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Small feature request
by Attila Nagy 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi All! One colleague of mine recently met this little (let's call it) glitch, and as he is rather new to the software, he had a hard time solving it (he had to ask me to get introduced into the concept of disabled devices, and the place to search for :)). So when one wants to add a new device, and it already exists, Observium writes a simple error message, like: "Already got device x.y.z.net." What I would like to suggest is two things: 1. make the device name in this error message clickable as anywhere else. This way the novice user can click on the host and see that it's really there 2. if the device is disabled, maybe indicate it in this message, like "Already got device x.y.z.net only disabled" This way the novice user would see why he didn't found the device in the first place. Now that I think of it again, the second one is rather overkill, but the first one would be an easy but logical advancement. Regards, Tylla

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Geolocation and Mapping
by Adam Armstrong 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi Guys, As some of you might already have noticed, MapQuest have changed the policies on their geolocation API, breaking our previous geolocation defaults. We briefly switched the default API to Open Street Maps, but due to the large Observium userbase they weren't able to support our request load, and we've since had to switch to Yahoo's geolocation API. If you've kept the subscription version up to date, you should already have these new defaults. The community version can change the geolocation API in the config.php, but doesn't currently support the Yahoo API, which will come in the next release. Details for settings can be found at : http://www.observium.org/docs/config_options/#syslocation-configuration Observium also has support for Yandex and Google geolocation, and though Google's geolocation works best, it can only be used with a commercial license, so that can only be enabled by organisations with such a license. This means that some addresses which previously geolocated may not geolocate properly now (each API has its own quirks when it comes to parsing addresses, so ones which worked before may not work now, and vice-versa!). We're investigating setting up our own geolocation and map imaging servers, along with switching to a new mapping library to try to remove reliance on external organisations. Thanks, adam. Sent from Mailbird [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&ut…]

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Any Materials for Observium new starter?
by Peter Ekwuno 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi All, My company just decided that we will be using Observium as the network monitoring on new network environment and the server hosting the Observium is set up and running by one of the Engineers. However, I will be the engineer managing the platform and I’m very much new to the product. More so, I have looked on the web site and Google, it seems that there aren’t enough comprehensive video or guide on how to manage the product bearing in mind that I am new to Linux platform. Please can some one point me to the right direction to get the basic materials needed for Observium? Best regards, Peter Ekwuno SOC Engineer [Description: cid:image002.png@01CF4E86.2063A860]<http://www.easynet.com/> A. St James House, Oldbury, Bracknell ,RG12 8TH From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Casper Allerslev Jensen Sent: 26 September 2015 16:34 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] im seeing device down but they are not Hi Adam, This is the screenshot.. [Description: Image removed by sender.] It clearly shows the server down... and i can access it just find and my client sees it just fine [Description: cid:14451e289c512813975116b18116d696d756e23d@zimbra] ________________________________ Fra: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Til: observium(a)observium.org Sendt: lørdag, 26. september 2015 17:16:14 Emne: Re: [Observium] im seeing device down but they are not Hi Casper, What do you see in alert log for the device in question? Thanks, adam. Sent from Mailbird<http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm_campai…> On 26/09/2015 18:07:42, Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: over the last few days i have starting seen alert mails with device down.. but its not down.. and there is no recover.. anyone got a suggestion why that could be? I mean it could be a short connection problem but than i would assume to see recover mail aswell? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium This email and any attachments may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform the sender of this email by sending a return email to the address above and then delete the e-mail and your response from your system. If you are not a named addressee you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. Any statements made, or intentions expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of Easynet. No content herein will bind Easynet or any associated company unless confirmed by the execution of a formal contract by Easynet. Any figures or amounts given in this email are quotations only and are subject to change. Although Easynet routinely screen for viruses, addressees should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. Easynet make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). Easynet Limited (registered number 02954343) and Easynet Global Services Limited (registered number 08458875) are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at St. James House, Oldbury, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8TH

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Separate emails for alerts sent to contacts
by Christopher Pole 27 Sep '15

27 Sep '15

Hi, I'm looking at using Observium contacts + alerts to replace some alerting we do for customers using Nagios. Is it possible to send a separate email to the primary device contact and any additional contacts specified for alerts in the contact section rather than populating the to field with all recipients on a single email? If not would this be difficult to implement? We'd prefer not to expose the internal email address that receives our alerts to our customers if possible. Thanks, Chris

