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Re: MIB BATM / TECO SYSYTEM
by Bonneau Thomas 08 Sep '26

08 Sep '26

Hello, Could you please add the support of the BATM/TELCO-SYSTEM mibs for the T5C and T-Marc swiches ? Thomas BONNEAU

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api key
by ARNOLDO RODRIGO VIDAL BRAVO 01 Sep '26

01 Sep '26

hi, i have observium 25.10.14367 and it is working perfectly, but a few days in the map show API KEY REQUIRED, i repeat observium works fine. now how i cam do to these message not show to another users on my lan? [image: image.png] --Saluda cordialmente

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Feature
by ARNOLDO RODRIGO VIDAL BRAVO 01 Sep '26

01 Sep '26

hi, we have deployed observium v25.10.14367 on over any table is possible enable a button to export xls or pdf (like data tables)?on results of find devices... how we can show a column like "purpose"? -- Saluda cordialmente

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NewFeature:Public Dashboard
by loxely＠hotmail.com 30 Aug '26

30 Aug '26

Hi all, I read on docs and as far I undestand the "isPublic" attribute just give to other users the authorization to see another user dashboard Is there a way to set a dashboard "truly" public, i mean, visible without authentication?

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Re: [EXTERNAL] permissions problem after update
by Lorenzo Orlandi 27 Aug '26

27 Aug '26

Hi Eric, I see in your opening message you set user/group observium:observium via chown. I've compared with my environment and permission for /opt/observium/rrd is observium:www-data May be this prevent php to read some data in rrd subfolders? Hope this will help Lorenzo

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Alert for a specific sensor (by sensor index) doesnt work
by Thomas Stather 13 Aug '26

13 Aug '26

Hello, i want to build an alert for a specific sensor, i need to check if a water input of an rlcp (cooled rack) is above a certain temperature. I manually set the "Max Warn" value in the device properties, so the sensor will throw a warning, then i created the alert Condition: sensor_event notequals ok Association (type AND) device type in Environment sensor description match *Water In* This works, but what i really needed was to specify sensors directly instead of matching the sensor description, but sadly this didn't work. I saw that you can specify the senor index in the association and i used this one from the url https://observium.mydomain.de/device/device=496/tab=health/metric=temperatu… Once i tried that, i got no check count unter the "Status / Contacts" column of the alert checker. What am i doing wrong? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Please putit-help(a)mr.mpg.de always in CC, so that you can be helped as fast as possible. Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561

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permissions problem after update
by Eric Bates 12 Aug '26

12 Aug '26

Just finished an update that was a bit overdue (523 --> 540) and now I'm getting various errors while rendering RRD: "Draw Error" "ERROR: can not parse an empty rpn expression" "RRDTool seems to have generated an empty graph. Please ensure that RRDs are being populated for this device." While at the same time, some RRDs do render correctly. On the dashboard the message is different: "Permission error You have insufficient permissions to view this page" The poller runs as user:group "observium:obervium" I have run "chown -R observium:observium /opt/observium" out of paranoia, but it didn't help. What am I missing? Thanks for your time. -- MS #46 Clark 159a

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Alert Tests instead of Alert Checkers ?
by Simone Montagnani 01 Aug '26

01 Aug '26

Hi, after latest upgrade i do not have alert Checkers menu anymore, what happened ? Now it is "Alert Tests" it seems a little confusing for me , is there any issue with my installation? Best Simone

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Updating SNMP Configuration for Existing Devices
by Tibi, Saleh 22 Jul '26

22 Jul '26

Hi, I am planning to migrate some of my hardware devices (rack equipment) from SNMPv2 to SNMPv3. The devices are already configured in Observium. Is there a way to update the SNMP configuration for approximately 200 existing devices without having to open each device in the GUI and manually enter the SNMPv3 settings? Thank you for your help. Best regards, Mit freundlichen Grüßen Saleh Tibi --------------------------------------------- M.Sc.: Saleh Tibi (Herr) IT-Spezialist für Data Centers und Überwachung Zentrum für Informations- und Medientechnologie (ZIM)|Raum 25.41.00.51 Heinrich-Heine-Universitaet Duesseldorf Universitaetsstrasse 1, 40225 Duesseldorf Email: saleh.tibi(a)hhu.de<mailto:saleh.tibi@hhu.de> Phone: +49-(0)211-81-14051

