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Timestamp conversion (log) < 30 minutes
by Klimek, Denis 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

Hi all, does anybody know if it’s possible to re-enable the full timestamps for syslog and evenlog entries that happened within the last 30 minutes? Currently you only see the elapsed time instead of the full timestamp (date+time). Mit freundlichem Gruß wilhelm.tel GmbH Denis Klimek Carrier Manager & Professional Network Engineer IP-Systemtechnik Tel: +49 (0) 40 / 521 04 – 1049 -> Work From Home Mobil: +49 (0) 151 / 652 219 06 dklimek(a)stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<mailto:dklimek@stadtwerke-norderstedt.de> www.wilhelm-tel.de<http://www.wilhelm-tel.de/> ______________________________________________ [signature_1208965712] Postanschrift: wilhelm.tel GmbH Heidbergstraße 101-111 22846 Norderstedt Geschäftsführer: Jens Seedorff, Theo Weirich Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Christoph Mendel Handelsregister: HRB 4216 NO, Amtsgericht Kiel Umsatzsteuer ID: DE 81 299 7663 [ig]<https://www.instagram.com/azubiteam/>[fb]<https://www.facebook.com/wilhelmtel.norderstedt/>

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Not correctly setting temperature alerts
by Shawn L 17 Sep '20

17 Sep '20

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Inventorying Merakis
by Lars Joergensen 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Hi We have a bunch of Merakis in Observium, and we got the nice graphs and stuff. Then somebody asked for serial numbers for inventory purposes, and ... they're not there. I did an SNMP walk on a single Meraki device, and that's really sparse, explaining the lack of info in Observium. Then I added the Meraki dashboard (available at snmp.meraki.com), and let Observium have a look at that. It basically told me that it resides in San Francisco. Doing an SNMP walk on that does reveal all the necessary info, though, so it is there. Any plans on parsing the Meraki dashboard into Observium and get info on devices that way? If not, we can pull the serials from elsewhere, but it would be cool to know if it's coming. Lars ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this e-mail by mistake please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments, without opening the attachments, from your system. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any part of this e-mail by anyone else is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. Chr. Hansen does not represent and/or warrant that the information sent and/or received by or with this e-mail is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto. https://www.chr-hansen.com/en/legal-notice

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Error Adding Host
by Steven Rixon 13 Sep '20

13 Sep '20

Hi I am trying to add a new device but receiving the following error Try to add lam-nvr-057.example.com: Trying v2c community *** [0] ... Already got device with SNMP-read sysName () and other system Oids (lam-nvr-047.example.com). The device is a hikvision nvr and I do have multiple Hikvision nvr's already monitored I have also experienced this on a completely different install of observium while adding a cisco AP but unlike on the first install this is the only AP being monitored Adding SNMPv2c host rix-ap-05.example.com<http://rix-ap-05.appletree.rixonnet.co.uk/> port 161 × Trying v2c community *** [0] ... Already got device with SNMP-read sysName (rix-sw-02), 'snmpEngineID' = 8000113D0304097399A298 and 'entPhysicalSerialNum' = CN7BK3Q04W (rix-sw-02.example.com<http://rix-sw-02.home.rixonnet.co.uk/>). The results are the same from both the gui or cli Thanks Steven Steven Rixon IT & Infrastructure Manager , WT Lamb Holdings Ltd T: 01403 785141 D: 01403 787425 M: 07793 463179 E: steven.rixon(a)wtlholdings.com W: www.wtlholdings.com A: Nyewood Court, Brookers Road, Billingshurst West Sussex, RH14 9RZ, United Kingdom WT Lamb Holdings Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered Number: 447302. Registered office: Nyewood Court, Brookers Road, Billingshurst, West Sussex. RH14 9RZ. Please note that WT Lamb Holdings Limited may monitor email traffic data and also the content of email for the purposes of security and staff training. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the addressee. If you are not the addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify our IT Manager on 01403 785141 (UK) immediately or by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. WT Lamb Holdings Limited therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version. Opinions expressed in this email are those of the sender & may not reflect the opinions or views of WT Lamb Holdings Limited.

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bogus VLANs reported on switch
by Adam Thompson 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

We have a Cisco C2960S running 12.2(55)SE3 that Observium insists has a whole bunch of VLANs that don’t actually exist on the switch. The VLANs (No Graphs) screen, for example, shows: VLAN Description Other Ports Vlan 1 default Vlan1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19129/>(U), Gi1/0/25<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19158/>(U), Gi1/0/26<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19159/>(U), Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>(U), Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/>(U) Vlan 2 ccey Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 3 ccmy Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 4 me Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 5 Hermes-Uwrtr1 Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 6 Vlan 9 firewall Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 10 Vlan 90 VLAN0090 Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> Vlan 91 Vlan 99 ITC-Office-Inside Te1/0/1<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19160/>, Te1/0/2<https://observium.merlin.mb.ca/device/device=444/tab=port/port=19161/> …but VIDs 6, 10 and 91 don’t actually exist on this device: UMTor1#show vlan id 6 VLAN id 6 not found in current VLAN database UMTor1#show vlan id 10 VLAN id 10 not found in current VLAN database UMTor1#show vlan id 91 VLAN id 91 not found in current VLAN database I have manually re-run discovery, successfully. Every bogus VID strictly follows a valid VID, i.e. 5 is valid, 6 is not. 9 is valid, 10 is not. 90 is valid, 91 is not. And so on. Anyone else run into this? Any ideas how to troubleshoot this? Thanks, -Adam Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services [[MERLIN LOGO]]<https://www.merlin.mb.ca/> 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) athompson(a)merlin.mb.ca<mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca> www.merlin.mb.ca<http://www.merlin.mb.ca/>

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Google Maps on dashboard
by Lars Joergensen 11 Sep '20

11 Sep '20

Hi Finally figured out how to make locations work properly by paying for the Google geocoding API. The map on the dashboard is provided by OpenSteetMap. Any way to make that map provided by Google instead, so we can get the satellite view? Lars ________________________________ Disclaimer: This e-mail, including any attachments, is for the intended recipient only. If you have received this e-mail by mistake please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete this e-mail and any attachments, without opening the attachments, from your system. Access, disclosure, copying, distribution or reliance on any part of this e-mail by anyone else is prohibited. This e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. Chr. Hansen does not represent and/or warrant that the information sent and/or received by or with this e-mail is correct and does not accept any liability for damages related thereto. https://www.chr-hansen.com/en/legal-notice

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SNMP Timeouts
by Luis Londoño 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

Hello, A couple of weeks ago some of our switches starting not responding to SNMP and are showing down now but I can ping them from the server that I have Observium on. Recently the server storage got filled up but I expanded the disk and has plenty of space now, but I still get timeouts even if I run the SNMPwalk from the Obserivum server. I reinstalled the snmp and snmpd packages on the server (ubuntu 20.04). Some switches are using v2c and those are working while the ones that aren't working are using v3. Wasn't sure if maybe I needed to reinstall some other packages or see what else I could do to fix this. Thank you

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Monitoring and Alert of MySQL Replication
by Kevin Riahi 09 Sep '20

09 Sep '20

Hello, Is there a method to monitor MySQL replication status, Master Slave status, and alert on failure? Thank you Kevin.

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Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Pieter De Wit 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter

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Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Tony Guadagno 08 Sep '20

08 Sep '20

Milton, I disagree, for example, how do you set up a rule to apply to all devices (past and future)? It appears you cannot, however, you could in the past and that are what all the examples show. I like observium quite a lot, however, its these things (like documentation that is not current) that can really frustrate a user. Tony From: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 5:05 PM To: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? The only thing that has really change is the association rule set. Instead of it being a text entry like the test conditions, there is now an expression builder, but the fields and operators are still the same. That should be easier that before. The test/check condition documentation is still relevant. That hasn't changed. From: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 1:59:04 PM To: Milton Ngan; Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: RE: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? This is what modern version looks like, unfortunately, there are no docs for this. [cid:image007.png@01D685B3.55A2C860] Tony From: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:49 PM To: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? I can't really say what "modern" Observium looks like, I haven't updated our SVN pull for a while. But the version we are running has Test Conditions and the syntax for those looks like what is on the examples page, so I assumed that this should still be relevant. Hopefully Pieter can figure it out from there. From: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 1:43:35 PM To: Observium; Milton Ngan Cc: Pieter De Wit; Observium Subject: RE: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? There is a problem with these examples, they don’t work for modern Observium. Now that observium uses test conditions and “association rulesets”, the documentation is broke and you cannot implement these examples the way they are shown. It would be REALLY helpful to have updated documentation. I am stull struggling with checkers because it is all trial and error. Tony From: Pieter De Wit via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:18 PM To: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? How did I miss that….Thanks ! On 8/09/2020, at 07:58, Milton Ngan <milton(a)valvesoftware.com<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com>> wrote: Use ifInOctets_perc, an example of this is in the docs. https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/ Example Alert Checkers - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/> docs.observium.org<http://docs.observium.org/> Observium Documentation From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Pieter De Wit via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:46:46 PM To: Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ?
by Tony Guadagno 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

There is a problem with these examples, they don’t work for modern Observium. Now that observium uses test conditions and “association rulesets”, the documentation is broke and you cannot implement these examples the way they are shown. It would be REALLY helpful to have updated documentation. I am stull struggling with checkers because it is all trial and error. Tony From: Pieter De Wit via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 4:18 PM To: Milton Ngan<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com> Cc: Pieter De Wit<mailto:pieter@insync.za.net>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? How did I miss that….Thanks ! On 8/09/2020, at 07:58, Milton Ngan <milton(a)valvesoftware.com<mailto:milton@valvesoftware.com>> wrote: Use ifInOctets_perc, an example of this is in the docs. https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/ Example Alert Checkers - Observium<https://docs.observium.org/alerting_examples/> docs.observium.org<http://docs.observium.org/> Observium Documentation From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Pieter De Wit via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Sent: Monday, September 7, 2020 12:46:46 PM To: Observium Cc: Pieter De Wit Subject: [Observium] Alert on port utilisation percent ? Hi All, Is there a way to alert on port usage percentage ? If so, what is the metric called ? We are *currently* on CE. Thanks, Pieter _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Seperate Juniper Flow Sessions from Max
by Pieter De Wit 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, We have a Juniper firewall and its Max Flow Sessions is a *lot* higher than what is currently used. Is there a way to seperate these values onto 2 graphs (without using custom OIDs) ? Thanks, Pieter

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IPSEC Tunnel graphs - Def Error
by Dale Chambers 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi, I we predominantly have Cisco devices which is monitored via Observium. I have noticed that there is an issue showing graphs of IPSEC Tunnels. I am not sure when this started to fail but I am on version 20.8.10644. I have checked amongst several different devices and they all show the same error. This is tested on ASA5506, ASA5525, Cisco 1921, Cisco 2911 and Cisco 4331. All graphs shows 'Def Error' [cid:image007.png@01D6829C.C6E0D220] How do I resolved this issue? I have already tried running the discovery.php -h all, and I have even upgraded to 20.9.10652 and still having the same issue. Many Thanks Dale CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVACY POLICY This communication is private and the information contained in this email and any attachments may be privileged, commercially sensitive, confidential, proprietary to NSSLGlobal Limited or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient or have been sent this in error, you are prohibited from using, copying, relying upon, or disseminating the information, and the sender disclaims any liability for such unauthorised use. Further, if you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. In accordance with our email policy, emails sent or received may be monitored. Thank you. We have recently updated our Privacy Policy, which can be accessed at https://www.nsslglobal.com/uploads/documents/NSSLGlobal_Privacy_Policy.pdf We will hold and manage personal data that you provide us with in accordance with this Privacy Policy.

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Enabling MIB and custom values support
by Marian Rychtecky 07 Sep '20

07 Sep '20

Hi all, I do have two questions with different topics, but I didn't want to send multiple emails. Hope you don't mind. First question is probably very simple, however I cannot find out - I need to collect information from Cisco devices using " CISCO-NETWORK-VIRTUALIZATION-OVERLAY-MIB". This MIB is part of Observium. How I will "activate" collecting these MIB values from a device please? I do have almost all modules active and I don't know how to add MIB to a certain device (not all devices, just 3 of them). Second question - as more and more devices (such as Arista) are giving up on SNMP turning slowly to REST APIs or similar methods, is there any way to push information to Observium using its own (python/php) script? I would imagine any kind of value mapping to graphs and then collecting values from scripts or JSON file.... Thank you for your time and support. Marian -- Marian Rychtecký mr(a)nix.cz Phone +420 724 397 441 NIX.CZ z.s.p.o. Americká 23, Praha 2 130 52 Czech Republic http://www.nix.cz

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Connect to device icon?
by Chris Macneill 05 Sep '20

05 Sep '20

Hi, I was sure at one point there was a "Connect to device/terminal" icon in Observium, but either I'm mistaken and it was never there or now so buried I can no longer find it. Whilst hostnames and/or IP addresses are shown in Observium, they generally have active links attached to them to take you to other screens in Observium, this makes it hard to copy these into a Browser to gain access to the device's GUI. It would be nice to have a "Connect to device" icon next to the IP/Hostname that will make it much easier to click through to the device's own GUI. We recently started using Ubiquiti's UNMS monitoring system which is good for Ubiquiti devices, but pretty lousy for anything else. UNMS has a "Copy to clipboard" icon next to each IP address making it really easy to then connect to the device's GUI. I like the "Copy to clipboard" method rather than a URL link, as this is generic and you can then copy and paste into a browser or any other application. Regards Chris Macneill

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Request for adding support for VELOCLOUD MIBS
by Sujith S 05 Sep '20

05 Sep '20

Hello Team, Kindly add the Support for VELOCLOUD MIBS. Please let me know what information is needed for this Support to be added. -- Regards Sujith

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Again Reset GEO location
by Jacek.Dabrowski＠selgros.pl 04 Sep '20

04 Sep '20

Hello, Is it possible to reset the GEO location via cli ??? I have such a case, GEO displays 2dev, it's actually 30, the address is the same (same location), geo reset helps but for 30 devices it's tiring. [cid:image001.png@01D6829D.8F80D630] Regards Jacek Dąbrowski

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BGP Session Monitoring on ASR9900
by Serghei Golipad 03 Sep '20

03 Sep '20

Hi All, Is anyone monitoring VPNV4/VRF BGP sessions? I can see Observium is successfully discovering peers but not showing state for some reason. Is anyone having same issues? I'm on 7.0.2 of IOS-XR code. Cheers PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 1 New Change, London, EC4M 9AF. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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Difference in polling between community and professionnal edition ?
by mosdvas 02 Sep '20

02 Sep '20

Hello, I've been using Observium for a few months in my company and I'm thinking about upgrading to the professional version. Does this version add more powerful mibs on hardware or add some fonctionnality on WMI polling ? Like for example : - BGP & Peering session on Mikrotiks (CCRXXX) - spooler tracking on Zebra printers - Windows's wmi poller able to list services and their states Best Regards,

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Alert Check - Monitoring Cisco Stack Redundancy
by Mezzadri, Steven 01 Sep '20

01 Sep '20

Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me write a better alert checker to determine if a Cisco stack has a missing member. Occasionally, one member of a stack will fail, but the stack continues to operate so it's not in a "down" state. I would like to get a notification when that happens. I am currently monitoring all stack ports, but any unused stack ports show "down" as well, so I'm looking for a better solution. [image: image.png] I would like to use another status indicator such as "stack is redundant" or "stacking state": [image: image.png] Perhaps cswRingRedundant ? [image: image.png] Could anyone assist me with how to construct an alert check to accomplish this? Thanks! -- Steven Mezzadri Network Engineer

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Observium upgrade
by Marian Rychtecky 31 Aug '20

31 Aug '20

Hi Mike and all, today I upgraded Observium to the latest stable version 20.8.10645. After the upgrade system deleted sensors PSUs, CPUs and FANs on ALL Nexus switches. Please note there was no change on devices nor network, I just performed svn update on Observium. Thank you Marian -- Marian Rychtecký mr(a)nix.cz Phone +420 724 397 441 NIX.CZ z.s.p.o. Americká 23, Praha 2 130 52 Czech Republic http://www.nix.cz

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Uninstall Observium on Ubuntu 18.04
by Kelley, Ronald E. 30 Aug '20

30 Aug '20

All, Want to uninstall Observium Community Edition on Ubuntu 18.04 box. Need to preserve all other content on the box. Have not seen any instructions about how to do so, but thought I would ask. Thank you. Ronald Kelley Administrative Director IT Infrastructure Operations Information Technology Division Houston Methodist Houston Methodist. Leading Medicine. Houston Methodist is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the No. 1 hospital in Texas for patient care and safety and one of the top 20 hospitals in the nation. In addition, we are nationally ranked in 11 specialties, the most in the state, and have been national leaders throughout the COVID-19 pandemic in research, offering innovative treatments and surpassing CDC safety standards. For more than 100 years, Houston Methodist has provided the best — and safest — clinical care, advanced technology and patient experience. That is our promise of leading medicine. houstonmethodist.org twitter.com/MethodistHosp facebook.com/HoustonMethodist ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE*** This e-mail is the property of Houston Methodist and/or its relevant affiliates and may contain restricted and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review, use, distribution or disclosure by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient (or authorized to receive for the recipient), please contact the sender and delete all copies of the message. Thank you.

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observium docker/Kubernetes install
by Simon Mousey Smith 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

Hi all I wondered if anybody has setup observium inside a docker container or even inside a Kubernetes cluster? If they have: are they running it fine? How does it preform? what’s the usage like? Only reason I’m asking if I’m looking sadly to move all our VMs (50) into smaller containers (10) and running Kubernetes as most things can be done by containers I’m just yet to find anyone with an observium container? Regards Simon Sent from my iPhone

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Re: [Observium] Connect to device icon?
by Chris Macneill 27 Aug '20

27 Aug '20

I'm using the Subscription version, so maybe I remember from the days before we paid and were using the CE version. In the Subscription version under the Device Cog the "Connect via" options are replaced by a "Show Tech Support" icon, but nothing in there to connect anywhere. Looks like feature has somehow dropped off Subscription version, I'm a full administrator so should be able to see anything the system has to offer. Currently running 20.8.10631 (stable). Regards Chris Macneill From: "Michael" <obslist(a)smarsz.com> To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Chris Macneill" <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> Sent: Thursday, 27 August, 2020 16:28:35 Subject: Re: [Observium] Connect to device icon? Hi, I the options that you are looking for are found on the device settings cog (not the global settings cog). At least, that's where they are on my CE install. I tried to screen grab the [ http://demo.observium.org/ | demo.observium.org ] instance for you, but it appears that it may also be specific to user account priveleges (or the option has fallen off between CE and current PE). Here's the screenshot from my install. Cheers, Michael On 27 Aug 2020, at 8:56 am, Chris Macneill via observium < [ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] > wrote: Hi, I was sure at one point there was a "Connect to device/terminal" icon in Observium, but either I'm mistaken and it was never there or now so buried I can no longer find it. Whilst hostnames and/or IP addresses are shown in Observium, they generally have active links attached to them to take you to other screens in Observium, this makes it hard to copy these into a Browser to gain access to the device's GUI. It would be nice to have a "Connect to device" icon next to the IP/Hostname that will make it much easier to click through to the device's own GUI. We recently started using Ubiquiti's UNMS monitoring system which is good for Ubiquiti devices, but pretty lousy for anything else. UNMS has a "Copy to clipboard" icon next to each IP address making it really easy to then connect to the device's GUI. I like the "Copy to clipboard" method rather than a URL link, as this is generic and you can then copy and paste into a browser or any other application. Regards Chris Macneill _______________________________________________ observium mailing list [ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Reducing WiFi Error Alerts
by Chris Macneill 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Hi, We get a lot of WiFi error alerts from Ubiquiti devices clogging up our event log. Most devices in Observium have a number of Sensors listed which allows thresholds to be adjusted to receive only genuine issues and reduce the noise level. Ubiquiti WiFi devices have no sensors listed for each device, so apparently no way to adjust thresholds? Regards Chris Macneill

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Re: [Observium] Cisco ASR9K Monitoring
by Serghei Golipad 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Hi All, Is anyone monitoring BGP vpnv4/vrf sessions? I’m not seeing status of them although they are being discovered: [cid:image001.png@01D67BA3.902ECC00] One thing to note, we’ve replaced original device and this new one was named as the old one (diff vendor), so might be screwed UP DB? Cheers PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 1 New Change, London, EC4M 9AF. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the upgrade
by Renuka Arya 24 Aug '20

