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Re: [Observium] Alert checking on port state change
by Tom Laermans 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Protip: the below statement is not true, there's a toggle for number of seconds to renotify. But indeed, no per-checker config, that one is true ;) Tom On Aug 13, 2015 7:03 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > At the moment Observium is hardcoded to re-notify alerts after 24 hours. > > I think that your use case would be helped by being able to turn this off on a per-checker basis. > > I'll add it to the list :) > > Adam. > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > On 12 August 2015 9:02:30 pm Tim Vaughan <tim(a)timvaughan.co.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi all, I'm starting to get my head around Observium alerts. >> >> I want to be alerted if a switch port that was previously down comes up, and vice versa. I don't want to get repeatedly alerted when a port is down (or up), only when it changes state. At the moment I'm using tests "ifAdminStatus equals up" and "ifOperStatus notequals up" for one alert, but I appear to be getting notifications each time the poller runs. Any suggestions on how I can get what I want? >> >> Cheers, >> >> Tim >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>

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Re: [Observium] can't ping error from inside Observium
by Tom Laermans 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Most likely selinux is not letting apache exec fping. Tom On Aug 13, 2015 3:24 PM, Michael Ponto <MPonto(a)team-psc.com> wrote: > > Good morning all > I have a new server setup with Centos 7 and Observium > Everything looks good except I can't add any devices. > I get an error that says it can't ping the device. > > I can ping when logged in from the terminal by IP and by Name. > FPing also works from the console. > IP tables and Firewall have been turned off for trouble shooting. > I can add users etc. > This is a replacement box so the devices are all configured correctly. > > Total loss here. > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alert checking on port state change
by Tim Vaughan 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Hi all, I'm starting to get my head around Observium alerts. I want to be alerted if a switch port that was previously down comes up, and vice versa. I don't want to get repeatedly alerted when a port is down (or up), only when it changes state. At the moment I'm using tests "ifAdminStatus equals up" and "ifOperStatus notequals up" for one alert, but I appear to be getting notifications each time the poller runs. Any suggestions on how I can get what I want? Cheers, Tim

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can't ping error from inside Observium
by Michael Ponto 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Good morning all I have a new server setup with Centos 7 and Observium Everything looks good except I can't add any devices. I get an error that says it can't ping the device. I can ping when logged in from the terminal by IP and by Name. FPing also works from the console. IP tables and Firewall have been turned off for trouble shooting. I can add users etc. This is a replacement box so the devices are all configured correctly. Total loss here.

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Re: [Observium] svn Checksum mismatch error
by Tom Laermans 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

I'll give you that, though i'm pretty sure they also switched to snmp-mibs-downloader :) On Aug 13, 2015 7:51 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > > Ubuntu doesn't seem to have quite so much OS-zealotry-fuelled hatred for its users as Debian, though! ;) > > adam. >> >> On 13/08/2015 06:49:46, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >> >> >> On Aug 13, 2015 7:01 AM, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> > >> > Also, I'd recommend Ubuntu, it has fewer strange quirks than Debian. :) >> >> I highly recommend Debian over Ubuntu for exactly that reason :) >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] false device down alerts
by Rudolf Hoehler 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Hello Sujith, When you set an alert you can set the number of polling runs before the alert actually fires. Under Alert Checkers set the "Alert Delay" for the checker to 3 or 4 and see if the results improve. If you are polling every minute you might start a polling run while the previous polling run is still happening. I would up this from 1 minute to about 2 or 3 minutes at least. Would be good to hear other comments on the fast polling time. Rudolf From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of "Samarasinghe, Sujith" <Sujith.Samarasinghe(a)Squarepoint-Capital.com<mailto:Sujith.Samarasinghe@Squarepoint-Capital.com>> Reply-To: "observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>" <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Thursday 13 August 2015 at 07:14 To: "observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>" <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: [Observium] false device down alerts Hi Team, How to avoid false device down alerts? I think it just single ping and small network glitch on observium server to monitor device alerts are device down. I am polling every minutes though. Is there any way to let observium at least poll second time and alert device is down? Thanks, Sujith. Confidentiality Note: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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Re: [Observium] svn Checksum mismatch error
by Tom Laermans 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

On Aug 13, 2015 7:01 AM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > > Also, I'd recommend Ubuntu, it has fewer strange quirks than Debian. :) I highly recommend Debian over Ubuntu for exactly that reason :)

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false device down alerts
by Samarasinghe, Sujith 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

Hi Team, How to avoid false device down alerts? I think it just single ping and small network glitch on observium server to monitor device alerts are device down. I am polling every minutes though. Is there any way to let observium at least poll second time and alert device is down? Thanks, Sujith. Confidentiality Note: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your cooperation.