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Observium Change Device Update API Failure
by Ammar Ahmad Khan 30 Jun '26

30 Jun '26

Hello, I'm using Observium 24.6.13582 (stable) and believe I've found an issue with the device update API. According to the API documentation, coordinates and location_manual can be updated using the "Changing a device" endpoint. However, while updates to other fields work correctly, these two fields do not. For example, this request works as expected: curl -u user:password \ -X PUT http://observium/api/v0/devices/47/ \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"disabled":"1"}' But these requests do not update the device and return HTTP 304 Not Modified: curl -u user:password \ -X PUT http://observium/api/v0/devices/47/ \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"coordinates":"51.509865,-0.118092"}' curl -u user:password \ -X PUT http://observium/api/v0/devices/47/ \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{"location_manual":"1","coordinates":"51.509865,-0.118092"}' I've verified that: * Authentication is working. * The endpoint and HTTP method are correct. * Other fields (e.g. disabled) update successfully * Could you please confirm whether coordinates and location_manual are supported for updates in Observium 24.6.13582, or whether this is a bug or documentation issue? Thank you.

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Hey, What edition do I have?
by skent＠signaturescience.com 23 Jun '26

23 Jun '26

GUI about page says: Observium 26.4.14713 (stable) (6th April 2026) svn info says: Path: /opt/observium Working Copy Root Path: /opt/observium URL: https://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable Relative URL: ^/observium/branches/stable Repository Root: https://svn.observium.org/svn Revision: 14935 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: adama Last Changed Rev: 14713 Last Changed Date: 2026-04-06 14:09:52 -0500 (Mon, 06 Apr 2026) I have a Pro subscription, but I'm trying to add some OID Alerts and AI is telling me to go the Alert Checkers, which doesn't exist and it's telling me I don't have Pro.

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Cant get cron job to run
by dfiorini＠linktransit.com 28 May '26

28 May '26

Hi all, I have taken over an Observium install and am trying to get it back up and running since most of the new devices are not in it. Every device I add I have to manually run the discovery and poller. I have checked the txt file in /etc/cron.d/observium and it reads: # Run a complete discovery of all devices once every 6 hours 33 */6 * * * root /opt/observium/observium-wrapper discovery >> /dev/null 2>&1 # Run automated discovery of newly added devices every 5 minutes */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/observium-wrapper discovery --host new >> /dev/null 2>&1 # Run multithreaded poller wrapper every 5 minutes */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/observium-wrapper poller-wrapper.py 10 >> /dev/null 2>&1 # Run housekeeping script daily for syslog, eventlog and alert log 13 5 * * * root /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -ysel >> /dev/null 2>&1 # Run housekeeping script daily for rrds, ports, orphaned entries in the database and performance data 47 4 * * * root /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -yrptb >> /dev/null 2>&1 Is it just a matter of creating this text file in this folder and it automatically runs or am I missing a step to get it to run every 5 mins etc. Thanks!

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Re: [EXT] email to txt substitutes
by Shawn L 27 May '26

27 May '26

Also pushover.net if you use Apple products -----Original Message----- From: "Jim DeVico via observium" <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 2:44pm To: "Observium" <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Cc: "Tony Guadagno" <tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com>, "Jim DeVico" <jim.devico(a)wakefern.com> Subject: [Observium] Re: [EXT] email to txt substitutes [ https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/observium-integration-guide/ ]( https://www.pagerduty.com/docs/guides/observium-integration-guide/ ) From: Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2026 2:01 PM To: observium(a)lists.observium.org Cc: Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com> Subject: [EXT] [Observium] email to txt substitutes hi, I guess i am behind the times but i just realized that the big 3 cell carriers in the US are (or have already) shutdown their email to txt gateways. we rely on this quite a bit. I know we could just send emails but our techs like a txt when ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerStart This Message Is From an External Sender This message came from outside your organization. ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd hi, I guess i am behind the times but i just realized that the big 3 cell carriers in the US are (or have already) shutdown their email to txt gateways. we rely on this quite a bit. I know we could just send emails but our techs like a txt when things are really bad. i was wondering what else others are using and what my options might be. thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list -- [ observium(a)lists.observium.org ]( mailto:observium@lists.observium.org ) To unsubscribe send an email to [ observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org ]( mailto:observium-leave@lists.observium.org )