24 Aug '20

That seems to totally work! Thanks! Regards Renuka Arya On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 11:03 AM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> wrote: > Hi, > > > > We drop sessions when the IP changes. I’m not quite sure why anymore, but > it was a security thing we added a few years ago. > > > > You can disable this behaviour with : > > > > $config['web_session_ip'] = FALSE; // Bind user sessions to his > IP address > > > > This setting is in the web config in Authentication -> Sessions -> Session > bind to IP > > > > Thanks, > > Adam. > > > > > > *From:* Renuka Arya <rarya(a)uchicago.edu> > *Sent:* 24 August 2020 16:52 > *To:* Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org>; Renuka Arya via observium < > observium(a)observium.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the > upgrade > > > > Hi Adam! > > > > Few update! > > > > We figured that we are able to access the observium server just fine (no > authentication issues); if we access it directly. > > > > The issue arises when we try to thought our F5 load balancer setup; where > the Virtual IP/host is configure on F5 pointing to the server running the > observium. We have opened up a case with F5 to investigate more into it. > But was wondering if you have seen any issues with new code [20.7.10549] > going via a LB/proxy or as such. > > > > > > Please see the attached screenshots for reference; > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > Renuka Arya > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 10:16 AM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > wrote: > > You should probably upgrade the system to 18.04 (and then probably 20.04, > Observium gets a lot of benefit from performance improvements in the newer > PHP and RRDtool) and then svn up again. > > > > It might well be quicker to transplant the install to a new 20.04 install, > Observium is only the MySQL db, the rrd directory and the config.php. > > > > You can follow the install guide and then replace these at the end of the > install. > > > > Adam. > > > > *From:* Renuka Arya <rarya(a)uchicago.edu> > *Sent:* 10 August 2020 15:52 > *To:* Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the > upgrade > > > > So, what are your suggestions? > > > > Our current database is for 20.7.10615. But the code it is running is > 19.6.9932 > > > > I understand, we prolly need to upgrade PHP to 7.1 or 7.2 ; not sure in > what sequence should be running the svp updates? > > > > > > > > > > Regards > > Renuka Arya > > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 8:55 AM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > wrote: > > I think the problems come from PHP 7.0, I think it has some issues. Our > minimum requirement is 7.1, though I think we need to change that to 7.2 > now. > > > > The latest stable is whatever the revision of the last change to the > stable tree is: > > > > https://www.observium.org/versions.php > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.observium.org/versions.php__;!!BpyFH…> > > > > "stable":{"version":"20.7.10549","revision":"10549","date":"2020-07-03"} > > "current":{"version":"20.7.10614","revision":"10614","date":"2020-07-24"} > > > > The versions are not important numbers, they’re just autogenerated > revisions within svn. > > > > Adam. > > > > *From:* Renuka Arya <rarya(a)uchicago.edu> > *Sent:* 10 August 2020 14:37 > *To:* Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the > upgrade > > > > lacadmin@kh26-42:~$ lsb_release -a > No LSB modules are available. > Distributor ID: Ubuntu > Description: Ubuntu 16.04.5 LTS > Release: 16.04 > Codename: xenial > > > > lacadmin@kh26-42:~$ php -v > PHP 7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.15 (cli) ( NTS ) > Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group > Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies > with Zend OPcache v7.0.33-0ubuntu0.16.04.15, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, > by Zend Technologies > > > > > > lacadmin@kh26-42:~$ mysql -V > mysql Ver 15.1 Distrib 10.2.21-MariaDB, for debian-linux-gnu (x86_64) > using readline 5.2 > > > > What is the latest stable version of Observium? > > Version 20.7.10614 ? > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 8:24 AM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > wrote: > > You’re still running schema 432, the database can’t be downgraded. I’m not > sure exactly what has changed in that time, but likely a number of things > will be broken. > > > > What is this running on? What is the PHP and MySQL/Mariadb version? > > > > Adam. > > > > *From:* Renuka Arya <rarya(a)uchicago.edu> > *Sent:* 10 August 2020 14:18 > *To:* Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the > upgrade > > > > Hello > > > > We run the following commands, when we first were trying to upgrade: > > 1) svn update > > 2) ./discovery.php -u > > It ran as: > > root@kh26-42:/opt/observium# ./discovery.php -u ___ _ _ > / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ > | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ > | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | > \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| > Observium Professional 20.7.10615 > https://www.observium.org <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.observium.org/__;!!BpyFHLRN4TMTrA!u_…>-- Updating database/file schema > 412 -> 413 # (php) Done (0s). > 413 -> 414 # (db) . Done (15s). > 414 -> 415 # (php) Unificate GEO Country names: . Done (1s). > 415 -> 416 # (db) .. Done (2s). > 416 -> 417 # (db) .. Done (4s). > 417 -> 418 # (db) . Done (1s). > 418 -> 419 # (db) .... Done (3s). > 419 -> 420 # (db) .. Done (3s). > 420 -> 421 # (db) ... Done (2s). > 421 -> 422 # (db) .. Done (0s). > 422 -> 423 # (db) ...... Done (9s). > 423 -> 424 # (php) Update IPv4 addresses: ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... > Update IPv6 addresses: ..................... > Done (0s). > 424 -> 425 # (db) . Done (29s). > 425 -> 426 # (db) ............... Done (16s). > 426 -> 427 # (db) ... Done (44s). > 427 -> 428 # (db) ... Done (3s). > 428 -> 429 # (db) ..... Done (7s). > 429 -> 430 # (db) (WARNING! Required MySQL version 5.6+ or MariaDB 10.0+)... Done (0s). > 430 -> 431 # (db) ..... Done (4s). > 431 -> 432 # (php) Done (1s). > -- Done. > > > > This upgraded from Observium 19.6.9932 to Observium Professional > 20.7.1061 > > > > We noticed this > > 429.sql:ALTER TABLE `autodiscovery` ADD INDEX `remote_hostname_ip` (`poller_id`, `remote_hostname`, `remote_ip`); > 430.sql:ALTER TABLE `autodiscovery` ADD INDEX `remote_hostname_ip` (`poller_id`, `remote_hostname`, `remote_ip`); > > > > When we tried to login as my user/admin; it will let me in but as an > `unauthenticated` user BUT will not display stuff properly; infact will > kick me out , when I tried to click on things. It seems the poller were > still working but authentication was broken > > > > At this point we downgraded observium as: > > > > 1) svn update -r 9932. > > > > And we could see the schema in /opt/observium/update was upto 412.sql > > > > 2. We did not run ./discovery -u after this. > > > > After doing this I can login to observium just fine and see all the graphs > etc just fine > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Regards > > Renuka Arya > > ./ > > > > On Sun, Aug 9, 2020 at 9:44 PM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> wrote: > > You don’t run discovery after downgrading, you run it after upgrading. > > > > You can’t downgrade because database changes are not reversible. > Downgrading will probably break your database. > > > > The latest stable version is whatever Observium says it is after you do > “svn up”. Ignore what SVN says, that’s just the repository revision. > > > > Did you run discovery -u after the initial upgrade attempt? > > > > Adam. > > > > *From:* Renuka Arya <rarya(a)uchicago.edu> > *Sent:* 07 August 2020 14:23 > *To:* Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> > *Cc:* Renuka Arya via observium <observium(a)observium.org> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Cannot login to my observium UI after the > upgrade > > > > Hi Adam, > > > > Thanks for your reply! > > > > No we didn't run ./discovery.php -u after downgrading to 19.6.9932. I am > supposing we should not run it as it's going to break the DB? > > > > What options do we have now? > > > > Also, what is the latest stable release; svn update, updates it to 20.7.10615 > whereas observium says it is Version 20.7.10614 > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 8:57 PM Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> wrote: > > Hi, > > Did you run ./discovery.php -u ? > > If you didn't, that'd explain it. If you did, downgrading will break your > database. > > But if it you had done that and it wasn't working, the likely causes are > either database desync or local modifications. > > The former is pretty difficult and time consuming to track down, and > usually involves removing the database and readding all of the devices. > > Adam. > > Sent from BlueMail > <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.bluemail.me/r?b=15919__;!!BpyFHLRN4TM…> > > On 6 Aug 2020, at 19:18, Renuka Arya via observium < > observium(a)observium.org> wrote: > > Update ; so we rolled back to the current version - O bservium 19.6.9932 > and it seems to be fixed now. > > > > However, we noticed two things: > > 1) when we run 'svn update' it never prompts for user/pwd. Please note > that we have a valid subscription & user/pwd > > 2) After we run 'svn update' it updates to 20.7.10615 . However, our > observium site says : So lookslike just running svn update is not updating > to current stable version? > > > There is a newer revision of Observium available! > > Version 20.7.10614 (6th August 2020) is 682 revisions ahead. > > > > On Thu, Aug 6, 2020 at 11:18 AM Renuka Arya < rarya(a)uchicago.edu> wrote: > > Hello Team, > > > > I upgraded my Observium from Observium 19.6.9932 to Observium > Professional 20.7.10615 this morning. > > > > I cannot login to the UI now; With my user and admin user it lets me in as > unauthenticated, shows broken graphs and kicks me out or would say *Remote > IP has changed.* > > > > > > and we see this > > > > [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): ====== Schema update 429 -> 430 ============== > [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Query: ALTER TABLE `autodiscovery` ADD INDEX `remote_hostname_ip` (`poller_id`, `remote_hostname`, `remote_ip`); > [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Error: (1061) Duplicate key name 'remote_hostname_ip' > > > > Any help will be appreciated! > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > > > Regards > > Renuka Arya > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listi…> > >

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Syslog alert checker functionality / OID "group" alerts (FC Port Monitoring)
by Markus Mohr 24 Aug '20

24 Aug '20

Hiya! Two questions or requests for some problems that just showed up. 1. Syslog with additional alert checker functionality We use observiums syslogserver for most of our systems and syslog alerts of course. Problem is, we can't set a delay. Like 1 system, 4 reports in 10 Minutes = alert. Is there any way this could be implemented or is already planned for observium? Main reason is, that we have some systems that need to alert, but only after a specific threshold. Otherwise we get flooded with senseless alarms. Waking up in the middle of the night because of a false alert sucks a bit :) 2. Building OID groups / FC Port monitoring We need a check for our FC switches to report, if a port has the wrong config and runs as FL instead of F. MIB and custom OID are no problem in this case, would be OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3 - and it works. BUT I need to add a custom OID for every port, so 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3.1.1, 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3.1.2 etc. and create an alert check for every OID. Adding 24 or more custom OID etc. and the checks . well, sucks a bit. Any idea how this could be better managed? Best wishes Markus MOHR IT-Infrastruktur TakeASP AG

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FW: Observium
by Christos Aivazoglou 20 Aug '20

20 Aug '20

Hello Guys, Can anyone provide us a little bit help? Thank you very much and sorry for any inconvenience Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 <http://www.vipa.ch/> www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA Lausanne S.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type From: Christos Aivazoglou <christos.aivazoglou(a)vipa.ch> Sent: Τετάρτη, 12 Αυγούστου 2020 5:18 μμ To: adama(a)observium.org Subject: Observium Hello Boss, I hope you are very well, recently we bought your product we would like to learn how can we use the Probe and winservice alerts can you help us? Thank you very much ! Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 <http://www.vipa.ch/> www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA Lausanne S.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type

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Ghost devices in alert checker
by Daniel Johansson 18 Aug '20

18 Aug '20

Hi I created a new alert checker today and it seems I have 2 ghost devices showing up now. Neither of the other alert checkers have them showing up. Could there be some issue in the db or can I find out which devices it picks up? When I click on the entitys it just says: No valid device specified A valid device was not specified in the URL. Please retype and try again. -- Any ideas? ---- Regards Daniel

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Reset GEO location
by Jacek.Dabrowski＠selgros.pl 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

Hello, Is it possible to reset the GEO location via cli ??? I have such a case, GEO displays 2dev, it's actually 30, the address is the same (same location), geo reset helps but for 30 devices it's tiring. [cid:image001.png@01D67246.59C7ECC0] Regards Jacek Dąbrowski

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Spam Folder
by Walter Onda 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Hello Adam I got all messages from observium in my spam folder. Return-Path: <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> Received: from s053.cyon.net ....... 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record -0.5 FROM_IS_REPLY_TO From and Repply-To is the same -0.5 FROM_IS_TO From and To is the same 7.0 SPF_FAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (fail) [SPF failed: Please see http://www.openspf.net/Why?s=mfrom;id=observium-bounces%40observium.org;ip=…] 0.0 T_KAM_HTML_FONT_INVALID BODY: Test for Invalidly Named or Formatted Colors in HTML 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -1.0 MAILING_LIST_MULTI Multiple indicators imply a widely-seen list manager 1.3 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS X-Spam-Flag: YES ..... Are some parameter missing for SPF? Regards Walter

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Lexmark-MiBs import into Observium
by Christian Moh 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Hello, we have a lot of Lexmark Printers in our Institut, if we wantes to monitored. Can you included the Lexmark MiBs into Observium? It will be nice. Thanks -- Signatur C.Moh Mit freundlichen Grüßen *Christian Moh* /IT-Services/ ______________________________________ /Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Telefon: +49 6221 486-640 E-Mail:/ Christian.Moh(a)mr.mpg.de

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Dark mode
by Richard Kuhns 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

You've no idea how happy you've made some of the engineers around here :) -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Systems Administrator Wintek Powered by Tipmont Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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Re: [Observium] Dark mode graph text still black
by Serghei Golipad 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

What! There's dark mode? :O ________________________________ From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Luis Londoño via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 14:03 To: Observium Cc: Luis Londoño Subject: [Observium] Dark mode graph text still black When enabling the dark mode UI in Observium the menu text and system information text changes to white but the graphs stay black. Would be good to have the graph text/numbers change to white as well to be able to read them [cid:image001.jpg@01D67087.561941C0] PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 1 New Change, London, EC4M 9AF. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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Dark mode graph text still black
by Luis Londoño 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

When enabling the dark mode UI in Observium the menu text and system information text changes to white but the graphs stay black. Would be good to have the graph text/numbers change to white as well to be able to read them [cid:image001.jpg@01D67087.561941C0]

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Support
by Christos Aivazoglou 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Hello All, I have also a request cause I cannot find any solution IRC Chat or Documentation. Alert basic on Winservices status? Alert basic on Virtual machine status? Thank you very much !! Greetings from Swiss Company ! Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA LausanneS.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type

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Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium
by Tony Guadagno 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Submit it as a request and they will usually integrate it into the next build. Tony From: Sujith S via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:44 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Sujith S<mailto:sujiths80@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium Hello, I am new to observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> and I recently started using it. I am using a product which has custom MIB which is not available in the MIB supported by Observium. Can someone please advise me how can I add this custom MIBS to to the Observium to monitor this device ? Kindly advise -- Regards Sujith -- Regards Sujith

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Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium
by Sujith S 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

> Hello, > > I am new to observium <observium(a)observium.org> and I recently started > using it. I am using a product which has custom MIB which is not > available in the MIB supported by Observium. Can someone please advise me > how can I add this custom MIBS to to the Observium to monitor this device ? > Kindly advise > > -- > > Regards > Sujith > > -- Regards Sujith

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Cannot login to my observium UI after the upgrade
by Renuka Arya 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Hello Team, I upgraded my Observium from Observium 19.6.9932 to Observium Professional 20.7.10615 this morning. I cannot login to the UI now; With my user and admin user it lets me in as unauthenticated, shows broken graphs and kicks me out or would say Remote IP has changed. and we see this [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): ====== Schema update 429 -> 430 ============== [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Query: ALTER TABLE `autodiscovery` ADD INDEX `remote_hostname_ip` (`poller_id`, `remote_hostname`, `remote_ip`); [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Error: (1061) Duplicate key name 'remote_hostname_ip' Any help will be appreciated! Thank you! Regards Renuka Arya

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Kamailio Application module
by Kevin Riahi 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Is the instruction set for installing and configuring Kamailio application module up to date for Kamailio v5.x at this URL [ https://docs.observium.org/apps/ | https://docs.observium.org/apps/ ] ? A recent upgrade from Kamailio 4 to 5 had broken what used to work for us on Kamailio v4. TIA Kevin Riahi

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Re: [Observium] Varnish Agent not working
by Simone Montagnani 04 Aug '20

04 Aug '20

Hi sorry for the late reply. in attach the output let me know if it's ok. Bests Regards, Simone Da: "Mike Stupalov" <mike(a)observium.org> A: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org>, "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Simone Montagnani" <s.montagnani(a)lamma.rete.toscana.it> Inviato: Mercoledì, 15 luglio 2020 13:30:33 Oggetto: Re: [Observium] Varnish Agent not working Hi Simon, can you send me (attach) full output for "varnishstat -x" on different output? Simone Montagnani via observium wrote on 01.07.2020 17:03: <?xml version="1.0"?> <varnishstat timestamp="2020-07-01T15:37:43"> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>uptime</name> <value>13848724</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>d</format> <description>Child process uptime</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_conn</name> <value>250458042</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions accepted</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_drop</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions dropped</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_fail</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Session accept failures</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>client_req_400</name> <value>1236</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Client requests received, subject to 400 errors</description> </stat> -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, [ http://observium.org/ | http://observium.org ]

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Configuration Poller Partitions
by Philipp Rehs 03 Aug '20

03 Aug '20

Hello, i found the documentation about Poller Partitions but i think there is something missing https://docs.observium.org/partitioning/ How do i assign a device to a poller server? Kind regards Philipp Rehs -- --------------------------- Zentrum für Informations- und Medientechnologie Kompetenzzentrum für wissenschaftliches Rechnen und Speichern Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 Raum 25.41.00.51 40225 Düsseldorf / Germany Tel: +49-211-81-15557

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AUTO: Andrea Mastrangelo is out of the office (restituzione di Dom 23/08/2020)
by A.Mastrangelo＠ads.it 31 Jul '20

31 Jul '20

Sono fuori dall'ufficio da Mer 23/05/2018 fino a Dom 23/08/2020. Nota: Questa è una risposta automatizzata al messaggio "Re: [Observium] Change Server" inviata il 23/05/2018 06:57:46. Questa è l'unica notifica che verrà ricevuta mentre la persona è assente. Questa e-mail ed i suoi allegati sono ad uso esclusivo di coloro ai quali è indirizzata e potrebbe contenere informazioni riservate, la cui diffusione, copia e/o distribuzione è proibita. Qualora riceveste questo messaggio per errore, scusandoci per l'accaduto, Vi preghiamo di avvertirci immediatamente, distruggendo quanto ricevuto.

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Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding
by Serghei Golipad 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Any ideas? Would appreciate your help in getting this to work :) Cheers Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Serghei Golipad <s.golipad(a)uk.cdw.com> Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 09:33 To: Observium Cc: Mike Stupalov Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Hmm, doesn’t seem to work unless I’m doing something wrong: <img src='https://observium.xyz.com/graph.php?type=port_bits&id={graph[0]}&format=png' /> Looking at your email alert html code it looks a little different :/ Thank you. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Mike Stupalov via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Reply to: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at 08:09 To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org>, Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Adam Armstrong via observium wrote on 29.07.2020 04:45: It’s just passing that through to rrdtool. I’m not sure which we support properly but : [-a|--imgformat PNG|SVG|EPS|PDF|XML|XMLENUM|JSON|JSONTIME|CSV|TSV|SSV] I think png/svg/xml/json/csv work, but it was a long time ago when I added that :) exactly this formats :D Adam. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org><mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org> On Behalf Of Serghei Golipad via observium Sent: 28 July 2020 16:31 To: Risto Jürisson via observium <observium(a)observium.org><mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Serghei Golipad <s.golipad(a)uk.cdw.com><mailto:s.golipad@uk.cdw.com> Subject: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Hi Guys, What are options for “format” setting when generating a graph URL other than SVG? e.g.: /graph.php?type=port_bits&id=xyz&format=svg Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com<http://www.uk.cdw.com> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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FW: Graph Embeding
by Serghei Golipad 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi Guys, What are options for “format” setting when generating a graph URL other than SVG? e.g.: /graph.php?type=port_bits&id=xyz&format=svg Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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New Junos Pulse not detected when updating to version 9.1R6
by Dennis Hutten 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi, We upgraded a Junos Pulse VPN box to a newer version and since the device is changed to a Linux Device. Our service provider contacted also Junos but they couldn't help they said in the first place. Anything you can do to help getting the right discovery again? Versions of Observium running in production - Stable, in LAB latest CE. Example upgrade of a device changing from Juiperive to Linux in our LAB 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Vendor changed: 'Pulse Secure' -> '' 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Hardware changed: 'Secure,PSA-3000' -> 'Generic' 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Version changed: '9.1R6' -> '' 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Mempools: 1 deleted, 4 unchanged. 2020-07-17 14:30:02 Memory pool removed: mib PULSESECURE-PSG-MIB, index 0, descr Memory 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Processors: 1 deleted, 5 unchanged. 2020-07-17 14:30:02 Processor removed: type iveCpuUtil index 0 descr CPU Utilization 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 OS changed: juniperive -> linux 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Hardware changed: 'PSA-3000' -> 'Secure,PSA-3000' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Version changed: '9.1R1' -> '9.1R6' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 sysDescr -> '' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 sysObjectID -> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.10' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 snmpEngineID changed: 80001F888095475A3E33B6405D -> 80001F8880C6DAC55E2309125F (probably the device was replaced). The device will be rediscovered. 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device rebooted: after 18m 59s (Uptime: 18m 59s, previous: 1 year, 35 days, 1h 53m 35s, used: hrSystemUptime) 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device status changed to Up 2020-07-17 14:11:31 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device status changed to Down (snmp -> ping) LAB box, not Working [root@nlhtc-gclab-mon observium]# snmpwalk -v3 -u Test -a SHA -A test0001 -l authNoPriv nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1.dtq.nl-htc01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (49097) 0:08:10.97 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Eugene Lee SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: HTC038 TestLab SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00 Production box, Working [root@nlams01manp001v observium]# snmpwalk -c xx -v2c brcpqnwras001-int.br-cpq01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Pulse Secure, LLC,Pulse Connect Secure,PSA-5000,8.3R7.1 (build 65025) SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.12532.256.3.1 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (572322868) 66 days, 5:47:08.68 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Global Connectivity Team SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: brazil-ssl.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Campinas, Brazil SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00 Production box, not working - version 9.1R6 [root@nlams01manp001v observium]# snmpwalk -c xx -v2c demucnwras001-mgt.de-muc01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (312846981) 36 days, 5:01:09.81 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Global_Connectivity(a)nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: demucnwras001-mgt SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Munich, Germany SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 Kind regards, Dennis

