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Pollers and RRD files
by Joelly, Alexander 05 May '19

05 May '19

Hi, When using a dedicated rrd caching server - for what is the local /opt/observium/rrd caching folder used for? In our setup we created a dedicated rrd-caching server and several distributed and partitioned pollers and would expect the rrd's are only written/updated on the rrd-caching server and do not need much diskspace on the pollers but it seems the rrd's are also written on the pollers? Is that on purpose (fallback - rrd server unavailable) or what is the need of the rrd's on the pollers when using a rrd-caching server? Thanks, Alex

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Monitor power watts
by Simon Mousey Smith 03 May '19

03 May '19

Hi All, Im trying to find out if the is a way to monitor power watts of our servers? We currently monitor a few HP server, which ALREADY show the power watts, as they have the iLO integrated and the power management chip, so all good there But the is a few which don’t have iLO or the power chips So can i monitor the power watts from within linux or windows at all? Regards Simon - Hestor Ltd

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BGP Neighbor Descriptions
by Richard Savage 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hi We have observium v19.4.9840 (rolling) setup and working great with alerting for BGP sessions going down. For BGP sessions with public AS Numbers this works well as it shows up which AS number and who the AS number is assigned to as gone down: But when its a private AS number with a private IP, its then much harder to distinguish what the BGP neighbor is related to without logging into the router and looking at the neighbor and the neighbor descriptions set against the BGP neighbor: In most routers you can set a description against a BGP neighbor in the config. Is it possible to get this description attached to the BGP neighbor in observium thus then adding it to the alert when the BGP neighbor goes down? This is the config on a Cisco ASR9K for the above neighbor: router bgp 65000 neighbor 100.127.18.181 description USG1-GREE Could this description be pulled and added to the neighbor and thus alert? More than happy to provide some debug if required and any SNMP data that might be helpful. Many Thanks Richard

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Auto Discovery
by Adam R. Koczarski 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hello, I’m new to this group and to Observium. A friend turned me on to it a few weeks ago. I have Observium 19.3.9774 running on Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS. Everything is working great! I’ve added my switches and LLDP and SNMP data is flowing in and all of the cross-references have been established. My question pertains to adding new devices. I can successfully add new devices via the GUI or the CLI as described in the documentation. My friend was telling me he <thinks> devices can be detected and added to the device list automatically via some sort of discovery?? Is this a thing or is he pulling my leg? Thanks! _____________________________ Adam Koczarski P.E., S.E. IT Director Magnusson Klemencic Associates 1301 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3200 Seattle, WA 98101-2699 United States Direct: +1 206 215 8365 Main: +1 206 292 1200 LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/company/magnusson-klemencic-associates> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Magnusson-Klemencic-Associates/2945909072755…> | www.MKA.com<http://www.mka.com/> _____________________________

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new alert checks?
by Tony Guadagno 02 May '19

02 May '19

Hi, I am currently using the current ce version (Observium CE 18.9.9420). After upgrading from the previous ce version, i see the alert checks have completely changed. the alert checks i had still seem to function, but when I try to modify them, the fields are all different....I am getting the impression that there is an alert conversion script? I have looked for docs on how to use the new alert checks but cannot find any. Can you please point me to a page that explains how to use the new alert checks and how to fix the upgraded alert checks. thanks! Tony

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Voltage/Current Sensor anomalies on Cisco SG200/SF300 switches
by Serge Caron 01 May '19

01 May '19

Greetings! I have a number of SF300-24P (802.3af), SF300-24PP (802.3at), SF300-48P, and SG200-26P Cisco switches, all at firmware revision 1.4.8.6 (There is a newer firmware 1.4.10.06 published 4 days ago: I will install this only if required). The voltage/current sensors are constantly complaining that they are either under/over threshold. For example, below are the logs on a port drawing 3500 mW for a Ubiquiti Unifi access point model UAP-AC-M: voltage range from 0V (!) to 92V for a device that should draw 37 to 57 V PoE levels. I have 29 of these devices scattered over the network and I can rule out simple malfunction of any/all devices. More intriguing is the 0.0975A current "threshold" used to issue these warnings: it does not make sense if Watts are still the product of Volts by Ampps ;-). Is it possible that the MiB for these devices is out of whack? I recently updated my Observium CE to 18.9.9420 (5th September 2018) but this issue has been annoying me for quite some time. Please note that I have similar results for all kinds of IP cameras : however, I do not have issues for ports that are connected to Cisco SG200-08 PoE switches and for which the only warnings I get is when the output voltage suddenly drops to zero. Unfortunately, these devices do not support SNMP. Kind regards, Serge Caron 2019-04-29 21:02:10 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 92 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 20:20:49 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 90 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 20:00:37 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 92 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 19:35:24 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 81 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 18:07:02 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 30 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 17:57:25 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 31 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 17:50:40 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.139 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 17:46:41 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 31 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 17:00:36 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 31 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 16:52:34 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 31 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 15:07:18 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 84 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 14:57:19 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 80 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 14:42:43 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 62 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 14:42:43 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.113 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 14:22:06 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 31 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 14:22:06 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.112 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 14:10:37 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 92 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 13:47:30 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 38 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 13:22:27 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.112 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 13:05:35 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.114 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 12:41:57 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 0 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 12:25:23 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.112 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 11:21:58 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 90 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 10:52:05 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 32 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 10:46:03 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.11 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 10:30:36 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 39 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 10:25:34 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.11 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 10:00:24 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 82 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 09:06:30 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 33 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 08:55:46 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 104 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 08:40:50 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 90 V (> 60.95 V) 2019-04-29 07:37:17 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.11 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 07:16:51 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage under threshold: 32 V (< 45.05 V) 2019-04-29 07:07:29 fa14 PoE Current Current fa14 PoE Current above threshold: 0.11 A (> 0.0975 A) 2019-04-29 07:00:34 fa14 PoE Voltage Voltage fa14 PoE Voltage above threshold: 84 V (> 60.95 V)

