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SVN Errors - Paid Subscription
by Jason Ross 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

My apologies if this has been answered, but I searched and did not find the answer in the archives or the documentation. I'm also a Windows admin and not nearly as familiar with linux or the apache web server so I've been fumbling around the internet quite a bit to get this going. Ubuntu 13.04 Observium Revision 13.10.4585 Followed Ubuntu Installation page exactly. Most everything is working thus far, but from what I've found online, at least one of the items that isn't working was fixed in later versions. I paid the subscription and submitted a username / password hash. After receiving the confirmation email from Adam I tried to use the "svn checkout http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk/ observium" command to download the latest version. However, I get a couple error messages and I'm wondering if I need to configure the svn client before it will work. Or I may even be entering the username / password incorrectly? Below is the error messages that I receive whether I use an incorrect username/password combo or the one I submitted. "svn: E175002: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk' " and "svn: E175002 OPTIONS of 'http://svn.observium.org/svn/obserium/trunk' : could not read status line: connection was closed by server (http://svn.observium.org)" Thanks guys, love the product so far! Jason

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Updating from before the subscription scheme
by James Bensley 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Hi All, I want to update my Observium install for which I would normally run `svn update` however I haven't updated since the subscription scheme was initiated. Firstly, I'm happy with the subscription option, it's a worthy cause so I will be paying my 100 squid tomorrow or the day after. In the mean though if I run `svn update` now (I'm in a rush to update), will I just hit an svn authentication error and it won't update, or will it update then shit the bed? I don't want to fuck my perfectly happy instance of Observium and the funds aren't mine for a couple of days until the higher ups give it to me. I'm happy to wait though. Cheers, James.

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Billing aggregated links not working
by Gerwin Krist 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Hi, We having problems with 95% billing with 2 ports. The graphs are just fine but the 95% percentile value keeps being 0 bpps. billing-calculate.php shows: 12/01/13 @ 00:00:00 to 12/31/13 @ 23:59:59 CDR 90Mbps 0bps 0% Updated! Updated history! Today I upgraded to latest revision but does not fix it either. Other customers are working fine but they do not have combined/multiple links in the billing module. - Gerwin

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Ubuntu 13.10 Install
by Pieter De Wit 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Hi Guys, I got my observium working on 13.10. Instead of "Allow from All" in apache, they now need "Require IP", so my config now has the following in the Directory: <Directory "/opt/observium/html/"> Options FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride All Require ip 192.168 </Directory> Seems to work then. This is all based on the instructions on the wiki page. I will shout if I find more broken things and how to fix. Cheers, Pieter

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How to enable bulkwalk?
by Shayne Lebrun 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

I'm probably missing something really obvious, but how do you get Observium to use bulkwalk instead of walk? Currently using revision 4586. Trying to get poller times down, running: poller.php -h 51 -d to debug, and it sticks on this command: /usr/bin/snmpwalk -v2c -c 'COMMNAME' -OQUs -m IF-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs 'udp':'x.x.x.x':'161' ifXEntry Which makes sense, as there's an awful lot of interfaces on that particular device. Running that command manually, using time, gives me: real 2m35.743s user 0m0.326s sys 0m0.168s Replacing /usr/bin/snmpwalk with /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk and running again gives me: real 0m14.914s user 0m0.080s sys 0m0.038s I'd much rather have this take 15 seconds than 110. I could have sworn I saw something somewhere about setting some different snmpwalk flags, but I can't find anything in the docs, the faqs, the archives, the googles. But it's Friday, so, again, I'm probably missing something obvious. Thanks.

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OpenBSD
by Ryan Milton 27 Nov '13

27 Nov '13

Anyone have a "simple" method of getting SNMP running on OpenBSD to send to Observium? Regards, Ryan Milton MVS Network Manager o: 201-447-1505 x124 c: 862-249-5230 www.mvsusa.com<http://www.mvsusa.com/> [MVS final logo GOOD very small]

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Map Dot size
by observium＠velder.li 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Hi, i'd like to use small dots (all the same size). I set the size to 1, but it doesn't change anything (also i use 10 as value, as an example). Why? Best Regards, Patrick

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WMI Poller Patch Download?
by Derek Horn 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

Trying to set up the WMI Poller, but I'm not seeing any patch downloads. I followed the instructions in the PDF and have WMIC installed, but see no patch to download. http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-518

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64 bit counters on fortigate
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

I have one fortigate device that Observium wants to use 32 bit counters on. I don't know why? [cid:image002.png@01CEEAB9.44621110] What can be the issue?

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APC UPS Trouble
by David Peall 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

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Getting alert emails.
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 26 Nov '13

26 Nov '13

I need help getting alert emails to work [cid:image001.png@01CEEA1D.2F7BB270] I now have this alert. $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Default Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "tr(a)zitcom.dk"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; But not alerts :) Whats my problem? Thomas

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Shoutcast Help
by Michael F. Kisser 25 Nov '13

25 Nov '13

Hello, My question is does shoutcast still work in the subscription version? If so can someone give me an example on how to make it work. I am getting an error in my cron file 33 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1 */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -h new >> /dev/null 2>&1 */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 1 >> /dev/null 2>&1 */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/scripts/agent-local/shoutcast makeCache Below is from this grep CRON /var/log/syslog Nov 24 12:30:01 servmon01 CRON[7550]: (root) CMD ( /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 1 >> /dev/null 2>&1) Nov 24 12:30:01 servmon01 CRON[7551]: (root) CMD ( /opt/observium/scripts/agent-local/shoutcast makeCache) Nov 24 12:30:01 servmon01 CRON[7546]: (CRON) info (No MTA installed, discarding output) Hi have my shoutcast.conf file setup like this: audioserv01-trn.railstream.local:7200 Hi have the shoutcast file setup like this: // START SETTINGS /// $config = "/opt/observium/scripts/agent-local/shoutcast.conf"; $cache = "/tmp/observium-agent-shoutcast"; // END SETTINGS /// Do I still need to toggle on the app inside the server it does not matter if I turn it on there is no data. Thanks for the help, Mike Kisser RailStream, LLC.

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Re: [Observium] How to enable bulkwalk?
by Tom Laermans 23 Nov '13

23 Nov '13

If I remember correctly, we use bulkwalk by default unless it's blacklisted by the OS type, if we saw it didn't fully support it... Shayne Lebrun <slebrun(a)corebroadband.ca> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Ideas on Packet Loss?
by Ryan Milton 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Attached is a picture of one device in the network that keeps throwing a fit. I regularly get the notice that it is down (Netscreen 204) and that there is packet loss. Now I think that the two issues may be different. When I "get clock," I show UP 1741 hours. Is this an issue with Observium? If so, I don't know how to change that. I have my Observium server in the same rack as the device in question. Otherwise, it's something with my hardware-obviously. I know that I may feel the wrath of Adam, but I'm trying to narrow down what ISN'T the issue. [cid:image002.png@01CEE768.64D6B210] Regards, Ryan Milton MVS Network Manager o: 201-447-1505 x124 c: 862-249-5230 www.mvsusa.com<http://www.mvsusa.com/> [MVS final logo GOOD very small]

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(no subject)
by Birunthaban Sivanesan 22 Nov '13

22 Nov '13

Hi observium, i got the collectd tab,but i can find any graphs. so please give a solution to get the graphs. i attached the screen shot also. -- Best Regards, *Birunthaban.S*

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Support of Lexmark printers
by Jama Solomo 21 Nov '13

21 Nov '13

Status: Currently no subscription. Hello! we have a bunch of Lexmark printers spread around the entire company. We are looking for a software to monitor the remaining toner capacity. I have tested Observium. A real nice software. However we got only the typical information like CPU, storage or RAM usage. No information about toner. Question: Is the support of Lexmark printers on the road map? Thank you for feedback. Regards Jama

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Toggle total view in graphs
by Christian Hügel 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hi, we have a couple of WAN ports that are monitored based on the port description (WAN: xyz). Before the actual port graphs there is a *Total Graph for ports of type WAN* view. How can i toggle the total graph view on/off? Thank you. Regards, Christian

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question about Disk I/O page
by Joshua Elson 20 Nov '13

20 Nov '13

Hi All, I am new to Observium and love the product so far. I am looking at the Disk I/O page and trying to figure out the legend. Could somebody please explain what the k, M and u's stand for? Is it kb, mb or thousands and millions? What about the u? Thanks in advance! Josh [cid:image001.png@01CEE538.54258F40] Josh Elson | Linux Systems Administrator MaxLinear | www.maxlinear.com<http://www.maxlinear.com/> 760-517-1431 | cell # 760-212-6852 2051 Palomar Airport Road, Suite 100 | Carlsbad, CA 92011 [Description: Description: http://wiki/download/attachments/1704274/Maxlinear+Logo.png?version=1&modif…] ________________________________ This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this electronic mail or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail so that we may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message (including any attachments) in its entirety.