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Observium Graph Issue
by Namdev Rathod 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi, I have configured observium on aws ec2 instance, also add hosts in that with snmp installed. I have also tried to check with snmpwalk command on both side, its working fine. But issue with graph, on web interface of observium, i am not able to view graphs. Please help me. -- Thanks, Namdev Rathod

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Observium boucing on ifalias
by Raphael Maunier 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi there, We have a strange issue with the ifalias. We have one Juniper EX4550 with multiple customers on it. There was a bad character in the description : description "Cust: [FIBRE] {XXX} Paris - Zayo Cid:XXXXX Cable:R03110-fo-9-10�”; Observium was bouncing on the if desc. As soon as I change it, no bouncing . Not sure if it’s a bug report, but I just share it here :) Best, Raphael

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add storage info to alert mail
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

Hi observiumers.. I have a storage_perc alert which sends me a nice email when my storage is above 95%. is it somehow possible to get the actuall storage used and left included in the mail. Since its a procentage there could still be potiential 50GB og free space left.. it all depends on the original size.

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Graphing sum total of Current and Power
by Andrew Plas 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Would it be possible to add a Total Graph for specific Heath statistics, similar to how the total graphs are displayed for Peering, Transit, and Core port types? What I am interested in is essentially adding values already collected by Observium from a handful of devices (rack PDU's) to determine the combined Current in amps and Power in watts to graph and track power consumption across an entire row or even datacenter. We can see this information per-rack from the PDU device already added to Observium, but for our datacenter managers it would be useful to track power consumption across the whole room or suite. In several of our POPs power is provided so we cannot poll the UPS itself- only our own rack PDUs connected to the facility's power bus. Even then, most have A and B side power so we have two PDUs per rack. To the end, I have created a device group by sensor sorting "pdu" device names and filtering for their output values. However, the built-in aggregate graphs show each device's data on one graph and doesn't combine them for a total. Further, my filter seems to pull many values labeled "Output" including voltage and amperage as well as wattage. Any suggestions to refine my filter to get one group for Amps and another for Watts? Please see the screenshots below. Most PDU's are APC model AP8941. I admit this would really only be useful for the "Power" and "Current" health monitors, as items like voltage and temperature are really only useful per-device. Even then, these total graphs would have the most value being filtered to a specific set of devices and likely by location. Maybe a total graph display under /groups may be more useful than one under /health/metric=power or /health/metric=current? Thank you! https://observium/group/group_id=6/ https://observium/group/group_id=6/view=basic/agg_graph=graph/

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Alert notification
by Ondrej Beran 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hello, today I have updated version 6531 to 7038 and I still receive the same alert notification every 5 minute. Is it possible to change this notification to receive this alert only once when the service is down and than when it is renewed, not repeatedly ? defaults.inc.php $config['alerts']['interval'] = '31536000'; // How frequently to re-send a notification for a continuing alert condition // In seconds. Default is 1 day. Thank you Ondrej

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Problem on syslog with HP devices
by Kleber C. S. Coelho 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Dears, good morning! We have a problem in the syslog system. The logs of HP network equipment appear with a 'prefix' %% 10 in the attribute 'program' and this greatly hinders the display of logs and selecting the 'program' from the menu. Please could check this question for future updates? Hugs. 22-09-2015 13:52:10 core-dc Informational (6) %%10SHELL/6/SHELL_CMD(L) : -Task=vt0-IPAddr=**-User=**; Command is jumboframe enable 22-09-2015 12:16:33 core-pusp Notification (5) %%10CFM/5/CFM_SAVECONFIG_SUCCESS : Configuration is saved successfully. 22-09-2015 12:16:33 core-pusp Notification (5) %%10CFGMAN/5/CFGMAN_CFGCHANGED(L : -EventIndex=2-CommandSource=1-ConfigSource=2 is changed. 22-09-2015 11:52:57 core-eesc Notification (5) %%10IFNET/5/LINEPROTO_UPDOWN(L) : Line protocol on the interface Vlan-interface122 is UP. 22-09-2015 11:52:57 core-eesc Error (3) %%10IFNET/3/LINK_UPDOWN(L) : Vlan-interface122 link status is UP. []´s ________________ Kleber C. S. Coelho USP - São Carlos 16.3373-8870

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