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Billing Module
by Gabriel Cambronero 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Hello Is there a way that we can add "Alert Checkers" for this module? I look forward to hearing back from you. Best Regards, -- [image: https://www.racknation.cr/firma.jpg] * Gabriel Cambronero S* * Infrastructure Manager* * RACKNATION Costa Rica* Email: gcambronero(a)racknation.cr Tel: (506) 4000-2133 Cel: (506) 8813-3048 http://www.RackNation.cr <http://www.racknation.cr/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Racknation. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Este mensaje y cualquier archivo adjunto son confidenciales y pueden contener información privilegiada o estar protegidos de alguna forma contra su divulgación. Cualquier punto de vista u opiniones expresadas son exclusivas del autor y no representan necesariamente las de Racknation. Si usted no es el destinatario previsto, no debe copiar este mensaje ni ninguno de sus archivos adjuntos, como tampoco informar sobre su contenido a ninguna otra persona. Si ha recibido esta transmisión por error, rogamos que lo comunique inmediatamente al remitente y elimine de su sistema el mensaje y todos los archivos adjuntos que éste pueda contener.

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VRRP
by Christian Eriksson 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Hi, Are there any plans in monitoring VRRP on devices and map it to the alerting system? Vänliga hälsningar / Best regards, [Advania_Trappa_CMYK] Christian Eriksson System Consultant [cid:image003.png@01D4FF4C.9FF22170]<mailto:christian.eriksson@advania.com>[Advania-Bikupa Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/advania.se/>[Advania-Bikupa LinkedIn]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/advania-ab/> +4641090488<tel:+4641090488> | +46761400400<tel:+46761400400> www.advania.se<http://www.advania.se/> | Stockholm<https://www.google.se/maps/place/Advania+Sverige+AB/@59.3062176,18.0278762,…> Ledande på att skapa kundnöjdhet [En bild som visar skärmbild Beskrivning genererad med hög exakthet]

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Strange behavior traffic accounting
by Vladimir R 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

Hello. I am faced with a strange traffic accounting system behavior. The system displays different values of the allowed value in the "Bill Summary" (7Gbps) and "Historical Usage" for April (1.2Gbps). Illustration on the screenshot in the attachments. Please help understand why different values are displayed. -- The best regards! Vladimir R.

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apcupsd UPS monitoring
by Nagy Attila 27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

Hi All, we have a few Linux servers which are fed through APC Smart UPSs. Rather small ones, so no network management card, they are being monitored by apcupsd. We would be very happy to see the/some values of the UPSs in Observium. What I've done: I extended snmpd with a script from https://github.com/jirutka/apcupsd-snmp which makes some values from apcupsd available under |.1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1| which in turn belongs to PowerNet-MIB (aka APC). I can read those values with snmpwalk (see p.s.) so the script works. Observium already contains PowerNet-MIB, but no graph for these values are appearing. I suppose Observium does not query for PowerNet-MIB for anything other than APC OS, or maybe it looks for some other conditions as well? My question: is there a way to make Observium query and use these values for other OS's (like Linux) as well ? Regards, Tylla Ps: please feel free to correct any bad assumption/statement I made! Ps: here is my current output (MIB errors excluded) from snmpwalk in case it helps: snmpwalk -m ALL -v 2c -c public localhost .1.3.6.1.4.1.318.1.1.1 PowerNet-MIB::upsBasicIdentModel.0 = STRING: "Smart-UPS 750" PowerNet-MIB::upsBasicIdentName.0 = STRING: "test" PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvIdentFirmwareRevision.0 = STRING: "COM 02.1 / UPS.05.I" PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvIdentSerialNumber.0 = STRING: "AS1108112010" PowerNet-MIB::upsBasicBatteryTimeOnBattery.0 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00 PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvBatteryCapacity.0 = Gauge32: 100 PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvBatteryRunTimeRemaining.0 = Timeticks: (144000) 0:24:00.00 PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvBatteryNominalVoltage.0 = INTEGER: 24 PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvBatteryActualVoltage.0 = INTEGER: 27 PowerNet-MIB::upsBasicOutputStatus.0 = INTEGER: onLine(2) PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvConfigAlarm.0 = INTEGER: never(3) PowerNet-MIB::upsAdvConfigLowBatteryRunTime.0 = Timeticks: (30000) 0:05:00.00

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