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Something like autobackup ?
by Edvinas Kairys 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

hello, As the standalone Observium server grows with more and more devices, rules, checkers, etc. The possibility of losing that all due to hardware failure would make me mad. Is there any best practices of making the backups of Observium data to make the emergency restore more faster than from zero ? Thanks

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Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

I would like to have more information in my email alert messages. - Adding the names to DNS or hosts file does not currently give enough information. I was hoping that someone here already knows where this template file is located 😊 (and I would back that file up before modifying it 😉). Best regards Risto Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:03:41 +0200 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] ***SPAM*** Re: Changing Observium alert message contents I would personally just add host names into DNS but we've had this discussion for 10 years now :D If you can't find the template you'd better not change it as you may have issues resolving conflicts upon upgrades... Tom On 7/17/2020 7:34 PM, adama--- via observium wrote: > > Why do you think manually setting the (almost entirely unused) > description field is less work than adding hostnames to /etc/hosts? > > Adam. > > *From:*observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> *On Behalf Of > *Risto Jürisson via observium > *Sent:* 17 July 2020 14:44 > *To:* observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> > *Cc:* Risto Jürisson <risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee>> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents > > Hi > > Your solution does work for changing the name from IP address to > hostname. (In the picture below I removed the device from web > interface and readded it so the history got deleted.) > > What I can see is that the Device name is now in 3 places where > previously the IP address was: Email Title, Entity and Device. > > As we also have very many network devices that we want to monitor then > we think that adding all those IP addresses with hostnames manually to > the DNS (or hosts file) is not very practical, especially if we need > to to it also with future devices. > > Maybe there still is a possibility that we can change the email > contents with some other fields: adding Description, Location or > something like that? > > Someone maybe knows where this template config file is located? > > Best regards > > Risto > > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:28:00 +0200 > > From: Markus Klock <markus(a)best-practice.se > <mailto:markus@best-practice.se>> > > To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents > > Message-ID: > > > <CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw@mail.gmail > .com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > the best way is to monitor the device via its hostname instead of IP. > > Login to the Observium server CLI and use the script > "rename_device.php <old_name> <new_name>" where the old name is the > device IP and the new name is the hostname. > > This will rename the device in Observium to its real hostname and the > poller will just resolve its dns name to find the IP to poll. > > All the historic data for the device will remain. > > /Markus > > Den tors 16 juli 2020 kl 14:01 skrev Risto Jürisson via observium < > > observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> <mailto:observium@observium.org>>: > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on > > > different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as > > > information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring > > different > > > Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic > > of > > > an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the > > > device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name > > > with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via > > > their IP, but rather their hostname or description. > > > > > > I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to > > > device „System name“ value and also under „General Device Settings“ > > to > > > „Description“ value. – *Is there a possibility to add those fields > > to > > > the email report and where should I do this?* > > > > > > From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be > > > changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to > > find > > > this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server > > > but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look > > > into that myself first.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Risto

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Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 17 Jul '20

17 Jul '20

Hi Your solution does work for changing the name from IP address to hostname. (In the picture below I removed the device from web interface and readded it so the history got deleted.) What I can see is that the Device name is now in 3 places where previously the IP address was: Email Title, Entity and Device. As we also have very many network devices that we want to monitor then we think that adding all those IP addresses with hostnames manually to the DNS (or hosts file) is not very practical, especially if we need to to it also with future devices. Maybe there still is a possibility that we can change the email contents with some other fields: adding Description, Location or something like that? Someone maybe knows where this template config file is located? [cid:image001.png@01D65C59.2119C4F0] Best regards Risto Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:28:00 +0200 From: Markus Klock <markus(a)best-practice.se<mailto:markus@best-practice.se>> To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents Message-ID: <CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw(a)mail.gmail.com<mailto:CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, the best way is to monitor the device via its hostname instead of IP. Login to the Observium server CLI and use the script "rename_device.php <old_name> <new_name>" where the old name is the device IP and the new name is the hostname. This will rename the device in Observium to its real hostname and the poller will just resolve its dns name to find the IP to poll. All the historic data for the device will remain. /Markus Den tors 16 juli 2020 kl 14:01 skrev Risto Jürisson via observium < observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>>: > Hi > > > > This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on > different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as > information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. > > > > We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring different > Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic of > an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the > device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name > with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via > their IP, but rather their hostname or description. > > I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to > device „System name“ value and also under „General Device Settings“ to > „Description“ value. – *Is there a possibility to add those fields to > the email report and where should I do this?* > > From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be > changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to find > this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. > > > > > > (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server > but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look > into that myself first.) > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Risto > > IT-manager > > risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee> > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hi This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring different Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic of an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via their IP, but rather their hostname or description. I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to device "System name" value and also under "General Device Settings" to "Description" value. - Is there a possibility to add those fields to the email report and where should I do this? >From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to find this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. [cid:image001.png@01D65B81.16F78F80] (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look into that myself first.) Best regards Risto IT-manager risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee>

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Cannot create RRD for type exim - not found in definitions
by Wouter de Man 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Running latest rolling release 20.6.10499. Trying to add Exim stats via the Unix agent. Seems RRD definitions are missing for the 'exim' application, they only exist for the 'exim-mailqueue' application'. See below the related debug output of poller.php --- SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '83'] ROWS[2] SQL RUNTIME[0.00004196s] o Applications exim SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '83' AND `app_type` = 'exim' AND `app_instance` IS NULL] ROWS[1] SQL RUNTIME[0.00018406s] .Cannot create RRD for type exim - not found in definitions!

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Varnish Agent not working
by Simone Montagnani 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Hi, I have already used varnish agent on a server with version 4, now I'm trying to let it work on varnish version 6.4. observium_agent is responding, but the result of varnish agent is empty : <<<app-varnish>>> ;;;;;;;;;;;;; instead of: <<<app-varnish>>> 212916238;0;0;1393;0;;0;0;393297;1216912816;160350799;0;657384598; like I have on the old one. If I lunch perl varnish I don't get any particular error, maybe the agent must be updated to work with new versions? I see varnish perl script is using varnishstat -x , and the results are somehow different from the old varnish version: VARNISH 6.4: <?xml version="1.0"?> <varnishstat timestamp="2020-07-01T15:38:00"> <stat> <name>MGT.uptime</name> <value>60710</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>d</format> <description>Management process uptime</description> </stat> <stat> <name>MGT.child_start</name> <value>1</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Child process started</description> </stat> <stat> <name>MGT.child_exit</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Child process normal exit</description> </stat> <stat> <name>MGT.child_stop</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Child process unexpected exit</description> </stat> <stat> <name>MGT.child_died</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Child process died (signal)</description> </stat> VARNISH 4 <?xml version="1.0"?> <varnishstat timestamp="2020-07-01T15:37:43"> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>uptime</name> <value>13848724</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>d</format> <description>Child process uptime</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_conn</name> <value>250458042</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions accepted</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_drop</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions dropped</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_fail</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Session accept failures</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>client_req_400</name> <value>1236</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Client requests received, subject to 400 errors</description> </stat> I tried to change the code, because as you can see the parameters are similar but the name now have a prefix like MGT, but mostly "MAIN." for the parameters we are trying to get . I'm no perl esxpert I tried simply to add MAIN. but it still isn't working... Any ideas? Best regards, Simone

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Latest Update 20.7.10551(Rolling)
by Serghei Golipad 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Hi Guys, Latest updated killed all icons(missing ones are replaced with red circle with white block in them) and their placements, anyone else has this problem? Cheers PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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request
by Luis Olavarrieta 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

I got this error message, please assist ##### Module Start: neighbours ##### o MIKROTIK-MIB o Trying to discover host 3916mex_clearcom_296 (172.27.3.141) through MNDP (xdp) Trying v2c community *** [0] ... No reply on community public using v2c. Trying v1 community *** [0] ... No reply on community public using v1. Invalid arguments passed into function get_port_by_index_cache(). Please report to developers. o Trying to discover host sip-t21p_e2 (0.0.0.0) through MNDP (xdp) Invalid arguments passed into function get_port_by_index_cache(). Please report to developers. Invalid arguments passed into function get_port_by_index_cache(). Please report to developers.

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SNMP + Syslog Question
by Randy Schultz 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

I am interested in merging SNMP + Syslog data from the firewalls (SonicWALL) I manage. With this data, I would like to accomplish two things... 1. Monitor for security events and send alerts if / when appropriate 2. Generate and send regulatory (PCI) compliance reports...this includes performance stats such as Up Time / Down Time as well as security stats (e.g. Intrusions blocked / detected)...these stats would ideally be displayed in some form of chart At present, SNMP data is being collected by Observium and Syslog data is being collected by Graylog. The question is where would it be best to merge the data so as to accomplish the goals outlined above. Graylog has the ability to search its data and generate report widgets (i.e. tables / charts) which in turn can be placed on a Dashboard. If I take this approach I would need to send Observium's SNMP data to Graylog but I've not been able to figure out how to do so. Observium has the ability to ingest Syslog data and alert on it but it's unclear on how I could use it to generate tables / charts for reporting purposes. I would appreciate any thoughts / recommendations on either of the options listed here. -- Randy Schultz

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poll ports without VLAN information
by Henrik Aarfeldt 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Hi there, As I remember, when polling a port it will also get VLAN information. Is there a way to don't get VLAN information ? VLAN is disabled in DiscoveryModules and PortsPoll Module. Reason: We have some units with very few interfaces, but a large amount of VLANs. This makes polls take too long time (+999seconds) TIA. -- Med venlig hilsen | Best regards | Mit freundlichen Grüßen | Cordialement | आपकी ईमानदारी से Henrik Aarfeldt Drift > Drift > Overvågning Overvågning + SårbarhedsKortlægning + SvartidsMålinger + NetværksKvalitetsMålinger. Mobil: +45 2494 8281 Mail: Henrik.Aarfeldt(a)RegionH.dk Region Hovedstaden Center for IT, Medico & Telefoni (CIMT) Borgervænget 7, 3. sal 2100 København Ø Ferie uge 33+34+35 2020. ________________________________ Region Hovedstaden anvender de personoplysninger, du giver os i forbindelse med din henvendelse. Du kan læse mere om formålet med anvendelsen samt dine rettigheder på vores hjemmeside: www.regionh.dk/persondatapolitik

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Email Notifications - Only send 1 email out in 24 hours
by Luis Londoño 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

I see for the alert notifications there is an option to delay the email alert by a custom time frame but is their somewhere or this something that is being planned to be implemented to where it will only send out 1 email alert within a certain time period lets say 24 hours?

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test
by adama＠observium.com 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Test 😊

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Dashboard: add don't work anymore
by walter＠onda.ch 07 Jul '20

07 Jul '20

Hello List recently some mails are going to my spam folder so I apologize if this question was already made. since last major update I cannot assign some graph to the dashboard anymore 20.7.10549 (3rd July 2020) I see the arrow right to the dashboard but if i move on it nothing happens, cannot choose a graph. I tried diffrent browser, delete also the cache. Regards Walter

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Testing email delivery
by Ahmed Rahal 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

HI, It's been 2 messages that I sent that do not trigger the autoreply from Jira Service Desk. I am assuming it's automated. Is this coming through ? Ahmed. -- Ahmed Rahal Administrateur de Systèmes / Systems Administrator *Fibrenoire* - www.fibrenoire.ca A: 550 , avenue Beaumont, bureau 320, Montréal (Québec) H3N 1V1 arahal(a)fibrenoire.ca Twitter: @fibrenoire

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how to show number of clients on mikrotik wifi
by Andi Felani 29 Jun '20

29 Jun '20

all, how to show number of clients on mikrotik wifi? this is possible? regards,

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Probes: documentation
by Torstein Eide 24 Jun '20

24 Jun '20

Hi Where can I find documentation on probes? I have looked through https://docs.observium.org and is only able to find info for alerts "/entities/#probes" -- Torstein Eide Torsteine(a)gmail.com

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Sensor "friendly" name in alerts?
by Ryan, Spencer J. 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

We've got a generic alert set up for "status_event equals alert" however in the alert email there isn't anything that has the decoded/friendly text for the sensor in question. For example a UPS switches to battery power, the Entity is "Output Status" and the graph in the email shows the status going from "2" to "3" but that isn't useful. If I look at the device in the webUI it does show that "Output status" is "onBattery". It would be incredibly useful if that information was available in the alert. ________________________________ Spencer J. Ryan | Manager, Technology and Infrastructure Miller Canfield T +1.313.496.7979 ________________________________

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Add/edit users menu returns main dashboard
by Chris Ajello 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hello everyone – I’ve got an issue where the web GUI returns the main dashboard whenever trying to open the add or edit user pages. Adding from the command line works. Just not the GUI. I don’t see any obvious errors in Apache logs or Observium logs. How do I get starting solving this problem? -Chris Ajello

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CDP Neighbor detection for devices with names longer than 40 characters
by Pisano, Anthony D. 12 Jun '20

12 Jun '20

Hello, Due to campus naming conventions I have run into several switches with names longer than 40 characters. Normal operation and monitoring is not effected, however Observium does not recognize the neighbor. I believe this is due to it wanting an exact name match, and since the name in observium may be 42 characters, it does not match to the truncated 40 character CDP name. Is there a way we can either manually define a neighbor connection, or have the algorithms ignore any characters above the 40 limit? Perhaps by checking for IP address matching as well? Thank You Anthony Pisano | Network Design Engineer | IMSS anthony.pisano(a)caltech.edu<mailto:anthony.pisano@caltech.edu> | (626) 395-4255<tel:(626)%20395-4255> | Caltech | caltech.edu<http://caltech.edu/>

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Windows Server - No Ram
by Stuart Dyer 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

Hi Everyone, Have a windows server that no longer has a memory graph, all I can see in the events is this, how can the memory get removed ? [cid:image001.png@01D63F30.4210B6A0] Regards, Stuart Dyer IT Administrator Phone: +61 2 8020 2063 | E-mail: stuart.dyer(a)innovit.com<mailto:stuart.dyer@innovit.com> [innovit-logo (002) trans 2018] Bringing quality to Master Data 161 Castlereagh Street, Level 28 Sydney NSW 2000 Australia<https://goo.gl/maps/DGW9Ce65rhP2> Tel: +612 8020 2000 Fax: +612 8020 2099 Web: www.innovit.com<http://www.innovit.com/> Australasia | North America | Europe Follow us on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovit-australia-pty-ltd?trk=public_profi…> This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information, which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the following contact details.

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Issues with Vivotek Cameras
by Dana Bostic 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

When I add a Vivotek camera to Observium, works great for one, but when I try to add another one, the System name is the same (in this case h.264 mega-pixel network camera) and it will not add. The name of the device is different, what Observium "pulls in thru SNMP" is the same. Already got device with SNMP-read sysName (h.264 mega-pixel network camera) and 'snmpEngineID' = 80005BA9017F000001 (jq-office-lobby-cam01.bcp.cat.com). I see in JIRA that we are supposed to be able to add more devices with the same system name, but this is not working for the version I have of Observium 20.4.10371 (stable). It is my "belief" that Vivotek is reporting back it's system name to SNMP incorrectly. I do not really "care" if the System Name is wrong, but I cannot add another camera at all. This is what is in the camera configuration and I don't see any other location for a host name. [cid:image002.png@01D63DA5.852215B0] If I do an snmpwalk on the device: SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: H.264 Mega-Pixel Network Camera Observium is pulling what the camera is giving .... So is there a way to change this in the database or a way to say add it anyway? Regards, [Telescope Separator] Dana Bostic Technology Specialist Caterpillar Inc. 954 NC 42 East, Clayton, NC 27527 email: bostic_dana_r(a)cat.com<mailto:bostic_dana_r@cat.com> | phone: 919-550-1260 Caterpillar: Confidential Green

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Graphs and date preset
by Christian Eriksson 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Hi, When selecting all devices and sorting by device-group (URL =/device/group), there is an option to select a specific graph and use a date preset. That is all great, but the value does not show When selecting the group using /group/group_id I can see the values, but can't use a date preset Does someone know how to get this working? The use case is that I want to easily see all values at once Vänliga hälsningar / Best regards, [Advania_Trappa_CMYK] Christian Eriksson Service Area Manager [cid:image003.png@01D62E93.89825AA0]<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/> | Liljeholmen<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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Help creating an Alert Checker
by Pisano, Anthony D. 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hello, I am unable to figure out how to create an alert to notify me when our VPN boxes go into failover mode. Observium recognizes the event, but I would like a notification. The following output is from the poller. The normal condition value for “Failover Primary unit” should be ‘active’. o Status Count 2 +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+---------------------+ | Descr | Type | Index | Origin | Value | Status | Last Changed | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+---------------------+ | Failover Primary unit | cisco-firewall-hardware-primary-state | 6 | snmp | standby | warning | 2020-06-07 07:30:03 | | Failover Secondary unit (this device) | cisco-firewall-hardware-secondary-state | 7 | snmp | active | warning | 2020-06-07 07:30:04 | +---------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------+-------+--------+---------+---------+——————————+ I’ve tried several strings to make this work, but the Alerter either marks it as OK or does not show the above Statuses at all. * status_event equal warn * status_event ne ok * “Failover Primary unit” ne active * also without quotes and with underscores between * “Failover Primary unit” equal warn * also without quotes and with underscores between * cisco-firewall-hardware-primary-state equal warn * cisco-firewall-hardware-primary-state equal standby Could anyone assist me in creating this Alert Checker? Thank you Anthony Pisano | Network Design Engineer | IMSS anthony.pisano(a)caltech.edu<mailto:anthony.pisano@caltech.edu> | (626) 395-4255<tel:(626)%20395-4255> | Caltech | caltech.edu<http://caltech.edu/>

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Observium behind azure app proxy
by Ahmed Rahal 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hi, I am using observium walled behind an azure application proxy. This mainly exposes an AD authenticated endpoint publicly and proxies all allowed users to the real host. This has been working fine with observium community edition. Now I am switching to the enterprise version of observium and get errors on the dashboard saying 'unauthenticated' for each widget. Note that some of the widgets randomly appear working, then become 'unauthenticated' on a refresh. Also, when on the 'broken' dashboard, refreshing the page sends back to the login page. I can switch back and forth between the 2 versions (community & enterprise, with same config.php) and the issue appears instantly with the enterprise version. How can I diagnose the issue ? Is there any hint on what is going wrong ? TIa, Ahmed. -- Ahmed Rahal Administrateur de Systèmes / Systems Administrator *Fibrenoire* - www.fibrenoire.ca A: 550 , avenue Beaumont, bureau 320, Montréal (Québec) H3N 1V1 arahal(a)fibrenoire.ca Twitter: @fibrenoire

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Ubiquiti Solar Controller MIBs
by Chris Macneill 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hi, Please add the MIBs & OIDs for Ubiquiti's SunMax Solar Controller, they can be obtained at:- [ https://dl.ui.com/solar/mib/20191129/UBNT-MIB | https://dl.ui.com/solar/mib/20191129/UBNT-MIB ] [ https://dl.ui.com/solar/mib/20191129/UBNT-SUNMAX-MIB | https://dl.ui.com/solar/mib/20191129/UBNT-SUNMAX-MIB ] (needs updated base UBNT-MIB) Regards Chris Macneill Network Engineer / Software Developer / Accounts & General Dog's Body Zelan Ltd. Web: www.zelan.co.nz

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Cannot add new device
by Tomasz Karczewski 04 Jun '20

04 Jun '20

Last time i wanted to add new device but i cannot. Before there was any problems. I tried usign GUI and ./add_device and nothing happens Add device is stucking in: Observium 20.6.10470 Add Device(s) Try to add 10.14.14.97: Trying v2c community *** [0] ... Ping and snmpwalk is working. Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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Observium Feature Request - Summarizations for Alert Emails
by Pisano, Anthony D. 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Hello, I would like to make a feature request for alerts. Over the weekend a significant portion of campus lost power, generating an overwhelming flood of device down email notifications. Would it be possible add an option to hold off sending notifications until the current Alerting process has run, and then send a digest or summary of all devices sending alerts? Thanks Anthony Pisano | Network Design Engineer | IMSS anthony.pisano(a)caltech.edu<mailto:anthony.pisano@caltech.edu> | (626) 395-4255<tel:(626)%20395-4255> | Caltech | caltech.edu<http://caltech.edu>

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Retain historic data
by Mohammed Kokani 02 Jun '20

02 Jun '20

Dear Experts, Hope all is well with you. Need your valuable advice, I have the below situation. # Physical DC movement done. # Change in Transit provider and change in IP address of AR's. # Polling was disabled before the physical move for AR's and N/W devices. # After physical move by mistake polling was enabled for the AR's, this has caused the loss of historic data captured for AR's by overwriting new data. Question : Can we retain the old historic data of specific devices by copying the whole device RRD folder from backup, if not is there any other method. *Thanks & Regards* *Mohammed Suhail | System Engineer* *Tel : +1-888-853-7733* PGP Fingerprint : 026B 6CEB CC08 152D 9372 0F51 DDFB 6758 6924 FBCC [image: cid:image016.png@01D321AA.4A00A6F0]

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Version 20.4.10371 (27th May 2020) is 10371 revisions ahead.
by Peter Derissen 27 May '20

27 May '20

Hi All, Today we had some issue's with our server. Upgraded the distro to ubuntu 18.04 new php new apache2. Got everything back to work but getting this message on the top left side of the browser. Anyway to fix this? There is a newer revision of Observium available! Version 20.4.10371 (27th May 2020) is 10371 revisions ahead. Met vriendelijke groet, Peter Derissen Eurofiber Nederland Network Engineer Safariweg 25-31 +31 (0)6 11587110 3605 MA Maarssen [cid:image001.png@01D6342B.46244AF0]<https://www.eurofiber.nl/> Volg ons op Twitter<https://twitter.com/Eurofiber> | Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/eurofiber> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/eurofiberNL/> | Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DavgEm7-ktAD8_Co_qnMA> Wilt u op de hoogte blijven van technische ontwikkelingen aan ons netwerk, nieuwe ICT ontwikkelingen en klantervaringen? Meld u dan aan voor onze maandelijkse nieuwsbrief<https://marketing.eurofiber.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/15570/p/p…>. [cid:image002.jpg@01D6342B.46244AF0]<https://www.eurofiber.nl/> ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE ******** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and it is intended only for the addressees. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any copying, distribution or other use of information contained in this e-mail (and its attachments) is not allowed. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete the message (including any attachments) from your system. Please note that e-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be subject of unauthorized interception or other interference without the knowledge of sender or recipient. Eurofiber only sends and receives e-mails on the basis that Eurofiber is not responsible for any such computer viruses, corruption or other interference or any consequences thereof. Eurofiber Nederland B.V. is registered in the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam with number 34134377, VAT number NL 8088.51.524 B01. Eurofiber N.V. has its registered office at Belgicastraat 5 bus 7, 1930 Zaventem and is registered under national number 0435.204.851.