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email to txt substitutes
by Tony Guadagno 27 May '26

27 May '26

hi, I guess i am behind the times but i just realized that the big 3 cell carriers in the US are (or have already) shutdown their email to txt gateways. we rely on this quite a bit. I know we could just send emails but our techs like a txt when things are really bad. i was wondering what else others are using and what my options might be. thanks in advance.

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Re: transceivers
by James Tandy 26 May '26

26 May '26

Just makes me think of https://xkcd.com/927/ lolSent from my Galaxy -------- Original message --------From: Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Date: 26/05/2026 17:44 (GMT+00:00) To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org>, Jim DeVico via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Cc: Jim DeVico <jim.devico(a)wakefern.com>, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Re: transceivers It's complicated. It depends upon specific support being added for the platform usually, because no vendor has been able to decide on a standards-based way of doing anything new since 2001. Thanks, adam. Jim DeVico via observium wrote on 26/05/2026 16:53:  What does observium consider a transceiver and how are they read? I do not see any info regarding any of my fiber SFPs. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org -- Sent from Postbox

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transceivers
by Jim DeVico 26 May '26

26 May '26

What does observium consider a transceiver and how are they read? I do not see any info regarding any of my fiber SFPs. [cid:image001.png@01DCED06.3B76F270]

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Bug!
by Peter Derissen 24 May '26

24 May '26

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SMTP email alerts stopped working
by ajgreenawalt＠moniteau.org 11 May '26

11 May '26

I recently updated to Observium CE 26.1.14545. Since the update, I am no longer receiving email alerts. I selected an alert from the dashboard (4354) and ran ./test_alert.php -a 4354. This is the response I get in the shell: Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. Call to undefined function get_entity_group_names() in /opt/observium/includes/notifications.inc.php:97 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/includes/notifications.inc.php:97] 92: $device = device_by_id_cache($entry['device_id']); 93: $entity = get_entity_by_id_cache($entry['entity_type'], $entry['entity_id']); 94: $alert = $alert_rules[$entry['alert_test_id']]; 95: 96: // Get device group memberships for alert routing 97: $device_groups = get_entity_group_names('device', $device['device_id']); 98: 99: // Get entity group memberships for alert routing 100: $entity_groups = get_entity_group_names($entry['entity_type'], $entry['entity_id']); 101: 102: /// DEVEL #1: alert_generate_tags called at [/opt/observium/includes/notifications.inc.php:26] 21: */ 22: function alert_notifier($entry, $type = "alert", $log_id = NULL) { 23: 24: $device = device_by_id_cache($entry['device_id']); 25: 26: $message_tags = alert_generate_tags($entry, $type); 27: 28: //logfile('debug.log', var_export($message, TRUE)); 29: 30: $alert_id = $entry['alert_test_id']; 31: #2: alert_notifier called at [/opt/observium/test_alert.php:56] 51: 52: $entry = dbFetchRow($sql, [$options['a']]); 53: print_debug_vars($entry, 1); 54: 55: // Generate alerts and insert them into the queue 56: $ids = alert_notifier($entry); 57: } elseif ($options['c']) { 58: // Test by contact id 59: $ids = []; 60: 61: // Fetch notification example from json file Any assistance is appreciated. Thanks!

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temps
by Jim DeVico 03 May '26

03 May '26

Can anyone guide me on how to have temperature show in F and not C?