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Re: [Observium] Stable vs Trunk
by BERTRAND Adrien [BPCE Assurances] 19 Nov '13

19 Nov '13

I am !! In a production environment we may avoid bugs and more risky problems (like an insane SNMP discoverer, or something like that). So I'll be interested in a stable branch, regularly updated :-) I think the most important things are : 1) Stability 2) "Silence" - in terms of not talking too much on the network 3) Performance 4) Without less information or functionality than the latest updates Regards, Adrien BERTRAND Administrateur Sécurité du Système d'Information Tel : 01.42.79.47.81 Interne : 5.47.81 [Description : Q_BPCE_Assurances.jpg] ************************************************************************** From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx<mailto:tom.laermans@powersource.cx>> To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Stable vs Trunk Message-ID: <528A414B.5040501(a)powersource.cx<mailto:528A414B.5040501@powersource.cx>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi, > As it turns out, waiting for a bit of software to feel un-buggy enough > to call stable is a little bit like chasing a magic dragon in a > pharmaceutically-enhanced dream, a largely unattainable goal. It's a > little difficult to gauge stability when we have half a dozen commits > per day! > > Are any of you using the stable branch, and if so, how often and under > what conditions would you want me to merge changes? Nobody interested in the stable branch? Tom

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[observium] Graphs has white spaces and not continuous
by Jerico Rubion 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi, I'm having a problem with the graphs of all my devices in observium (screenshots attached). What is the advisable crontab settings should I use given the list of devices I am polling? for the list of devices it is in attachment 1 Here are the details of my environment. *Observium* 0.13.7.4172 *Apache* 2.2.15 (CentOS) *PHP* 5.3.3 *MySQL* 5.1.69 *RRDtool* 1.3.8 Crontab settings: */10 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 1 >> /dev/null 2>&1 */10 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1 Recent output of TOP: top - 00:44:01 up 1 day, 18:35, 1 user, load average: 2.89, 2.26, 2.24 Tasks: 187 total, 5 running, 182 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 13.1%us, 65.9%sy, 0.0%ni, 20.5%id, 0.2%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.3%si, 0.0%st Mem: 5059868k total, 905692k used, 4154176k free, 153836k buffers Swap: 4161528k total, 0k used, 4161528k free, 481076k cached Attachment 1: observium1.jpg list of devices Attachment 2: observium2.jpg snapshot of one linux mail server Attachment 3: observium3.jpg snapshot of network switch device Best Regards, Jerico M. Rubion

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Stable vs Trunk
by Adam Armstrong 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi All, When we started the new SVN setup, I had envisioned dropping trunk to stable every couple of weeks when I felt it was un-buggy enough. As it turns out, waiting for a bit of software to feel un-buggy enough to call stable is a little bit like chasing a magic dragon in a pharmaceutically-enhanced dream, a largely unattainable goal. It's a little difficult to gauge stability when we have half a dozen commits per day! Are any of you using the stable branch, and if so, how often and under what conditions would you want me to merge changes? adam.

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duplicate system name
by Zoran Lukenic 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hello, my observium lab was on 0.12.10.3399. I have some problem with my graphs but it's not a problem i just did a fresh install on new server with last observium version 0.13.10.4721. The tutorial was great and my install work perfect. When i start to add my devices i had some error. Some device have the same system name and when i tri to add them, the 2nd one don't work. "Already got device with SNMP-read sysName (system.name)" I didn't get this on my lab. Is it possible to disable system name check? --- Zoran Lukenic z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr<mailto:z.lukenic@mediactive.fr> --- Groupe Mediactive 3-4-10, cité Paradis 75010 Paris Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 Support technique : 0 892 494 777 www.groupe-mediactive.fr<http://www.groupe-mediactive.fr/> Twitter : @mediactivegroup [cid:FB003B7F-1839-4401-8DAE-B37B718E4644]

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billing module not loading three javascript files
by Rutger Bevaart 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Hi all, In my Observium I have issues with the billing graphs where only the quick graphs are loading correctly. The browser inspector shows: Failed to load a resource : A server with the specified hostname cannot be found : http:<my hostname>js/bootstrap-loader.js Failed to load a resource : A server with the specified hostname cannot be found : http:<my hostname>js/bootstrap-tab.js Failed to load a resource : A server with the specified hostname cannot be found : http:<my hostname>js/billing.js It looks like the ‘/‘ after the hostname is missing… Tried to find where this is set and found three files in html/pages/ called: bill.php.inc bills.php.inc packages.inc.php Manually adding a ‘/‘ there does not solve the problem, and then I’m at the end of my l33t observ1um debug skills. Choosing an “transfer graph” gives a “Failed to load resource: the server responded with a status of 500” in the inspector for the graph after the other three above, but it might be totally unrelated. Quick graphs work fine. Anybody encounter this too? regards, Rutger

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Re: [Observium] duplicate system name
by Tom Laermans 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

As this is only an issue when adding certain devices, we could make this a commandline option to addhost.php. But that code needs a rewrite to deal with getopt, currently it's a mess :( Tom Mark Boddy <mark(a)boddy.org> wrote: >Mike Stupalov <mike@...> writes: >> >> >> Hi Mark, you can tell the vendor and model of these devices?Maybe we will >add an option to exclude check duplicate sysNames, >> >> but because it is used for autodiscovery, it will not be the default >option. >> >Hi Mike, > >Yes we can tell but only by IP address. To give an example, we might be >monitoring standby generators. If a hospital has 4 buildings each with it's >own generator then we would one of our devices connected to each generator. >All four of our devices would be identical in every way and the only way to >distinguish between them would be via the IP address. If you were to do an >SNMP Walk all 4 they would reply with the exact same header information and >only differ in the actual engine or generator information. > >If it was possible to have duplicate sysNames that would be very helpful. >Please let me know if I have raised more questions. > >Thank-You! >Mark > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alert notmatch help
by Kevin Cackler 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

I would like to run an alert for disk space usage on all of our machines, but want to not alert on our /backup drives (They get alerted at 90%). What do I need to put in the entity field to achieve this? I see theexample in the wiki for mempool_descr match *processor for your example memory check, but it's unclear where mempool_descr comes from. What would be the equivalent for the disk mount point?

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support for Gude product
by Christian Blumer 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Hi, We use Gude products (http://www.gude.info<http://www.gude.info/>) to monitor the power usage of our servers. Specially the two models below: - Expert PDU Basic 8111 (http://www.gude.info/en/power-distribution/elementary-pdu/expert-pdu-basic-…) - Expert Power Control 8211 (http://www.gude.info/en/power-distribution/switched-pdu/expert-power-contro…) Is there any plan to support graphing of power usage on such devices ? Can we contribute to develop the module to graph such devices ? If yes, how ? Thanks in advance for your help and have a good week-end. Christian Blumer

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Re: [Observium] Can't get alert to trigger
by Kevin Cackler 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Yeah, changing to ge fixed it. Just a bug in gt I guess. Kevin Cackler Tech Daddies, LLC 501-205-1512 http://www.techdaddies.com

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Graph limited to 100G ?
by Raphael Maunier 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hello, I have one Juniper MX480 with 40 * 10G ports. The router push more than 150G and more than 100G on one IRB interface. Observium see the traffic on the IRB interface here : http://imageshack.com/i/mah92bp But is unable to graph the port here : http://imageshack.com/i/1364rap http://imageshack.com/i/nmkft3p I’m running CE 0.13.10.4585 Is there any The rrd graph was created with a lower value for the bandwidth ( updated to 200G after ) . Do I have to re-generate the rrd file ( export from the old rrd and import data to the new one ? Here the rrdtool command to update the rrd rrdtool graph /tmp/IilQ0vGmiWc161PX.png --alt-autoscale-max --rigid -E --start 1384116473 --end 1384202873 --width 1159 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal COMMENT:'Bits/s Now Avg Max 95th \n' DEF:outoctets=/opt/observium/rrd/ router.test.com/port-575.rrd:OUTOCTETS:AVERAGE DEF:inoctets=/opt/observium/rrd/ router.test.com/port-575.rrd:INOCTETS:AVERAGE DEF:outoctets_max=/opt/observium/rrd/ router.test.com/port-575.rrd:OUTOCTETS:MAX DEF:inoctets_max=/opt/observium/rrd/ router.test.com/port-575.rrd:INOCTETS:MAX CDEF:octets=inoctets,outoctets,+ CDEF:doutoctets=outoctets,-1,* CDEF:outbits=outoctets,8,* CDEF:outbits_max=outoctets_max,8,* CDEF:doutoctets_max=outoctets_max,-1,* CDEF:doutbits=doutoctets,8,* CDEF:doutbits_max=doutoctets_max,8,* CDEF:inbits=inoctets,8,* CDEF:inbits_max=inoctets_max,8,* VDEF:totin=inoctets,TOTAL VDEF:totout=outoctets,TOTAL VDEF:tot=octets,TOTAL VDEF:95thin=inbits,95,PERCENT VDEF:95thout=outbits,95,PERCENT VDEF:d95thout=doutbits,5,PERCENT AREA:inbits#92B73F LINE1.25:inbits#4A8328:'In ' GPRINT:inbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits_max:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:95thin:%6.2lf%s\\n AREA:doutbits#7075B8 LINE1.25:doutbits#323B7C:'Out' GPRINT:outbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits_max:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:95thout:%6.2lf%s\\n GPRINT:tot:'Total %6.2lf%s' GPRINT:totin:'(In %6.2lf%s' GPRINT:totout:'Out %6.2lf%s)\\l' <smb://l'>LINE1:95thin#aa0000 LINE1:d95thout#aa0000 regards, Raphael

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Can't get alert to trigger
by Kevin Cackler 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

We are just now setting up our alerts for the first time and cannot get even our most basic one to alert successfully. We added an alert checker applied to all devices and all entities. The condition is storage_perc gt 80. We then regenerated our alerts and the alert was assigned successfully to all of our devices. On the alert page that shows a summary of the alert and the devices that it belongs to, I see all of our devices listed and all of them have a status of OK even though one of them is currently sitting at 87% utilization. If I mouse over the "state" column for that entity, it confirms that it is at 87 right now. What are we doing wrong? Why isn't this alert triggering?

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Disabled ports
by Adriaan Smuts 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hey Guys, I upgraded this morning, running Observium 0.13.11.4759. I am currently having issues with disabled ports. On the devices configuration I disabled the ports (polling & alerts), but they still show on my home page. I have removed the devices and re-added them, but the issue persists. [cid:image001.png@01CEDFCC.99993480] [cid:image002.png@01CEDFCC.D0D38A90] [cid:image003.png@01CEDFCC.EDD4C5F0] Is this a bug? Can anyone help? Regards Adriaan Smuts Junior Systems Administrator [file:///C:\Users\adriaan.CORP\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\WebAfrica_Files\signature_logo.jpg] ________________________________ Direct Line +27 21 464 9565 Reception 086 000 9500 Website www.webafrica.co.za<http://www.webafrica.co.za/>

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Alerting in the Open Source Version
by Ellery Weber 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Hello, I'm currently using the most recent OS version of Observium, and am curious if there is any additional documentation for setting up email alerts (other than http://observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Alert_Settings ). I remember there was a kickstarter earlier this year with the end goal of being able to provide alerting for Observium - was this just going to be for the SVN/subscription version? Thanks, Ellery Weber Network Administrator SELCO Community Credit Union This message (including any attachments) is intended only for the use of a specific individual or entity or specific individuals or entities and may contain information that is non-public, proprietary, privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law or may constitute as attorney work product. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and may represent a tortious interference with a confidential business relationship(s). If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by telephone and (i) permanently destroy this message if a facsimile; (ii) permanently delete this message immediately if this is an electronic communication; permanently destroy any electronic or printed copies of this electronic communication.