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svn Checksum mismatch error
by Johnson, Edward A. 13 Aug '15

13 Aug '15

We have been running Observium under RHEL 6 for over a year now. After one of the last updates, I noticed that php 5.4 or newer was needed. Unfortunately, php 5.3.3 is current in RHN but I was able to update to 5.4 using a different repository. Then I had an issue with xcache not being available for 5.4. This brings me to my current problem. I decided to go with the approved distro, Debian. My problem is that when I try to execute "svn co http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable observium", I get a few files and then randomly get the error “Checksum mismatch for ‘/opt/observium/somefilename.extension’ If I blow away the /opt/observium directory and run the command again, a different file gives me that error.

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'Duplicate entry' issues on vlans_fdb
by Aaron Mayfield 12 Aug '15

12 Aug '15

Just today I updated to the latest and greatest (0.15.8.6882). I was several revisions behind and several database updates were done as a result. After the update, I noticed my poller.php processes started taking all the CPU, started getting gaps in the graphs, etc. I noticed thousands of these entries in db.log: [2015/08/11 22:01:02 -0500] poller.php(21342): Failed dbQuery (#1062 - Duplicate entry '54-2083-6ef88537f91f' for key 'dev_vlan_mac'), Query: INSERT INTO `vlans_fdb` (`device_id`,`vlan_id`,`port_id`,`mac_address`,`fdb_status`) VALUES ('54','2083','220115','6ef88537f91f','learned') [2015/08/11 22:01:02 -0500] poller.php(21342): Failed dbQuery (#1062 - Duplicate entry '54-2084-005056a927c2' for key 'dev_vlan_mac'), Query: INSERT INTO `vlans_fdb` (`device_id`,`vlan_id`,`port_id`,`mac_address`,`fdb_status`) VALUES ('54','2084','220115','005056a927c2','learned') [2015/08/11 22:01:02 -0500] poller.php(21342): Failed dbQuery (#1062 - Duplicate entry '54-2084-a66aaf0bf4cc' for key 'dev_vlan_mac'), Query: INSERT INTO `vlans_fdb` (`device_id`,`vlan_id`,`port_id`,`mac_address`,`fdb_status`) VALUES ('54','2084','220115','a66aaf0bf4cc','learned') [2015/08/11 22:01:02 -0500] poller.php(21342): Failed dbQuery (#1062 - Duplicate entry '54-2085-228a3d193c66' for key 'dev_vlan_mac'), Query: INSERT INTO `vlans_fdb` (`device_id`,`vlan_id`,`port_id`,`mac_address`,`fdb_status`) VALUES ('54','2085','220115','228a3d193c66','learned') [2015/08/11 22:01:02 -0500] poller.php(21342): Failed dbQuery (#1062 - Duplicate entry '54-2086-0ee7c729643b' for key 'dev_vlan_mac'), Query: INSERT INTO `vlans_fdb` (`device_id`,`vlan_id`,`port_id`,`mac_address`,`fdb_status`) VALUES ('54','2086','220115','0ee7c729643b','learned') If I run a poller process against a switch manually, everything seems to run fine with the exception of the fdb-table module, which is taking over 600 seconds to run. Here is the schema of my vlans_fdb file: mysql> show columns from vlans_fdb -> ; +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | Field | Type | Null | Key | Default | Extra | +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ | device_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | vlan_id | int(11) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | port_id | int(11) | YES | MUL | NULL | | | mac_address | varchar(32) | NO | PRI | NULL | | | fdb_status | varchar(32) | NO | | NULL | | +-------------+-------------+------+-----+---------+-------+ 5 rows in set (0.00 sec) mysql> mysql> show index from vlans_fdb -> ; +-----------+------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---- ----+--------+------+------------+---------+ | Table | Non_unique | Key_name | Seq_in_index | Column_name | Collation | Cardinality | Sub art | Packed | Null | Index_type | Comment | +-----------+------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---- ----+--------+------+------------+---------+ | vlans_fdb | 0 | dev_vlan_mac | 1 | device_id | A | 15 | ULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | vlans_fdb | 0 | dev_vlan_mac | 2 | vlan_id | A | 18348 | ULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | vlans_fdb | 0 | dev_vlan_mac | 3 | mac_address | A | 128440 | ULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | vlans_fdb | 1 | device_id | 1 | device_id | A | 78 | ULL | NULL | | BTREE | | | vlans_fdb | 1 | port_id | 1 | port_id | A | 431 | ULL | NULL | YES | BTREE | | +-----------+------------+--------------+--------------+-------------+-----------+-------------+---- ----+--------+------+------------+---------+ 5 rows in set (0.04 sec) mysql> Does my table structure look right? I see someone else on the list has had this same issue, but there is no indication that this should be a problem in the latest version. What should I check? Thanks for any help. Aaron Mayfield Cloud Expert Networking Specialist 12400 Hwy. 71 W. Suite 350-407 Austin, TX 78738 T. 512.600.4297 www.artisaninfrastructure.com Partner portal: https://portal.vpdc.us Partner support: support(a)artisaninfrastructure.com This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please notify the system manager. Please note that any views or opinions present in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the company. Finally the recipient should check this email and any attachment for the presence of viruses. The company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. (Proprietary & Confidential – Artisan Infrastructure, Inc. et all.)

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