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Observium's API documentation
by Ahmed Rahal 25 May '20

25 May '20

Hi, I am planning to use the observium API and found the documentation at https://docs.observium.org/api/. I am interested in updating the alerting rules through the API, is that feasible ? And if so, is there documentation for it ? TIA, -- Ahmed Rahal Administrateur de Systèmes / Systems Administrator *Fibrenoire* - www.fibrenoire.ca A: 550 , avenue Beaumont, bureau 320, Montréal (Québec) H3N 1V1 arahal(a)fibrenoire.ca Twitter: @fibrenoire

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Barracuda Message Archiver mibs
by Tony Guadagno 19 May '20

19 May '20

Hi, i added my archiver to observium and it is identified but only with the most basic info. i have the mibs attached, could you please add these in to observium? thanks Tony

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Reoccuring Scheduled Maintenance
by Mark Sanchez 15 May '20

15 May '20

Hey Adam & Team, We have a use case for a group of devices to not alert on them outside of 9am-5pm. Leveraging the API, can we setup a crontab, to achieve a recurring maintenance window for a particular group? Mark Sanchez // Firewall Engineer II *deepwatch* // *Advancing Security Operations* *Mobile:* 716.418.5420 *Office**:* 855.303.3033 Website <https://deepwatch.com> // Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/deepwatchsec> // Instagram <https://www.instagram.com/deepwatch_sec/> // LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/deepwatchsec/> // Twitter <https://twitter.com/deepwatch_sec> Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website.

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Ignore "Status" sensors
by Ryan, Spencer J. 11 May '20

11 May '20

It would be awesome if we could turn alerting for individual "Status Indicators" off the same way we can for normal sensors. We have a few problematic hosts with sensor issues, for example a dead RAID battery on a machine that is getting decomm'd in a few weeks. Unfortunately this means that every day (re-alert interval) we get alarms for these hosts for the same issues. I'd love to be able to just turn those specific Indicators off, without having to remove the whole host from that Alert Checker, as we do still want to know if anything else is wrong with the box. Same with the reoccurring alerts, we want to leave those on for all devices. ________________________________ Spencer J. Ryan | Manager, Technology and Infrastructure Miller Canfield T +1.313.496.7979 ________________________________

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 118, Issue 2
by shaun＠sbnetworks.co.za 07 May '20

07 May '20

Hi Ahmed Thank you very very much for your response. Is there perhaps an online document or manual you can refer me to in order to get the actual steps / commands for achieving the backups you have pointed out? Excuse my lack of understanding this, I am very new to Linux distributions and deployments. Thanking you in advance -----Original Message----- From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Tuesday, 05 May 2020 1:00 PM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 118, Issue 2 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. Observium Configuration & DataBase BAckup & Restore (shaun(a)sbnetworks.co.za) 2. Re: Observium Configuration & DataBase BAckup & Restore (Ahmed Rahal) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 4 May 2020 20:09:54 +0200 From: <shaun(a)sbnetworks.co.za> To: <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Observium Configuration & DataBase BAckup & Restore Message-ID: <005301d6223f$36c85130$a458f390$(a)sbnetworks.co.za> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi all I hope and trust everyone is keeping well and safe during this time. Can anyone please assist me, I am trying to make a backup of my Observium installation to move it to a "bigger" system / machine, I installed the application to see how it worked and to test features, needless to say that I love it, and have subsequently set it up to monitor my entire WISP network. However, I unfortunately did not pay much attention to the system's specifications, as it was not initially intended to be a permanent deployment, not knowing what to expect or that it would turn out to be such a wonderful tool. Please could you advise on a step by step procedure to enable me to make a full backup of the installation / database / configs in order to migrate it to a more future proof system, bearing in mind that my Linux experience is very limited. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated Stay safe Regards, Shaun

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Device group membership in alerts?
by Ryan, Spencer J. 05 May '20

05 May '20

I've got a usecase to have the group names that a device is a member of passed down to the alerts, specifically Pagerduty. On the PD side, I can route incidents based on arbitrary details, and if I had group membership I could say "If device.groups contains "Network" route to XXX", instead of having to build a unique alert check for every group. The mocked up SQL query is SELECT group_name FROM groups WHERE group_id IN (SELECT group_id FROM group_table WHERE entity_type = 'device' AND entity_id = ?); Any chance that information can be made available? I'm happy to write the code if needed. ________________________________ Spencer J. Ryan | Manager, Technology and Infrastructure Miller Canfield T +1.313.496.7979 ________________________________

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Observium Configuration & DataBase BAckup & Restore
by shaun＠sbnetworks.co.za 04 May '20

04 May '20

Hi all I hope and trust everyone is keeping well and safe during this time. Can anyone please assist me, I am trying to make a backup of my Observium installation to move it to a "bigger" system / machine, I installed the application to see how it worked and to test features, needless to say that I love it, and have subsequently set it up to monitor my entire WISP network. However, I unfortunately did not pay much attention to the system's specifications, as it was not initially intended to be a permanent deployment, not knowing what to expect or that it would turn out to be such a wonderful tool. Please could you advise on a step by step procedure to enable me to make a full backup of the installation / database / configs in order to migrate it to a more future proof system, bearing in mind that my Linux experience is very limited. Your assistance will be greatly appreciated Stay safe Regards, Shaun

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SNMP Max Repetitons enabled - some modules takes longer time to poll
by Kent Johannessen 30 Apr '20

30 Apr '20

Hello, We recently enabled max-rep to improve our Observium installation. And it did reduce polling time for most modules. But we see some module had significant increases. Specifically the poller modules for cisco eigrp, cef and cbqos and the bgp poller also seems to have increased somewhat. Has anyone seen this behavior ? Where should be begin to look? NOTICE: Please immediately e-mail back to sender if you are not the intended recipient. Thereafter delete the e-mail along with any attachments without making copies. The sender reserves all rights of privilege, confidentiality and copyright.

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Re: [Observium] asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Brian, thanks for replying, to be honest, I was not sure my email went through…..since no one at observium bothered to comment! But as far as the agent file, I am not sure how I can use that? thanks Tony From: Brian ::<mailto:bc@iptel.co> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:25 PM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? There is an asterisk agent file. Have a look at that. Will give you channels / calls and registration numbers I think. On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: > Hi, I sent this request weeks ago and got no answer on it….can someone at observium comment on when/if this could be implemented? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions > > > > > > tony > > > > From: Tony Guadagno via observium > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM > To: Chris Macneill via observium > Cc: Tony Guadagno > Subject: [Observium] asterisk? > > > > Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib > > > > > > Tony Guadagno > > Guadagno Consulting > > O +1 585 577 1003 > > C +1 585 703 6700 > > E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> > > > >

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Re: [Observium] asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Niklas, I was unaware of the asterisk agent, I will give that a try, thanks for pointing it out! Tony From: Niklas Larsson via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 8:40 AM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Niklas Larsson<mailto:niklas@tese.se> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, I'm using the asterisk agent thing, and also the one who wrote it. It's working and showing calls, channels and registrations for SIP (for PJSIP I have not pushed my changes to observium) and IAX. Usage - just install the observium UNIX agent ( https://docs.observium.org/unix_agent/ ) and add/symlink asterisk to /usr/lib/observium_agent/scripts-enabled /niklas On 2020-04-29 14:26, Tony Guadagno via observium wrote: Adam, can you comment on this thread? I think there is an appetite out there for asterisk metrics in observium, would you entertain this? Tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2020 7:46 AM To: Brian ::<mailto:bc@iptel.co>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Brian, thanks for replying, to be honest, I was not sure my email went through…..since no one at observium bothered to comment! But as far as the agent file, I am not sure how I can use that? thanks Tony From: Brian ::<mailto:bc@iptel.co> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2020 5:25 PM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? There is an asterisk agent file. Have a look at that. Will give you channels / calls and registration numbers I think. On Wednesday, April 15, 2020, Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: > Hi, I sent this request weeks ago and got no answer on it….can someone at observium comment on when/if this could be implemented? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions > > > > > > tony > > > > From: Tony Guadagno via observium > Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM > To: Chris Macneill via observium > Cc: Tony Guadagno > Subject: [Observium] asterisk? > > > > Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib > > > > > > Tony Guadagno > > Guadagno Consulting > > O +1 585 577 1003 > > C +1 585 703 6700 > > E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> > > > > _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Observium API
by Klimek, Denis 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

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mail archive link broken
by Tony Guadagno 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Hi, I noticed a while ago that the first link on this page http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium to the mail archives is broken….it has been broken for a long time…are there no archives? Can this be fixed? thanks Tony

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Need help to change email address on subscription account
by Graf Vincent 29 Apr '20

29 Apr '20

Hello, I need some help to change some information on our subscription account. I cannot find anything on site web page nor the possibilities to change that via observium.org/subs Any suggestion ? Kind regards Vincent

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Observium API
by Serghei Golipad 28 Apr '20

28 Apr '20

Hi, Is there any way of getting list of port ID’s other than looping through a million times and match on device_id? 😊 Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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Attention to OBS-3006 (vPC onNX-OS)
by xomka686 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Hello, I've done a quick patch to get vPC metrics from NX-OS devices, can you kindly take a look at it? The Jira issue is https://jira.observium.org/projects/OBS/issues/OBS-3006 For now, that adds just graphs to Status section. I can put some effort to create a full-blown vPC tab on the Device page to get even more stats for it, what do you think on that? --- Sergei Fomin

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Probe alerting
by Christian Eriksson 27 Apr '20

27 Apr '20

Hi, Anyone doing alerting on probes? I can match the probes in my association but not alert based on: Require Any status_event eq warning status_event eq alert [cid:image013.jpg@01D61A17.21E64F40] [cid:image014.jpg@01D61A17.21E64F40] Vänliga hälsningar / Best regards, [Advania_Trappa_CMYK] Christian Eriksson Service Area Manager [cid:image005.png@01D61A17.1483F2D0]<mailto:christian.eriksson@advania.se>[Advania-Bikupa Facebook]<https://www.facebook.com/advania.se/>[Advania-Bikupa LinkedIn]<https://www.linkedin.com/company/advania-ab/>[Advania-Bikupa Twitter]<https://twitter.com/advania_se> +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,…>

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PPPoE Interfaces Deleted
by shaun＠sbnetworks.co.za 23 Apr '20

23 Apr '20

Hi guys, Please if anyone could offer some advice or guidance I would really appreciate it. I recently deployed Observium in my network for monitoring purposes, everything is working great, better than ever expected, except for the following: Each time a PPPoE client interfaces reconnects, the previous data is deleted, interface is deleted and the graphs and usage data start fresh from the time of the new connection. Is there any way of setting up the Observium installation to retain previous session data and usage and just have it "carry on" recording data each time the PPPoE session reconnects? Any assistance will be appreciated. Thanking you in advance Shaun

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sysContact-->Observium Contact
by Ryan, Spencer J. 22 Apr '20

22 Apr '20

Is it possible to use a device's sysContact (Either from SNMP or an override) to tie that to a specific observium contact, or is that for the email transport only? My use case is that I want different devices to go to different pagerduty integrations, and the only way I can see to do that right now is to build different alert checks for each set, with the correct PD "Contact" associated with that checker. Thanks in advance! ________________________________ Spencer J. Ryan | Manager, Technology and Infrastructure Miller Canfield T +1.313.496.7979 ________________________________

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 117, Issue 15
by Mosharaf Hossain 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Hi I am trying to send alert mail for any device down/port down status only when it down and in an interval. But getting a problem that Observium send the alert report with all down port for an active device which overwhelmed my inbox. Is there any guideline to activating this feature without such behaviour? -- Regards, *Mosharaf Hossain* On Sun, Apr 19, 2020 at 5:00 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: Event Log Updates Very Often Remove Interface (Mike Stupalov) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 16:02:30 +0300 > From: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> > To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org>, Aulia Rahman via observium > <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Event Log Updates Very Often Remove Interface > Message-ID: <1cd8cf42-3bd7-4811-a3cb-e9a5a59a77d9(a)observium.org> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > this is due to network delays to VM and/or disk read latency on this VM. > > Increase SNMP timeout to this host to 2-3 sec (in device edit page). > > Aulia Rahman via observium wrote on 18.04.2020 08:08: > > Hello, > > > > Some VM have event logs with interface status add, remove, delete. > > It occurred very often. What happened with this ? And how to solved this. > > Btw, there's no changes in the VM. > > > > image.png > > > > image.png > > > > Demikian yang dapat kami sampaikan, terimakasih. > > > > Regards, > > Aulia Rahman > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > observium mailing list > > observium(a)observium.org > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > -- > Mike Stupalov > Observium Limited, http://observium.org > >

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Event Log Updates Very Often Remove Interface
by Aulia Rahman 18 Apr '20

18 Apr '20

Hello, Some VM have event logs with interface status add, remove, delete. It occurred very often. What happened with this ? And how to solved this. Btw, there's no changes in the VM. [image: image.png] [image: image.png] Demikian yang dapat kami sampaikan, terimakasih. Regards, Aulia Rahman

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Unable to upgrade subscription
by Chris Murrell 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Hello, I have the community version and am trying to upgrade to the subscription which i have just paid for. I am getting the following error. svn update Skipped '.' Summary of conflicts: Skipped paths: 1 or svn switch https://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable svn: E155007: '/opt/observium' is not a working copy Can anyone please help me and let me know why the upgrade doesnt work and how to resolve it? Kind Regards, Chris Murrell Senior Systems Administrator ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Netcetera™ Passionate about hosting, committed to service The Dataport DDI: +44.330.010.1823 <0330%20010%201823> Ballasalla Support: +44.3330.439780 <0333%20043%209780> Isle of Man Sales: +44.3330.439780 IM9 2AP Fax: +44.870.4324.638 <0870%20432%204638> British Isles Web: http://www.netcetera.co.uk ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Microsoft Partner - ISO9001:2015 - ISO14001:2015 - ISO27001:2013 How are we doing? Please click here to tell Netcetera - we're listening <https://netcetera.mobi/rateit/?id=3>

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Datepicker timezone
by Farshid Abediny 17 Apr '20

17 Apr '20

Hello, i have set correct timezone for PHP, mysql, system but when i want enter date and time in date picker for a graph the time is wrong, where can i fix it? thank you.

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Not able to connect to SVN / update
by John 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

I just renewed my observium license, which was out of date for a while. Trying to run svn update now but can't make a connection to the server from my Observium machine. I can connect fine from a machine on a different network, which is weird. IP of Observium machine: 216.27.95.80 Username: tempeh-170154 Tried both svn and a plain CURL, with and without --username and --password. Any thoughts?

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Want say Thanks
by Edvinas Kairys 16 Apr '20

16 Apr '20

Hello, Just wanted to say thanks for the last stable update. I'really happy for getting my memory, cpu, bgp, etc graphs back:)

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How to diagnose failing ldap
by Michael Spaulding 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

So I had the server working with mysql login, but I'm struggling with getting the ldap authentication to work. I copied the example out of the instructions, but every time I enter the username/password, the website just resets. I tried going to http://fqdn/debug, but it just tells me that the cache is disabled in the config, which it is. Unfortunately I can't find any debug logs, or entries in any logs that would help to isolate the issue. This is my Authentication Model section <scrubbed>: // Authentication Model // $config['auth_mechanism'] = "mysql"; // default, other options: ldap, http-auth, please see documentation for config help $config['auth_mechanism'] = "ldap"; $config['auth_ldap_binddn'] = "<Distinguished Name>"; $config['auth_ldap_bindpw'] = "<Password>"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['uid'] = "sAMAccountName"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['uidNumber'] = "objectSid"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['cn'] = "name"; $config['auth_ldap_attr']['dn'] = "distinguishedname"; $config['auth_ldap_objectclass'] = "person"; $config['auth_ldap_version'] = 3; $config['auth_ldap_server'] = "<domain controller.domain>"; $config['auth_ldap_port'] = 389; $config['auth_ldap_starttls'] = false; $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid="; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",<Distinguished Name Suffix>"; $config['auth_ldap_group'] = array("<Distinguished Name of Observium Users Group>"); $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "<Distinguished Name of Group Base>"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "fulldn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "member"; unset($config['auth_ldap_groups']); $config['auth_ldap_groups']['Distinguished Name of Observium Admins Group']['level'] = 10; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['Distinguished Name of Observium Users Group']['level'] = 1; Any suggestions are much appreciated! Michael Spaulding | Systems Administrator Information Technology | Division of Student Affairs 1259 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1259 ph: 979.458.9223 | mspaulding(a)tamu.edu | doit.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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Default port for web-access
by James Ngo 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hello everyone, I am totally new to Observium and has found the app is very useful. I installed Observium using the automated method, first on a VirtualBox to test out the features. So far everything has worked for me (yay.) I am planning to install the app on the actual production server, running Ubuntu 18.04 server, latest updates and all However, on the production server, we have already Freeradius which use mysql and phpMyAdmin to maintain the database. These are using the default port 80 I tried to find where I can change the default port at the installation but I could not find anything. If I change the default port in the /etc/apache2/ports.conf (and subsequent in the virtualhost), would that change my Freeradius server default port as well? My second question, is there a command line that I can use to reset the admin username/password? If we forget the admin password, how could we get back to the program? So if anyone here has run both engine on the same server, please shred a light on this for me? Thank you all you guys, and sorry if this question is a nob! James -- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. https://www.avg.com

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mikrotik chr
by Pieter Meyer 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hi Guys I have picked up that some things has changed on the Mikrotik MIB, I have seen the below in the event log, This causes that you cannot filter for CHR routers under devices Hardware changed: 'CHR' -> '' Serial changed: 'xxxxxxxxxx' -> '' Regards Pieter Meyer

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Graphs Problem
by Remzi BAŞOĞLU 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hi, I installed Observium and added a few machines. I can see details (RAM, disk etc) but the graphs doesnt show anything. What should I do ? [image: image.png] Thanks.

