium db password> is to be replaced with a password? [image: Inline image 1] Thanks and regards, Reuben

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how to create a monitoring to mysql and ms sql on windows machine using observium ?
by noc.rodrigo.araujo＠itmnetworks.com.br 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello All, we have one way to monitoring mysql4, mysql5 and mssql server that we have on windows 2003 32bit, 2008R2 64Bit and 2012R2 ? i talking about same type of monitoring that we have observium monitoring mysql5 on Linux machine using unix agent any friend have one tutorial about this ? thanks, Rodrigo Araujo

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Filter syslog messages
by Andre Geißler 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi When trying to filter syslog messages by program for Cisco ASA messages (%ASA-2-106017) I get an bad request from apache due to the % sign. The url called ishttp://observium/syslog/program=%25ASA-2-106017/ Regards Andre

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changing device link in alert email from http to https
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hi all, I will be accessing my observium from the outside. Therefore i have installed my wildcard cert and enabled https... my problem is when i recive the alert email from observium for some machine. in the email there is a link under device so that i can easily access the server and see what is wrong. my problem is per default the url starts with http and not https. and so the tunnel is not encrypted. How do i change this behaviour?

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nfsen install
by observium＠istar.net.nz 14 Sep '15

14 Sep '15

Hello Does anyone have some documentation on now to install nfsen so it works alongside Observium? This is probably the best documentation I've found so far. https://blog.bravi.org/?p=1091 Thanks SHANE lE <mailto:shanson@istar.net.nz> shanson(a)istar.net.nz lW <https://istar.net.nz/> istar.net.nz lA PO Box 911507, Victoria St West, Auckland lM +64 21 623 903

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Help! Need assist in getting unsubscribed from observium listserve
by Waldref, George C. 13 Sep '15

13 Sep '15

To Adam Armstrong or whom it may concern: Approx 1 month ago I attempted to unsubscribe using instructions sent to me... Didn't work. Can anyone walk me through the necessary steps? Thanks, George Waldref ________________________________________ From: observium [observium-bounces(a)observium.org] on behalf of Adam Armstrong [adama(a)memetic.org] Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2015 11:39 AM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending In your postfix setup, you'd somehow told it that dingit.dk was a local domain, and so it was trying to deliver the mail to a local 'it' user, which didn't exist: Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/local[7153]: A1BF51205: to=<it(a)dingit.dk<mailto:it@dingit.dk>>, relay=local, delay=0.17, delays=0.08/0.08/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "it") Thus the mail was rejected! adam. Sent from Mailbird<http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm_campai…> On 30/08/2015 19:39:33, Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: MUHAHAH ITS WORKING!!! I removed postfix and tried with sendmail which was working... so my conclution is that 1. LAMP in ubuntu installs are not the best way to go.. 2. i'm doing something wrong during postfix install Thanks for all your help guys!! [cid:d5e712e6558ec409463723091cf117f11e800104@zimbra] ________________________________ Fra: "Casper Allerslev Jensen" <casper(a)dingit.dk> Til: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Sendt: søndag, 30. august 2015 08:40:49 Emne: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending Thanks Adam, Actually i was assuming that was why you didn't see it :) and alerts are working fine now.. could someone confim that this log shows that an alert mail was sent from root(a)dingit.dk to it(a)dingit.dk - im not entirely sure.. Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/pickup[6022]: A1BF51205: uid=0 from=<root> Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/cleanup[7151]: A1BF51205: message-id=<29c25b81fc676049abdadb6d9829d800(a)observium01.dingit.dk> Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/qmgr[1246]: A1BF51205: from=<root(a)dingit.dk>, size=14566, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/local[7153]: A1BF51205: to=<it(a)dingit.dk>, relay=local, delay=0.17, delays=0.08/0.08/0/0.01, dsn=5.1.1, status=bounced (unknown user: "it") Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/cleanup[7151]: C13AB1207: message-id=<20150830055004.C13AB1207(a)observium01.dingit.dk> Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/qmgr[1246]: C13AB1207: from=<>, size=16286, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/bounce[7154]: A1BF51205: sender non-delivery notification: C13AB1207 Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/qmgr[1246]: A1BF51205: removed Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/local[7153]: C13AB1207: to=<root(a)dingit.dk>, relay=local, delay=0.02, delays=0/0/0/0.01, dsn=2.0.0, status=sent (delivered to mailbox) Aug 30 07:50:04 observium01 postfix/qmgr[1246]: C13AB1207: removed Thanks! [cid:58a3a7d450b0c56745e3745b5dd4a85511dfc634@zimbra] ________________________________ Fra: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Til: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Sendt: lørdag, 29. august 2015 13:26:11 Emne: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending Hi Casper, Ahh yes! Hard to see on mobile! That alert has an entity type of device, you need to create it as storage. Everything else is OK. Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 29 August 2015 11:49:25 am Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: There were a screenshot with the alert in the former mail? Sent from Nine<http://www.9folders.com/> Fra: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> sendt: 29/08/2015 11.01 til: Observium Network Observation System Emne: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending Please show a screenshot of the alert checker, its probably just a typo somewhere! Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 29 August 2015 8:28:52 am Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: ok.. so new install following the guide.. and another problem.. ofcause :) [X][cid:cf723e781043ecec0b787f89a4608876def56037@zimbra] To me this clearly shows that my alert is added to backup01.. my problem is the exceed is set to 50 procent and i know volume1 is at 71%.. so why don't it tricker? _______________________________________________ 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 ________________________________ This message is intended for the sole use of the addressee, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. 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Tape Libraries in observium
by Steffie Morris 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

Hi, has anyone ever tried to add tape libraries in observium? I have an HP MSL6030 and a Dell TL2000 here that i tried to add, but there is no support at all for them yet. I don't know where to start to even try to add some basic information about these devices so i have some reading and catching up to do. But if anyone already has some information, just throw it at me :)

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Juniper stack polling - better but still hurting
by Aaron Finney 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

Hello all, Moving forward with our POC, and almost everything is perfect...the one thing that's still nagging us is the long polling times for our Juniper switch stacks. Our newest QFX 5k 96s 2-member stacks are now down under 300 seconds after upping max-requests to 70 (~230 seconds now), but our older EX stacks are still taking longer than the polling interval (~330 seconds) to complete. I realize it's the length of time that the Junipers take to handle the snmpbulkwalk of IfEntry and IfEntryX, but has anyone come up with a workaround to date? Obviously stripping OIDs out of the standard MIBs is not a solution because it could break other devices, but is there a possibility I could create an "IfEntry-lite" version that would be exclusive to the EX platform? Or even a custom poller that uses JunoScript instead of snmp? I'm looking for any reasonable solution, even if it takes some work to implement. Thanks! Aaron -- *Aaron Finney | **Network Engineer* 888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor | Pasadena, CA 91101 office: +1 (626) 466-1141 x6035 Watch how we make online advertising simple: http://bit.ly/Ent_vid www.openx.com | follow us on: Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/>

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 62, Issue 74
by ITogetherNet Kitmana 12 Sep '15

