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Patch to monitor by-outlet APC MasterSwitch bars
by Jordan Kirby 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi, We have recently installed some APC power bars that can be monitored by outlet (AP8653). I have written a patch for Observium (attached) that creates sensor for each of the ports on a AP8653. The patch also includes getting the input voltage for the newer "rPDU2" type power bars. I found the snmp queries to be slow against these new apcs when returning the current information, hence the increased timeout. Any suggestions/improvements are more than welcome! Regards Jordan

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No authorisation to app apache
by Fältman, Mikael 02 Dec '11

02 Dec '11

Hi My "normal users" can access the page App >> Apache (they are granted access to the device) but the graphs is not displaying. Only the text "No authorization" and a pink graph showing no values. Is this a bugg or do I have to grant access other than to the device for the users ? The Administrator classed users have no problem. Regards Mikael F _________________________________________ Mikael Fältman | Service manager Quality & Security | Logica Sweden Ivögatan 5, 295 22 Bromölla | Sweden T: +46 456 475 41 | M: +46 733 98 44 20 mikael.faltman(a)logica.com<mailto:mikael.faltman@logica.com> | www.logica.com <http://www.logica.com/> Think green - keep it on the screen. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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Re: [Observium] poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script
by Adam Armstrong 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

Aha. Sounds like new behaviour in Ubuntu copied from debian upstream. Its very annoying, as you discovered. Ill need ti mention it in the install guide, as currently its only a footnote for debian! Adam. -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "Fältman, Mikael" <mikael.faltman(a)logica.com> wrote: Actually: Ubuntu 11.10 Upgraded the distro not long a go. //Mikael Från: observium-bounces(a)observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] För Adam Armstrong Skickat: den 30 november 2011 22:15 Till: Observium Network Observation System Ämne: Re: [Observium] poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script Debian? Or another braindead distro which breaks snmp by removing mibs? Adam -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "Fältman, Mikael" <mikael.faltman(a)logica.com> wrote: Ah. That was a good switch ! OUTPUT from debug (not working): SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '24'] Applications: /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c nmspublic -O qv -M /opt/observium/mibs/ udp:liss-bro-fep1:161 nsExtendOutputFull.6.97.112.97.99.104.101 nsExtendOutputFull.6.97.112.97.99.104.101: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> nsExtendOutputFull) So I added “NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::” to the file “includes/polling/applications/apache.inc.php” and it solved the problem. Now it all works as expected. New OUTPUT from debug (working): SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '24'] Applications: /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c nmspublic -O qv -M /opt/observium/mibs/ udp:liss-bro-fep1:161 NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendOutputFull.6.97.112.97.99.104.101 Is it a bug or did I miss something. Some ENV param maybe ? Thank you ! Mikael Från: observium-bounces(a)observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] För Adam Armstrong Skickat: den 30 november 2011 19:34 Till: Observium Network Observation System Ämne: Re: [Observium] poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script Run the Poller for that host in debug. ./poller.php -h <host> -d Adam -- Sent from my Android phone with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. "Fältman, Mikael" <mikael.faltman(a)logica.com> wrote: ”Observium 0.11.10.2693” I have set up Observium as instructed to monitor an apache server. Everything seems work fine except that there is no data in the graphs . Doing a manual snmp poll from Observium server returns data and the /tmp/apache-snmp file is creataed on the remote server so I know that the script has been executed. (Snmpwalk -O qv -v2c -c xx webhost NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendOutputFull -M /opt/observium/mibs) Adding the App to the Device in Observium worked. mysql> select * from applications; +--------+-----------+----------+ | app_id | device_id | app_type | +--------+-----------+----------+ | 1 | 24 | apache | +--------+-----------+----------+ 1 rows in set (0.00 sec) The graphs are created under Apps->Apache But there is no data ! When running the poller.php scrip everythings seems fine. The script outputs: Applications: apache The RRDs is created and the timestamp on the file is updated every 5 min. app-apache-1.rrd A rrdtool dump shows only NAN BUT ! The file /tmp/apache-snmp is not created on the remote server when the poller.php script runs !? (I have removed it after testing) It seems that the poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script on the remote server ! Am I missing something ? Regards Mikael F _________________________________________ Mikael Fältman | Service manager Quality & Security | Logica Sweden Ivögatan 5, 295 22 Bromölla | Sweden T: +46 456 475 41 | M: +46 733 98 44 20 mikael.faltman(a)logica.com | www.logica.com Think green - keep it on the screen. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. Think green - keep it on the screen. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. Think green - keep it on the screen. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script
by Fältman, Mikael 01 Dec '11