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Alerting system...
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hi guys... [cid:image001.png@01CEE062.CDBEE660] What I´am i doing wrong ? It does match devices when I do a regenerate. Med venlig hilsen | Best regards Thomas Raabo Netværksansvarlig CCIE #33466 Zitcom A/S Telefon: 70 40 00 00 E-mail: kontakt(a)zitcom.dk Direkte: 69 10 60 18 Direkte: tr(a)zitcom.dk

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Adding a Dell 2162DS KVM
by Chris Pelling 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Evening all, I have a Dell 2162DS KVM essentially a rebranded Avocent, have MIB, and the FAQs say its not as easy as "adding a mib" :p I honestly do not mind learning / breaking and getting a bollocking for breaking Observium in trying to get this to work so I can potentially help others :p Who wants to show/tell me where to start and Ill start poking :) Observium sees the device, so thats a good start :-) -- Kind regards, Chris

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Non-snmp Devices
by Cory Thibault 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hello, Is it possible to add non-snmp devices? Say I need to monitor a specific website for uptime but don't have snmp level access. I looked up the services check however from what I understand it still relies on the device being added the usual way which requires snmp. Assuming I can't add non-snmp devices, could someone point me in the right direction on extending Observium to add this functionality? Ultimately, I want 4 monitors: ping, tcp protocol checks (custom ports), http(s) (simple or with response analysis) and ssh. If I can do that, then graphing the results will be trivial. I realize there are other tools that have these features but I prefer the Observium interface. Cheers, Cory

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Enterprise edition : Bank and legal information
by BERTRAND Adrien [BPCE Assurances] 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hi, After some negotiations, I convince my chief to subscribe to the Entreprise version of Observium. But I need bank / legal information to ask a purchase to my accounting dpt ... what are your company registration, statutes or bank accounts ? Sincerely (from France), Adrien BERTRAND Administrateur Sécurité du Système d'Information Information security administrator BPCE Assurances 88 av. de France, 75013 Paris Tel : (+33)1.42.79.47.81 [cid:image001.jpg@01CEE079.301DB140]

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Re: [Observium] Enterprise edition : Bank and legal information
by BERTRAND Adrien [BPCE Assurances] 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Ok thank you, I'll contact him directly :-) And sorry for posting this on the mailing list :-( Sincerely, Adrien BERTRAND Administrateur Sécurité du Système d'Information Information security administrator BPCE Assurances 88 av. de France, 75013 Paris Tel : (+33)1.42.79.47.81 Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2013 13:19:12 +0000 From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Enterprise edition : Bank and legal information Message-ID: <4335e700aa963d80b318fbf491da2e03(a)memetic.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed On 2013-11-13 13:14, BERTRAND Adrien [BPCE Assurances] wrote: > Hi, > > After some negotiations, I convince my chief to subscribe to the > _Entreprise_ version of Observium. > > But I need bank / legal information to ask a purchase to my accounting > dpt ? what are your company registration, statutes or bank accounts ? Hi Adrien, Tom Laermans will provide you will relevant information. :) BTW, this does not belong on the mailing list! adam.

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Unable to map aut_ldap_groups
by Christian Hügel 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

Hi, I´m using the ldap mechanism to auth against our AD. So far I can log in but unable to see any graphs or devices. Apparently the group: $config['auth_ldap_groups']['ObserviumAdmins']['level'] = 10; are not mapped. However, the group "ObserviumAdmins" is present in AD and my username is member of this group. The auth_ldap_groupbase and auth_ldap_group is also correct. Is there anything else I have to take into consideration? Christian

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Palo Alto Graphs
by Zafar Pravaiz 12 Nov '13

12 Nov '13

HI, Generating graphs in Palto Alto 4050 have some error, we have another 5060 pair which shows firewall session graph fine. Any clue what could be wrong? Please see the attached graphs. Thanks in Advance -- *Zafar Pravaiz *IT Senior Systems Engineer Information Technology Department AUS /> <span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Times;mso-bidi-font-family: Tel +971 6 515 2164 Fax +971 6515 2112 American University of Sharjah PO Box 26666, Sharjah United Arab Emirates http://www.aus.edu <http://www.aus.edu/> zpravaiz(a)aus.edu <mailto:youremail@aus.edu>

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Graph limited to 100G
by Raphael Maunier 11 Nov '13

11 Nov '13

Hello, I have one Juniper MX480 with 40 * 10G ports. The router push more than 150G and more than 100G on one IRB interface. Observium see the traffic on the IRB interface here : http://imageshack.com/i/mah92bp But is unable to graph the port here : http://imageshack.com/i/1364rap http://imageshack.com/i/nmkft3p I’m running CE 0.13.10.4585 Is there any The rrd graph was created with a lower value for the bandwidth ( updated to 200G after ) . Do I have to re-generate the rrd file ( export from the old rrd and import data to the new one ? Here the rrdtool command to update the rrd rrdtool graph /tmp/IilQ0vGmiWc161PX.png --alt-autoscale-max --rigid -E --start 1384116473 --end 1384202873 --width 1159 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal COMMENT:'Bits/s Now Avg Max 95th \n' DEF:outoctets=/opt/observium/rrd/router.test.com/port-575.rrd:OUTOCTETS:AVE… DEF:inoctets=/opt/observium/rrd/router.test.com/port-575.rrd:INOCTETS:AVERA… DEF:outoctets_max=/opt/observium/rrd/router.test.com/port-575.rrd:OUTOCTETS… DEF:inoctets_max=/opt/observium/rrd/router.test.com/port-575.rrd:INOCTETS:M… CDEF:octets=inoctets,outoctets,+ CDEF:doutoctets=outoctets,-1,* CDEF:outbits=outoctets,8,* CDEF:outbits_max=outoctets_max,8,* CDEF:doutoctets_max=outoctets_max,-1,* CDEF:doutbits=doutoctets,8,* CDEF:doutbits_max=doutoctets_max,8,* CDEF:inbits=inoctets,8,* CDEF:inbits_max=inoctets_max,8,* VDEF:totin=inoctets,TOTAL VDEF:totout=outoctets,TOTAL VDEF:tot=octets,TOTAL VDEF:95thin=inbits,95,PERCENT VDEF:95thout=outbits,95,PERCENT VDEF:d95thout=doutbits,5,PERCENT AREA:inbits#92B73F LINE1.25:inbits#4A8328:'In ' GPRINT:inbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:inbits_max:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:95thin:%6.2lf%s\\n AREA:doutbits#7075B8 LINE1.25:doutbits#323B7C:'Out' GPRINT:outbits:LAST:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits:AVERAGE:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:outbits_max:MAX:%6.2lf%s GPRINT:95thout:%6.2lf%s\\n GPRINT:tot:'Total %6.2lf%s' GPRINT:totin:'(In %6.2lf%s' GPRINT:totout:'Out %6.2lf%s)\\l' LINE1:95thin#aa0000 LINE1:d95thout#aa0000 regards, Raphael

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Re: [Observium] Problems populating graphs
by Adam Armstrong 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

Where in the install guide did it tell you to do that? What else did you modify? Ross Ashley <rashley(a)katto.com> wrote: >I set the poller to run from the root crontab. > >Here is the crontab -l > >33 */6 * * * /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1 >*/5 * * * * /opt/observium/discovery.php -h new >> /dev/null 2>&1 >*/5 * * * * /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.php 2 >> /dev/nul > >On 11/08/2013 02:13 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> And what user does the poller run as from cron? >> >> Ross Ashley <rashley(a)katto.com> wrote: >> >>> No. The device data, like OS type and version looks fine but all of the >>> graphs are empty. I ran the poller as root so all the rrds are updated >>> that one time. >>> >>> On 11/08/2013 02:00 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>>> Is it populating any other data? >>>> >>>> The fact that the RRDs are being created means that the poller is >>>> running, at least once. >>>> >>>> adam. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2013-11-08 18:57, Ross Ashley wrote: >>>>> Yes, I thought of that :-) But I'm getting the same behavior on >>>>> localhost, which led me to believe that I'd screwed something up. >>>>> Permissions seem OK. >>>>> >>>>> On 11/08/2013 01:52 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>>>> You might want to try a less functionally retarded device, to make sure >>>>> everything works, first. >>>>> >>>>> adam. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 2013-11-08 18:51, Ross Ashley wrote: >>>>> I'm trying to setup an airport extreme. I think I've successfully set >>>>> it up both from the command line with add_device.php and from the web >>>>> page, (I deleted it and then added it). The static info for it >>>>> appears but any graphic info doesn't. All the graphs are empty, >>>>> showing Nan >>>>> >>>>> rrdtool dump yields Nan for all data other than static info. Here is a >>>>> portion of what I mean; >>>>> >>>>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >>>>> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd"> >>>>>  >>>>> <rrd> >>>>> <version>0003</version> >>>>> <step>300</step>  >>>>> <lastupdate>1383934188</lastupdate>  >>>>> >>>>> <ds> >>>>> <name> icmpInMsgs </name> >>>>> <type> COUNTER </type> >>>>> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> >>>>> <min>NaN</min> >>>>> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max> >>>>> >>>>>  >>>>> <last_ds>69</last_ds> >>>>> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> >>>>> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> >>>>> </ds> >>>>> >>>>> <ds> >>>>> <name> icmpOutMsgs </name> >>>>> <type> COUNTER </type> >>>>> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> >>>>> <min>NaN</min> >>>>> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max> >>>>> >>>>>  >>>>> <last_ds>31</last_ds> >>>>> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> >>>>> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> >>>>> </ds> >>>>> >>>>> ... >>>>> >>>>> I followed the installation instructions twice :-) but I can't seem to >>>>> get any data to appear. >>>>> >>>>> Can someone give me an idea of something to check? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. >>>>> >>>>> Ross >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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 >> > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Problems populating graphs
by Adam Armstrong 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