12 Sep '15

Please. Unsubscribe My Email .I'm don't Like. 2015-09-12 2:03 GMT+07:00 <observium-request(a)observium.org>: > 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: Not able to delete checks/groups (Applegate, Lynda K) > 2. Re: Airfibers (Eduardo Schoedler) > 3. Re: Alerting from eventlog? (Andre Gei?ler) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 14:38:04 +0000 > From: "Applegate, Lynda K" <applegatelk(a)spr.k12.oh.us> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Not able to delete checks/groups > Message-ID: > > <9485FFFB82FA7B42A31C18B29C1276FC7CF51502(a)SCS-EXCH-HUB.scs-district.local> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Who are you (Observium) and why am I receiving thousands of emails from > you people at Observium..This is my email at Springfield City Schools, OH > ________________________________ > From: observium [observium-bounces(a)observium.org] on behalf of Adam > Armstrong [adama(a)memetic.org] > Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 4:28 AM > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] Not able to delete checks/groups > > > Ahh. I added some CSS for checkboxes, but it didn't work properly in my > tests. Perhaps that checkboxes has the class to use the new CSS (which > causes them to be invisible at present!) > > Adam. > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > On 4 September 2015 10:25:56 am Erwin Heringa <erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl> > wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Just found out what?s wrong? > The checkbox for confirmation is gone. > > I tested it with R6925, and it works just fine. > > Met vriendelijke groet, kind regards, > > Erwin Heringa > Netwerkbeheerder > <https://www.sidn.nl> > <https://www.sidn.nl> > <https://www.sidn.nl> > > > > SIDN | Meander 501 | 6825 MD | Postbus 5022 | 6802 EA | ARNHEM > T +31 (0)26 352 55 00 | +31 (0)6 11608489 > erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl | www.sidn.nl > > [View Erwin Heringa's profile on LinkedIn]< > https://www.linkedin.com/in/netwerkmanager> > > On 04 Sep 2015, at 09:19, Erwin Heringa <erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl<mailto: > erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl>> wrote: > > Hi Adam, > > Many thanks for meeting in Amsterdam last night! > > I just updated to R6949, but the delete function seems to be broken. > When i delete a group or alert check the confirmation box appears, but the > delete button in fact does nothing at all. > The close button works just fine. ;-) > > > <PastedGraphic-1.png> > > > Tested this with firefox and safari to be sure. > > > Met vriendelijke groet, kind regards, > > Erwin Heringa > Netwerkbeheerder > <https://www.sidn.nl/> > <https://www.sidn.nl/> > <PastedGraphic-1.tiff> <https://www.sidn.nl/> > > > > SIDN | Meander 501 | 6825 MD | Postbus 5022 | 6802 EA | ARNHEM > T +31 (0)26 352 55 00 | +31 (0)6 11608489 > erwin.heringa(a)sidn.nl | www.sidn.nl > > [View Erwin Heringa's profile on LinkedIn]< > https://www.linkedin.com/in/netwerkmanager> > _______________________________________________ > 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%40observium.org> > http:/?/?postman?.?memetic?.?org/?cgi-bin/?mailman/?listinfo/?observium< > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium> > >

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Airfibers
by Eduardo Schoedler 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi, In another thread I saw you mentioned about airfibers. How can I monitor them? I have some graphs in our Cacti, using this scripts: http://community.ubnt.com/t5/airFiber/My-airfiber-cacti-template/m-p/674163… http://www.sloneczko.net/blog,airfiber_cacti_monitoring.html Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Amsterdam meeting
by Adam Armstrong 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi Guys, I'm going to be in Amsterdam next week, so there's the possibility of trying to organize some kind of informal meeting, if there's interest. If anyone is interested and has suggestions for where such a thing could be done, speak now! :) adam.

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Mikrotik RB2011 Serial Number
by chott＠praha1.net 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi team, after add Mikrotik RB2011 to Observium, there is field "Serial number" but this number is not Serial but Software ID, number like this 70AB-1XY8 Serial number has format like this 419A01234BC9 can you check this? tomas [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Re: [Observium] tplink router
by Adam Armstrong 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

The switch we can detect. The router seems to be reporting a bogus sysobjectid. Do the routers support adsl-mib? Adam. Simon Smith wrote: Hi, we like to monitor some of our ADSL routers and Switches these are TP-Link devices, but the observium only picks them up as generic devices!? I’ve created a custom os.inc.php to include a tplink device and icon could you possible put it in the SVN professionally :-) Some info below from an ADSL router if its required: sysDescr -> TD-W8901G sysName -> tp-link sysObjectID -> .1.3.6.1.4.1.1.2.3.4.5 Some Info below from a SWITCH, again if required: sysDescr -> 24-Port Gigabit Smart Switch sysName -> tl-sg2424 sysObjectID -> .1.3.6.1.4.1.11863.1.1.13 Regards Simon _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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monitoring specfik memory
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

quick question: I have a linux box with the follow memorys cached memory memory buffers physical memory shared memory swap space virtual memory my question is this: how do i ONLY monitor physical memory? I suspect its an entity i need to set but i don't know how to find the name of it?

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Send sms
by simonsmith5521＠gmail.com 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hi I've noticed the alerts folder having new files that include services for messaging and sms Is it possible for you to add in TextLocal SMS API ? http://api.txtlocal.com/docs/sendsms We use them here in the UK and they are really cheap! It would be cool if I can send alerts to customers via sms Regards Simon Sent from my iPhone

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Support for Nortel/Avaya
by AJ Schroeder 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Hello list, Let me get this out of the way; I am not a developer. Anyway, I have the pleasure of supporting a network that has older Nortel and Avaya devices on it. I've added them to observium and as expected they are showing up as generic devices. I browsed through the developer section on how to add new device support and I have followed those steps and have added some very basic support for Nortel switches (OS version and Serial Number) First question - would this extra support be of any interest to the Observium devs? I'd like to add more meaningful information such as CPU/Memory utilization, flash usage, etc. However, that step appears to be a bit more challenging. Second question - is this documented somewhere or do I need to "reverse engineer" this support from the existing scripts? Any help or suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, AJ Schroeder

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unix agent issues
by Robbie Wright 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Trying to get the unix agent setup on a machine with bind to test it out. The scripts for Observium and bind are working on the local machine, but Observium isn't showing the modules. The module is enabled for the device but when trying to telnet from Observium, we're just getting "Connection closed by foreign host." Xinetd is running and listening on the port but isn't responding correctly. There are some typos on the agent installation page on the site (/usr/lib vs /usr/bin) and in the xinetd conf file, but we seem to have those straightened out. Anyone have any tricks up your sleeves for getting the agent to be happy with life? ufw/iptables is off for testing on Ubuntu 14.04 and we're running the subscription edition. Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband <https://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101

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PoE Power warning thresholds?
by Richard Müller 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Hy *, does anybody know how the PoE Thresholds for Warning and Error State are calculated? [cid:image001.jpg@01D0EB21.9C0FE580] I have got (Juniper EX) switches which can Provide up to 740W but the warning limit is set to 37W for some reason. Thanks Richard -- <http://www.teamix.de>[teamix]<http://www.teamix.de> Richard Müller Geschäftsführer teamix GmbH Südwestpark 43 90449 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 911 30999 0 Fax: +49 911 30999 99 mail: rm(a)teamix.de web: http://www.teamix.de blog: http://blog.teamix.de Amtsgericht Nürnberg, HRB 18320 | Geschäftsführer: Oliver Kügow, Richard Müller ***Save the Date: Besuchen Sie uns auf der it-sa Messe in Nürnberg vom 06.10.15 – 08.10.15 auf Stand 12-205***