01 Dec '11

”Observium 0.11.10.2693” I have set up Observium as instructed to monitor an apache server. Everything seems work fine except that there is no data in the graphs . Doing a manual snmp poll from Observium server returns data and the /tmp/apache-snmp file is creataed on the remote server so I know that the script has been executed. (Snmpwalk -O qv -v2c -c xx webhost NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB::nsExtendOutputFull -M /opt/observium/mibs) Adding the App to the Device in Observium worked. mysql> select * from applications; +--------+-----------+----------+ | app_id | device_id | app_type | +--------+-----------+----------+ | 1 | 24 | apache | +--------+-----------+----------+ 1 rows in set (0.00 sec) The graphs are created under Apps->Apache But there is no data ! When running the poller.php scrip everythings seems fine. The script outputs: Applications: apache The RRDs is created and the timestamp on the file is updated every 5 min. app-apache-1.rrd A rrdtool dump shows only NAN BUT ! The file /tmp/apache-snmp is not created on the remote server when the poller.php script runs !? (I have removed it after testing) It seems that the poller doesn’t kick the apache-stats.py script on the remote server ! Am I missing something ? Regards Mikael F _________________________________________ Mikael Fältman | Service manager Quality & Security | Logica Sweden Ivögatan 5, 295 22 Bromölla | Sweden T: +46 456 475 41 | M: +46 733 98 44 20 mikael.faltman(a)logica.com<mailto:mikael.faltman@logica.com> | www.logica.com <http://www.logica.com/> Think green - keep it on the screen. This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you.

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draw NA values using different color
by Nikolay Shopik 30 Nov '11

30 Nov '11

Hey, I'm just find this graph http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping-demo/?displaymode=n;start=2011-11-30%2012:2… And though it will be nice (if possible) to draw empty(NA) values using different color, like on graph I show.

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sorting type on ports tab changed?
by Nikolay Shopik 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Hi, Does sorting order recently changed on ports tab? When I sort by name of port right now it sort like this GigabitEthernet0/1 GigabitEthernet0/10 GigabitEthernet0/11 etc but before it was 0/1, 0/2, 0/3, etc.

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VLANs Tab empty after an upgrade
by Bruce-Young Majola 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

HI, I have updated to version 0.11.11.2734 and noticed that the VLANs Tab is now empty and does not even show the "Powered by xxxxxx" at the bottom of the page. Regards, Bruce DISCLAIMER: The information in this message is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this message by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, or distribution of the message, or any action or omission taken by you in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately contact the sender if you have received this message in error. SWIFTNET and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks. Thank you.

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Abnormal spike in billing graphs - r2719
by Berant Lemmenes 23 Nov '11

23 Nov '11

Hello, I've just recently setup Observium and noticed a strange spike in reported usage for one billing item, that wasn't reported in the actual interfaces stats. I've attached three screen shots, one of the accurate billing page for the billing entry in question, the 2nd for the interface page under the device, and the 3rd for the same interface as seen from a cricket install. As you can see the physical interface graphs in Observium or cricket don't show this extended period of ~ 8Gb/s that show up in the mysql based graphs. Looking at bill_data for the bill_id in question there were 45 entries where in_delta was exactly 309525032051591 while out_delta continues to change. Here is an example row: 31, 2011-11-10 17:35:06, 299, 309525032052787, 309525032051591, 1196 This has only manifested in this one billing. Let me know if there is anything else I can look at or provide that would assist. Thank you in advance. Thanks, Berant

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Database Question
by Letz Stefan / ACS 18 Nov '11

18 Nov '11

Hello List, we use observium to monitor about 200 network devices including syslog, ipsec, and smokeping. What we see is an excessive growing off database every time we make an svn update. Could everyone else see this phenomen? Mit freundlichen Gr??en / Best regards Stefan Letz Team Manager Customer Services ACS Solutions GmbH Maximilianallee 4 04129 Leipzig Phone: +49 341 355913 45 Mobile: +49 151 11446409 Fax: +49 341 355913 11 www.acs-europe.de<http://www.acs-europe.de> [cid:gold_partner_2011.jpg@10d693991e784a969efcef6bb72627ac] Amtsgericht Leipzig: HRB21111 USt-IdNr: DE814217083 Gesch?ftsf?hrung: Thomas Lindner

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Billing question
by Berant Lemmenes 17 Nov '11

17 Nov '11

I have a quick question to confirm what data is used to determine an overage... I believe I'm understanding the code/database correctly in that it calculates the 95th percentile for both in and out (rate_95th_in/rate_95th_out) and then whichever one is larger is stored as rate_95th and that is what is used for the value that the overage is based on. I just ask because we see ~4-5 times more entries that are over their limit with Observium than with our previous system (which granted was horribly cobbled together, and last maintained in the early 00's), and I just wanted to make sure it wasn't taking the sum of in and out for the calculation. Thanks! Berant

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