And what user does the poller run as from cron? Ross Ashley <rashley(a)katto.com> wrote: >No. The device data, like OS type and version looks fine but all of the >graphs are empty. I ran the poller as root so all the rrds are updated >that one time. > >On 11/08/2013 02:00 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> Is it populating any other data? >> >> The fact that the RRDs are being created means that the poller is >> running, at least once. >> >> adam. >> >> >> On 2013-11-08 18:57, Ross Ashley wrote: >>> Yes, I thought of that :-) But I'm getting the same behavior on >>> localhost, which led me to believe that I'd screwed something up. >>> Permissions seem OK. >>> >>> On 11/08/2013 01:52 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>> You might want to try a less functionally retarded device, to make sure >>> everything works, first. >>> >>> adam. >>> >>> >>> On 2013-11-08 18:51, Ross Ashley wrote: >>> I'm trying to setup an airport extreme. I think I've successfully set >>> it up both from the command line with add_device.php and from the web >>> page, (I deleted it and then added it). The static info for it >>> appears but any graphic info doesn't. All the graphs are empty, >>> showing Nan >>> >>> rrdtool dump yields Nan for all data other than static info. Here is a >>> portion of what I mean; >>> >>> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> >>> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd"> >>>  >>> <rrd> >>> <version>0003</version> >>> <step>300</step>  >>> <lastupdate>1383934188</lastupdate>  >>> >>> <ds> >>> <name> icmpInMsgs </name> >>> <type> COUNTER </type> >>> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> >>> <min>NaN</min> >>> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max> >>> >>>  >>> <last_ds>69</last_ds> >>> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> >>> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> >>> </ds> >>> >>> <ds> >>> <name> icmpOutMsgs </name> >>> <type> COUNTER </type> >>> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> >>> <min>NaN</min> >>> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max> >>> >>>  >>> <last_ds>31</last_ds> >>> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> >>> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> >>> </ds> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> I followed the installation instructions twice :-) but I can't seem to >>> get any data to appear. >>> >>> Can someone give me an idea of something to check? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Ross >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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Problems populating graphs
by Ross Ashley 08 Nov '13

08 Nov '13

I'm trying to setup an airport extreme. I think I've successfully set it up both from the command line with add_device.php and from the web page, (I deleted it and then added it). The static info for it appears but any graphic info doesn't. All the graphs are empty, showing Nan rrdtool dump yields Nan for all data other than static info. Here is a portion of what I mean; <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE rrd SYSTEM "http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/rrdtool.dtd">  <rrd> <version>0003</version> <step>300</step>  <lastupdate>1383934188</lastupdate>  <ds> <name> icmpInMsgs </name> <type> COUNTER </type> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> <min>NaN</min> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max>  <last_ds>69</last_ds> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> </ds> <ds> <name> icmpOutMsgs </name> <type> COUNTER </type> <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> <min>NaN</min> <max>1.0000000000e+11</max>  <last_ds>31</last_ds> <value>0.0000000000e+00</value> <unknown_sec> 288 </unknown_sec> </ds> ... I followed the installation instructions twice :-) but I can't seem to get any data to appear. Can someone give me an idea of something to check? Thanks. Ross

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Re: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Thank you for you reply xavier. There is manually way to upgrade or I need reinstall onservium and lost all my configuration? Thank you very much Cristian ------Original Message------ From: Xavier Beaudouin To: cbermudez(a)tothus.net Subject: Re: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest Sent: Nov 7, 2013 12:36 PM Hi, > Hi list, I'm using the 0.13.10.4585 version and I'd like upgrade to latest. > I'm not have svn because I don't have a subscription. How can I do? There is 2 ways... First subscribe (pay)... Another use one of the forks. Xavier Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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Fw: Upgrading version to latest
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi list! Could you help me with my question please? Thank you !!! For you effort Cristian ------Original Message------ From: cbermudez(a)tothus.net To: cbermudez(a)tothus.net To: Observium Network Observation System ReplyTo: cbermudez(a)tothus.net Subject: Re: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest Sent: Nov 7, 2013 11:56 AM Hi list! Could you help me with my question please? Thank you !!! For you effort Cristian ------Original Message------ From: cbermudez(a)tothus.net Sender: observium To: observium(a)observium.org ReplyTo: cbermudez(a)tothus.net ReplyTo: Observium Network Observation System Subject: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest Sent: Nov 7, 2013 12:52 AM Hi list, I'm using the 0.13.10.4585 version and I'd like upgrade to latest. I'm not have svn because I don't have a subscription. How can I do? Regards Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar) _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar) Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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Re: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi list! Could you help me with my question please? Thank you !!! For you effort Cristian ------Original Message------ From: cbermudez(a)tothus.net Sender: observium To: observium(a)observium.org ReplyTo: cbermudez(a)tothus.net ReplyTo: Observium Network Observation System Subject: [Observium] Upgrading version to latest Sent: Nov 7, 2013 12:52 AM Hi list, I'm using the 0.13.10.4585 version and I'd like upgrade to latest. I'm not have svn because I don't have a subscription. How can I do? Regards Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar) _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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+1 re: bsd
by Rob VanHooren 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

+1 (++good) for a maintained BSD port. but draw the line at slowaris or other nasty *nix. there’s a reason AIX is a homonym of “aches”. alternatively, go the IncrediblePBX route, call it “embedded” and pack it into a VM. ideally, both … if embedded BSD is good enough for StatSeeker, pfSense, or FreeNAS; it’s good enough for us! LOL. by some unfathomable logic, packing up something into an OVF container (along with replacing bash with busybox, and tossing phone-home/updates into a cron job) is an acceptable way to avoid the political agony of introducing Obs into some brain-dead enterprise ‘doze-only shops that forbid OpenSores. ps adam — suggest any future “enterprise" license (if any) should be $8,500/year for those types (under $10k tax-in, so you stay at the discretion boundary of 1st-level budget approvers). Plus another 30% for next-business-day email “support” maintenance. Otherwise, they’ll think you’re just kidding. (keep it the Exact Same Thing as the svn version, but it just costs more … because somehow, that makes it legitimate! ) $0.02 R. On Nov 7, 2013, at 1:38, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Regarding FreeBSD, yes, but you know, it's just another BSD "unix", and > very server oriented

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Re: [Observium] list
by Rob VanHooren 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

phpBB would be a better UI, and more searchable. (imo) On Nov 7, 2013, at 7:00, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > the way it is now is > just fine. > > Tom

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Fwd: Observium bug
by Ata Redeemer 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi, I am a technical trainer for users who would want to run observium as their preferred network monitoring tool. To I tried setting observium and this is what the display looks like. I will like to know if this is a bug. I am installing the open source version though. Regards Ata Redeemer -aka ata-linux

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Mailing list: Subs only, or open access?
by Adam Armstrong 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi All, Someone mentioned during the "Support Gate" scandal at the weekend that we might consider making the mailing list accessible to subscribers only. Do you guys think this is a good idea? adam.

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ping @ Lixfeld
by Rob VanHooren 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

I’ve got the gear if you can come up with space, bandwidth, and electric. pls. contact me off list. maybe we can help Adam out. cheers, R. On Nov 5, 2013, at 3:52, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > should really find some large ISP with a lot of old kit and a spare rack > to sponsor something like that, I think. Any volunteers

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Upgrading version to latest
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Hi list, I'm using the 0.13.10.4585 version and I'd like upgrade to latest. I'm not have svn because I don't have a subscription. How can I do? Regards Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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Observium Displays Login Page After Every Sub-Page Request
by Ron Wingfield 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

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Re: [Observium] Graph Gaps - aka I've horked something
by Tom Laermans 07 Nov '13

07 Nov '13

Sure sounds like it doesn't finish in 5min.. because of "I added some devices and..." ... Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >The ping graph for localhost? > >That is very odd. The ping graph doesn't even use snmp. > >Are you using the poller wrapper or not? > >adam. > >On 2013-11-06 19:53, chip wrote: >> That's what I thought at first as well, then noticed the issue >> happening with monitoring the localhost, including the ping response >> time. Looking at all the graphs, the gaps seem consistent across >> everything so it's like everything works or everything doesn't. I >> would assume that something intermittent would allow some hosts or >> oids to work and some do not. Very odd. My sysadmin skills aren't >> great but I'll keep poking. >> >> Attached is the log for running sudo ./poller.php -d -h localhost | >> tee ~/log4.txt >> >> Thanks for all the effort! >> >> --chip >> >> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> >> wrote: >> >> The fact that you get any data at all suggests that it's not a code >> issue. >> >> The graph looks exactly how i'd expect for something where the snmp >> queries are imtermittently failing, either because of poor network or >> something like a firewall with constrained sessions. >> >> Have you tried running the poller in debug mode and seeing what output >> you get? >> >> adam. >> >> On 2013-11-06 19:12, chip wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> Yesterday afternoon I added several devices and since then I'm >> getting gaps in *all* my graphs. Even those for the localhost. I >> upgraded to the latest (commercial) version, just to check, and still >> having issues. I'm not quite sure what to make of this. >> >> I have nfsen and cacti running on the same box and their graphs all >> look ok so it seems something specific to observium. My disk io is a >> bit high but not too bad, cpu is good, ram is fine. See attached >> screen shot for example of gaps. >> >> 8gb of RAM >> Ubuntu 12.04 >> 750gb sata disk (ST3750640NS) >> Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz >> >> *couple of notes* >> >> - a few days ago I tweaked some mysql settings >> >> < #table_cache = 64 >> --- >> table_cache = 600 >> 65c65 >> < query_cache_size = 16M >> --- >> query_cache_size = 32M >> >> - Also in order to group some devices together I manually edited the >> observium.device.location column in the db for some of the devices. >> >> Thoughts? Direction? >> >> Thanks all! >> >> --chip >> >> -- >> Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc.... >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [1] >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium [1] >> >> -- >> Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc.... >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Graph Gaps - aka I've horked something
by chip 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hi all, Yesterday afternoon I added several devices and since then I'm getting gaps in *all* my graphs. Even those for the localhost. I upgraded to the latest (commercial) version, just to check, and still having issues. I'm not quite sure what to make of this. I have nfsen and cacti running on the same box and their graphs all look ok so it seems something specific to observium. My disk io is a bit high but not too bad, cpu is good, ram is fine. See attached screen shot for example of gaps. 8gb of RAM Ubuntu 12.04 750gb sata disk (ST3750640NS) Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5450 @ 3.00GHz *couple of notes* - a few days ago I tweaked some mysql settings < #table_cache = 64 --- > table_cache = 600 65c65 < query_cache_size = 16M --- > query_cache_size = 32M - Also in order to group some devices together I manually edited the observium.device.location column in the db for some of the devices. Thoughts? Direction? Thanks all! --chip -- Just my $.02, your mileage may vary, batteries not included, etc....