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Disk stats graphs for Equallogic
by Gerwin Krist 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Howdy, Just added our equallogic boxes to observium and although it detects most of the stuff i'm really missing graphs for disk performance (read/writes and iops). If this is correct? Would it be possible to add such a feature? On https://www.zabbix.org/wiki/Monitoring_Dell_Equallogic_Systems is a template for Zabbix. Maybe it's of use. - Gerwin

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Observium Apache Subversion Module Metadata accessible via HTTP......!
by Chaman Rathee 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Dear Team, We found following vulnerability in our observium tool :- Vulnerability Detection Result :- We found that Everybody can access/read '.svn/entries'. using https://<observium-url/.svn/entries<https://%3cobservium-url/.svn/entries> Details: Apache Subversion Module Metadata Accessible OID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.105099 But we checked at Observium Apache Server and found that we have not Load any module for Subversion. So, Please suggest how to solve this vulnerability and if I delete or move .svn folder Will it impact to my running observium? .... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No. :- 9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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adding a few 100 devices - group associations
by Ross [Eve IT] 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

Hi all, I'm looking at adding a few 100 devices to Observium shortly. I don't see any issue adding them, as I can use a filename structured as requested. This is for a few clients of ours, I'd like to trial observium as a customer facing solution. Add a user to view their devices only. Is there a way to script giving a user access to so many devices ? Perhaps to group them. Has anyone done this and found issues with a large number of devices ? Regards, Ross.

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poller.php burns all available CPU in the last community edition
by Mark Martinec 09 Sep '15

09 Sep '15

After upgrading a somewhat outdated version Observium CE 0.13.10.4585 to CE 0.15.6.6430 (under PHP 5.5.28), the poller.php started burning excessive CPU: eight running pollers on an 8-CPU machine started burning 100% of available CPU time instead of a few percents as before. They somehow still managed to get their job done, but just barely so in five minutes, and often missing the time slot. While watching the behaviour for a day and learning PHP profiling along the way, I now have an explanation and a solution. Apology if this has been reported before, couldn't find any such report. The problem is in a function external_exec() in includes/common(.inc).php, which has been rewritten some time between these two versions, now switching to a common loop waiting with a stream_select() on two pipes (stdout and stderr) from a spawned snmp*walk process. The documentation on stream_select helps understanding the issue: http://php.net/manual/en/function.stream-select.php read The streams listed in the read array will be watched to see if characters become available for reading (more precisely, to see if a read will not block - in particular, a stream resource is also ready on end-of-file, in which case an fread() will return a zero length string). So what happens is that when a spawned snmp* command closes its stderr but not yet its stdout, the external_exec() goes in a spin: feof($pipes[1]) is false but stream is not yet ready for reading, however the feof($pipes[2]) is true and hence the stream_select() returns right away and reports $pipes[2] as ready. Then the fread($pipes[2]) is called, returns an empty string (because stderr is at eof), and the whole loop busily goes around, until the time the snmp command happens to terminate. Here is a fix: --- includes/common.inc.php.ori 2015-09-04 20:29:39.561244285 +0200 +++ includes/common.inc.php 2015-09-04 20:30:07.617242602 +0200 @@ -618,9 +618,13 @@ { $start = microtime(TRUE); - //while ($status['running'] !== FALSE) - while (feof($pipes[1]) === FALSE || feof($pipes[2]) === FALSE) + while (TRUE) { + $read = array(); + if (!feof($pipes[1])) { $read[] = $pipes[1]; } + if (!feof($pipes[2])) { $read[] = $pipes[2]; } + if (empty($read)) { break; } + stream_select( - $read = array($pipes[1], $pipes[2]), + $read, $write = NULL, $except = NULL, Regards Mark

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Cisco ASR Zone Based Firewall graphing
by Willie Van Waveren 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hi Observium team, I recently installed Observium and got it running on a bunch of devices. I am now trying to get it to graph zone based firewall stats on Cisco ASR and also ISR. When I go into settings on the devices and click to enable the firewall graph it seems to enable, but then when I go and look again it is back to disabled. Am I missing anything? I would like to have the following in the firewall graph, how can I edit, or add a new one for all Cisco ZBF. 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.491.1.1.1.4.0 "The number of connections which were attempted to be setup but which were declined due to non-availability of required resources. This value is accumulated from the last reboot of the firewall." 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.491.1.1.1.5.0 "The number of connections which are in the process of being setup but which have not yet reached the established state in the connection table." 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.491.1.1.1.6.0 "The number of connections which are currently active." 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.491.1.1.1.11.0 "The averaged number of connections which the firewall establishing per second, averaged over the last 300 seconds." Regards, Willie

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SMS via COM port
by chott＠praha1.net 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hello team, Is there some way how i can send critical Alert via COM port and connected GSM Gateway? Tomas

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nfsen
by Farshid Abediny 08 Sep '15

08 Sep '15

Hi, in your wiki you have a guide for confighure nfsen with observium, it is no more exist ? or you have new guide? thanks,

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Rancid
by Lyndon Labuschagne 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Hi All I see rancid has a “Latest" tab is there an option to view the previous versions? Also after a slight tweak I have UBNT backups too, just not the Air-fibre as yet there is actually a slight difference in the rancid script for those, and I think all the Ubiquity radios are just associated to AirOS or at least a on the CE release I have for testing purposes Lyndon Labuschagne [cid:image001.jpg@01D0D50C.B78C6660] Ground Floor 76 Kyalami Blvd. Kyalami Office Park T: 010 001 6100 C: 084 888 1017 F: 086 768 3587 E: lyndonl(a)mobiletorque.co.za<mailto:lyndonl@mobiletorque.co.za> W: www.mobiletorque.co.za<http://www.mobiletorque.co.za>

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Availability Graphing
by Lyndon Labuschagne 07 Sep '15

07 Sep '15

Hi all I have looked around but don't see any information around availability graphing. What we are looking for is a graph per device that can show if there have been any communication drops? I suppose alerts based on packetloss will tell us if there have been issues, but it would be nice to retrospectively go back a day or week etc. Sent from my iPhone

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Syslog Integration since revision 6951 not working anymore
by Basile Bluntschli 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi Team since version 6951 syslog integration with syslog-ng is not working anymore. Besides I see approx 20% higher CPU usage since then... Reported by Observium ;) Thanks Basile

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Wireless - Ruckus Zone Director
by Basile Bluntschli 04 Sep '15

04 Sep '15

Hi Team we just recently added Ruckus Zone Director at some customer site. The Zone Director gets recognized as a Wireless Controller. However no tab with wireless is present. Should there be already some Ruckus support or is this still in development? Thanks Basile

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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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Introduction, polling time questions, other bits
by Aaron Finney 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Hello, We've just started a POC project to determine if Observium is a good fit for our environment, and so far have been very pleased with the feature-richness and general usability of the entire system. In fact, we've discovered several things in our environment that were immediately addressable. Cheers! One thing that's been a head-scratcher for us so far is the length of the polling time for our Juniper switches...anywhere from ~2 mins for a 48 port EX ToR switch, to 8 minutes for a two-member QFX aggregate switch. It's the port polling that's so costly according to the output of the poller script, around 450 seconds on the QFXs. I've tried some basic troubleshooting...disabling MAC accounting, disabling all ports for polling/alerting, etc...but it hasn't helped. Is there something simple I'm missing in the config that's causing it to bog down on the port module? Aside from the time, it's not hurting the QFXs, but our poor EX4500s sometimes spike to 90% CPU during polling. For context, the Observium POC system is located in the same datacenter as the devices we're polling against, and the QFXs are 96 port 5ks, with uplinks to our EX ToR switches. Any ideas/suggestions you have would be much appreciated! Also, I did add support for Baytech PDUs; if there's interest, I'd be happy to provide the code. Aaron