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Re: power tab on UPS' throws errors
by Tony Guadagno 29 Apr '26

29 Apr '26

Hi, I just notice this on all my UPS': [cid:image001.png@01DCD7C3.44C94D30] I am running Professional Observium 26.4.14713 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> Any suggestions? Thanks Tony

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issues
by Jim DeVico 29 Apr '26

29 Apr '26

I like the new look of the power tab for UPSs however, runtime does not appear to be displaying properly. It says 0s but the graph is correct. [cid:image001.png@01DCD7BB.5AB59CA0]

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No longer have SVN access
by Christian Theodor Klaas 20 Apr '26

20 Apr '26

Hi guys, We have the Enterprise license and installed an Observium poller right after the main installation. Unfortunately, we can’t install any more poller instances because SVN access is no longer available. Is there perhaps a workaround, or any explanation as to why SVN access is no longer available? Or has the SVN user's account expired? Any help is welcome. ---------schnip------------ 6. Remote poller for Observium Pro/Ent Edition stable (requires account at https://www.observium.org/subs/) (1-6): 6 you choose 6 You have selected: Remote poller for Observium Pro/Ent Edition (stable). IMPORTANT: Before continuing, make sure you have already installed: •{BOLD} The main poller (primary Observium instance) • A remote MySQL database (accessible from this host) • A remote RRDCacheD service (accessible from this host) Please enter your params... Your SVN username and password can be found after logging in at: https://www.observium.org/subs/ SVN Username: ***** SVN Password: ***** [*] Verifying SVN credentials... ERROR: SVN authentication failed for user '*****'. Please check your credentials at https://www.observium.org/subs/ ---------schnip------------ Best regards, Christian Klaas ________________________________ KAMP Netzwerkdienste GmbH Vestische Straße 89-91 | 46117 Oberhausen Fon: +49 (0) 208 89 402-0<tel:+49208894020> Fax: +49 (0) 208 89 402-40<tel:+492088940240> WWW: http://www.kamp.de<https://www.kamp.de/> Geschäftsführer: Dr. Florian Kopshoff | Volker Bischoff | Daniel Hagemeier Amtsgericht Duisburg | HRB Nr. 12154 | USt-IdNr.: DE249338561 HINWEIS: UNSERE HINWEISE ZUM UMGANG MIT PERSONENBEZOGENEN DATEN FINDEN SIE IN UNSERER DATENSCHUTZERKLÄRUNG UNTER HTTPS://WWW.KAMP.DE/DATENSCHUTZ.HTML<https://www.kamp.de/DATENSCHUTZ.HTML> DIESE NACHRICHT IST NUR FÜR DEN ADRESSATEN BESTIMMT. ES IST NICHT ERLAUBT, DIESE NACHRICHT ZU KOPIEREN ODER DRITTEN ZUGÄNGLICH ZU MACHEN. SOLLTEN SIE IRRTÜMLICH DIESE NACHRICHT ERHALTEN HABEN, BITTE ICH UM IHRE MITTEILUNG PER E-MAIL ODER UNTER DER OBEN ANGEGEBENEN TELEFONNUMMER. ________________________________

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Fix for hdarray
by Chris James 17 Apr '26

17 Apr '26

We have continued to have an issue where PERC controller status is flagged as failed on pretty much all our Poweredge Rx20, Rx30, Rx40, Rx50, Rx60 servers. We finally got to the bottom of it today. Please can the following be corrected. Root Cause: perccli64 requires an open stdin to function correctly. When it runs with stdin closed (<&-), it returns Status = Failure instead of querying the controller. The Observium agent script closes stdin as a security measure (exec <&- 2>/dev/null) before running all local scripts, so every time the agent ran our hdarray script via the socket, perccli silently failed. The Fix: Add </dev/null to all four perccli calls in the hdarray script so the binary gets a valid (empty) stdin rather than a closed file descriptor: $CLI show nolog </dev/null 2>/dev/null $CLI /c${ctrl} show nolog > $RAID 2>&1 </dev/null $CLI /c${ctrl}/vall show nolog > $RAID 2>&1 </dev/null $CLI /c${ctrl}/eall/sall show nolog > $RAID 2>&1 </dev/null What made this so hard to diagnose: The script worked perfectly in every direct test (setsid, bash -x, env -i, running as root via ssh) because all those methods leave stdin open. It only failed via the agent socket where stdin was closed - exactly replicating production conditions was key. Many thanks, Chris

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fix for nvidia GPU load at 0% but reported as critical
by Chris James 16 Apr '26