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Disable default maps location
by Jason Lixfeld 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

I have a few hundred devices that I will be working on adding sysLocation to. It'll take some time, but until that's done, is there any way to disable the default location for unknown location devices and still be able to see the one the map that do have sysLocation? Seeing all those in the middle of the Atlantic is a little useless to me :) Thanks!

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Re: [Observium] Billing question
by Chris Pelling 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Ah ok bubble bursts :'( Sent from Chris on the move... ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Billing question Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 17:42 I don't think we'd accept anything for improvement of the billing code. It's so limited in market and complex to maintain that it's probably one of the things which would get moved to a slightly-more-expensive sub fee in the future, should we need to do that. adam. On 2013-11-06 17:36, Chris Pelling wrote: > Ok, I'll bung ?50 into a kitty with some beer tokens too anyone else > want to chip in ? > > Sent from Chris on the move... > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: [Observium] Billing question > Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 17:33 > > > On 2013-11-06 16:43, Chris Pelling wrote: > 'ello all, > > Will there in the future do we know of think be an option for billing > of power ? Just a thought, and worth asking :-) > > > This has been something that we've been looking at for quite a while. > > I don't think there's very much code we could share, so it would be > quite a large chunk of work (not made any easier by every vendor > storing > this information in a different place, and in a different format). > > You are the first person who's asked for it though, until now it was > just something we'd thought of :) > > adam. > _______________________________________________ > 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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Re: [Observium] Billing question
by Chris Pelling 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Ok, I'll bung ?50 into a kitty with some beer tokens too anyone else want to chip in ? Sent from Chris on the move... ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Billing question Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 17:33 On 2013-11-06 16:43, Chris Pelling wrote: > 'ello all, > > Will there in the future do we know of think be an option for billing > of power ? Just a thought, and worth asking :-) > This has been something that we've been looking at for quite a while. I don't think there's very much code we could share, so it would be quite a large chunk of work (not made any easier by every vendor storing this information in a different place, and in a different format). You are the first person who's asked for it though, until now it was just something we'd thought of :) adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Billing question
by Chris Pelling 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

I'll also mention then how about something else that might be useful and that's a domains expiring ticker for this important domains that you simply can't not renew. Me being a domain registrar 9hs nothing tho do with out :-D Sent from Chris on the move... ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Billing question Date: Wed, Nov 6, 2013 17:33 On 2013-11-06 16:43, Chris Pelling wrote: > 'ello all, > > Will there in the future do we know of think be an option for billing > of power ? Just a thought, and worth asking :-) > This has been something that we've been looking at for quite a while. I don't think there's very much code we could share, so it would be quite a large chunk of work (not made any easier by every vendor storing this information in a different place, and in a different format). You are the first person who's asked for it though, until now it was just something we'd thought of :) adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Billing question
by Chris Pelling 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

'ello all, Will there in the future do we know of think be an option for billing of power ? Just a thought, and worth asking :-) Kind regards, Chris

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Compensating for hostname changes
by Jason Lixfeld 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

My company wants to institute a naming convention change and as such, we'd need to update the hostnames in Observium to match. I presume that Observium will not magically update anything if a hostname changes, and I'm sure others have gone through this activity in the past, so I'd like feedback on what's the best way to go about it and any caveats. From my very limited perspective on the matter, I think all I need to do is change the hostnames in the hostname column of the devices table in conjunction with renaming the $observium/rrds/$hostname to match the change. Yes? No? Maybe So? Thanks in advance.

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Re: [Observium] ServerTech Sentry3 Graphs & Infeeds
by KELLY, Christopher 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hey Tom (and anyone else with Sentry3 Rails), Fix for this one was in an earlier message > http://www.mail-archive.com/observium@observium.org/msg00519.html Make sure you have the latest MIB and add the code to sentry3-mib.inc.php in …/observium/includes/discovery/sensors Also, you were right about the graphs Tom – tweaked the cron jobs and all is well! ________________________________ This e-mail is sent by Suncorp Group Limited ABN 66 145 290 124 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane or on 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au. The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated author and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The content, including attachments, is a confidential communication between Suncorp and the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, including attachments, is unauthorised and expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. 　

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lingering snmp queries?
by David Peall 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Have i set the timeouts incorrectly because these should have stopped? date time : Tue Oct 29 13:39:53 SAST 2013 ps awux returns the following: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND root 19497 0.0 0.2 23356 2332 ? S 12:41 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t 1000 -r 3 -v2c -c -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp udp:servername:161 dot1dBasePortIfIndex root 20410 0.0 0.0 4400 612 ? S 12:45 0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t '1000' -r '3' -v2c -c 'snmpstring'@1 -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'servername':'161' dot1dBasePortIfIndex 2>/dev/null root 20411 0.0 0.2 23356 2408 ? S 12:45 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t 1000 -r 3 -v2c -c -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp udp:servername:161 dot1dBasePortIfIndex root 24591 0.0 0.0 4400 612 ? S 12:50 0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t '1000' -r '3' -v2c -c 'snmpstring'@1 -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'servername':'161' dot1dBasePortIfIndex 2>/dev/null root 24592 0.0 0.2 23356 2408 ? S 12:50 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t 1000 -r 3 -v2c -c -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp udp:servername:161 dot1dBasePortIfIndex root 24840 0.0 0.0 4400 616 ? S 12:51 0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t '1000' -r '3' -v2c -c 'snmpstring'@1 -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'servername':'161' dot1dBasePortIfIndex 2>/dev/null root 24841 0.0 0.2 23356 2408 ? S 12:51 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t 1000 -r 3 -v2c -c -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp udp:servername:161 dot1dBasePortIfIndex root 25873 0.0 0.0 4400 612 ? S 12:55 0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t '1000' -r '3' -v2c -c 'snmpstring'@1 -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'servername':'161' dot1dBasePortIfIndex 2>/dev/null root 25876 0.0 0.2 23356 2408 ? S 12:55 0:00 /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t 1000 -r 3 -v2c -c -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp udp:servername:161 dot1dBasePortIfIndex root 26090 0.0 0.0 4400 612 ? S 12:55 0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -t '1000' -r '3' -v2c -c 'snmpstring'@1 -OQUs -m BRIDGE-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'servername':'161' dot1dBasePortIfIndex 2>/dev/null Thanks — David Peall

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ServerTech Sentry3 Graphs & Infeeds
by KELLY, Christopher 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hi guys, Hoping someone can point me in the right direction or lend a hand – I have installed Observium CE 0.13.10.4585 to RHEL 6 and have it up and running. Added a couple of power rails, however none of the graphs are populating (no network traffic, uptime or voltage). But, all of the devices added are reporting back their current load and status. [cid:image001.png@01CED48E.68EA1960] [cid:image003.png@01CED48E.68EA1960] [cid:image004.png@01CED48E.68EA1960] Also noticed that Observium is only reporting on 2 of the 4 Current Infeeds (as per 1st screenshot) – is there a way to enable Observium to display the other 4 feeds? [cid:image005.png@01CED48E.68EA1960] Cheers! ________________________________ This e-mail is sent by Suncorp Group Limited ABN 66 145 290 124 or one of its related entities "Suncorp". Suncorp may be contacted at Level 18, 36 Wickham Terrace, Brisbane or on 13 11 55 or at suncorp.com.au. The content of this e-mail is the view of the sender or stated author and does not necessarily reflect the view of Suncorp. The content, including attachments, is a confidential communication between Suncorp and the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, disclosure or copying of this e-mail, including attachments, is unauthorised and expressly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please contact the sender immediately and delete the e-mail and any attachments from your system. 　

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Upgrade to 4737 broke some graphs
by Chris Pelling 06 Nov '13

06 Nov '13

Hi Guys, Upgraded today using "svn update" to 4737 from 4760 and 2 switch graphs (dell) stopped showing data, cisco, vyatta and one dell unaffected. For example, we have 2 x Dell M6220 stacked blades *a and c* and 1 x Dell M6348 stacked blade switch all in M1000e chassis. a = worked before and after, graph looks aok b = worked before, now stopped c = worked before, now stopped An interesting observation, if I drill down to a port on B, and click realtime, its showing realtime information - so we know that works. Billing also seems unaffected, just the graphs at : /devices/type=network/format=graphs/graph=bits/ stopped for these 2 devices (albeit one is identical to a working device) exactly at the time of upgrade. I confirmed we did do the upgrade as per the wiki : svn update ./discovery.php -h none So now stumped, what can I do to get them back showing the current data (they have the historical few hours before update) and/or what can I run to aid in finding a poss issue ? :-) -- Kind regards, Chris

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Re: [Observium] Alerting...
by Adam Armstrong 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

There is a page on the wiki explaining the basics. Its still a bit of a work in progress, but some people already find it useful... Adam. Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S <tr(a)zitcom.dk> wrote: >Is there any documentation on the new alerting system? > >Is there a way to turn off all the old alerting stuff and start using the new stuff? > >/Thomas >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alerting...
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Is there any documentation on the new alerting system? Is there a way to turn off all the old alerting stuff and start using the new stuff? /Thomas