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APC Power aggregate graphs
by Cameron Murray 01 Sep '15

01 Sep '15

Guys, Is there a way to aggregate graphs for Power consumption? We use Billing for Data aggregate however would like to see similar for other fields. Regards, Cameron Murray

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Device shown as down after change of ip address - DNS works.
by ecaroh 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Hello, i had to change the ip address of one server from 192.168.102.21 to 192.168.102.40. After that the server is shown as down. DNS works so far, dns resolution from observium gives me the new address. Im sure it is a small problem, but i have no clue. Do i have to make a rediscover and if so how? THX in advance ecaroh

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Syslog Filter Cisco ASA messages
by Andre Geißler 31 Aug '15

31 Aug '15

Hi When trying to filter syslog messages by program for Cisco ASA messages (%ASA-2-106017) I get an bad request from apache due to the % sign. The url called is http://observium/syslog/program=%25ASA-2-106017/ Regards Andre

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Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending
by Tom Laermans 30 Aug '15

30 Aug '15

I'm no expert on this but maybe because you set default_only to true in the config? On Aug 27, 2015 7:05 AM, Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: > > Hi, > > I can confirm that installing postfix and hardcode the reciving mailbox in config.php works. But it doesn't use the contacts im making in the observium gui which seems to be the same issue Cameron has. > > the funny thing is my spam filter blocks the email, well to be expected, but it shows it comming from root@observium even though my config.php says: > > // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) > $config['email']['default'] = "it(a)dingit.dk"; > $config['email']['from'] = "Observium <observium(a)dingit.dk>"; > $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; > > any ideas? > > Also i couldn't find any documentation on how to set up email service in observium. I figured it out from Adams and Cameron conversation on the mail list. > > > ________________________________ > Fra: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> > Til: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> > Sendt: torsdag, 27. august 2015 01:30:22 > Emne: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending > > Does the alert log show them as being sent? > > They will only be sent when they first occur, so you'll need to have new ones for any new alerts to be sent. > > Adam. > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > On 26 August 2015 11:46:40 pm Cameron Murray <cameron(a)techpath.com.au> wrote: >> >> Adam, >> >> >> >> Thanks yes – When I test with the ./test_mail.php -h bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 I receive the email correctly however none of the alerts come through. >> >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Cameron Murray >> Remote Support Engineer >> >> How am I doing? Please click here to rate my work. >> >> >> >> P 1300 033 300 >> F 07 3809 3999 >> E cameron(a)techpath.com.au >> >> www.techpath.com.au >> >> Unit 2/55 Tradelink Rd, Hillcrest QLD 4118 >> Formerly Betta Computer Services Pty Ltd >> >> Note: This message may contain privileged and confidential information that is the property of the intended recipient. The information herein is intended only for use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, then you are requested to return e-mail to TechPath Pty Ltd and destroy any copies made. Copying or disseminating any of this message is prohibited. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of TechPath Pty Ltd. >> >> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong >> Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2015 8:41 AM >> To: Observium Network Observation System >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending >> >> >> >> Ahh indeed, that's true. You never actually tell it to use SMTP, even though you set the SMTP options! >> >> In that case, make sure the local mail relay is installed and configured (probably just apt-get install postfix) and check /var/log/mail.log >> >> Adam. >> >> Sent with AquaMail for Android >> http://www.aqua-mail.com >> >> On 26 August 2015 11:28:51 pm Cameron Murray <cameron(a)techpath.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Adam, >>> >>> >>> >>> It appears to already be using the php backend to send emails: >>> >>> >>> >>> E-mails ENABLED globally ($config['email']['enable']) >>> >>> E-mails use PHP-builtin MAIL backend ($config['email']['backend']) >>> >>> E-mails send only to default email ($config['email']['default_only']) >>> >>> E-mails use these default recipient(s) ($config['email']['default']): >>> >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Cameron Murray >>> >>> >>> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong >>> Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2015 8:20 AM >>> To: Observium Network Observation System >>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending >>> >>> >>> >>> Remove all of the SMTP configutation and just let php send the mail using the local MTA itself. >>> >>> You'll need to make sure one is installed, but its fairly straightforward with Debian/Ubuntu. >>> >>> Adam. >>> >>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>> >>> On 26 August 2015 11:18:57 pm Cameron Murray <cameron(a)techpath.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Adam, >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Can you recommend a working configuration? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Cameron Murray >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong >>>> Sent: Thursday, 27 August 2015 8:08 AM >>>> To: Observium Network Observation System >>>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Emails Not sending >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Don't use remote SMTP It never works properly. >>>> >>>> Adam. >>>> >>>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>>> >>>> On 26 August 2015 10:47:42 pm Cameron Murray <cameron(a)techpath.com.au> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Guys, >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Only new to Observium and it’s a great product! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Setting up the email alerts and testing from the cli works perfectly however automated alerts configured via the interface do not send. The alerts trigger in the interface and the contact groups are configured. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Test Email from cli: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [root@obs observium]# ./test_mail.php -h bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 >>>>> >>>>> Observium 0.15.8.6920 >>>>> >>>>> Test E-mail Configuration >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ##### Software versions ##### >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> o OS Linux 2.6.32-504.23.4.el6.x86_64 [amd64] (CentOS 6.7) >>>>> >>>>> o Apache 2.2.15 >>>>> >>>>> o PHP 5.5.28 >>>>> >>>>> o Python 2.6.6 >>>>> >>>>> o MySQL 5.1.73 (extension: mysqli 5.1.73) >>>>> >>>>> o SNMP NET-SNMP 5.5 >>>>> >>>>> o RRDtool 1.3.8 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ##### Charset info ##### >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> o PHP UTF-8 >>>>> >>>>> o MySQL utf8 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ##### Timezones info ##### >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> o Date Wednesday, 26-Aug-15 21:43:01 UTC >>>>> >>>>> o PHP +10:00 >>>>> >>>>> o MySQL +10:00 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> See mail backend options here: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Email_backend_settings >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My Hostname: obs.tech….. >>>>> >>>>> E-mails ENABLED globally ($config['email']['enable']) >>>>> >>>>> E-mails use PHP-builtin MAIL backend ($config['email']['backend']) >>>>> >>>>> E-mails send only to default email ($config['email']['default_only']) >>>>> >>>>> E-mails use these default recipient(s) ($config['email']['default']): >>>>> >>>>> alert-infrastructure@tech...... >>>>> >>>>> E-mails send from ($config['email']['from']): >>>>> >>>>> monitoring@tech...... >>>>> >>>>> E-mails send to recipients based on default recipient from config and/or device sysContact. >>>>> >>>>> Try send test notification for bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 to these email(s): >>>>> >>>>> alert-infrastructure@tech...... >>>>> >>>>> EMAILINGNotification for bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 SENT. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Config.php > Email Config >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> // Enable alerter >>>>> >>>>> $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['billing']['customer_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per customer >>>>> >>>>> $config['billing']['circuit_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per circuit_id >>>>> >>>>> $config['billing']['bill_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per bill_id >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "System Alert Change"; >>>>> >>>>> $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; >>>>> >>>>> $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "monitoring@tech......"; >>>>> >>>>> $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['default'] = "alert-infrastructure@tech...... "; >>>>> >>>>> $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "monitoring@tech....."; >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['from'] = "monitoring@tech....."; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'mx01…….; >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 587; >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 10; >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = tls; >>>>> >>>>> $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Contact List configuration: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Any pointers are appreciated. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Cameron >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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SYSLOG Issues
by Sandy Millar 30 Aug '15