16 Apr '26

We run a number of machines with nvidia GPU cards and notice that when the load is reported at 0% - which can happen when the machine is idle - its flagged as critical in Observium. The fix is as follows: In the ./includes/polling/unix-agent/nvidia.inc.php file change the utilization.gpu and utilization.memory discover_sensor calls from: ['limit_high' => 100, 'limit_low' => 0] To: ['limit_high' => 100] This the file looks like: <?php /** * Observium * * This file is part of Observium. * * @package observium * @subpackage poller * @copyright (C) Adam Armstrong * */ global $agent_sensors; if (!safe_empty($agent_data['nvidia']['smi']) && $nvidia = parse_csv($agent_data['nvidia']['smi'])) { $invalid = [ '[Not Supported]', 'N/A', '[N/A]' ]; print_cli_heading("nvidia-smi", 3); foreach ($nvidia as $card) { $descr_card = "Nvidia Card " . ((int)$card['index'] + 1) . ": " . $card['name']; print_cli_heading($descr_card, 4); if (!in_array($card['temperature.gpu'], $invalid)) { $index = 'temperature.gpu.' . $card['index']; $descr = $descr_card; discover_sensor('temperature', $device, '', $index, 'nvidia-smi', $descr, 1, $card['temperature.gpu'], ['limit_high' => 100], 'agent'); $agent_sensors['temperature']['nvidia-smi'][$index] = ['description' => $descr, 'current' => $card['temperature.gpu'], 'index' => $index]; print_cli_data("temperature.gpu", $card['temperature.gpu'] . "C"); } if (!in_array($card['power.draw [W]'], $invalid)) { $index = 'power.draw.' . $card['index']; $descr = $descr_card; discover_sensor('power', $device, '', $index, 'nvidia-smi', $descr, 1, $card['power.draw [W]'], [], 'agent'); $agent_sensors['power']['nvidia-smi'][$index] = ['description' => $descr, 'current' => $card['power.draw [W]'], 'index' => $index]; print_cli_data("power.draw", $card['power.draw [W]'] . "W"); } if (!in_array($card['fan.speed [%]'], $invalid)) { $index = 'fan.speed.' . $card['index']; $descr = $descr_card . " Fan Load"; discover_sensor('load', $device, '', $index, 'nvidia-smi', $descr, 1, $card['fan.speed [%]'], ['limit_high' => 100, 'limit_low' => 0], 'agent'); $agent_sensors['load']['nvidia-smi'][$index] = ['description' => $descr, 'current' => $card['fan.speed [%]'], 'index' => $index]; print_cli_data("fan.speed", $card['fan.speed [%]'] . ""); } if (!in_array($card['utilization.gpu [%]'], $invalid)) { $index = 'utilization.gpu.' . $card['index']; $descr = $descr_card . " GPU Load"; discover_sensor('load', $device, '', $index, 'nvidia-smi', $descr, 1, $card['utilization.gpu [%]'], ['limit_high' => 100], 'agent'); $agent_sensors['load']['nvidia-smi'][$index] = ['description' => $descr, 'current' => $card['utilization.gpu [%]'], 'index' => $index]; print_cli_data("utilization.gpu", $card['utilization.gpu [%]'] . ""); } if (!in_array($card['utilization.memory [%]'], $invalid)) { $index = 'utilization.memory.' . $card['index']; $descr = $descr_card . " Memory Load"; discover_sensor('load', $device, '', $index, 'nvidia-smi', $descr, 1, $card['utilization.memory [%]'], ['limit_high' => 100], 'agent'); $agent_sensors['load']['nvidia-smi'][$index] = ['description' => $descr, 'current' => $card['utilization.memory [%]'], 'index' => $index]; print_cli_data("utilization.memory", $card['utilization.memory [%]'] . ""); } } echo "\n"; } // EOF Thanks Chris

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alerting on a bill usage?
by Bryan Fields 13 Apr '26

13 Apr '26

Is there a way to send an alert on billing when it's at n% of the allotment? I had a look through the alertingbut I can't see how this would be done. I'm on 26.3.14656 (rolling) (3rd March 2026) Thank you, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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