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Fwd: Regarding developers attitude...
by Doychin Dokov 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi all, I would just like to share my experience with the attitude of Adam towards general minor web-interface issue reported by a paying customer (me). I've reported that the OSPF stats look very confusing and provided a screenshot which shows the issue. The inital response I got was "jira is not for general complaining". My answer was: "Where do we do so, then? Now that Observium is paid, we deserve some proper attention to problems, at least.... Not just the close-it-as-fast-as-you-can attitude you have so far.... Also, I'm more than willing to fix it myself by looking at the BGP code, so was jast curios if there is any plan to already rework the OSPF pages, as what is seen on the screenshot is really of no use - and I guess your opinion is the same as well." Which resulted in these comments from Tom Laermans and Adam Armstrong: "I believe you are confused about what exactly it is that you paid for." "You're definitely doing the right thing to make sure we add the features you want..." And then the issue was completely deleted.... So, I'd like to point these things: * why do we get such an attitude against the money kindly "asked" from us? Being a kickstarter supporter for the alerting system, I kind of felt being lied to, since the Observium developers decided that one has to get a license to receive the full functionality which the funding was raised for in the first place... Anyways, I understand the need for more revenue, but not the attitude at all. * this is in no way requesting a new feature. Is just a report, plus marked as of minor importance, which shows a feature already available in Observium being kind-of unusable. This makes me completely not understand the way developers behaved. * i've asked Adam in a personal e-mail what's the reason for this attitude. Since he did not get the guts to reply, I hope he does it here. I'd very much want to know what I've done wrong to provoke such an attitude. * this is not the first time one of the developers would say "idiot" to a (paying) user. So go ahead, shoot me. Thank you for your time and sorry about the need to post this here. Kind regards, - D. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Adam Armstrong (JIRA) <jira(a)observium.org> Date: 2013/11/3 Subject: [OBS-JIRA] (OBSERVIUM-571) OSPF stats are a mess To: dokov(a)silistra.tv Adam Armstrong<http://jira.observium.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=adama>deleted [image: Bug] OBSERVIUM-571 *OSPF stats are a mess* <http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-571> This message is automatically generated by JIRA. If you think it was sent incorrectly, please contact your JIRA administrators For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira

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Help troubleshooting auto discovery
by Jason Lixfeld 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

I added a new box to my network last week, but Observium hasn't seemed to have picked it up yet. I'm trying to troubleshoot it, but short of proving ping, CDP and snmpwalk on the box work fine and manually running the discovery cron job, I'm not sure what else to do in terms of troubleshooting. Can anyone lend a pointer? CentOS 6.3 (Final) Observium 0.13.11.4743 [root@monitor01 observium]# /opt/observium/discovery.php -d -h new DEBUG! Observium v0.13.11.4743 Discovery Schema update disabled by -h new, run with -h none to perform it manually. SQL[SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE status = 1 AND disabled = 0 AND (`last_discovered` IS NULL OR `last_discovered` = '0000-00-00 00:00:00') ORDER BY device_id DESC] /opt/observium/discovery.php new November 5, 2013, 8:16 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs MySQL: Cell[0/0s] Row[0/0s] Rows[1/0s] Column[0/0s] Update[0/0s] Insert[0/0s] Delete[0/0s] [root@monitor01 observium]# mysql> select hostname from devices where hostname like 'bfr01.905king%'; Empty set (0.00 sec) mysql> RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:bfr01.151FrontStW01.YYZ#sh cdp neigh te0/2/0/14 detail Tue Nov 5 08:09:06.390 EST ------------------------- Device ID: bfr01.905KingStW01.YYZ SysName : bfr01.905KingStW01.YYZ Entry address(es): IPv4 address: * Platform: cisco ASR9K Series, Capabilities: Router Interface: TenGigE0/2/0/14 Port ID (outgoing port): TenGigE0/1/0/0 Holdtime : 166 sec Version : Cisco IOS XR Software, Version 4.3.2[Default] Copyright (c) 2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc. advertisement version: 2 Duplex: full RP/0/RSP0/CPU0:bfr01.151FrontStW01.YYZ# [root@monitor01 observium]# snmpwalk -v2c -c * bfr01.905KingStW01.YYZ sysDescr SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: "Cisco IOS XR Software (Cisco ASR9K Series), Version 4.3.2[Default] Copyright (c) 2013 by Cisco Systems, Inc." [root@monitor01 observium]# ping -c 1 bfr01.905KingStW01.yyz PING bfr01.905KingStW01.yyz (10.219.49.22) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from bfr01.905KingStW01.YYZ (10.219.49.22): icmp_seq=1 ttl=253 time=0.862 ms --- bfr01.905KingStW01.yyz ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 1ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.862/0.862/0.862/0.000 ms [root@monitor01 observium]# Thanks in advance, eh! ;)

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Re: [Observium] :-)
by Rob VanHooren 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

it’s Canada. Everybody knows everybody. He’s in the next igloo a few streets over. :-P On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:04, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > know eachother? :P > > adam.

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Setting up Observium as a Virtual Directory
by Norris Ward 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

Hi all, I am trying to setup Observium in a proof of concept environment. When I try to make it a virtual directory on the linnux Debian server, the attached webpage is what I get compared to when i make the web root that of the observium html path. How can I fix this?

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Re: [Observium] Error drawing Graph
by Adam Armstrong 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

I monitor devices with 100ms+ latency, so that isn't a problem. More of a problem is badly written SNMP stacks :-( Adam Roman <rromanyak(a)squarespace.com> wrote: >Thanks Adam for your feedback, I'll upgrade observing yo the latest version, if it still doesn't work than I'll just install it locally in the remote data center and see if it works there > >Roman > >Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 30, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >> >>> On 2013-10-30 17:44, Roman Romanyak wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> I'm having strange issue, and spend a lot of time troubleshooting this >>> without any success. >>> Getting error 'error drawing graph' only for some devices only - >>> EX4200 switches, which are located in the remote datacenter. After I >>> started seeing issue, I install another switch here in local >>> datacenter and added it to observium and its working good. Could be >>> the issue in latency - the delay is about 30ms? >>> discovery and poller scripts run good, the only thing I noticed that >>> for the devices that don't work I in rrd/<device_name>/ files >>> port-###.rrd are missing. The CPU and Memory graphs are working good, >>> only network graphs are having errors. >> >> Make sure you're running the latest version, there were some issues with a change earlier this week. >> >> JunOS is a special little butterfly and needs special attention sometimes... >> >> Latency won't really have that effect, the only thing that is likely to is failing to receive data from the switch, which may be fixed in the latest revisions. >> >> adam. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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observium just stops after switching to subscription.
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

If i run discovery.php -h none I get no output. The only way I could get it going again was to uncomment this line in common.php if (file_exists($config['install_dir']."/includes/debug/ref.inc.php")) { include($config['install_dir']."/includes/debug/ref.inc.php"); $ref_loaded = TRUE; } Whats my problem? I´am running centos. Thomas

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new feature request
by Rob VanHooren 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

Tom/Mike I suggest to implement this new feature for Adam, ASAP: http://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/P-19856.aspx ;-) R. On Nov 3, 2013, at 17:13, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Either read what's come before, or say nothing. > > FUCKING HELL.

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 40, Issue 9
by Corey Robertson 04 Nov '13

04 Nov '13

I think the majority of these complaints have come from users who have forgotten this is a grassroots, homegrown effort, which single handedly out performs many other NMS systems albeit paid or free. If you expect answers and resolution to every minute detail which you don't like, put you money where your mouth is. The Observium team has been more than gracious to continue to develop such a great monitoring platform and keep it going while still maintaining the open source ideals. > On Nov 3, 2013, at 4:13 PM, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > > 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: Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... (Adam Armstrong) > 2. Re: Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... (Adam Armstrong) > 3. Re: Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... (Doychin Dokov) > 4. Re: observium just stops after switching to subscription. > (Tom Laermans) > 5. Re: Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... (Tom Laermans) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:43:01 +0000 > From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... > Message-ID: <fde9ac9c729e4be8f2eebf3be002bb08(a)memetic.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > > Fuck off, cuntmuppet. > > Either read what's come before, or say nothing. > > FUCKING HELL. > > >> On 2013-11-03 20:52, Tom Henderson wrote: >> Maybe take it offline gents? Of at least off list? http://xkcd.com/438/ >> [1] >> >> A simple "Hi $user, this is covered on the wiki here: $url. Thanks for >> using observium." would be trivial to implement with any email >> templating system. Even "Sorry, $feature is not currently in the >> timeline because of $reasons." would be better than getting in an >> argument. >> >> Cheers >> >> Tom >> >> -- >> >> ------------------------- >> >> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not >> disclose, copy, or distribute any information contained in or attached >> to it, or take any action/inaction based on it. Please contact us >> immediately, and delete this email from your system. Any views or >> opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and >> not of Pack & Company (NZ) Limited (the "Company"), however any >> intellectual property contained in or attached to this email is the >> property of the Company. Thank you. >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://xkcd.com/438/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2013 21:44:16 +0000 > From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... > Message-ID: <80652049ab831e346e2bec554d8ee638(a)memetic.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >> On 2013-11-03 21:40, Doychin Dokov wrote: >> As my first message says, I've tried to contact Adam on his personal >> e-mail to get an idea for the reason for this attitude, to no avail. >> >> One more time, I've not requested a new feature or anything else, I >> just reported an already-existing part of observium not looking >> correctly, asked if it's a leftover and planned to be reworked, as the >> similar BGP stats look fine, and even offered to work on it. >> >> There are no $reasons for such $attitude, and it's not the first time >> it happens, so I wanted to know why, and how is this considered >> normal? > > You did none of those things. > > So now i'm going to add liar to the list of reasons why we will no > longer accept any communication from you. > > adam. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 00:04:59 +0200 > From: Doychin Dokov <dokov(a)silistra.tv> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Fwd: Regarding developers attitude... > Message-ID: > <CALD-xbC4JXP68OFZdJmCcwy-ysN=o3pHjstd=LpujhZADRFGow(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Adam, > > Everyone would have seen with their eyes what I have offered, if you have > not deleted the issue in jira! > > Also, I have pasted my exact reply in my first email, here it is once again: > > "Now that Observium is paid, we deserve some proper attention to problems, > at least.... Not just the close-it-as-fast-as-you-can attitude you have so > far.... > > Also, I'm more than willing to fix it myself by looking at the BGP code, so > was jast curios if there is any plan to already rework the OSPF pages, as > what is seen on the screenshot is really of no use - and I guess your > opinion is the same as well." > > > I'm very much sure you have read it, as you and Tom Laermans have replied > to it that i have no idea what I have paid for.... > > So, naming me a "liar" is completely inappropriate, and is a true > confirmation about your inability to communicate normally with people. You > are digging observium's grave. > > - D. > > > > > 2013/11/3 Doychin Dokov <dokov(a)silistra.tv> > >> As my first message says, I've tried to contact Adam on his personal >> e-mail to get an idea for the reason for this attitude, to no avail. >> >> One more time, I've not requested a new feature or anything else, I just >> reported an already-existing part of observium not looking correctly, asked >> if it's a leftover and planned to be reworked, as the similar BGP stats >> look fine, and even offered to work on it. >> >> There are no $reasons for such $attitude, and it's not the first time it >> happens, so I wanted to know why, and how is this considered normal? >> >> - D. >> >> >> 2013/11/3 Tom Henderson <tom(a)pack.co.nz> >> >>> Maybe take it offline gents? Of at least off list? http://xkcd.com/438/ >>> >>> A simple "Hi $user, this is covered on the wiki here: $url. Thanks for >>> using observium." would be trivial to implement with any email templating >>> system. Even "Sorry, $feature is not currently in the timeline because of >>> $reasons." would be better than getting in an argument. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Tom >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not >>> disclose, copy, or distribute any information contained in or attached to >>> it, or take any action/inaction based on it. Please contact us immediately, >>> and delete this email from your system. Any views or opinions presented in >>> this email are solely those of the author and not of Pack & Company (NZ) >>> Limited (the "Company"), however any intellectual property contained in or >>> attached to this email is the property of the Company. Thank you. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Minor OSPF page fixes
by Sander Steffann 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