30 Aug '15

All I am having two issues with syslog, and wonder if someone could give me some guidance. Firstly, syslog filters seems a little inconsistent, for example:- This works - $config['syslog']['filter'][] = 'Cannot statfs /run/user/1000/gvfs'; This doesn’t - $config['syslog']['filter'][] = 'PERMISSION'; Unfortunately, the custom filters I need don’t work, any thoughts? And secondly, Observium appears to randomly stop reporting syslog records from clients. I have followed some of the suggestions from the mail list and determined that the missing records do appear in the debug.log but not in the console, and I am at a loss where else to look. I am using Syslog-NG, which to the best of my knowledge is correctly configured, and Observium CE 0.15.6430. Thanks in advance Kind regards Sandy Millar

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Groups based on VLANs
by Anders Johansson 30 Aug '15

30 Aug '15

Hi, I want to track a patricidal VLAN and their ports on a bunch of switches, tough that the Group function in Observium could do that for me :) However I can't find any reference to VLAN, tried to use "ifVlan" but not sure that works, or I didn't do that part correctly. The purpose is to track an internet facing vlan to easy see port graphs and to be able to create alerts from these. //Anders

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Reset Login Password
by Stephen Bateman 30 Aug '15

30 Aug '15

Hello All, Can someone point me in the right direction, on how to reset the login passwords for Observium. For some reason I can't login this morning and the password I thought I was using just does not work so I need to reset via MySQL I assume. Thanks in advance for helping. Stephen

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How to use Simple Observium API
by Mike Driscoll 28 Aug '15

28 Aug '15

I would like to use the Simple API to pull out a simple list of all host names matching a particular naming convention. Does anyone know of any examples or documentation I can refer to to create a small script to do something like this? Mike

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UBNT Tough Switch
by chott＠praha1.net 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Hello team, is there support for Ubiquiti Tough Switch ? Switch has 5-8gig ports by default Observium shows only port :lo, eth0, eth1, br0 i can get access to switch Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Seems to be an error in Schema update 228 -> 229
by Richard Müller 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Hy *, I just got an error in the DB Upgrade from 228 - > 229: -- Updating database/file schema 228 -> 229 ... (db) done (1 errors). 229 -> 230 ... (db) done. -- Done. But it looks like it is harmless – Adam? [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): ====== Schema update 228 -> 229 ============== [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): Query: ALTER TABLE `alert_table-state` ADD `last_ok` INT NULL AFTER `last_recovered` ; [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): Error: (1060) Duplicate column name 'last_ok' Best wishes. Richard -- <http://www.teamix.de>[teamix]<http://www.teamix.de> Richard Müller Geschäftsführer teamix GmbH Südwestpark 43 90449 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 911 30999 0 Fax: +49 911 30999 99 mail: rm(a)teamix.de web: http://www.teamix.de blog: http://blog.teamix.de Amtsgericht Nürnberg, HRB 18320 | Geschäftsführer: Oliver Kügow, Richard Müller ***Save the Date: Besuchen Sie uns auf der it-sa Messe in Nürnberg vom 06.10.15 – 08.10.15 auf Stand 12-205***

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PoE monitoring?
by chott＠praha1.net 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Hello team, we have lot of switches with PoE ports Cisco IOS and Cisco SB Is there support for poe? I have Enabled PoE in setting but there is no new TAB or info about PoE in switch now i testing Cisco WS-C3750X-48PS-E Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Re: [Observium] Seems to be an error in Schema update 228 -> 229
by Tom Laermans 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

This one is indeed harmless. It's a duplicate to try and fix an update that failed for some people I believe. Tom On Aug 27, 2015 7:58 AM, Richard Müller <rm(a)teamix.de> wrote: > > Hy *, > > > > I just got an error in the DB Upgrade from 228 - > 229: > > > > -- Updating database/file schema > > 228 -> 229 ... (db) done (1 errors). > > 229 -> 230 ... (db) done. > > -- Done. > > > > But it looks like it is harmless – Adam? > > [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): ====== Schema update 228 -> 229 ============== > > [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): Query: ALTER TABLE `alert_table-state` ADD `last_ok` INT NULL AFTER `last_recovered` ; > > [2015/08/27 07:54:36 +0200] discovery.php(19733): Error: (1060) Duplicate column name 'last_ok' > > > > Best wishes. > > > > Richard > > -- > Richard Müller > Geschäftsführer > teamix GmbH > Südwestpark 43 > 90449 Nürnberg > Tel.: +49 911 30999 0 > Fax: +49 911 30999 99 > mail: rm(a)teamix.de > web: http://www.teamix.de > blog: http://blog.teamix.de > Amtsgericht Nürnberg, HRB 18320 | Geschäftsführer: Oliver Kügow, Richard Müller > ***Save the Date: Besuchen Sie uns auf der it-sa Messe in Nürnberg vom 06.10.15 – 08.10.15 auf Stand 12-205*** > >

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Alert Emails Not sending
by Cameron Murray 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Guys, Only new to Observium and it's a great product! Setting up the email alerts and testing from the cli works perfectly however automated alerts configured via the interface do not send. The alerts trigger in the interface and the contact groups are configured. Test Email from cli: [root@obs observium]# ./test_mail.php -h bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 Observium 0.15.8.6920 Test E-mail Configuration ##### Software versions ##### o OS Linux 2.6.32-504.23.4.el6.x86_64 [amd64] (CentOS 6.7) o Apache 2.2.15 o PHP 5.5.28 o Python 2.6.6 o MySQL 5.1.73 (extension: mysqli 5.1.73) o SNMP NET-SNMP 5.5 o RRDtool 1.3.8 ##### Charset info ##### o PHP UTF-8 o MySQL utf8 ##### Timezones info ##### o Date Wednesday, 26-Aug-15 21:43:01 UTC o PHP +10:00 o MySQL +10:00 See mail backend options here: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Email_backend_settings My Hostname: obs.tech..... E-mails ENABLED globally ($config['email']['enable']) E-mails use PHP-builtin MAIL backend ($config['email']['backend']) E-mails send only to default email ($config['email']['default_only']) E-mails use these default recipient(s) ($config['email']['default']): alert-infrastructure@tech...... E-mails send from ($config['email']['from']): monitoring@tech...... E-mails send to recipients based on default recipient from config and/or device sysContact. Try send test notification for bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 to these email(s): alert-infrastructure@tech...... EMAILINGNotification for bne-b1-lvl4-r1-apc2 SENT. Config.php > Email Config // Enable alerter $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; $config['billing']['customer_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per customer $config['billing']['circuit_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per circuit_id $config['billing']['bill_autoadd'] = 0; # Enable Auto-add bill per bill_id $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "System Alert Change"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "monitoring@tech......"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email']['default'] = "alert-infrastructure@tech...... "; $config['alerts']['email']['from'] = "monitoring@tech....."; $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "monitoring@tech....."; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'mx01.......; $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 587; $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 10; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = tls; $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; Contact List configuration: [cid:image001.png@01D0E09C.985E6EF0] Any pointers are appreciated. Regards Cameron