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asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hi, I sent this request weeks ago and got no answer on it….can someone at observium comment on when/if this could be implemented? Thanks https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM To: Chris Macneill via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com

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Question regarding switch Ports
by Svensson Fredrik A 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hello! We have this nice status-graph in observium: [cid:image001.png@01D61338.1A381E30] Is it possible to get an output of a procentage of used user-ports? In my example I have 17/27 = 63% utilization of ports. I dont want to count in ports that are shutdown, often trunk or sfp-ports. Vlan interfaces /port-channels and so on is also counted as UP, but I dont really care about that. Regards Fredrik

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Problems with Customer graphs since upgrading
by Shawn L 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

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Re: [Observium] Question regarding switch Ports
by Klimek, Denis 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Hi Fredrik, you can try creating a custom port group of relevant ports and ask for a feature request in Observium Jira to add „Percentage View“ in „Aggregate Graphs“ view for custom port groups. Mit freundlichem Gruß Stadtwerke Norderstedt Denis Klimek Carrier Manager & Professional Network Engineer IP-Systemtechnik Tel: +49 (0) 40 / 521 04 – 1049 dklimek(a)stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<mailto:dklimek@stadtwerke-norderstedt.de> www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<http://www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de/> Von: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> im Auftrag von Svensson Fredrik A via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Antworten an: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Datum: Mittwoch, 15. April 2020 um 15:19 An: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Svensson Fredrik A <fredrik.a.svensson(a)rjl.se> Betreff: [Observium] Question regarding switch Ports Hello! We have this nice status-graph in observium: [cid:image001.png@01D6133A.DAFA3570] Is it possible to get an output of a procentage of used user-ports? In my example I have 17/27 = 63% utilization of ports. I dont want to count in ports that are shutdown, often trunk or sfp-ports. Vlan interfaces /port-channels and so on is also counted as UP, but I dont really care about that. Regards Fredrik

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Observium on CentOS 8
by Michael Spaulding 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Has anyone had any luck installing Observium on Centos/RHEL 8 yet? And is there any plan to support it in the future? I'm trying to do so and not getting any errors, but I've also been unable to get the graphing to work. The only packages I've been unable to install are php-sodium and MySQL-python, but I got the impression they weren't absolutely necessary from the basic software requirements. The RRD commands appear to run correctly: RRDTool Output: 1233x369 RRDtool Runtime: 0.073s | Total time: 0.074s Michael Spaulding | Systems Administrator Information Technology | Division of Student Affairs 1259 TAMU | College Station, TX 77843-1259 ph: 979.458.9223 | mspaulding(a)tamu.edu | doit.tamu.edu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

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Problems with Customer graphs since upgrading
by Shawn L 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

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Mikrotik SNMP issue
by Pieter Meyer 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

Hi Guys I have picked up that some things has changed on the Mikrotik Mib, I have seen the below in the eventlog, This causes that you cannot filter for CHR routers under devices Hardware changed: 'CHR' -> '' Serial changed: 'xxxxxxxxxx' -> '' Regards Pieter Meyer Converged Group | Licensed ISP 0258/IECNS/JAN/09 75 Witkoppen Rd, North Riding, Gauteng, 2162 Office: +27 10 591 4600 | Mobile: +27 83 233 6614 map <https://goo.gl/maps/WHe3soT1fHm> | website <http://www.convergedgroup.net/> | company blog <http://www.convergedgroup.net/blog/> | linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/company/converged-telecoms> CAUTION: This email and any attachments may contain information that is confidential and subject to legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any attachments. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately and erase this email and any attachments. Thank you. DISCLAIMER: To the maximum extent permitted by law, Converged Group is not liable (including in respect of negligence) for viruses or other defects or for changes made to this email or to any attachments. Before opening or using attachments, check them for viruses and other defects. The information contained in this document is confidential to the addressee and is not the view nor the official policy of Converged Group unless otherwise stated.

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Using Observium after moving VM
by Leo Dano 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

Hello all, Been scratching my head on this one. All I did is move the Observium VM from one network to another (closed). I cannot seem to figure out why I cannot add new hosts. No firewalls in the way. SNMP verified running on the host. Hosts are pinging each other. Is there a command to verify what is wrong between Observium and a host and why it's not adding? I am using public as the SNMP community name. One thing that does seem odd is this message when trying to add a host. No reply on given community *** using v2c, it showing the 3 asterisks versus it saying public. Any suggestions would be awesome! Leo

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Apache dies with Segmentation Fault
by Beulen, Klaus 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

Hi, we are currently using Observium CE 19.8.10000 as a test installation to monitor part of our switch/router infrastructure (currently about 290 devices, mostly Cisco). From time to time we have problems accessing the UI, the web browser just answers "Page does not work - observium did not send an answer - ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE". When I check the error.log in /var/logs/apache, I find lots of lines like ... [Wed Apr 08 14:44:44.362412 2020] [core:notice] [pid 1367] AH00051: child pid 27005 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /etc/apache2 [Wed Apr 08 14:44:44.362479 2020] [core:notice] [pid 1367] AH00051: child pid 1696 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /etc/apache2 [Wed Apr 08 14:44:53.366005 2020] [core:notice] [pid 1367] AH00051: child pid 7903 exit signal Segmentation fault (11), possible coredump in /etc/apache2 ... Is this a known bug/error in this version, or did I eventually configure something wrong? All packages are up to date ("apt update; apt upgrade"). Regards, Klaus.

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How to exclude temperature sensors from virtual machines?
by Thomas Stather 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Hi We are using Observium Professional: 20.2.10301 (rolling) Some of our VMs (ESXi) have temperature sensors shown in Observium (either green 100deg. or red 0deg.). This doesn't make any sense and i am searching for a way to disable this. The strange thing is that this happens only for some of our VMs (regardless of the distribution). Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV 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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FortiGate Firewall Sessions counter lost
by Wouter de Man 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Professional version, upgrade from 20.2.10261 to 20.4.10354. Since this upgrade, the counter 'Firewall Sessions', which reflected the sessions just fine on the FortiGate, are deleted.

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An Event Log annoyance
by Richard Kuhns 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Hello, I'm currently running Observium 20.4.10353(rolling) in my test (home office) environment. I had to restart everything 2 days ago when I brought in a new desk and rearranged. I'm monitoring 4 devices: a server (running observium), a Cisco ASA 5505 firewall, a Cisco wireless access point, and an APC UPS with Web/SNMP Management card. Everything is working fine since the restart, except that every 5 minutes I get a new entry in the Event log telling me about how my ASA rebooted; I'm attaching a screenshot. That's the only device that's showing up in the event log. How can I convince observium that it doesn't need to keep telling me about it? Thanks, - Richard -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Systems Administrator Wintek Powered by Tipmont Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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svn.log not updated?
by Svensson Fredrik A 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Hi all, https://www.observium.org/svn.log Is this not updated anymore? I have found it very good to see if there are any news for my equipment. Regards Fredrik

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Issues with IP SLA
by Cartas, Mauro S. 08 Apr '20

08 Apr '20

Hello experts, Need some help to understand how observium handles IPSLA probes links. We have a fully working weathermap with IP sla information (jitter, echo, etc) all nice with nodes and links. Links are configured this way: LINK A-B INFOURL /graphs/type=sla_jitter/id=10495/ OVERLIBGRAPH /graph.php?height=100&width=512&id=10495&type=sla_jitter&legend=no INBWFORMAT {link:this:bandwidth_in:%0} OUTBWFORMAT {link:this:bandwidth_out:%d} BWLABELPOS 50 50 TARGET gauge:../../rrd/router_A/sla_jitter-cisco-rttmon-mib-1100020-LMR_IO.rrd:rtt:rtt NODES Chicago Washington BANDWIDTH 34 Now the problem that we have is that when observium server loses connectivity with router_A (i.e. network outage, check below) It will generate a new ID for the link to the graphic hence we have to go to the editor and update INFOURL and OVERLIBGRAPH ID values. As shown below the ID is 12961 for SLA 1100020 whereas above the ID configured was 10495. [cid:image002.jpg@01D6075C.16B03280] [cid:image006.jpg@01D6075C.16B03280] This becomes very annoying as we cannot maintain a fully working IPSLA map and we're not sure why it's constantly generating new ids. [cid:image007.jpg@01D6075C.16B03280] Hope there is a way to force this ID not to change and remain static no matter what happens as the device ID never changes. Thanks in advance! --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mauro S. Cartas Global WAN Team Contact: E-mail: acc-ngwan(a)accenture.com<mailto:acc-ngwan@accenture.com> Phone 1: +91 80 496 61103 (GMT 00:00 to 10:00 on weekdays and any time on Weekends) Phone 2: +420 225 071 060 (GMT 07:00 to 24:00 on weekdays only) ________________________________ This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the e-mail by you is prohibited. Where allowed by local law, electronic communications with Accenture and its affiliates, including e-mail and instant messaging (including content), may be scanned by our systems for the purposes of information security and assessment of internal compliance with Accenture policy. Your privacy is important to us. Accenture uses your personal data only in compliance with data protection laws. For further information on how Accenture processes your personal data, please see our privacy statement at https://www.accenture.com/us-en/privacy-policy. ______________________________________________________________________________________ www.accenture.com

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Traffic Comparison widget wrong after moving interfaces between routers
by Darrell Budic 03 Apr '20

03 Apr '20

Folk, I recently added some new routers and then moved interfaces from the old to the new. The transit and peering graphs picked up the new interfaces just fine, but the Traffic Comparison widget on the front page hasn’t. Any ideas on getting it to update? Observium pro 20.3.10324 (stable). I’ve tried deleting and re-adding the widget, and it’s had a discovery run since the change. Thanks, -Darrell

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Alerting switch stack status
by Eric W. Bates 02 Apr '20

02 Apr '20

I want to alert whenever one switch in a stack drops out. And I need help composing a checker. Specifically, I have stacks of cisco 2960-X switches linked via flex stack modules such that they appear as a single switch for purposes of ping'ing or snmp. On occasion, one switch in the stack will fail, but the rest of the stack stays on-line and continues to respond to pings, etc. I believe I want to watch the Status entity: Stack is redundant CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB::cswRingRedundant.0 https://mibs.observium.org/mib/CISCO-STACKWISE-MIB/#cswRingRedundant Each stacking module has two cables and one runs cables such that all the switches are in a big loop. cswRingRedundant is a boolean that indicates that such a loop is intact. So it will be False if a switch dies or simply if a cable is unplugged (also a desirable alert). If the switch is a standalone with no stacking modules installed, you get: "No Such Object available on this agent at this OID" I've created a Status entry: <?xml version="1.0"?> <templates> <template type="alert" description="Autogenerated observium template" version="0.91" created="Wed, 01 Apr 2020 11:51:32 -0400" observium="20.2.10302" id="fbe29724e648671f6e2095e9425d7515"> <entity_type>status</entity_type> <name>2960_stack_loop_redundancy</name> <message>Stack loop redundancy has failed (might be a missing stack switch)</message> <severity>crit</severity> <suppress_recovery>0</suppress_recovery> <delay>0</delay> <conditions_and>1</conditions_and> <conditions>status_name == Stack is redundant</conditions> <conditions>status_event == warn</conditions> <conditions_complex>status_name == Stack is redundant AND status_event == warn</conditions_complex> </template> </templates> It doesn't appear to be working (I have one switch with a cable unplugged it should alert on). Do I just have to wait 5 minutes? Or does it read the status from the database? Is that the correct "status_name?" I copied it from the Health --> Status page "Description" column. Should it be quoted? The export XML doesn't include the associations, but I included: device.hardware regexp /.*WS-C2960X-.*/ I don't really know what the value of "device.hardware" might be, but I'm assuming it's the same as the field labeled "Vendor/Hardware" shown on the front page for a given switch? Thanks for your time. -- Clark 159a, MS 46 508/289-3112 -- Clark 159a, MS 46 508/289-3112

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Port group and aggregated graphs
by Daniel Johansson 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Hi I added a port group to be able to have an aggregated graph but the graph does not seems to aggregate the ports usage in one graph. See the attached pictures as reference. Site1 have 137Mbit in and 160Mbit out and a spike at over 200Mbit Site2 have 38Mbit in and 80 out and a spike at over 140Mbit The aggregated graph does not show much more than a bit over 100Mbit both in and out in total and with the spike it should show around 340Mbit What has caused this irregularity to happen and should it be like this? ---- Regards Daniel

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Aggregate Graphs of Application Data??
by Altheide, Richard 01 Apr '20

01 Apr '20

Does Observium have a capability to present aggregate graphs of data collected from applications like it has for port data? For example, I would like an aggregate graph of my OpenVPN connections from multiple servers. Richard Altheide Network Engineer, Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Query Regarding professional licence renewal
by Mohammed Kokani 31 Mar '20

31 Mar '20

Dear Experts, Need some clarification on licence renewal. We had auto-renewal for professional licence, but save card for payment was expired and we updated new card details for renewal, unfortunately our finance team purchased new licence it seems, can we cancel the new purchase and renew the old licence. Your response is highly appreciated. *Thanks & Regards* *Mohammed Suhail | System Engineer* *Tel : +1-888-853-7733* PGP Fingerprint : 026B 6CEB CC08 152D 9372 0F51 DDFB 6758 6924 FBCC [image: cid:image016.png@01D321AA.4A00A6F0]

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sort by bps or pps
by Farshid Abediny 29 Mar '20

29 Mar '20

Hello, I want to know can we have a dashboard and sort port switches by pps or bps ? THank you.

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Re: [Observium] Dynamic Network Map
by Chris Wopat 28 Mar '20

28 Mar '20

This does exist, go to <your_url>/map.php Its use varies greatly on the number of devices you have. It uses `dot` from `graphviz` which you must have installed and configured in config.php ($config['dot']) Also each port shows LLDP neighbors if you go to /neighbors/, and there should be a sub-tab of an interface called 'Map' to show you 1 level of connections. Also, please share your php7 changes for weathermap to that project, we did similar a few years ago but Im not sure if they actually got committed. > > From: Richard Wigzell [mailto:richard.wigzell@it.ox.ac.uk] > Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 10:21 AM > To: Methe, Mike <mmethe(a)brattlebororetreat.org>; 'Observium' <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: RE: Dynamic Network Map > > Yes, we already make extensive use of the php-weathermap plugin with some code modifications to better support php7. > > What we are looking for is something that will dynamically draw a network relationship map using XDP data, with the ability to limit the scope to a defined set of devices. > > Weathermap is good for showing network utilization of infrastructure networks (well understood, defined use and good documentation) but not so useful for our ad-hoc or campus stuff (so yeah we don't know what this switch in this cupboard is for but if it goes off this breaks etc). >

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Dynamic Network Map
by Richard Wigzell 27 Mar '20

27 Mar '20

Hello, This is a feature we would find very useful, a dynamic network map that can be confined to a defined group of switches (e.g. from LibreNMS https://docs.librenms.org/Extensions/Network-Map/ ). Is this something Observium can already do? Or something that could be added? We are currently using Observium Enterprise (20.2.10291) and have zero interest in also running LibreNMS (or anything else) but this is feature we would really appreciate. The use case we are trying to address is the new on boarding of campus networks previously run by local IT that now fall under our remit (often with little or very poor or just wrong documentation). Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Technical Lead, Storage Platforms IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/>

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Microsoft Direct Access and SNMP
by Daniel Johansson 26 Mar '20

26 Mar '20

Hi I'm wondering if anyone on the list uses MS DA server and can get any good statistics from it to show in observium. Either directly supporten in observium or via custom OID. Right now I'm looking to graph information about how many users are connected at the same time. ---- Regards Daniel

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Re: [Observium] asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Observium….is this something you would consider adding? Tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 8:01 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Well, the response is overwhelming!!!!! I think it would be a great addition to add asterisk snmp support! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! Tony From: Josh Benner via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 7:54 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Josh Benner<mailto:joshb@aweber.com> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? We use asterisk, and at my last job we ran hundreds of asterisk servers. -- Josh Benner Team Lead - Platform Support Engineering Send smarter emails based on open and click tags. AWeber Automations is here.<https://www.aweber.com/email-automation.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=e…> …And We’re Hiring!<https://www.aweber.com/careers.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=email&utm_…> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:21 PM adama--- via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: Hi, I’m not sure if we actually have any collection for that. How reliable/stable is it? I seem to recall we have an asterisk agent app that uses the CLI tools to collect data? You can use the custom oid stuff, but it’s a pain/impossible if there are indexed tables. How widespread is asterisk use amongst the userbase these days? Adam. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>] On Behalf Of Tony Guadagno via observium Sent: 19 March 2020 20:13 To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Cc: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Sorry, hit send too soon https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM To: Chris Macneill via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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- Possibility of https certificate validity alert?
by David Schrok 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hello everyone, Was wondering if it possible for Observium to create an alert for https certificate validity check? Anyone managed to do this or is it not possible? In an ideal case I want an alert 90 days before the certificate expires. With kind regards David S.

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Run script after discovery (hook)
by Klimek, Denis 24 Mar '20

24 Mar '20

Hi all, due some vendor bug’s, mistakes, fails I would to run an external script after Observium finished the process of discovering. Is there any available method to execute a external script after discovery.php finished the check of a device? Stay health. Mit freundlichem Gruß Stadtwerke Norderstedt Denis Klimek Carrier Manager & Professional Network Engineer IP-Systemtechnik Tel: +49 (0) 40 / 521 04 – 1049 dklimek(a)stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<mailto:dklimek@stadtwerke-norderstedt.de> www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<http://www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de/>

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How to add per Port Graphs?
by Meyer, Florian 23 Mar '20

23 Mar '20

Hi Guys, I need to add some per port graphs via definitions. Does anybody have experience in adding new graphs to the port-graphs? Regards, i. A. Florian Meyer IT-Systemadministrator Dezernat IT Universitätsmedizin Rostock Rembrandtstr. 17a 18057 Rostock Tel.: +49 381 494 3364 Fax: +49 381 494 3302 <http://it.med.uni-rostock.de/> http://it.med.uni-rostock.de Tel. Network Operations Center: +49 381 494 3388

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Re: [Observium] asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 20 Mar '20

20 Mar '20

Well, the response is overwhelming!!!!! I think it would be a great addition to add asterisk snmp support! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! PLEASE!!!! Tony From: Josh Benner via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 7:54 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Josh Benner<mailto:joshb@aweber.com> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? We use asterisk, and at my last job we ran hundreds of asterisk servers. -- Josh Benner Team Lead - Platform Support Engineering Send smarter emails based on open and click tags. AWeber Automations is here.<https://www.aweber.com/email-automation.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=e…> …And We’re Hiring!<https://www.aweber.com/careers.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=email&utm_…> On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 5:21 PM adama--- via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: Hi, I’m not sure if we actually have any collection for that. How reliable/stable is it? I seem to recall we have an asterisk agent app that uses the CLI tools to collect data? You can use the custom oid stuff, but it’s a pain/impossible if there are indexed tables. How widespread is asterisk use amongst the userbase these days? Adam. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>] On Behalf Of Tony Guadagno via observium Sent: 19 March 2020 20:13 To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Cc: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Sorry, hit send too soon https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM To: Chris Macneill via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 20 Mar '20

20 Mar '20

Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com

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Re: [Observium] asterisk?
by Tony Guadagno 20 Mar '20

20 Mar '20

Hi, I am pretty sure it Is very stable. As for the userbase, I don’t know about observium users, asterisk is heavily used “under the hood” I think it would be GREATLY appreciated buy customers such as myself. PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! PLEEAAASE!!!!!! Tony From: adama--- via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 5:21 PM To: 'Observium'<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: adama(a)observium.org<mailto:adama@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, I’m not sure if we actually have any collection for that. How reliable/stable is it? I seem to recall we have an asterisk agent app that uses the CLI tools to collect data? You can use the custom oid stuff, but it’s a pain/impossible if there are indexed tables. How widespread is asterisk use amongst the userbase these days? Adam. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tony Guadagno via observium Sent: 19 March 2020 20:13 To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] asterisk? Sorry, hit send too soon https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+MIB+Definitions tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2020 4:12 PM To: Chris Macneill via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: [Observium] asterisk? Hi, i have configured my freepbx server (asterisk 16) for snmp and observium is showing it as a Linux server. I have asterisk configured for snmp, can observium be configured to show asterisk data? This is a link to the mib Tony Guadagno Guadagno Consulting O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com>

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RSA Authentication Manager
by Tony Guadagno 19 Mar '20

19 Mar '20

Hi, I just set up my AM for snmp and it looks like Observium is treating it as a generic Linux server [cid:image001.png@01D5FDD2.69720FE0] They have mibs etc (attached), can you please add them for better support? Thanks Tony

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SVN Updates don't appear to be working
by Chris Macneill 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Hi, Some weeks ago I updated successfully to v10304, but since then any time since that when I do an "svn update", it says successfully updated, but no files are downloaded and the version shown on the webpage remains at v10304. I understood that the daily updates were copied to the Stable Branch weekly, but this doesn't appear to be the case currently??? I'm interested in getting a fix that was made in v10306, but can't get it and when I looked at changing our SVN update source to the daily update branch, Adam advised against this. Regards Chris Macneill

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Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users
by Svensson Fredrik A 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Hello there! In these times where you might want to now how many users are using VPN to your cisco-device the information is available through custom OID. I hope someone else will find this useful, but my question is thresholds, can you set that up somewhere? Like 0-750, and is it possible to do an alert is we have a Value over 500? [cid:image001.png@01D5FBA9.F5CEC030] Regards Fredrik

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Alerts: device_snmp and avrage
by Torstein Eide 18 Mar '20

18 Mar '20

Hi Is it possible to have a dynamic limit for alerts? like 100% above average for the last 24 hours. Is it possible to list vaules for all device like device_snmp? Currently is is only possible for Sensors and counters. -- Torstein Eide Torsteine(a)gmail.com

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Re: [Observium] Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users
by Tony Guadagno 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