So, here are a few minor quick fixes to device/routing/ospf. I hope this lessens the tension here a bit. Index: html/pages/device/routing/ospf.inc.php =================================================================== --- html/pages/device/routing/ospf.inc.php (revision 4732) +++ html/pages/device/routing/ospf.inc.php (working copy) @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ echo('</tr>'); echo('<tr bgcolor="'.$area_bg.'">'); - echo('<td colspan=7>'); + echo('<td colspan=4>'); echo('<table width=100% border=0 cellpadding=5>'); echo('<tr><th></th><th>Port</th><th>Status</th><th>Port Type</th><th>Port State</th></tr>'); @@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ $port_enabled = 'disabled'; } + // Fix label + $ospfport['label'] = $ospfport['ifDescr']; + echo('<tr bgcolor="'.$port_bg.'">'); echo(' <td width=15></td>'); echo(' <td>'. generate_port_link($ospfport) . '</td>'); Cheers, Sander

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How to use the new alerting system.
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 03 Nov '13

03 Nov '13

I would like to create a 80 % interface utilzation alarm. If the threshold hits 5 times the alert should be generated. Do we have any documentation on the new interface? Thomas

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October Changelog
by Adam Armstrong 02 Nov '13

02 Nov '13

Hi Guys, Here's the condensed version of the changes for October: Also visible at http://www.observium.org/wiki/Changelog#October_2013 Major Improvements and Additions Extensive improvements to sensor display code and definitions. Extensive restructuring to sensor discovery including linking sensors to OSes via MIB simplifying the process of adding new OSes and sensor types. WMI-based poller for retrieving extra data from Windows. Improves CPU/Storage polling and adds Exchange and MSSQL metrics collection. Major rewrite to integrate and expand PowerNet-MIB support for APC devices Allow the use of max-reps on snmpbulkwalk. Vastly improves walking of large tables on supported devices, particularly IOS, Arista and Linux. New Google Maps API-based map complete with point clustering, auto-centring and zooming support to replace the old Google Charts API map Improvements and Additions Support for AVTECH RoomAlert 24E Detection of Toshiba eStudio printers Detection of DIGI USB servers Barracuda NG FW detection Support for airflow sensors. Support for state sensors on SensorProbe / Minkel SRMS. Allow device hostname as a parameter instead of device_id Support for processor and memory on Cisco QFP Collect Dell Service Tag from Dell PowerConnect devices HH3C memory pool and processor polling from HH3C-ENTITY-MIB RADLAN state sensors from RADLAN-HWENVIROMENT MIB Microsens OS and temperature sensors detection Procera detection NetAPP filesystem discovery and polling via the storage system Additional Dell PowerConnect sysObjectIDs Dell-Vendor-MIB sensors Netbotz support Support for two new sensors types; Capacity and Runtime. Primarily used for UPSes and other battery-related devices. Audiocodes Mediant detection Bugfixes Fix Cisco SLA support Some improvements to handling of invalid devices and graph types Improved limits for timeouts/retries on SNMP operations Applications with multiple instances are now accessed via a drop-down Warning if devices have never been polled/discovered now works correctly Fix API to correctly use the authentication system instead of hardcoded database authentication. Correctly use user id in LDAP auth to allow per-device and per-entity permissions Fix Cisco BGP session address formatting Make sure that the RRD directory is correctly renamed when renaming a device Debugging / Troubleshooting Add a page to output the data Observium holds about a port for debugging/troubleshooting purposes.

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Re: [Observium] control device ports via SNMP
by Adam Armstrong 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

No, we don't have any features which allow control of the devices at all. Adam. Bogdan Ghita <bvghita(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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control device ports via SNMP
by Bogdan Ghita 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hello I've been looking through the features of Observium but couldn't find out whether it includes functionality to disable or enable individual ports on a (monitored) switch/router via SNMP. I understand that this lies outside the scope of the software, but I thought I'd ask just in case it's there (or can be enabled optionally) and I missed it. If it isn't, could anybody recommend a management/monitoring software able to provide this? Best regards Bogdan

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Re: [Observium] graphe on pose
by Adam Armstrong 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

What version does observium say on the bottom left? Adam. Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> wrote: >I'm on the last version. I install the new server with SVN 2 days ago. >My network is ok. All server are in datacenter with 1G or 10G switches. >I have 2 observium on 2 difrent server and network and I have same problem. >My Centreon, cacti, intermapper do the same thing and my graphs are full. > >The pooler is like you write in your doc: > >more /etc/cron.d/observium >33 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all >> /dev/null 2>&1 >* /5 * * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -h new /dev/null 2>&1 >* /5 * * * * root /opt/observium/pooler-wrapper.py 1 >> /dev/null 2>&1 > > > > >--- >Zoran Lukenic >z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr >--- >Groupe Mediactive >3-4-10, cité Paradis 75010 Paris >Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 >Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 >Support technique : 0 892 494 777 >www.groupe-mediactive.fr >Twitter : @mediactivegroup > > >________________________________________ >De : Adam Armstrong [adama(a)memetic.org] >Date d'envoi : jeudi 31 octobre 2013 05:55 >À : Observium Network Observation System >Objet : Re: [Observium] graphe on pose > >This is most certainly related to network conditions or polling frequency. > >The poller must run every 5 minutes. > >Make sure you are running the latest version (svn update) > >Adam. > >Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> wrote: > >>I didn't know that the screenshot will not be able in the mail. >>So I have problems with all graphs on all devices. My graphs are OK but they have some hole. Some time 30min, some time more. >>I have this same devices on my cacti, behind same firewall and I don't have this problem. >> >>ps: I don't know if I do the right thing for answer. >> >>------------------------------ >> >>Message: 2 >>Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:34:09 +0000 >>From: Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> >>To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> >>Subject: [Observium] graphe on pose >>Message-ID: >> <286037ABC3D0D74DB5172245EF4597970144239E(a)srv-exchange01.exchange.mediactive.fr> >> >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >>Hello, >> >>I have some problem with my graphe ( cf: screenshot ) >> >>I looked in FAQ and some Mailing Liste archive but I didn't find any one with the same problem. >> >>do you have some idea where to look? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>--- >>Zoran Lukenic >>z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr<mailto:z.lukenic@mediactive.fr> >>--- >>Groupe Mediactive >>3-4-10, cit? Paradis 75010 Paris >>Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 >>Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 >>Support technique : 0 892 494 777 >>www.groupe-mediactive.fr<http://www.groupe-mediactive.fr/> >>Twitter : @mediactivegroup >>[cid:FB003B7F-1839-4401-8DAE-B37B718E4644] >>

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Frontpage map show province with ISO 3166-2
by Florian Znottka 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hello! Observium works for me like a charm, but I have a problem with the frontpage map: I can't get a province with a region ISO 3166-2 code (e.g. DE-SH) as a full map on the frontpage. Only working configuration is to show the whole country (e.g. DE) which is a bit to big. All co-locations of our servers are too close to each other (20 miles) , so that you can't figure out on the map, which location is which. My config.php so far: $config['frontpage']['map']['resolution'] = "provinces"; $config['frontpage']['map']['region'] = "DE-SH"; $config['frontpage']['map']['dotsize'] = "1"; error-message: Request map does not exist. Is my config file incorrect or does it not work? Or is there another method to zoom in on the map? Thanks for help Kind Regards Florian

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Error drawing Graph
by Roman Romanyak 01 Nov '13

01 Nov '13

Hello everyone, I'm having strange issue, and spend a lot of time troubleshooting this without any success. Getting error 'error drawing graph' only for some devices only - EX4200 switches, which are located in the remote datacenter. After I started seeing issue, I install another switch here in local datacenter and added it to observium and its working good. Could be the issue in latency - the delay is about 30ms? discovery and poller scripts run good, the only thing I noticed that for the devices that don't work I in rrd/<device_name>/ files port-###.rrd are missing. The CPU and Memory graphs are working good, only network graphs are having errors. Thanks, Roman.