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LDAP Configuration issue on Observium
by Sivaraja,Raja 27 Aug '15

27 Aug '15

Hi All, Kindly help me to configure the LDAP authentication on Observium page. Below are the Config files lines which i have added on config line. still not working. pls check the below codes,correct me if any lines are wrong. ----------------------------------------------- // Authentication Model $config['auth_mechanism'] = "ldap"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help $config['auth_ldap_binddn'] = "CN=ldap,OU=IT,OU=Service Accounts,OU=Users,OU=AAAAAAA,DC=BBBBBB,DC=com"; $config['auth_ldap_bindpw'] = "xxxxxxxx"; $config['auth_ldap_bindanonymous'] = FALSE; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['uid'] = "uid"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['uidNumber'] = "uidNumber"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['cn'] = "cn"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['dn'] = "dn"; $config['auth_ldap_objectclass'] = "posixAccount"; $config['auth_ldap_version'] = 3; $config['auth_ldap_server'] = "MDC01.xxx.com <http://mdc01.xxx.com/>"; $config['auth_ldap_port'] = 389; $config['auth_ldap_starttls'] = FALSE; $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid"; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",DC=BBBBB,DC=com"; $config['auth_ldap_group'] = "OU=IT,OU=AAAAAA,DC=BBBBBB,DC=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "OU=IT,OU=IF,OU=IS,OU=Standard,OU=Users,OU=AAAA,DC=BBBBB,DC=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "nodn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "memberUid"; unset($config['auth_ldap_groups']); $config['auth_ldap_groups']['CN=ldap,OU=IT,OU=Service Accounts,OU=Users,OU=AAAA,DC=BBBBB,DC=com']['level'] = 10; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['CN=ldap,OU=IT,OU=Service Accounts,OU=Users,OU=AAAA,DC=BBBBB,DC=com']['level'] = 1; ---------------------------------------------- Need to do any other settings on configfile or anyother file on the server. Thanks in advance Thanks! Regards, *Sivaraja*

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Re: [Observium] help creating alerts
by Rudolf Hoehler 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Hi Adam, I found the wiki page to make perfect sense after looking at some examples. I just visited the pages and since the wiki migration - your examples did not pull through - they used to be right at the bottom of the alert creation page? http://www.observium.org/docs/alert_checker/ Alert Checker Exmaples is blank? Regards, Rudolf From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk<mailto:casper@dingit.dk>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Wednesday 26 August 2015 at 19:20 To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] help creating alerts Thanks for answering Adam. Ok I think i follow you.. But isn't it a little redudant to have Entity? I mean with the alert im trying to make im looking at specifik storage usages. Wouldn't it go without saying the entity im looking at is the disks? my condition is storage_perc and so i don't see the point in also specifying harddisk in the association entity? I have made my alert this way now.. is this correct? will it work? Check condition: storage_perc gt 90 Associations device match: * Associations Entity match: * [cid:2f142fd126995f0abe51494e79dd177a1fdf9d8e@zimbra] ________________________________ Fra: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> Til: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sendt: onsdag, 26. august 2015 18:51:19 Emne: Re: [Observium] help creating alerts Hi, The entity match is the same as the device match, but for the entity (port, memory pool, etc), rather than the device. If you want to match all devices, you put * in the device box. If you want to match all ports for a port entity type alert, you put * in the entity box. If you want to only match ethernet ports on a port alert, you put "ifType eq ethernetCsmacd" in the entity box. adam. On 26/08/2015 16:47:34, Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk<mailto:casper@dingit.dk>> wrote: Hi all.. im trying understand how to make different alerts in Observium.. for testing im trying to creat a alert that will hit all device and set the flag if diskspace becomes 90% used. For that i used the storage_perc alert and created the alert like this: Check condition: storage_perc gt 90 Associations device match: os match * Associations Entity match: storage_perc match * Now the example i found in the documentation was here: http://observium.org/docs/alert_checker/ and was for mempool_perc. Now i know my storage exampel doesn't use the same entity match but thats because i don't understand what that is? My logics behind my alert is like this. Check condition see if storage usages reach 90% or more. Association device is to set what devices in observium should be hit by this alert. I set mine to os match wildcard beacuse i want all device to be hit by this alert. Association Entity im not sure i fully understand? Any help would be apriciated... and please .. i rather be taught to fish then be given a fish :) if you know what i mean :) [cid:032bfadfb691db9ba6d7226f2b32b09de5c402ab@zimbra] _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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help creating alerts
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Hi all.. im trying understand how to make different alerts in Observium.. for testing im trying to creat a alert that will hit all device and set the flag if diskspace becomes 90% used. For that i used the storage_perc alert and created the alert like this: Check condition: storage_perc gt 90 Associations device match: os match * Associations Entity match: storage_perc match * Now the example i found in the documentation was here: http://observium.org/docs/alert_checker/ and was for mempool_perc. Now i know my storage exampel doesn't use the same entity match but thats because i don't understand what that is? My logics behind my alert is like this. Check condition see if storage usages reach 90% or more. Association device is to set what devices in observium should be hit by this alert. I set mine to os match wildcard beacuse i want all device to be hit by this alert. Association Entity im not sure i fully understand? Any help would be apriciated... and please .. i rather be taught to fish then be given a fish :) if you know what i mean :)

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Empty Chart
by Michael Ponto 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

I know I missed something but not sure what. Just did a fresh install of Observium on Ubuntu 14 LS and everything except the charts are working. All devices are reporting processor info, temp, errors, ect. It is just that the charts are empty. Anyone have any suggestions as to where to start looking?

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sending eventlog by email
by Ross [Eve IT] 26 Aug '15

26 Aug '15

Hello, I'm sure this is quite simple, but how do I send the alerts listed in the eventlog straight to email as they are listed. https://<observium-server>/eventlog/ So as they come through, they are send immediately to an email address. Thanks ! Ross.

