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General Question - Raritan PDUs
by Derek Johnson 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

I'm curious if anyone on the listserv is using a Raritan monitored-per-port PDU? If so, would you be willing to share your experience monitoring it with Observium? We're looking at buying some monitored + switched per-port models, and I want to make sure we can graph each port individually like we can with other vendors. I assume we can, but I figured it can't hurt to ping the community to see if others have any experience they're willing to share to confirm/deny my assumption. Thank you for any info you can offer! Derek Johnson Manager of Network Operations Fort Hays State University 415 Lyman Dr., TH175, Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-5688 | dpjohnson(a)fhsu.edu<mailto:dpjohnson@fhsu.edu>

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Custom OID troubleshooting
by Brad Bendy 10 Sep '23

10 Sep '23

Got a custom OID setup and graphing for a single device, nothing is showing up in the graphs but snmpget verifies the OID is correct. I think the text OID might be incorrect. Is there a debug log for this somewhere? This is the Professional edition. Thanks

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Need help on migration
by Anthony Polselli 07 Sep '23

07 Sep '23

Hi all, Been using Observium for many years and it's been great. But finally trying to migrate it to a new server running Ubuntu 22 (from Ubuntu 14) and it's been a struggle. I've followed these steps (https://docs.observium.org/server-migration/) but I'm not a Ubuntu / MySQL tech. I built a new Ubuntu server, installed Observium with the script and was able to login. Now, after I restore the rrd files and MySQL DB, I can't login to the web interface. I setup debug and got this below. I tried adding a new user with adduser.php and it looks like it worked, but can't login still. Thanks! [cid:image003.png@01D9DDA5.27FB6730] Thanks, [cid:image001.png@01D9DDA4.47BF6180] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 7047 Carroll Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232, ext: 101 office [cid:image002.png@01D9DDA4.47BF6180]

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Out Of Office
by thomas.page＠neutralityms.com 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Hi I am away currently with limited access to my inbox. Your message will not be forwarded. I will be back in the office on the 5th December If you are experiencing a fault on a live service, please contact nsc(a)neutralityms.com <mailto:nsc@neutralityms.com> Any help with ongoing delivery - please contact projects(a)neutralityms.com <mailto:projects@neutralityms.com> Thanks Tom

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error on "Applications" in device settings
by Bryan Fields 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

I'm running 23.8.12912 (2nd August 2023), svn revision 12959 on Debian 12. This is the subscription version. When I go to edit a device and then the "Applications" tab I get an error of "Oops! Something went wrong." The below is a quote of the page with the detail errors: > Cannot increment array in /opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116 > #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116] > 111: echo('<td class="text-center">' . generate_form_element($item) . '</td>'); > 112: //echo(" </td>"); > 113: echo(" <td>" . nicecase($app) . "</td>"); > 114: echo(" </tr>"); > 115: > 116: $row++; > 117: } > 118: } > 119: ?> > 120: </tbody> > 121: </table> > #1: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit.inc.php:119] > 114: $vars = get_vars('POST'); // Note, on edit pages use only method POST! > 115: $attribs = get_dev_attribs($device['device_id']); > 116: $model = get_model_array($device); > 117: > 118: register_html_resource('js', 'js/jquery.serializejson.js'); > 119: include($filename); > 120: } else { > 121: print_error('<h3>Page does not exist</h4> > 122: The requested page does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 123: } > 124: > #2: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device.inc.php:771] > 766: This device is being discovered now. Discovery started ' . format_unixtime($discovery_start) . ' (' . format_uptime(time() - $discovery_start) . ' ago).'); > 767: } > 768: } > 769: > 770: if (is_file($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php")) { > 771: include($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php"); > 772: } else { > 773: print_error('<h4>Tab does not exist</h4> > 774: The requested tab does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 775: } > 776: > #3: include called at [/opt/observium/html/index.php:234] > 229: </div> > 230: </div> > 231: <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-12">'; > 232: } > 233: > 234: include($page_file); > 235: echo '</div>'; > 236: } > 237: > 238: // Register default panel if custom not set > 239: if (!isset($GLOBALS['cache_html']['page_panel'])) { I checked the /opt/observium logs and didn't see anything that indicates the problem further. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this or what this may be? Thanks, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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APC EPDU1132M not showing power readings
by promise kumalo 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Hello i am having trouble adding the new APC EPDU1132M to the observium. The device is being added and recognised as an APC PDU, but there are no power readings being recorded. i have added an old model APC AP7854 B2 to observium and its works perfectly, i can see the power readings. i am running obversium CE 23.1.12493.

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How to filter only fibre network ports in an alert for link down?
by Thomas Stather 25 Aug '23

25 Aug '23

Hi, I want to create an alert for network ports that are down, but only associate the alert with fibre ports in our network infrastructure. I didn't find something like "ifPortType = fibre" or similar i can use. I could go with the interface speed but there could also be 1GBit fibre ports. How can i solve this? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000 Alerting
by Bryan Fields 24 Aug '23

24 Aug '23

Been working on getting this configured and my head around this alert. I've got it working to alert me of going on battery now, and if the batteries are marked as bad. This is specifically tested with an APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000, SKU: SRT6KXLT. I have three checks: 1: UPS on battery Test Condition: status_value eq 3 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbasicoutput-state Device in $device 2: UPS battery needs replacing Test Condition: status_value ne 1 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbatteryreplace-state Device in $device 3: UPS battery status Test Condition: status_value ne 2 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbattery-state Device in $device I hope this will be helpful as I didn't see much come up in my searching before. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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Re: my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Adam, I hear what you are saying about udp flooding...there are routers (no filters) in between but no firewalls. i don't see any indication in the logs that there are udp flooding issues...also, why only every couple of months? Why not every night? Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0] From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:14 PM To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org>; Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org>; Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] my server freaks out sometimes! This is likely a firewall or similar intervening device being unhappy at UDP volume and rate limiting. It's likely that your discovery run starts at midnight, so increases SNMP UDP traffic. adam. Tony Guadagno via observium wrote on 22/08/2023 14:01: * Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image006.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0] _______________________________________________ observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium@lists.observium.org> To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium-leave@lists.observium.org>

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my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

* Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image004.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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