I was able to get this working and it is a really great tip Btw, Josh, I used .29.0 for L2L tunnels and am getting the right numbers… I used http://www.mibdepot.com/cgi-bin/getmib3.cgi?i=1&n=CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONIT… to research. I think .26 is all IPSEC connections, that would include client to site IPSEC as well as site to site. If you use .29.0, you get only L2L connections. thanks Tony From: Josh Benner<mailto:joshb@aweber.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 2:19 PM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users I added this to ours. I had to use a slightly different OID to see IPSec sessions (replaced the final 35 with a 26). Thanks for the tip. Really useful with so much remote work right now! -- Josh Benner Team Lead - Platform Support Engineering Send smarter emails based on open and click tags. AWeber Automations is here.<https://www.aweber.com/email-automation.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=e…> …And We’re Hiring!<https://www.aweber.com/careers.htm?utm_source=awemail&utm_medium=email&utm_…> On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 9:26 PM Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: Hey…THIS IS GREAT!!! But how does it…work? I added the custom oid the way your snapshot shows, but I am not discovering any devices….do I need to do something else…does this work on modern ASA’s? thanks Tony From: Svensson Fredrik A via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 10:55 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Svensson Fredrik A<mailto:fredrik.a.svensson@rjl.se> Subject: [Observium] Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users Hello there! In these times where you might want to now how many users are using VPN to your cisco-device the information is available through custom OID. I hope someone else will find this useful, but my question is thresholds, can you set that up somewhere? Like 0-750, and is it possible to do an alert is we have a Value over 500? [cid:image001.png@01D5FC68.88DC1260] Regards Fredrik _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users
by Tony Guadagno 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

Hey…THIS IS GREAT!!! But how does it…work? I added the custom oid the way your snapshot shows, but I am not discovering any devices….do I need to do something else…does this work on modern ASA’s? thanks Tony From: Svensson Fredrik A via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 10:55 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Svensson Fredrik A<mailto:fredrik.a.svensson@rjl.se> Subject: [Observium] Custom OID , thresholds, VPN Users Hello there! In these times where you might want to now how many users are using VPN to your cisco-device the information is available through custom OID. I hope someone else will find this useful, but my question is thresholds, can you set that up somewhere? Like 0-750, and is it possible to do an alert is we have a Value over 500? [cid:image001.png@01D5FBD9.7D019B70] Regards Fredrik

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Re: [Observium] upgrade from community to pro
by Tony Guadagno 17 Mar '20

17 Mar '20

Thanks Markus! Tony From: Markus Klock via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 4:34 PM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Markus Klock<mailto:markus@best-practice.se> Subject: Re: [Observium] upgrade from community to pro https://docs.observium.org/ce-migration/ /Markus Den mån 16 mars 2020 kl 21:29 skrev Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>>: Hi, I have looked but I don’t see any instructions on how to convert from community edition to professional…can someone point me to these directions? Thanks Tony _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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upgrade from community to pro
by Tony Guadagno 16 Mar '20

16 Mar '20

Hi, I have looked but I don’t see any instructions on how to convert from community edition to professional…can someone point me to these directions? Thanks Tony

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Aruba 8325 being detected as generic device
by Eduardo Costa 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

Hi all, I've added a recent switch (Aruba 8325) and is being detected as generic device. [cid:image003.png@01D5F91E.737091F0] It finds the ports and everything else. [cid:image004.png@01D5F91E.737091F0] Any suggestions? EC _________________________________________________________________________ Eduardo Costa Administrador de Sistemas AIRC - Associação de Informática da Região Centro Coimbra iParque, Lote nº 15 3040-540 Antanhol - Coimbra +351-239-850569 | Direto +351-239-850599 | Fax eduardo.costa(a)airc.pt<mailto:eduardo.costa@airc.pt> | e-Mail

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Could not reach r4 with given SNMP parameters using v3
by NSE 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

Hello Community, I am using observium for the first time i am adding a device on the observium server via SNMPv3 and i am getting below error message. 1. No reply on credentials U1/authNoPriv using v3. 2. Could not reach r4 with given SNMP parameters using v3. any help Regards, KM

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Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model?
by Tony Guadagno 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

Yes, thanks, if you look further in the thread, you will see I found this also Quote: >Nick, I see the devicename notnull and I will use that, thanks for the tip > >Can someone from observium please let us know if the documentation will ever be updated, and is there a “right way” to do this???? I would still like someone at observium to address the documentation issues and publish a new guide to writing checkers that reflects the changes made last year. Thanks Tony From: Previder Network<mailto:network@previder.nl> Sent: Thursday, March 12, 2020 9:24 AM To: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org>; Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: network(a)previder.nl<mailto:network@previder.nl> Subject: Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model? [cid:image001.png@01D5F850.783EC770] On 11-03-2020 14:39, Tony Guadagno wrote: Nick, thanks for the suggestion, but I am not even sure how to do that…the pulldown does not list a “not null”…am I looking in the wrong place? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mc_iwljx6XWjUBU3VxvpyBHQPHCuEsJy/view?usp=… Tony From: Previder Network via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:17 AM To: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Previder Network<mailto:network@previder.nl> Subject: Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model? Hi Tony, I noticed that to. I fixed that with "Device Hostname" -> "not null". :) Kind Regards, Nick Derksen On 11-03-2020 14:13, Tony Guadagno via observium wrote: Hi, After upgrading to the latest CE version (quite a while ago), I noticed that the way alert checkers were created had changed. My checkers from before were still there, however, I cannot modify them and creating new ones seems much different. I have looked at the documentation on the web site, and it still seems to reference the old way, not the new way. I want to add a new rule that applies to all devices, I assume I need to make a rule in the “association ruleset” however, when I select “device in”, I cannot put an “*”, I have to pick individual devices….. How do I use the new alert checkers?? Are there docs I am missing?? Thanks for your help! _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model?
by Tony Guadagno 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

Nick, thanks for the suggestion, but I am not even sure how to do that…the pulldown does not list a “not null”…am I looking in the wrong place? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mc_iwljx6XWjUBU3VxvpyBHQPHCuEsJy/view?usp=… Tony From: Previder Network via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:17 AM To: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Previder Network<mailto:network@previder.nl> Subject: Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model? Hi Tony, I noticed that to. I fixed that with "Device Hostname" -> "not null". :) Kind Regards, Nick Derksen On 11-03-2020 14:13, Tony Guadagno via observium wrote: Hi, After upgrading to the latest CE version (quite a while ago), I noticed that the way alert checkers were created had changed. My checkers from before were still there, however, I cannot modify them and creating new ones seems much different. I have looked at the documentation on the web site, and it still seems to reference the old way, not the new way. I want to add a new rule that applies to all devices, I assume I need to make a rule in the “association ruleset” however, when I select “device in”, I cannot put an “*”, I have to pick individual devices….. How do I use the new alert checkers?? Are there docs I am missing?? Thanks for your help! _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model?
by Tony Guadagno 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

Nick, I see the devicename notnull and I will use that, thanks for the tip Can someone from observium please let us know if the documentation will ever be updated, and is there a “right way” to do this???? Thanks Tony From: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:39 AM To: Observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Tony Guadagno<mailto:tonyg@guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model? Nick, thanks for the suggestion, but I am not even sure how to do that…the pulldown does not list a “not null”…am I looking in the wrong place? https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mc_iwljx6XWjUBU3VxvpyBHQPHCuEsJy/view?usp=… Tony From: Previder Network via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:17 AM To: Tony Guadagno via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Previder Network<mailto:network@previder.nl> Subject: Re: [Observium] how do I create an alert checker in the new model? Hi Tony, I noticed that to. I fixed that with "Device Hostname" -> "not null". :) Kind Regards, Nick Derksen On 11-03-2020 14:13, Tony Guadagno via observium wrote: Hi, After upgrading to the latest CE version (quite a while ago), I noticed that the way alert checkers were created had changed. My checkers from before were still there, however, I cannot modify them and creating new ones seems much different. I have looked at the documentation on the web site, and it still seems to reference the old way, not the new way. I want to add a new rule that applies to all devices, I assume I need to make a rule in the “association ruleset” however, when I select “device in”, I cannot put an “*”, I have to pick individual devices….. How do I use the new alert checkers?? Are there docs I am missing?? Thanks for your help! _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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how do I create an alert checker in the new model?
by Tony Guadagno 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

Hi, After upgrading to the latest CE version (quite a while ago), I noticed that the way alert checkers were created had changed. My checkers from before were still there, however, I cannot modify them and creating new ones seems much different. I have looked at the documentation on the web site, and it still seems to reference the old way, not the new way. I want to add a new rule that applies to all devices, I assume I need to make a rule in the “association ruleset” however, when I select “device in”, I cannot put an “*”, I have to pick individual devices….. How do I use the new alert checkers?? Are there docs I am missing?? Thanks for your help!

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Activate alarms for a group of Nodes - Customized Dashboard
by Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) 11 Mar '20

11 Mar '20

Hello Team, I have created a customized dashboard included of 150 ports ( graph ) : I want to activate two below alerts just for 150 nodes not all of the nodes in observium , what is the easiest way by GUI ? Could you please guide me about it? 1. Traffic abnormal, 0 or full bandwidth 2. Physical port down Thanks Farah

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Strange display (20.3.10311)
by luca＠sasdelli.it 08 Mar '20

08 Mar '20

With two HP switches I get this display about SFP modules status: of course SFP modules are equal. Any thought? Best Luca

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Creating check on sensors which only have measured up state
by Previder Network 06 Mar '20

06 Mar '20

Hi Observium Community, Hopefully someone can help me here. I'm using Observium Professional Edition. I'm struggling creating a check on sensors of type dBm which only has measured up state. When i go to Health -> dBm i see al my ports power levels. I can filter there on sensor event "critical". Then i'm getting a nice overview of ports which are below threshold. But most of these ports are down. So many of them are false positives and i'm not interested in them. Then we have the option "Measured State". Over there i can select "Measured Up" and then i'm getting the exact list i want. So i would like to create a check based on this. But when creating a check and assigning associations i'm not able to match based on the "Measured UP" state. In the groups section i'm also having this limitation. Am i overlooking something or is this not possible of hopefully i need to do this another way. Many thanks! Kind Regards, Nick Derksen, Previder B.V

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Customizing description of each port after creating a dashboard
by Farah Ameri Mahabadian (famerima) 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

Dear Observium Team, Could you please advise, how Can I customize description of each port after creating a dashboard ,by GUI interface ? Please , see below examples : ( I would like to updated each port description by the name of the customer, Circuit ID .. ) , but as you can see below description is not clear . [cid:image002.jpg@01D5F1AB.E95AC7C0] Regards Farah

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Disk space being full
by Gordon Cheng (gocheng) 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

Hi all, Disk space is full on our Observium and we lost the GUI access (only CLI). I’m trying to use “housekeeping.php -a” to clean up the space, and use “delete_device.php” to delete a few offending devices using up lots of space. But it didn’t help much yet. For example, even if I tried to delete a device “phx-nx5596-04”: sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium# ./delete_device.php phx-nx5596-04 Observium 19.5.9872 Remove Device CACHE CLEAR SET. Cache clear set. * Deleted interfaces: id=13437 (mgmt0), id=13438 (Vlan1), id=13439 (Vlan2283), id=13440 (port-channel1), id=13441 (port-channel2), id=13442 (port-channel5), id=13443 (port-channel6), id=13444 (port-channel7), id=13445 (port-channel8), id=13446 (port-channel10), id=13447 (port-channel12), id=13448 (port-channel13), id=13449 (port-channel14), id=13450 (port-channel15), <snip> 64898 (), id=64899 (), id=64900 () * Deleted common entity entries linked to device: device * Deleted device entries from tables: devices_locations, device_graphs, entPhysical * Deleted device: phx-nx5596-04 Device phx-nx5596-04 removed. sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium# It’s still showing up undeleted and using a lot of disk space: sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium/rrd# du -sk * | sort -nr | head 2276640 phx-core03 2256244 phx-core04 2203544 sjc-core03 2199116 phx-spider01 2196748 sjc-core04 2169864 sjc-spider01-old 1885692 phx-spider02 1873348 phx-spider01-new 1862500 sjc-spider01 1452708 phx-nx5596-04 sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium/rrd# sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium/rrd# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/vda3 378G 359G 0 100% / devtmpfs 32G 0 32G 0% /dev tmpfs 32G 0 32G 0% /dev/shm tmpfs 32G 8.7M 32G 1% /run tmpfs 32G 0 32G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/vda1 488M 189M 264M 42% /boot tmpfs 6.3G 0 6.3G 0% /run/user/15115 tmpfs 6.3G 0 6.3G 0% /run/user/0 sjc-observium-1:/opt/observium/rrd# Any suggestions how we can fix and restore it? Thanks. - Gordon

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Dashboard Graph Start Date Weird
by Brian Weeks 05 Mar '20

05 Mar '20

I have a weird problem with graphs that are on the dashboard show correct data but if I click on one the date start is 1969-12-30 but if I choose the device from the device menus and go to the same graph the start date is correct for 24 hours. I have check the date and time on the server and it is also correct I recreated the dashboard graphs from scratch and it still does it. I apologize if this has been asked before but I could not find an answer. -- Brian Weeks Network Engineer Brenham ISD CCNA, MCSE, ACMT, A+, Network+, Security+ 1301 Niebuhr St. Brenham, TX 7783 Office: (979) 277-3760 ext. 2249 Email: bweeks(a)brenhamk-12.net Website: http://www.brenhamisd.net --

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Sensors missing of Dell Equallogic arrays
by Wouter de Man 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

Since the last stable upgrade (Professional edition), we have lost all the sensors (and the harddisk status) of our Dell Equallogic PS arrays (3 different types, different firmware levels). Any idea what happened? This worked fine on the previous stable release...

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Datasource maximum not updating
by Milton Ngan 03 Mar '20

03 Mar '20

We discovered some RRD’s for LACP bundles had not updated the DS Max value after an upgrade. So this meant when we exceeded the previous DS Max value, we started getting “gaps” (NaN values) in the graph. I had to manually go in and “tune” the RRD to have a more appropriate DS Max value. Is this something that Observium is maintaining? If so, what would trigger this to happen? In the graph below the LACP Bundle was a 10G LAG, then upgraded to a 20G LAG. Now every time we got above 10G, we get gaps in the graph. [https://netmon.mgmt.valve.net/v/dashboard/port/5306762/bg2-sto2.nm.valve.ne…]

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rrdtool (1.4.8-1.2+deb8u1) Error Drawing Graph?
by Sananikone, Athideth 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

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Unix agent alerting on Postfix mail queue size
by Attila Nagy 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

Hi Adam, Tom! We are currently facing the problem of having to alert on Postfix mail queue size coming from the Unix agent (thanks to "careful" users who let their e-mail passwords repeatedly stolen). As I've been trying to read about this in the archives, I see that this is a somewhat frequently upcoming but still unresolved topic. May I ask about the current status of this request?! Best regards, Attila

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Supress Sensor Updated in Eventlog
by Klimek, Denis 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

Hi all, is there any method to supress the generation of "Sensor updated"-Eventlog entries if Observium is dynamicly changing the limit_low/high value? Our eventlog contains shitloads of entries for this kind of logs and they are not really useful from my opinion. So we would like to keep the sensors quiet. Currently we are running an external scripts triggered by cronjob to filter out those messages, but if we would supress the creation itself it would be much better Cheers, Denis Mit freundlichem Gruß Stadtwerke Norderstedt Denis Klimek Carrier Manager & Professional Network Engineer IP-Systemtechnik Tel: +49 (0) 40 / 521 04 - 1049 dklimek(a)stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<mailto:dklimek@stadtwerke-norderstedt.de> www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<http://www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de/>

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creating custom probe
by cody＠mail-server.cc 02 Mar '20

02 Mar '20

Hi, I wanted to create a custom probe to read two values from Cisco devices which aren't available via their SNMP agents. How do i get my probe included and What to i need to present the two values (current value, max value) in a graph and trigger an alert when the current value reaches 90% of the max value? Thanks, Cody

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Re: [Observium] How to exclude "virtual Memory" from an alert checker (but keep all other memory metrics)?
by Thomas Stather 28 Feb '20

28 Feb '20

Hi I set the following Device Match / Entity Match: (device.type in server AND (mempool.mempool_descr notmatch *cache* OR mempool.mempool_descr notmatch *Virtual*)) However, the alert is still displayed (which is true since the virtual memory of one of our VMs is stil labove 80%). How can i reset the alert to test that the condition now works as expected? Best, Thomas Am 12.07.19 um 16:30 schrieb Hamilton, Kent: > Here is what I use for the "Entity Match": > mempool_descr notmatch *cache* > mempool_descr notmatch *Physical* > mempool descr notmatch *Virtual* > mempool desc notmatch *virtual* > mempool desc notmatch *Shared Real* > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> On Behalf Of Thomas Stather via observium > Sent: Thursday, July 4, 2019 9:57 AM > To: 'Observium' <observium(a)observium.org> > Cc: Thomas Stather <tstather(a)mr.mpg.de> > Subject: [Observium] How to exclude "virtual Memory" from an alert checker (but keep all other memory metrics)? > > Exegy Email Security > > WARNING This email originated from outside of Exegy. DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe. > Remember Exegy ITS will never ask for user ID information via email communication. > > > > Hi > > > We are using Observium Professional: 19.6.9946 (rolling) > > > I have set up an alert check to check our servers for fully occupied memory ("mempool_perc greater 80"). > > I want to include the metrics "Memory buffers", "Physical Memory", "Swap space" but i want to exclude "Virtual memory". > > > Is there a way of doing so and if so, how? > > > > Best, > > Thomas > > > -- > Thomas Stather > IT Services > > VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV > > Tel: +49 6221 486 628 > Fax: +49 6221 486 561 > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > ________________________________ > > This e-mail and any documents accompanying it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information belonging to Exegy, Inc. Such information may be protected from disclosure by law. The information is intended for use by only the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail or phone regarding instructions for return or destruction and do not use or disclose the content to others. -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561

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Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by Chris Macneill 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

Hi Adam, OK, read that page and here's what happens when I try to switch from stable to rolling as per documentation:- root@obs:/opt/observium# svn up Updating '.': At revision 10304. root@obs:/opt/observium# svn switch https://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk svn: E155025: 'svn switch' does not support switching a working copy to a different repository svn: E155025: 'http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable' is not the same repository as 'https://svn.observium.org/svn' Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd From: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 15:22:50 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Read that entire page. Sent from [ http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15818 | BlueMail ] On 27 Feb 2020, at 02:06, Chris Macneill < [ mailto:cmacneill@zelan.co.nz | cmacneill(a)zelan.co.nz ] > wrote: Hi Adam, "svn update" is what I assumed I was supposed to use and it said successfully updated to 10304. Webpage says v20.2.10302 (stable) after update. I don't see any doucmentation in [ https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrading-the-subscription-edition-to-… | https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrading-the-subscription-edition-to-… ] that references any difference between latest "stable" and latest "rolling". How do I upgrade to "rolling" 10304? Why does "svn update" tell me it's updated to 10304 when it seemingly hasn't? Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd From: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 14:51:35 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Is this, perchance, stable, and not rolling? Adam. Sent from [ http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15818 | BlueMail ] On 27 Feb 2020, at 01:45, Chris Macneill via observium < [ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] > wrote: BQ_BEGIN Hi Mike, Sorry, 20.2.10304 doesn't fix it. Fields still split on commas for port_descr_type = 'cust' and debug results exactly the same as previous:- SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I , `devices` AS D WHERE `port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = 'GDC Westland Recreation Centre' , ' 83 High St' , ' Greymouth' AND D . device_id = I . device_id Also, a new bug added, software version number at bottom of screen is now out of step with "svn update". Update said successfully updated to 10304, but webpage says 20.2.10302 I've had a hack at the code in html/includes/graphs/customer/bits.inc.php and put the following workaround in place:- Line 16 (Original v20.2.10304 Code) foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I, `devices` AS D WHERE `port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = ? AND D.device_id = I.device_id", array($vars['id'])) as $port) Replaced with:- // Copy id array directly for case where port_descr_descr was NOT previosuly split/exploded on commas. $pddstr = $vars['id']; if ( count($vars['id']) > 1 ) { // Impode id array addng commas where array size > 1, i.e. original id contained commas and WAS split/exploded. $pddstr = implode(",", $vars['id']); } foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I, `devices` AS D WHERE `port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = ? AND D.device_id = I.device_id", array($pddstr)) as $port) $vars['id'] is the result of splitting or exploding port_descr_descr string value somewhere earlier, but I can't locate that in the code and as Adam mentioned, changing this elsewhere might have undesirable consequences. The problem only happens for port_descr_type = "cust", for other port types, e.g. core, peering, transit, port_descr_descr isn't split or exploded despite containing commas, but I can't find the locaiton in the code where this conditional behaviour occurs. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd From: "Mike Stupalov" <mike(a)observium.org> To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org>, "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Chris Macneill" <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 12:59:52 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi Chris, try with latest revision (r10304, trunk). Issue should be fixed. Chris Macneill via observium wrote on 26.02.2020 20:25: BQ_BEGIN Hi Adam, Looks like data is being split on commas and causing an SQL syntax error. Debug for:- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} returns:- Error in query: (You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '' 83 High St',' Greymouth' AND D.device_id = I.device_id' at line 1) 1064 I can obviously fix this short-term by removing commas from the Port Descriptions, but would be good to be able to support use of commas and other punctuation in the longer term or at least update the Help page to list characters to avoid. I had a quick look earlier at the Regex that was parsing the description data, but wasn't immediately obvious commas were an issue. At least I know where the problem lies and I'll take another look later. I guess semi-colons might work if commas don't. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd From: "observium" [ mailto:observium@observium.org | <observium(a)observium.org> ] To: "observium" [ mailto:observium@observium.org | <observium(a)observium.org> ] Cc: "adama" [ mailto:adama@observium.org | <adama(a)observium.org> ] Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 04:50:22 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Do you get anything useful from showing rrd command on the graph browser page? (click on the graph) Do you get anything useful from adding &debug=1 on the end of the graph image url? Can you arrange ssh/http access to the install if those two things don’t show us what the problem is? Adam. From: observium [ mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org | <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> ] On Behalf Of Chris Macneill via observium Sent: 26 February 2020 05:22 To: observium [ mailto:observium@observium.org | <observium(a)observium.org> ] Cc: Chris Macneill [ mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz | <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> ] Subject: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi, We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with "Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with "Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple 802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of 802.1q headers. All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus CVID.100} Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router OS/hardware specific issue. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list [ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] [ http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] _______________________________________________ observium mailing list [ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] [ http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, [ http://observium.org/ | http://observium.org ] observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org [ http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] BQ_END _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium BQ_END _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by Adam Armstrong 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