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Re: [Observium] graphe on pose
by Adam Armstrong 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

This is most certainly related to network conditions or polling frequency. The poller must run every 5 minutes. Make sure you are running the latest version (svn update) Adam. Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> wrote: >I didn't know that the screenshot will not be able in the mail. >So I have problems with all graphs on all devices. My graphs are OK but they have some hole. Some time 30min, some time more. >I have this same devices on my cacti, behind same firewall and I don't have this problem. > >ps: I don't know if I do the right thing for answer. > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:34:09 +0000 >From: Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> >To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> >Subject: [Observium] graphe on pose >Message-ID: > <286037ABC3D0D74DB5172245EF4597970144239E(a)srv-exchange01.exchange.mediactive.fr> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > >Hello, > >I have some problem with my graphe ( cf: screenshot ) > >I looked in FAQ and some Mailing Liste archive but I didn't find any one with the same problem. > >do you have some idea where to look? > > > > > > > > >--- >Zoran Lukenic >z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr<mailto:z.lukenic@mediactive.fr> >--- >Groupe Mediactive >3-4-10, cit? Paradis 75010 Paris >Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 >Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 >Support technique : 0 892 494 777 >www.groupe-mediactive.fr<http://www.groupe-mediactive.fr/> >Twitter : @mediactivegroup >[cid:FB003B7F-1839-4401-8DAE-B37B718E4644] >

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graphe on pose
by Zoran Lukenic 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

I didn't know that the screenshot will not be able in the mail. So I have problems with all graphs on all devices. My graphs are OK but they have some hole. Some time 30min, some time more. I have this same devices on my cacti, behind same firewall and I don't have this problem. ps: I don't know if I do the right thing for answer. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2013 17:34:09 +0000 From: Zoran Lukenic <z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] graphe on pose Message-ID: <286037ABC3D0D74DB5172245EF4597970144239E(a)srv-exchange01.exchange.mediactive.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello, I have some problem with my graphe ( cf: screenshot ) I looked in FAQ and some Mailing Liste archive but I didn't find any one with the same problem. do you have some idea where to look? --- Zoran Lukenic z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr<mailto:z.lukenic@mediactive.fr> --- Groupe Mediactive 3-4-10, cit? Paradis 75010 Paris Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 Support technique : 0 892 494 777 www.groupe-mediactive.fr<http://www.groupe-mediactive.fr/> Twitter : @mediactivegroup [cid:FB003B7F-1839-4401-8DAE-B37B718E4644]

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Alerts
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi List. At present i have installed the latest versión of Observium and i am trying to configure an alert for a temperature sensor of a cisco catalyst and i do not how. On the other hand, i don´t have any alert in the home screen (right upper corner Alerts: 0), it is normal? i have rebooted some devices and disconnect some ports and the alerts still 0, but the emails with alerts are send correctly. Thanks so much. Cristian,

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Cisco asa5510 ipsec tunnels
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hi list!! Configuring my asa device I have encounter a problem with the tunnels ipsecs. When I view the active tunnels on the observium interface, I see not only the actives, I see other tunnels ipsec or remote vpns connections ipsec that is not active really. It seem like the list of active tunnels is not updating. Thank you very much for the help. Cristian Enviado desde mi BlackBerry de Movistar (http://www.movistar.com.ar)

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graphe on pose
by Zoran Lukenic 31 Oct '13

31 Oct '13

Hello, I have some problem with my graphe ( cf: screenshot ) I looked in FAQ and some Mailing Liste archive but I didn't find any one with the same problem. do you have some idea where to look? --- Zoran Lukenic z.lukenic(a)mediactive.fr<mailto:z.lukenic@mediactive.fr> --- Groupe Mediactive 3-4-10, cité Paradis 75010 Paris Tel : +33 1 55 28 80 60 Fax : +33 1 55 28 80 61 Support technique : 0 892 494 777 www.groupe-mediactive.fr<http://www.groupe-mediactive.fr/> Twitter : @mediactivegroup [cid:FB003B7F-1839-4401-8DAE-B37B718E4644]

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traffic from transit/peering ports is not being generated
by Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Gentlemen, I'm having trouble generating the graphics Transit / Peering, I put the description of the interface as described in the wiki ( http://www.observium.org/wiki/Interface_Description_Parsing), but when I go to the Ports menu -> Transit and Peering he do not show any graph. Below is some information about the descriptions: xe-0/0/0.3664 up up NTT Provider (AS2914) [2Gbps] Would be the case of removing part of [2Gbps]? He returns the following: Total Graph for ports of type: Transit None found. Regards! []s! -- Guilherme de Freitas Figueiredo

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Custom Interface Port Speed
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Hi list! I wonder f you could read my message. I´m very excited configuring observium, please anybody can help me with this issue? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ I am cristian from argentina, I have started using observium and I think that is a great tool! I am very happy with him!! I wonder if I could set specific speed value for a port of my router when at present I have connected my 6 Mbps internet connection. Tank you to all Cristian ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Upgrading to SVN stopped SNMP on my Zhones
by Brian Merrell 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

ZNID-GE-2424-NA-0GN- Zhone Indoor Network Interface Device; Release S2.5.073; We're looking at an 8 port zhone as well (better for triple play). I had 40 in that I need to monitor usage for but because of the SNMP issues affected by existing method of usage collection I have to take them out until I know i have a stable new setup for them with this. We have more but don't need to collect stats on all of them as that usually becomes somewhat cost prohibitive.

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Re: [Observium] Upgrading to SVN stopped SNMP on my Zhones
by Adam Armstrong 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Try the latest. It might have been bulkget breaking the SNMP stack. Brian Merrell <bmerrell(a)utopianet.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Upgrading to SVN stopped SNMP on my Zhones
by Brian Merrell 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Code where this issue crops up appears to be 4711. 4710 looks like it works but 4711 seems to struggle through the poller process. I'm not sure that it isn't the discovery as I have gotten that exact and I'm still on a learning curve here. That said, 4710 is working right now on my zhones so I'm going keep testing on it.

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Upgrading to SVN stopped SNMP on my Zhones
by Brian Merrell 30 Oct '13

30 Oct '13

Zhone's are being detected as "GENERIC" which is fine for as long as I get my port data. I started using Observium just last week and in the Open Source version and it gathered data fine all weekend for my Zhone switches. Changing over to the SVN and updating seems to be causing my zhones to stop responding to SNMP. Allied and Alcatel devices (which have the MIBS built in) work fine. Is there a specific SVN version that correlates to the Edition Split that I could try and go back too to see if that poller or discovery works better for these devices? Anybody else notice this? I've been looking for a couple hours and don't see much trouble with the poller like this lately.

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Port speed interface
by cbermudez＠tothus.net 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi list! I am cristian from argentina, I have started using observium and I think that is a great tool! I am very happy with him!! I wonder if I could set specific speed value for a port of my router when at present I have connected my 6 Mbps internet connection. Tank you to all Cristian

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Frontpage map and jump page.
by Ryan Milton 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi, After the update that changed the map, I not only what's in the picture, but when I click on the US marker, it takes me to colocation devices in Amsterdam, not to NYC. I have the paid version, consistently update. There must be something that I need to fix here. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ryan [cid:image003.jpg@01CED3C3.662D95B0] Regards, Ryan Milton MVS Network Manager o: 201-447-1505 x124 c: 862-249-5230 www.mvsusa.com<http://www.mvsusa.com/> [MVS final logo GOOD very small]

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Percentage ratio between two graphs ?
by Will van Gulik 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Hi Everyone, I'd be interested to know if there is a way to get some percentage ratio between two graphs. I was thinking of my transit and peering graphs for instance, but could be between two (or more) other graphs. Any ideas ? Maybe it's something already on the roadmap somewhere ? Regards, Will -- Will van Gulik IP-Max SA will.van.gulik(a)ip-max.net http://www.ip-max.net

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Juniper MX memory issue
by Steve Rossen 29 Oct '13

29 Oct '13

Is anyone else using Observium on the Juniper MX80 platform? I know the MX960 is listed as supported but not the smaller one and we are seeing an odd memory issue that lines up perfectly with when we started polling it with Observium. Attached/linked image shows the last 12 months of memory usage on a MX5. Not sure if it is related to Observium or not so reaching out to see if other are seeing a similar slow memory climb or not. http://i.imgur.com/9PET5L3.png

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pfSense SNMP daemon crashes after update to r4711
by Stefano Cordio 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hello guys, yesterday I updated my Observium (Centos 6.4) to the r4711 and I noticed that all my pfSense firewalls (5 hosts, two 2.0.3 and three 2.1) became down. On every host, the SNMP daemon was crashed. I tried to restart the daemon on every pfSense, but it crashed again and it seems to me that it crashes during the next cycle of polling (the discovery seems to go fine). Today I tried to update to the r4715 but I'm experiencing the same problem. Has anyone experienced something like that? How can I go deeper? Thanks for any hints, Kind Regards Stefano

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'x' not working anymore in input fields
by Matthias Cramer 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Hi I've noticed this afternoon that I'm no longer able to enter the character 'x' or 'X' in any input field. Pasting the character works but not normal keyboard input. All other characters seam to work as before. A work collogue has the same problem. So I think it's not the browser. The new behaviour seams to be on one of the changes since Thursday. I had a look at them and can't see and thing suspicious. I currently run svn version 4715. Any Idea where to look ... Regards Matthias -- Matthias Cramer / mc322-ripe Senior Network & Security Engineer iway AG Phone +41 43 500 1111 Badenerstrasse 569 Fax +41 44 271 3535 CH-8048 Zurich http://www.iway.ch/ GnuPG 1024D/2D208250 = DBC6 65B6 7083 1029 781E 3959 B62F DF1C 2D20 8250

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EX4200/4550 VC - Port Polling ~200 Seconds
by Tyler Christiansen 28 Oct '13

28 Oct '13

Testing Observium, I've noticed that polling an EX4200/4550 with Observium takes about 200 seconds. There are around 300 ports, and I've noticed that Observium polls the logical interfaces as separate from the physical interfaces. I considered disabling logical interface polling, but the logical interfaces are used for a lot of port correlations, etc. Cacti with Spine takes 13 seconds to poll everything in our network, and Cacti with the PHP poller takes maybe 2 minutes to poll everything in our network. Because of Cacti's ability to handle this particular device (even with its PHP poller), I'm pretty convinced that the issue isn't the device. I've checked interface, memory, and CPU utilization on the Observium server as well as the device and the network in-between. Everything is fine. I've also turned Cacti off to ensure there was no strange clash. I also turned polling off for all ports that were in a "down" state and disabled those ports in the switch as well. It almost seems that Observium's poller walks one OID at a time in serial, or otherwise does some ridiculously complex discovery on every poll that it doesn't need to do. Cacti does bulk requests, so it gets around 50 OIDs per request to the switch stack. Is it possible that I'm missing something in the Observium configuration? Thanks! --Tyler

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