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Device listing Group vs. Device list
by chott＠praha1.net 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hello team there is little difference between List in Group and List in Device list like version is nex to device in Device list is under screen attached Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Ability export RANCID Config
by chott＠praha1.net 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hello team, you are planning Export RANCID Config from web GUI to TXT file? Same like export XML data ? Tomas [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Re: [Observium] "Monitoring" Linux Softraid State?
by Richard Müller 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hy Adam, In real live it looks like this if everything is "good": <<<md>>> Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md1 : active raid1 sdb2[1] sda2[0] 59559808 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] md0 : active raid1 sdb1[1] sda1[0] 1950656 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU] unused devices: <none> Criterions for Yellow Alarm (my opinion): One or more "U" is replaced with "_" or "recovery" is found Criterion for Red Alarm (my opinion): Device is marked as inactive and has "_"s Look at: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Mdstat Thanks Richard -- Richard Müller | Geschäftsführer teamix GmbH Südwestpark 43 90449 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 911 30999 0 | Fax: +49 911 30999 99 mail: rm(a)teamix.de | web: http://www.teamix.de | blog: http://blog.teamix.de Amtsgericht Nürnberg, HRB 18320 | Geschäftsführer: Oliver Kügow, Richard Müller ***Save the Date: Besuchen Sie uns auf der it-sa Messe in Nürnberg vom 06.10.15 – 08.10.15 auf Stand 12-205*** -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 23 Aug 2015 12:26:07 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] "Monitoring" Linux Softraid State? Message-ID: <ea384ce9-cb37-4664-83e1-95356caeab5e(a)getmailbird.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Is all of the required information returned in the md section? It'd probably just take a bit of code to parse the output and inject the required entries into the status system. adam. On 23/08/2015 10:31:37, Richard M?ller <rm(a)teamix.de> wrote: Hy *, ? I just noticed that observium_agent returns a <<<md>>> section: ? 1.)??? Question: is there actual a way of monitoring the state of linux softraid devices in Observium, I just do not know? Documentation / google is quite silent about this question. :-) 2.)??? If no, how can this be implemented? Idea #1: Introduce a ?(red|yellow) Alarm? state even for Unix devices, as most common network devices have. So this technique can be also used for different kinds of alarms (Raid, Network, ECC, ?) a.?????? Yellow Alarm: Raid degraded b.????? Red Alarm: Raid broken :-) ? Idea #2: Is this something, which can be implemented ?outside Observium? (e.g. by some ?geniuos? snmpd-configuration lines in snmpd.conf) and Observium just uses the normal ?(yellow|red) Alarm? way, which is already implemented? Sorry, I am not an SNMP-Expert, so I cannot answer this for myself. ? Thanks Richard --

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alternative to svn update
by Samarasinghe, Sujith 24 Aug '15

24 Aug '15

Hi , I was trying to update to latest version but our firewall does not allow svn as protocol. I downloaded the latest stable version using wget instead and tried to locate new folder under /opt/. I got permission denied error on /discovery.php -u Is there a better way to upgrade than this risky method if SVN is not an option? Thanks, Sujith. Confidentiality Note: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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"Monitoring" Linux Softraid State?
by Richard Müller 23 Aug '15

23 Aug '15

Hy *, I just noticed that observium_agent returns a <<<md>>> section: 1.) Question: is there actual a way of monitoring the state of linux softraid devices in Observium, I just do not know? Documentation / google is quite silent about this question. :-) 2.) If no, how can this be implemented? Idea #1: Introduce a “(red|yellow) Alarm” state even for Unix devices, as most common network devices have. So this technique can be also used for different kinds of alarms (Raid, Network, ECC, …) a. Yellow Alarm: Raid degraded b. Red Alarm: Raid broken :-) Idea #2: Is this something, which can be implemented “outside Observium” (e.g. by some “geniuos” snmpd-configuration lines in snmpd.conf) and Observium just uses the normal “(yellow|red) Alarm” way, which is already implemented? Sorry, I am not an SNMP-Expert, so I cannot answer this for myself. Thanks Richard -- <http://www.teamix.de>[teamix]<http://www.teamix.de> Richard Müller Geschäftsführer teamix GmbH Südwestpark 43 90449 Nürnberg Tel.: +49 911 30999 0 Fax: +49 911 30999 99 mail: rm(a)teamix.de web: http://www.teamix.de blog: http://blog.teamix.de Amtsgericht Nürnberg, HRB 18320 | Geschäftsführer: Oliver Kügow, Richard Müller ***Save the Date: Besuchen Sie uns auf der it-sa Messe in Nürnberg vom 06.10.15 – 08.10.15 auf Stand 12-205***

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Ability to Zoom on Graphs?
by Rudolf Hoehler 22 Aug '15

22 Aug '15

Hello Observium team, I would like to know how much effort would it be to add the ability to drag a timeline across a graph which will then automatically adjust the date/time range to that section of the graph? Regards, Rudolf

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DB update error
by Sholom Shapiro 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Hi, I just updated for the first time in a couple of weeks, and got an error applying the updates. Here is the console message and update-errors log: /opt/observium# php ./discovery.php -h none ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| Observium Professional 0.15.8.6911 http://www.observium.org -- Updating database/file schema 219 -> 220 ... (db) done. 220 -> 221 ... (db) done. 221 -> 222 ... (db) done. 222 -> 223 ... (db) done. 223 -> 224 ... (db) done (2 errors). 224 -> 225 ... (db) done. 225 -> 226 ... (db) done. 226 -> 227 ... (db) done. 227 -> 228 ... (db) done. -- Done. [2015/08/21 09:48:29 -0700] discovery.php(12283): ====== Schema update 223 -> 224 ============== [2015/08/21 09:48:29 -0700] discovery.php(12283): Query: ALTER TABLE `alert_table-state` ADD `last_ok` INT NULL AFTER `last_recovered` ; [2015/08/21 09:48:29 -0700] discovery.php(12283): Error: (1114) The table '#sql-42b4_3c28dc' is full [2015/08/21 09:48:29 -0700] discovery.php(12283): Query: ALTER TABLE `alert_table-state` CHANGE `last_checked` `last_checked` INT( 10 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE `last_changed` `last_changed` INT( 10 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE `last_recovered` `last_recovered` INT( 10 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE `last_ok` `last_ok` INT( 10 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL , CHANGE `last_failed` `last_failed` INT( 10 ) NULL DEFAULT NULL ; [2015/08/21 09:48:29 -0700] discovery.php(12283): Error: (1054) Unknown column 'last_ok' in 'alert_table-state' Thank You Sholom Shapiro | Senior Systems Engineer Viking Technology Partners sholom(a)vikingtech.consulting 310.948.2438 Viking Technology Partners 10501 W. Gowan Road, Suite 170 Las Vegas, Nevada 89129 vikingtech.consulting <http://www.vikingtech.consulting> @vikingtechs <https://twitter.com/VikingTechs>

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Re: [Observium] Link to device - Feature request
by Tom Laermans 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