Read that entire page. ⁣Sent from BlueMail On 27 Feb 2020, 02:06, at 02:06, Chris Macneill <cmacneill(a)zelan.co.nz> wrote: >Hi Adam, > >"svn update" is what I assumed I was supposed to use and it said >successfully updated to 10304. > >Webpage says v20.2.10302 (stable) after update. > >I don't see any doucmentation in [ >https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrading-the-subscription-edition-to-… >| >https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrading-the-subscription-edition-to-… >] that references any difference between latest "stable" and latest >"rolling". > >How do I upgrade to "rolling" 10304? > >Why does "svn update" tell me it's updated to 10304 when it seemingly >hasn't? > >Regards > >Chris Macneill >Zelan Ltd > >From: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> >To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> >Cc: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> >Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 14:51:35 >Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error >Drawing Graph" > >Is this, perchance, stable, and not rolling? > >Adam. > >Sent from [ http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15818 | BlueMail ] >On 27 Feb 2020, at 01:45, Chris Macneill via observium < [ >mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] > wrote: > > >Hi Mike, > >Sorry, 20.2.10304 doesn't fix it. Fields still split on commas for >port_descr_type = 'cust' and debug results exactly the same as >previous:- > >SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I , `devices` AS D WHERE `port_descr_type` = >'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = 'GDC Westland Recreation Centre' , ' 83 >High St' , ' Greymouth' AND D . device_id = I . device_id > >Also, a new bug added, software version number at bottom of screen is >now out of step with "svn update". Update said successfully updated to >10304, but webpage says 20.2.10302 > >I've had a hack at the code in >html/includes/graphs/customer/bits.inc.php and put the following >workaround in place:- > >Line 16 (Original v20.2.10304 Code) >foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I, `devices` AS D WHERE >`port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = ? AND D.device_id = >I.device_id", array($vars['id'])) as $port) > >Replaced with:- > >// Copy id array directly for case where port_descr_descr was NOT >previosuly split/exploded on commas. >$pddstr = $vars['id']; >if ( count($vars['id']) > 1 ) { >// Impode id array addng commas where array size > 1, i.e. original id >contained commas and WAS split/exploded. >$pddstr = implode(",", $vars['id']); >} >foreach (dbFetchRows("SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I, `devices` AS D WHERE >`port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = ? AND D.device_id = >I.device_id", array($pddstr)) as $port) > >$vars['id'] is the result of splitting or exploding port_descr_descr >string value somewhere earlier, but I can't locate that in the code and >as Adam mentioned, changing this elsewhere might have undesirable >consequences. > >The problem only happens for port_descr_type = "cust", for other port >types, e.g. core, peering, transit, port_descr_descr isn't split or >exploded despite containing commas, but I can't find the locaiton in >the code where this conditional behaviour occurs. > >Regards > >Chris Macneill >Zelan Ltd > >From: "Mike Stupalov" <mike(a)observium.org> >To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org>, "observium" ><observium(a)observium.org> >Cc: "Chris Macneill" <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> >Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 12:59:52 >Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error >Drawing Graph" > >Hi Chris, > >try with latest revision (r10304, trunk). > >Issue should be fixed. > >Chris Macneill via observium wrote on 26.02.2020 20:25: > >BQ_BEGIN > >Hi Adam, > >Looks like data is being split on commas and causing an SQL syntax >error. Debug for:- > >Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] >{Chorus CVID.113} > >returns:- > >Error in query: (You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual >that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to >use near '' 83 High St',' Greymouth' AND D.device_id = I.device_id' at >line 1) 1064 > >I can obviously fix this short-term by removing commas from the Port >Descriptions, but would be good to be able to support use of commas and >other punctuation in the longer term or at least update the Help page >to list characters to avoid. > >I had a quick look earlier at the Regex that was parsing the >description data, but wasn't immediately obvious commas were an issue. >At least I know where the problem lies and I'll take another look >later. I guess semi-colons might work if commas don't. > >Regards > >Chris Macneill >Zelan Ltd > > >From: "observium" [ mailto:observium@observium.org | ><observium(a)observium.org> ] >To: "observium" [ mailto:observium@observium.org | ><observium(a)observium.org> ] >Cc: "adama" [ mailto:adama@observium.org | <adama(a)observium.org> ] >Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 04:50:22 >Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error >Drawing Graph" > > > >Do you get anything useful from showing rrd command on the graph >browser page? (click on the graph) > > > >Do you get anything useful from adding &debug=1 on the end of the graph >image url? > > > >Can you arrange ssh/http access to the install if those two things >don’t show us what the problem is? > > > >Adam. > > > > >From: observium [ mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org | ><observium-bounces(a)observium.org> ] On Behalf Of Chris Macneill via >observium >Sent: 26 February 2020 05:22 >To: observium [ mailto:observium@observium.org | ><observium(a)observium.org> ] >Cc: Chris Macneill [ mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz | <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> ] >Subject: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error >Drawing Graph" > > > > > >Hi, > > > > > >We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with >"Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with >"Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. > > > > > >The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple >802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of >802.1q headers. > > > > > >All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the >Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem >to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. > > > > > >Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- > > > > > >Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} > > >Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus >CVID.100} > > > > > >Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- > > > > > >Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] >{Chorus CVID.113} > > > > > >All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router >OS/hardware specific issue. > > > > > >Regards > >Chris Macneill >Zelan Ltd. > > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >[ mailto:observium@observium.org | observium(a)observium.org ] >[ http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list [ mailto:observium@observium.org | >observium(a)observium.org ] [ >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] > > > >-- >Mike Stupalov >Observium Limited, [ http://observium.org/ | http://observium.org ] > > > > >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >[ http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium | >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ] > >BQ_END > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by Chris Macneill 27 Feb '20

27 Feb '20

Hi Adam, Looks like data is being split on commas and causing an SQL syntax error. Debug for:- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} returns:- Error in query: (You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '' 83 High St',' Greymouth' AND D.device_id = I.device_id' at line 1) 1064 I can obviously fix this short-term by removing commas from the Port Descriptions, but would be good to be able to support use of commas and other punctuation in the longer term or at least update the Help page to list characters to avoid. I had a quick look earlier at the Regex that was parsing the description data, but wasn't immediately obvious commas were an issue. At least I know where the problem lies and I'll take another look later. I guess semi-colons might work if commas don't. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd From: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "adama" <adama(a)observium.org> Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 04:50:22 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Do you get anything useful from showing rrd command on the graph browser page? (click on the graph) Do you get anything useful from adding &debug=1 on the end of the graph image url? Can you arrange ssh/http access to the install if those two things don’t show us what the problem is? Adam. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> On Behalf Of Chris Macneill via observium Sent: 26 February 2020 05:22 To: observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Chris Macneill <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> Subject: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi, We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with "Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with "Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple 802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of 802.1q headers. All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus CVID.100} Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router OS/hardware specific issue. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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smokeping integration
by cody＠mail-server.cc 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

I installed smokeping, generated the targets file with the script and smokeping is running and updating the rrd's. I set the smokeping directory in the gui but i do not get the smokeping tab on the devices. Is there anything else to do? I'm not seeing something wrong - how do i troubleshoot/identify why the smokeping tab doesn't appear? thanks

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Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by adama＠observium.org 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Aha, I see what it’s doing. You missed out the actual query, which makes it more obvious what’s happening /graph.php?type=customer_bits&id=herp,derp&debug=1 Generates: SELECT * FROM `ports` AS I, `devices` AS D WHERE `port_descr_type` = 'cust' AND `port_descr_descr` = 'herp','derp' AND D.device_id = I.device_id We have a bit of code in the URL parser that expands any argument with a comma into an array of arguments, it’s used when you put in a list of port_ids for example. It’s expanding this here, and we’re passing an array of values to the SQL query builder. I’m not sure how much would need to be changed to suppress this behaviour in this instance, so I’d recommend just not putting commas in port descriptions! Thanks, Adam. From: Chris Macneill <cmacneill(a)zelan.co.nz> Sent: 26 February 2020 17:22 To: observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: adama <adama(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi Adam, Looks like data is being split on commas and causing an SQL syntax error. Debug for:- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} returns:- Error in query: (You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near '' 83 High St',' Greymouth' AND D.device_id = I.device_id' at line 1) 1064 I can obviously fix this short-term by removing commas from the Port Descriptions, but would be good to be able to support use of commas and other punctuation in the longer term or at least update the Help page to list characters to avoid. I had a quick look earlier at the Regex that was parsing the description data, but wasn't immediately obvious commas were an issue. At least I know where the problem lies and I'll take another look later. I guess semi-colons might work if commas don't. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd _____ From: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > To: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > Cc: "adama" <adama(a)observium.org <mailto:adama@observium.org> > Sent: Thursday, 27 February, 2020 04:50:22 Subject: Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Do you get anything useful from showing rrd command on the graph browser page? (click on the graph) Do you get anything useful from adding &debug=1 on the end of the graph image url? Can you arrange ssh/http access to the install if those two things don’t show us what the problem is? Adam. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org> > On Behalf Of Chris Macneill via observium Sent: 26 February 2020 05:22 To: observium <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > Cc: Chris Macneill <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz <mailto:cmacneill@cmit.nz> > Subject: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi, We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with "Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with "Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple 802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of 802.1q headers. All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus CVID.100} Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router OS/hardware specific issue. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by Chris Macneill 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

Hi, We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with "Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with "Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple 802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of 802.1q headers. All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus CVID.100} Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router OS/hardware specific issue. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd.

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Re: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph"
by Manish Shringarpure 26 Feb '20

26 Feb '20

I was facing the same issue, the rrd files are not generated for some routers for only ports. You can check if the rrd files are present under /opt/observium/rrd/<device_name>/port*.rrd I ran the poller explicitly and the rrd files were generated. You can try the same on that specific device, with the following command. sudo ./poller.php -h <device_id> -m ports -dd watch out for the snmpbulkwalk command that gets printed on the screen. Regard’s Manish From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Chris Macneill via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Reply to: observium <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Wednesday, 26 February 2020 at 10:54 AM To: observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Chris Macneill <cmacneill(a)cmit.nz> Subject: [Observium] Port Description Parsing - Cust Graphs "Error Drawing Graph" Hi, We're currently using Observium v20.1.10233 and have a problem with "Error Drawing Graph" for all ports with a "Cust" prefix. Ports with "Core", "Peer" or "Transit" prefix correctly show graphs. The ports we're monitoring are VLANs, the Peer/Transit are simple 802.1q VLANs, the Core/Customer VLANs are QinQ, i.e. two layers of 802.1q headers. All port types are correctly detected by SNMP and listed against the Router. Given that "Core" displays graphs correctly, this doesn't seem to be related to QinQ, but specifically to the "Cust" prefix. Examples that correctly show graphs, 1st is 802.1q, 2nd is QinQ:- Peering: Datacom CHC<->Chorus [10Gbit] {Chorus SVID.100} Core: Zelan Workshop, 50 Palmerston St, Westport [1Gbit] {Chorus CVID.100} Example (QinQ) that gives "Error Drawing Graph":- Cust: GDC Westland Recreation Centre, 83 High St, Greymouth [100Mbit] {Chorus CVID.113} All our routers are MikroTik, so can't determine if this is a router OS/hardware specific issue. Regards Chris Macneill Zelan Ltd.

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Not seeing additional CPU's.
by Scott L. Kaiser 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

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only front page working
by Ross [Eve IT] 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hello, Recently installed the CE version on a local Debian box running nginx and I have having a bizarre issue. Only the front page loads, it loads fine. The moment I click on any link, whether it is a device or trying to go into Settings, it just throws a 404. I don't see any errors in nginx. I thought it might have something to do with the web_url & base_url, I have set that in the config.php but no luck. I'm sure it's something I have missed :/ Ross.

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Re: [Observium] Port red file generation issue
by Manish Shringarpure 25 Feb '20

25 Feb '20

Hi Adam, Thanks for your reply. All the rrd files inside the device directory have user as root and group as root. Even the other devices where the graphs are showing up have user as root and group as root. Following is the screenshot of the rrdtool dump of a port file. <ds> 23 <name> OUTOCTETS </name> 24 <type> DERIVE </type> 25 <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> 26 <min>0.0000000000e+00</min> 27 <max>1.2500000000e+10</max> 28 29  30 <last_ds>472721674480</last_ds> 31 <value>NaN</value> 32 <unknown_sec> 214 </unknown_sec> 33 </ds> 34 35 <ds> 36 <name> INERRORS </name> 37 <type> DERIVE </type> 38 <minimal_heartbeat>600</minimal_heartbeat> 39 <min>0.0000000000e+00</min> 40 <max>1.2500000000e+10</max> 41 42  43 <last_ds>0</last_ds> 44 <value>NaN</value> 45 <unknown_sec> 214 </unknown_sec> 46 </ds> All values seem to be NaN. Does observium write any error logs where such errors could be seen? Regard’s Manish From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Reply to: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Monday, 24 February 2020 at 3:08 PM To: Manish Shringarpure via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Port red file generation issue This is probanly a permissioms issue. If you manually ran the poller as root, the observium user won't have write permissions to that directory. Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15818> On 24 Feb 2020, at 05:30, Manish Shringarpure via observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> wrote: Hi, I am new to observium. I have a strange issue ;for only one of the devices in the network. The port*.rrd files for this device is not getting generated in the /opt/observium/rrd path. The other rrd files are being generated for this device. Because of which the dashboard does not show any graphs for the ports on this device. I ran the poller script manually for this particular device and the ports*.rrd files got generated but after I exported the files to an XML I could see all values as NaN. Also these port rrd files are not getting updated at regular intervals like the other rrd files for the same device. How do I debug this? Help would be appreciated. Regards, Manish ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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API strange issue
by Daniel Rolfe 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Hi All, Can anyone think of what I'm missing with this issue ? see images below: So I have an alert checker with ID 4 [image: image.png] But hitting the api directly for that id gives a 404 [image: image.png] Observium details [image: image.png] Thanks in advance images attached also in case of non html email clients Regards, Daniel

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Port red file generation issue
by Manish Shringarpure 24 Feb '20

24 Feb '20

Hi, I am new to observium. I have a strange issue ;for only one of the devices in the network. The port*.rrd files for this device is not getting generated in the /opt/observium/rrd path. The other rrd files are being generated for this device. Because of which the dashboard does not show any graphs for the ports on this device. I ran the poller script manually for this particular device and the ports*.rrd files got generated but after I exported the files to an XML I could see all values as NaN. Also these port rrd files are not getting updated at regular intervals like the other rrd files for the same device. How do I debug this? Help would be appreciated. Regards, Manish

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Wikimedia Map Tiles not loading - Error 429
by Gumilar Siegfried MSc. 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Hello! Among other things, we display the map in the dashboard. As it seems, the Wikimedia Tiles are shown by default, because we did not set anything else in the config.php file. Since a few weeks we have the problem that some tiles are not displayed anymore. In the Chrome Console you can see that the PNGs are not loaded due to an error code 429 (too many requests). It seems that Wikimedia has introduced a limit for some time now. Since many users have the dashboard permanently open, the same PNGs are very often loaded from our public IP. Is there a workaround for this problem? It is actually not necessary that the browser constantly reloads the PNGs, because nothing changes in the display. Unfortunately I did not find a list of possible alternative tile providers anywhere in the documentation. I only know the carto base dark and light. Unfortunately I don't find them optically ideal. What other implemented variants are there? Regards, Siegfried

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Change severity on alarms
by Daniel Johansson 21 Feb '20

21 Feb '20

Hi I was wondering if there are any ways of creating other seventies than Critical when creating alarm checkers? For example I would like to have severity Informational and maybe some others. Also I would like to have the posibility to only send Critical events to all recievers of the alarms and Informational to the responsible group for specific alarms. Is this possible? If so how do I do it? If it's not possible now, can it be implemented? ---- Regards Daniel

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Syslog Priority Filter on Syslog Frontpage/Dashboard
by Klimek, Denis 20 Feb '20

20 Feb '20

Hi all, is there any known option to display also Informational (6) syslog messages on the Syslog Box in the dashboard view? Mit freundlichem Gruß Stadtwerke Norderstedt Denis Klimek Carrier Manager & Professional Network Engineer IP-Systemtechnik Tel: +49 (0) 40 / 521 04 - 1049 dklimek(a)stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<mailto:dklimek@stadtwerke-norderstedt.de> www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de<http://www.stadtwerke-norderstedt.de/>

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custom OID "autodiscovery" -?
by Adam Thompson 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

When I create a custom OID, I can turn on "Autodiscovery". What does this do? (It doesn't appear to be documented.) Thanks, -Adam Adam Thompson Consultant, Infrastructure Services [[MERLIN LOGO]] 100 - 135 Innovation Drive Winnipeg, MB, R3T 6A8 (204) 977-6824 or 1-800-430-6404 (MB only) athompson(a)merlin.mb.ca<mailto:athompson@merlin.mb.ca> www.merlin.mb.ca<http://www.merlin.mb.ca/>

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Monitoring by IPv6 Only
by Junior Corazza 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

Hello everyone, how's it going? I'm trying to monitor some hosts in ipv6 only, but the Observium has the error: "Error Drawing Graph". Has anyone ever experienced this? If want, se the screen https://ibb.co/rKjPxnM Tks

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OBS-2925 - Ping Only Hosts / OBS_SNMP_SKIP flag / snmp_skip attribute
by Colin Stubbs 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

For the benefit of anyone on the list who doesn't use JIRA... and also so that others who support (want/need) this feature can comment. https://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-2925 Attached patch defines OBS_SNMP_SKIP flag and uses snmp_skip device attribute, similar to OBS_PING_SKIP and ping_skip, in order to have hosts that are ping only. Ping only hosts can still have the Observium Unix Agent installed (tested), and other poller modules such as IPMI enabled (untested). Tested: 1. Add/remove/rename ping only hosts via CLI 2. Add/remove ping only hosts via webUI 3. View/interact ping only hosts via webUI - SNMP specific features/menus etc are hidden while skip SNMP is enabled 4. Alerting - device_status equals 0 && device_status_type equals ping - will trigger alerts for host down/recovery events 5. Shifting a previously SNMP contactable host to ping only by ticking skip SNMP box - old SNMP graphs/etc are maintained and remain available - remove skip SNMP box and SNMP polling begins again Things I know kind of don't work right now: 1. Location override - poller/discovery doesn't seem to perform geocoding and whatever else is happening there Things that could be improved: 1. Unix Agent poller module etc is enabled by default for all hosts, for ping only hosts, perhaps it should be disabled by default? Will improve performance by reducing the number of processes that hang while the 10s default connect timeout happens. Totally untested: 1. Use of autodiscovery SNMP skip - should work in theory, unsure if those parts of the patch should actually be used though. Some people out there may actually want to add anything that does respond to ping and can be found thru adjacency and routing protocol info etc?? Patch generated from recent trunk, touches files as below, [root@desktop observium]# diff -r -u observium-trunk root | grep -v ^Only > ping_only_hosts.diff [root@desktop observium]# cd root [root@desktop root]# svn status M add_device.php M html/pages/addhost.inc.php M html/pages/device/edit/device.inc.php M html/pages/device/edit.inc.php M html/pages/device/graphs.inc.php M html/pages/device/perf.inc.php M includes/config-variables.inc.php M includes/defaults.inc.php M includes/definitions.inc.php M includes/discovery/functions.inc.php M includes/functions.inc.php M includes/polling/functions.inc.php M poller.php M rename_device.php [root@desktop root]# svn info | grep ^Revision Revision: 9704 [root@desktop root]# [root@desktop observium]# mv ping_only_hosts.diff ping_only_hosts_r9704.diff -Colin Email: cstubbs @ gmail . com

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Adding Spectra BlackPearl devices
by Stephen Park 17 Feb '20

17 Feb '20

Hi, Can I get support added for a Spectra Black Pearl please. observium-01v ~]# snmpget -v2c -c <string> 172.16.15.96 sysObjectID.0 sysDescr.0 SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.3478.6 SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Spectra Logic BlackPearl Stephen Park Murdoch Children's Research Institute The Royal Children's Hospital, 50 Flemington Road Parkville, Victoria 3052 Australia T +61 3 9936 6267 M +61 439 796 025 E stephen.park(a)mcri.edu.au<mailto:stephen.park@mcri.edu.au> W mcri.edu.au<https://www.mcri.edu.au/> Disclaimer This e-mail and any attachments to it (the "Communication") are, unless otherwise stated, confidential, may contain copyright material and is for the use only of the intended recipient. If you receive the Communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete the Communication and the return e-mail, and do not read, copy, retransmit or otherwise deal with it. Any views expressed in the Communication are those of the individual sender only, unless expressly stated to be those of Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) ABN 21 006 566 972 or any of its related entities. MCRI does not accept liability in connection with the integrity of or errors in the Communication, computer virus, data corruption, interference or delay arising from or in respect of the Communication.

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Alert Checker Examples
by Luis Londoño 12 Feb '20

12 Feb '20

Not sure if there is somewhere already, but I was wondering what different alert checkers everyone is using? Tryin to build ours up and just want to see how everyone is going about checking for different port statuses and all else that Observium monitors. TIA

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Regarding Observium Services
by Ismail Hossain 11 Feb '20

11 Feb '20

Dear Observium, We are using your product and version is 17.9. we want to add our FTTH device on observium but it's not working fully for devices like V-SOL, Phyhome, BDcom. Could you please add a feature for FTTH Network. If this criteria match with us then we want to purchase your product soon. -- With Best Regards, *Md. Ismail Hossain* *Engineer | Technical* Earth Telecommunication Team Chittagong Mail : ismail.hossain(a)earth.net.bd <ismail.hossain(a)race.net.bd> <atick(a)race.net.bd> Cell : 01844543221 Cell : 01970423912 Chittagong Office : IIUC Tower, (13th floor) Sheikh Mujib Road Agrabad C/A, Chittagong - 4100, Bangladesh.

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Blank space in graphs
by Ludovic Eluecque 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

Hello, on somes devices, i have a problem with blank space in my networking graph, i have this problem only with somes devices, others devices (same hardware and OS) work well. Please find attached examples. The devices are Cisco N3K-C3048TP-1GE running on NX-OS 6.0(2)U3(7) (uk9). On working device (with normal graph) all ports are 64bits, on devices with blank problem all ports are 32bits. When i poll a device with the blank problem, i have: o CISCO-VLAN-IFTABLE-RELATIONSHIP-MIB cviRoutedVlanIfIndex o SMON-MIB o CISCO-TRUSTSEC-INTERFACE-MIB o ADSL-LINE-MIB o EtherLike-MIB dot3StatsDuplexStatus o Q-BRIDGE-MIB o IP-MIB IP-MIB ipIfStats *Negative ifOutOctets. Possible spike on next poll!* +-----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+---------+----+ | ifIndex | Label | Type | Speed | BPS In | BPS Out | Data In | Data Out | PPS In | PPS Out | HC | +-----------+--------+----------+--------+----------+----------+---------+----------+--------+---------+----+ | 83886080 | mgmt0 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 59.1kbps | 55.9kbps | 252kB | 239kB | 66.5 | 66.5 | N | | 436207616 | Et1/1 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 56.2kbps | 59.4kbps | 240kB | 254kB | 66.8 | 66.8 | N | | 436211712 | Et1/2 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 23.2kbps | 27.2kbps | 99.1kB | 116kB | 27.2 | 18.8 | N | | 436215808 | Et1/3 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 2.6Mbps | 1.68Mbps | 10.8MB | 7.01MB | 1.04k | 1.71k | N | | 436219904 | Et1/4 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 260Mbps | 63.7Mbps | 1.06GB | 266MB | 23k | 12.6k | N | | 436224000 | Et1/5 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 0bps | 114kbps | 0B | 489kB | 0 | 12.5 | N | | 436228096 | Et1/6 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 117Mbps | 453Mbps | 490MB | 1.85GB | 14.6k | 39.9k | N | | 436232192 | Et1/7 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 0bps | 0bps | 0B | 0B | 0 | 0 | N | | 436236288 | Et1/8 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 8.76Mbps | 3.65Mbps | 36.5MB | 15.2MB | 828 | 592 | N | | 436240384 | Et1/9 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 0bps | 0bps | 0B | 0B | 0 | 0 | N | | 436244480 | Et1/10 | Ethernet | 1Gbps | 24.3Mbps | 44.9Mbps | 101MB | 187MB | 3.09k | 4.55k | N | ..... | 436416512 | Et1/52 | Ethernet | 10Gbps | 38.7Mbps | 0bps | 161MB | *-1.9GB * | 116k | 73k | N | On working device, i don't have this negative values and the "HC" column has "Y" value, not "N". Do you have an idea about the problem? Thank! Regards. Ludovic. --

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All ports down
by ira＠cylinder.tv 10 Feb '20

10 Feb '20

2 devices discovered No graphs work Config at pastebin.com/vTg8Ukep Thank you -- Sent from myMail for Android

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Cleaning up Observium
by greggy862 . 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Hello, I would like to cleanup observium, please see below that my largest directories are the logs (1.6 GB) and the rrd (17 GB). I tried cleaning up the logs by running ./housekeeping -sel BUT the size of the logs did not change - nonetheless, the devices with years of logs suddenly have days of logs (since I specified logs should be no older than 30 days). My concern is that I did the cleanup to reduce disk space, but immediately after I saw an increase in disk space, moreover, the space occupied in the log file directory did not change. Is it that observium housekeeping only targets space in the database, I ask because the query hanged for over 30 min doing nothing until I uses the -d (debug) flag and I noticed it was doing an sql query. How do I cleanup the logs directory? do I delete/truncate logs such as observium.log and access.log? What about the rrd directory, if I remove some of the rrds do I loose graphs (like record duration? LAB01:/opt/observium# du -h /opt/observium/ --max-depth=1 | sort -h 20K /opt/observium/templates 52K /opt/observium/probes 472K /opt/observium/attic 512K /opt/observium/scripts 1.3M /opt/observium/tests 1.8M /opt/observium/update 3.2M /opt/observium/libs 8.7M /opt/observium/includes 26M /opt/observium/html 630M /opt/observium/mibs 799M /opt/observium/.svn 2.3G /opt/observium/logs 17G /opt/observium/rrd 21G /opt/observium/ LAB01:/opt/observium# du -h /opt/observium/logs/* --max-depth=1 | sort -h 4.0K /opt/observium/logs/debug.log 12K /opt/observium/logs/cleanup.log 384K /opt/observium/logs/error_log 712K /opt/observium/logs/update-errors.log 1.3M /opt/observium/logs/housekeeping.log 20M /opt/observium/logs/db.log 707M /opt/observium/logs/access_log 1.6G /opt/observium/logs/observium.log Regards, Greg

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Cisco 9300-24p in stack with 3 units not showing all info for stack member 2
by Daniel Johansson 06 Feb '20

06 Feb '20

Hi After setting up a new stack with 3 units of C9300-24p we only see the full inventory for switch 1 and switch 3 not switch 2. That means I can't see the fans or temp sensors for switch 2. Is this an observium parsing issue or an snmp issue in the switches? I attach a full picture of the inventory page. i also have a full snmpwalk dump from the switch if you need to have a look at it. Will send it outside of the list if needed. ---- Regards Daniel

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unsubscribe
by Dose, Volker 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

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LDAPS
by Quentin Beggs 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Hey just wondering on the process for setting up LDAPS for authentication for Observium on Debian? We currently have LDAP working successfully but looking to move to LDAPS. I've changed the port and set starttls to true in the config file but I can't work out how/where to import the certificate? Quentin Beggs | Engineer 02 9970 2010 | 0420 361 760 Quentin.Beggs(a)netstrategy.net NetStrategy Pty Ltd | help(a)netstrategy.net Help Desk 1300-736-383 | netstrategy.net 165 Walker St, North Sydney NSW 2060

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Feature Request - Interactive Graphs
by Justin Radke 04 Feb '20

04 Feb '20

Hello, I have been a user of Observium for quite some time and currently paid subscriber, I have always wanted to see interactive graphs to improve usability. What I am asking for specifically is the ability to: 1. Hover the mouse cursor over the graph and have it show pop-up boxes with info that show the current value for that vertex on the graph. 2. The ability to select a time window by clicking and dragging the cursor across the graph. This functionality is commonly seen on stock graphs such as finance.yahoo.com or finance.google.com where you can view values across the timeline and select time ranges by highlighting them on the graph with the mouse cursor. Is this a feature that can be added to Observium? Also, if this is not the appropriate method to issue feature requests please kindly direct me towards the proper method. Regards, -=JGR

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Windows SNMP Timeout
by Luis Londoño 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Hello, Is anyone else having any issues with SNMP timeouts on windows servers? I´ve checked the servers to make sure the port is open and it is listening, but whenever I either do the poller or I manually do the snmpwalk I get a timeout. Same thing if I run the snmpwalk from another server. I do get a ping response so I know they can communicate. I have 3 Windows 2012R2 servers that are having this issue, not sure if maybe it was a recent windows update. TIA

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Re: [Observium] Supermicro: Voltage scale unreliabe
by Mike Stupalov 03 Feb '20

03 Feb '20

Ok, as I see in your output, all sensors with smHealthMonitorType equal to 1, everyone have smHealthMonitorReadingUnit equal to mV. And this mean our sensor definition still correct, not see reason for your changes. But I found 2 additional sensor classes (current type 7, unit mA) and (power type, unit mW). I will add it. smHealthMonitorType.22 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.23 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.24 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.25 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.26 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.27 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.28 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.29 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.30 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.31 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.32 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.33 = 1 .. smHealthMonitorType.42 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.43 = 1 .. smHealthMonitorType.52 = 1 smHealthMonitorType.53 = 1 smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.22 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.23 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.24 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.25 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.26 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.27 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.28 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.29 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.30 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.31 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.32 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.33 = "mV" .. smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.42 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.43 = "mV" .. smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.52 = "mV" smHealthMonitorReadingUnit.53 = "mV" Torstein Eide wrote on 03.02.2020 13:04: > Hi Mike > See attached file > > > man. 27. jan. 2020 kl. 19:21 skrev Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org > <mailto:mike@observium.org>>: > > Hrm, > > please attach discovery debug for more understand, what your > device return in this MIB: > ./discovery.php -d -m sensors -h <device> > > Torstein Eide wrote on 27.01.2020 20:51: >> for voltage, the scale is in mV, (0.001), some times it would >> reset to 1. >> like this, for a 12V rail: >> image.png >> >> It is the fix "+ 'scale' => 0.001," that is >> important. >> since the "map_class" is more reliable then than the " 'mV' => >> 0.001,". >> >> man. 27. jan. 2020 kl. 18:33 skrev Mike Stupalov >> <mike(a)observium.org <mailto:mike@observium.org>>: >> >> Hi, >> >> please describe, what you mean as (voltage was unreliable)? >> >> as I see, you just added min (0) and max (250000), >> if your server return such values, we can exclude in same >> (single) definition. >> Both this values also impossible for fan speed and temperature. >> >> Torstein Eide via observium wrote on 24.01.2020 14:40: >>> Hi >>> >>> For me the scale read by the supermicro voltage was >>> unreliable, so i have change it to be 2 separately entries. >>> Index: includes/definitions/mibs/supermicro.inc.php >>> >>> =================================================================== >>> --- includes/definitions/mibs/supermicro.inc.php >>> (revision 10173) >>> +++ includes/definitions/mibs/supermicro.inc.php >>> (working copy) >>> @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ >>> 'SUPERMICRO-HEALTH-MIB::smHealthMonitorName.1' => '/.+/' >>> ]; >>> >>> + >>> +// Tempeture and fanspeed >>> $config['mibs'][$mib]['sensor'][] = array( >>> 'table' => 'smHealthMonitorTable', >>> 'oid' => 'smHealthMonitorReading', >>> @@ -35,11 +37,12 @@ >>> 'oid_descr' => 'smHealthMonitorName', >>> 'descr_transform' => [ 'action' => 'ireplace', >>> 'from' => [ 'Temperature', 'Temp', 'Voltage', ' Fan >>> Speed', ' Speed' ], 'to' => '' ], >>> 'oid_class' => 'smHealthMonitorType', >>> - 'map_class' => [ 0 => 'fanspeed', 1 => >>> 'voltage', 2 => 'temperature' ], >>> + 'map_class' => [ 0 => 'fanspeed', 2 => >>> 'temperature' ], >>> // This table have unit oid smHealthMonitorDivisor, >>> but it always 0 >>> 'oid_scale' => 'smHealthMonitorReadingUnit', >>> 'map_scale' => [ 'C' => 1, 'mV' => 0.001, >>> 'RPM' => 1 ], >>> 'oid_num' => >>> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.10876.2.1.1.1.1.4', >>> + 'min' => 0, >>> 'limit_scale' => 'scale', // limits scale >>> same as main scale >>> 'oid_limit_high' => 'smHealthMonitorHighLimit', >>> 'oid_limit_low' => 'smHealthMonitorLowLimit', >>> @@ -47,6 +50,31 @@ >>> 'rename_rrd' => 'supermicro-%index%' >>> ); >>> >>> +// voltage >>> + >>> +$config['mibs'][$mib]['sensor'][] = array( >>> + 'table' => 'smHealthMonitorTable', >>> + 'oid' => 'smHealthMonitorReading', >>> + 'oid_descr' => 'smHealthMonitorName', >>> + 'descr_transform' => [ 'action' => 'ireplace', >>> 'from' => [ 'Temperature', 'Temp', 'Voltage', ' Fan >>> Speed', ' Speed' ], 'to' => '' ], >>> + 'oid_class' => 'smHealthMonitorType', >>> + 'map_class' => [ 1 => 'voltage' ], >>> + // This table have unit oid smHealthMonitorDivisor, >>> but it always 0 >>> + //'oid_scale' => 'smHealthMonitorReadingUnit', >>> + //'map_scale' => [ 'C' => 1, 'mV' => 0.001, >>> 'RPM' => 1 ], >>> + 'limit_scale' => 'scale', // limits scale >>> same as main scale >>> + 'scale' => 0.001, >>> + 'oid_num' => >>> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.10876.2.1.1.1.1.4', >>> + 'min' => 0, >>> + 'max' => 250000, >>> + 'oid_limit_high' => 'smHealthMonitorHighLimit', >>> + 'oid_limit_low' => 'smHealthMonitorLowLimit', >>> + 'test' => [ 'field' => >>> 'smHealthMonitorReadingUnit', 'operator' => 'notin', >>> 'value' => [ 'ThermalText', 'N/A' ] ], >>> + 'rename_rrd' => 'supermicro-%index%' >>> +); >>> >>> >>> This fix the problem i had with scale changing for voltage. >>> >>> -- >>> Torstein Eide >>> Torsteine(a)gmail.com <mailto:Torsteine@gmail.com> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> -- >> Mike Stupalov >> Observium Limited, http://observium.org >> >> >> >> -- >> Torstein Eide >> Torsteine(a)gmail.com <mailto:Torsteine@gmail.com> > > -- > Mike Stupalov > Observium Limited, http://observium.org > > > > -- > Torstein Eide > Torsteine(a)gmail.com <mailto:Torsteine@gmail.com> -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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Device need to be rediscovered
by Tomasz Karczewski 02 Feb '20

02 Feb '20

Hi, >From the last update i see many logs like "snmpEngineID changed: -> (probably the device was replaced). The device will be rediscovered" I rediscoverd manually all devices but i still see these logs. Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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Areca arrays
by cody＠mail-server.cc 01 Feb '20

01 Feb '20

The Areca controller is supported but only very basic infos are availaible as Areca doesn't provide much via SNMP. But there is a areca-hw script that uses the cli tool get the hardware infos out of it: CLI> hw info The Hardware Monitor Information ===================================================== [Controller H/W Monitor] CPU Temperature : 64 C Controller Temp. : 38 C CPU Fan : 8437 RPM 12V : 12.220 V 5V : 5.053 V 3.3V : 3.360 V IO Voltage +1.8V : 1.824 V DDR3 +1.5V : 1.536 V CPU VCore +1.0V : 1.040 V Analog +1.0V : 1.024 V DDR3 +0.75V : 0.752 V Battery Status : Not Installed [Enclosure#1 : SAS RAID Adapter V1.0] ===================================================== GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success. Would it be possible to extend the areca-hw script to add volume and disk info to check if the volume is in Normal or Degraded state and if possible which disk is gone? CLI> vsf info # Name Raid Name Level Capacity Ch/Id/Lun State =============================================================================== 1 ARC-1882-VOL#000 Raid Set # 000 Raid1+0 480.1GB 00/00/00 Normal 2 ARC-1882-VOL#002 Raid Set # 002 Raid1+0 600.1GB 00/00/01 Normal 3 ARC-1882-VOL#003 Raid Set # 003 Raid1+0 2000.4GB 00/00/02 Normal =============================================================================== GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success. CLI> disk info # Enc# Slot# ModelName Capacity Usage =============================================================================== 1 01 Slot#1 SAMSUNG MZ7KM480HAHP-0E005(SED 480.1GB Raid Set # 000 2 01 Slot#2 SAMSUNG MZ7KM480HAHP-0E005(SED 480.1GB Raid Set # 000 3 01 Slot#3 N.A. 0.0GB N.A. 4 01 Slot#4 N.A. 0.0GB N.A. 5 01 Slot#5 WDC WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600.1GB Raid Set # 002 6 01 Slot#6 WDC WD6000HLHX-01JJPV0 600.1GB Raid Set # 002 7 01 Slot#7 HGST HUS724020ALE640 2000.4GB Raid Set # 003 8 01 Slot#8 HGST HUS724020ALE640 2000.4GB Raid Set # 003 =============================================================================== GuiErrMsg<0x00>: Success. Thanks, Cody

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Splunk integration
by davide.magni＠sorint.it 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Hi all, I know that there are API in Observium for fetching devices status and data. Is there an integration/app/plugin for fetching this data into Splunk? Thanks! /* */ /*Davide Magni*/

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Hardware inventory not updating
by Tomasz Karczewski 31 Jan '20

31 Jan '20

Hi, I noticed that my hardware inventory won't update in Observium pro version. How can i fix that? Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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Contact
by Melissa Stagg 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

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Storage size changes
by Luis Londoño 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hello, On our NAS devices, there are multiple entries where the storage size changes to 0 and then changes back to its original number. Is this something that can be changed? Or anybody know why it is doing that? I´m wondering if that is going to cause an issue if I enable an alert checker for disk size changes.

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Re: [Observium] NetApp Storage FAS2552 - Interface Speed Change
by Mike Stupalov 28 Jan '20

28 Jan '20

Hi Basile, please try with latest revision (r10249). Issue should gone ;) Basile Bluntschli wrote on 28.01.2020 09:35: > Hi Make > > please see attached files. > As you can see from the screenshot the interface names get filled > wrong. As far as I can see in the debug. It would display the correct > Interface but it gets truncated. > > Thanks > Basile > > > > Am Di., 28. Jan. 2020 um 00:09 Uhr schrieb Mike Stupalov > <mike(a)observium.org <mailto:mike@observium.org>>: > > Hi Basile, > > you sent discovery debug, but this issue need to see poller debug. > > Please make this debug: > ./poller.php -d -m ports -h <device> > > Tnx. > > Basile Bluntschli via observium wrote on 27.01.2020 23:57: >> just sent to you via private reply >> >> Thanks! >> >> Am Mo., 27. Jan. 2020 um 19:59 Uhr schrieb Tom Laermans via >> observium <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>>: >> >> Probably better to ignore the -1 and consider ifHighSpeeed >> unreliable on that device? >> >> Debug output for the poller would definitely help! >> >> On 1/26/2020 6:44 PM, Adam Armstrong via observium wrote: >>> Is it always the same message? >>> >>> If so, I guess that database field can't contain -1 value. >>> >>> We can modify the schema for that, but it'd be useful to >>> know where the -1 is coming from. >>> >>> Adam. >>> >>> Sent from BlueMail <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=15774> >>> On 26 Jan 2020, at 15:23, Basile Bluntschli via observium >>> <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi All >>> >>> on our NetApp FAS2552 every polling interval the >>> interface speed changes: >>> Interface changed: [ifHighSpeed] '0' -> '-1' >>> >>> This happens at all polling intervals... >>> >>> Would a debug output help? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Basile >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > -- > Mike Stupalov > Observium Limited, http://observium.org > -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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NetApp Storage FAS2552 - Interface Speed Change
by Basile Bluntschli 27 Jan '20

27 Jan '20

Hi All on our NetApp FAS2552 every polling interval the interface speed changes: Interface changed: [ifHighSpeed] '0' -> '-1' This happens at all polling intervals... Would a debug output help? Thanks Basile

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