I've actually come accross quite a few devices that specify configured telnet and http ports and the like in their snmp tree, we could definitely make use of those. So whoever decides to code this up (i'm on vacation this week) please leave room for custom ports in the database ;) Tom On Aug 11, 2015 2:15 PM, Jason Lixfeld <jason(a)lixfeld.ca> wrote: > > You know, I'm actually disgusted with myself for doing that. One of my biggest pet peeves is txt shorthand, in any sort of correspondence. It's lazy and insulting. Yet I just did it myself. > > Sorry Observium. I still love you :) > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 11, 2015, at 8:02 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > >> Also, I think we might officially rename Observium to O, since its much easier to type :D >> >> Adam. >> >> Sent with AquaMail for Android >> http://www.aqua-mail.com >> >> On 11 August 2015 12:33:41 pm Jason Lixfeld <jason(a)lixfeld.ca> wrote: >>> >>> I agree, less is more, but how would O determine what to use on devices that were routers or switches or something that had WebUI and/or telnet and/or ssh CLI, where either one was user configurable? >>> >>> Perhaps a configurable default; an array that you could specify OS' and/or host names? Ya, fuck me too. That's getting complicated :) >>> >>> I guess as long as there is room for it in the database, it'd be trivial to run a post-discovery script to add whatever URL was appropriate if you wanted to overwrite whatever O thought was an acceptable default. >>> >>> /finding my rock again... :) >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On Aug 11, 2015, at 7:11 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >>> >>>> I'd prefer if they were only shown on devices wo which they applied, so I think I'd make them an OS type attribute, so you'd only show rdp on windows, etc. >>>> >>>> Adam. >>>> >>>> Sent with AquaMail for Android >>>> http://www.aqua-mail.com >>>> >>>> On 11 August 2015 12:04:37 pm Attila Nagy <tylla_at_memetic.org(a)tylla.hu> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> The solution below is a really constrained (only on Windows, only IE, only with putty and only putty put on the root of the C: drive). >>>>> >>>>> I would think a simple ssh://host.domain.name link would suffice. >>>>> >>>>> And if possible rdp:// http:// vnc:// and maybe smb:// links should accompany the ssh entry. >>>>> >>>>> And the drop down menu would be perfect, it shouldn't take too much space, but be available. >>>>> >>>>> On 2015-08-11 12:49, chott(a)praha1.net wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Some idea from my colleague >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> <html> >>>>>> <head> >>>>>> <script type="text/javascript"> >>>>>> function runProgram() >>>>>> { >>>>>> var shell = new ActiveXObject("WScript.Shell"); >>>>>> shell.Run("\"C:\\putty.exe\" 176.101.147.218"); >>>>>> } >>>>>> </script> >>>>>> </head> >>>>>> >>>>>> <body> >>>>>> <a href="javascript:runProgram()">Run program</a> >>>>>> </body> >>>>>> </html> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tomas Chott >>>>>> technický ředitel >>>>>> >>>>>> chott(a)praha1.net >>>>>> Phone: +420 245 004 005 >>>>>> Mobile: +420 604 930 119 >>>>>> >>>>>> Metropolitní síť Praha 1 z.s.p.o. >>>>>> Jindrisska 18 >>>>>> 110 00 Praha 1 >>>>>> Czech Republic >>>>>> www.praha1.net >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> Od: observium [observium-bounces(a)observium.org] za uživatele chott(a)praha1.net [chott(a)praha1.net] >>>>>> Odesláno: 11. srpna 2015 12:43 >>>>>> Komu: Observium Network Observation System >>>>>> Předmět: Re: [Observium] Link to device - Feature request >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> now we are using Observium for inventory and now i must find specific switch in Observium, copy link or opne NEw Tab and get Config. >>>>>> >>>>>> What about space nex to RAW DATA >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Tomas Chott >>>>>> technický ředitel >>>>>> >>>>>> chott(a)praha1.net >>>>>> Phone: +420 245 004 005 >>>>>> Mobile: +420 604 930 119 >>>>>> >>>>>> Metropolitní síť Praha 1 z.s.p.o. >>>>>> Jindrisska 18 >>>>>> 110 00 Praha 1 >>>>>> Czech Republic >>>>>> www.praha1.net >>>>>> >>>>>> ________________________________ >>>>>> Od: observium [observium-bounces(a)observium.org] za uživatele Jason Lixfeld [jason(a)lixfeld.ca] >>>>>> Odesláno: 11. srpna 2015 12:39 >>>>>> Komu: Observium Network Observation System >>>>>> Předmět: Re: [Observium] Link to device - Feature request >>>>>> >>>>>> Perfect timing. I was just recently thinking about how convenient it would be to be able to do one-click to connect to a device. >>>>>> >>>>>> :) >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On Aug 11, 2015, at 6:25 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> We have limited space on the device navbar, but we could perhaps put these in a drop-down menu from an icon >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 11/08/2015 11:23:47, chott(a)praha1.net <chott(a)praha1.net> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello team, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> i have question about create link in observium for open in new tab GUI of device config >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> for example if iam in Device Overview, create some Icon or Text link to open New Tab for Device GUI configuration HTTP? Or SSH plugin https://addons.mozilla.org/EN-us/firefox/addon/firessh/ >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tom >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Tomas Chott >>>>>>>> technický ředitel >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> chott(a)praha1.net >>>>>>>> Phone: +420 245 004 005 >>>>>>>> Mobile: +420 604 930 119 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Metropolitní síť Praha 1 z.s.p.o. >>>>>>>> Jindrisska 18 >>>>>>>> 110 00 Praha 1 >>>>>>>> Czech Republic >>>>>>>> www.praha1.net >>>>>>> >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>>> 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 >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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Sorting by OS
by chott＠praha1.net 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Hello team today i can make list of my Mikrotik device and sort by Version and prepare upgrade but GUI doesnt sort :-) or i means if i set A-Z by OS, observim list device from Oldest to newest,,, Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Wireless Support Cisco WLC
by Basile Bluntschli 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Hi Team a few ages ago there was a poll from Adam about which Wireless System should be supported. Since then I have not seen any progress on Cisco WLC. Is there anything in the works? Would SNMP access help? Thanks Basile

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Show suppressed alerts only
by Andre Geißler 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Hi In Alert Overview it is possible to select Failed Only. Could you add a Supressed Only too? Regards, Andre

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Alert Contact and Observium User Management
by chott＠praha1.net 21 Aug '15

21 Aug '15

Hello team, are you plaining connection Alert to Observium User Management people? My idea is in attached screen lot of people which has access to Observium we can pair with some Alert, now we creating duplicate Contacts Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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Billing bi-directional
by Chen Reshef 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hi, I'm checking the billing module now, and I wondered. Can I configure different commit value for each direction ? (outbound/inbound) Thanks, Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message may contain confidential, commercial and privileged information or data that constitute proprietary information of Cellcom Israel Ltd. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use of this information or data by any other person is absolutely prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies. Thank You. http://www.cellcom.co.il

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Reset interface counters
by David Hulth 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hi, If I reset the port-counters in a switch, would that throw off Observium port graphs in any way? Thanks -- David Hulth Lab Technician Procera Networks AB

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VB: I broke my Observium when changing in the config, php file and now nothing works
by Simarpal Rooprai 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Skickat: den 19 augusti 2015 15:20 Till: Observium Network Observation System Ämne: I broke my Observium when changing in the config,php file and now nothing works So as the title reads, my observium which was working 2 hours ago does not any more. I cant seem to find what the problem with the config file is so I need some help. Please note im not a PHP guy but a networking guy. When browsing to the site all that is shown is is the config file in txt form. See in attached files. I think I removed something fron the config frontpage but I cant seem to find what.... Also tried googling but did not find anything regarding this. Can someone please help ? Find the PHP.config attached. Thank you Best regards / Med vänlig hälsning Simarpal Rooprai Technical Service Engineer simarpal.rooprai(a)networkservices.se<mailto:simarpal.rooprai@networkservices.se> mobile +46 (0) 723 73 21 20. NETWORK SERVICES NORDEN AB Fosievägen 13, SE-214 31 Malmö, Sweden. Phone +46 (0)8-410 231 17. www.networkservices.se<http://www.networkservices.se/> "ENABLING EVERYDAY COMMUNICATION" [cid:EAE04F13-BA46-427C-A29B-F1425DF22D4F@ideon.se]

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Definition of Device type
by chott＠praha1.net 20 Aug '15

20 Aug '15

Hi team, what is definition for Device type? For example now i adding NanoBeam and NanoBridge to Observium and Device type is Network, but for me ...NanoBeam is Wirelless Tom [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 604 930 119 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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