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Proper procedure in Observium for hardware replacement?
by Derek 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

So, I had a question regarding hardware replacement. I recently replaced several Cisco 2811 routers with Cisco ISR 4331's, and kept the same host name. After the swap, I noticed I wasn't getting any graphs for data flow on the serial interfaces. I attempted running discovery on them again, and waited for a few polling cycles, but still go no data. In the end, I ended up deleting the devices completely out of Observium, including the RRD files, and re-adding. After this was done, everything showed up correctly. So, as I will be doing more of these soon, is there a specific process I should follow for these? Maybe rename the old device to a different hostname, then add the new device? The historical data wasn't critical, so I'm not too bothered losing it, but I would like to avoid it if possible. Thanks, Derek

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spam out there
by Jason Vanlandingham 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Heads up: I got some targeted spam. The listed from address is Russian, and the text is: Hi, Look what they have for you, I guess it's worth reading, more info here <http://slurukeste.cctvessentials.info/lnrayiga> (scuzzy link removed) Hope this helps, Observium Network Observation System

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some questions about alerting
by Farshid Abediny 09 Jun '16

09 Jun '16

Hello, i want know how can i create following condition for my switch in observium ? 1. when unitcast pps or bps exceed more than X pps 1.2. when multicast pps or bps exceed more than X pps 1.3. when broadcast pps or bps exceed more than X pps 2. when switch port status will be down and up alert me, thanks,

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No longer retrieving software version
by Daniel Olynsma 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

Hi, we are running 0.16.6.7912(rolling). After a recent svn update, the SW version is not being reported correctly After running the poller.php on a single device with '-dd' options the below is seen. I have tried software versions on the product that did used to report the version. However they now are not. Has something changed recently that we have failed to update? ? ----------------- including: includes/polling/os.inc.php ##### Module Start: os ##### o OS Poller OS CMD[/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c 'public' -Pu -OsvQU -m AT-SETUP-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs 'udp':'amf-r2':'161' currSoftVersion.0] CMD EXITCODE[1] CMD RUNTIME[0.006s] STDOUT[ ] STDERR[ MIB search path: /opt/observium/mibs Cannot find module (AT-SETUP-MIB): At line 1 in (none) currSoftVersion.0: Unknown Object Identifier (Sub-id not found: (top) -> currSoftVersion) ] SNMP STATUS[FALSE] SNMP ERROR - device: 97, cmd: snmpget, options: -OsvQU, mib: 'AT-SETUP-MIB', oid: 'currSoftVersion.0', cmd exitcode: 1, snmp error code: #996, reason: 'MIB or oid not found', runtime: 0.0060188770294189 o Hardware AW+ o Version <empty> o Features <empty> o Serial <empty> o Asset <empty> o Module time 0.0084s including: includes/polling/ipmi.inc.php ##### Module Start: ipmi ##### ----------------- Regards, Daniel

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Out of office
by ffuentes＠aasteel.com 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I will be out starting 06/07/16 and coming back 06/14/16, but I will check on my email periodically. Please contact the IS Department for any issues.

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website formatting is borken
by Christopher Barry 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Greets, I signed up to the mailing list just to point out that the page header on all documentation pages is half-obscured by the menu bar and looks like crap. In the picture, it's the 'Screenshots' header, but it's on all pages. Thought you might want to know that. http://www.pasteall.org/pic/show.php?id=103988 Yes, it's scrolled all the way up... Also, having a simple contact email address at the bottom of the homepage for this type of thing would certainly be nice. I had to jump through a bunch of hoops (sign up, wait for moderation, put image on paste site, blah, blah, etc.) just to tell you this out of the goodness of my heart. Likely nobody else will do this - and I'm not even using this product! You're welcome. Running: Debian sid Firefox ESR 45.1.1

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Out of office
by ffuentes＠aasteel.com 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I will be out starting 06/07/16 and coming back 06/14/16, but I will check on my email periodically. Please contact the IS Department for any issues.

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Out of office
by ffuentes＠aasteel.com 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

I will be out starting 06/07/16 till 06/17/16 on vacation, but I will check on my email periodically. Please contact the IS Department for any issues.

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Port Types
by Lyndon Labuschagne 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Hi All How exactly do I flag a port as Core, Peering, Transit etc? I didn't see anything in the documentation but I may have missed it, if someone could point me in the right direction it would be appreciated

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Broken Graphs
by Shoaib Ahmed 07 Jun '16

07 Jun '16

Hello Everyone! I have recently updated toObservium CE 0.16.1.7533 <http://www.observium.org/> i am facing broken graph issue i googled but haven't find anything except for updating to latest stable version but still facing broken graph issues for long date range (for example, graph range for 2 weeks, monthly and yearly ranges). i have also update rrdtool to RRDtool 1.6.0 but still facing same issues. I have create graphs from command line but still getting broken graphs, Can anyone help me solving this issue ? I have attached sample image, Thanks in advance :) Cheers! Best Regards, SHOAIB AHMED. http://about.me/shoaib.mw

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Need to upgrade from Ubuntu 12 to 14
by Dano, Leo 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Hello All, Our Corp Linux images keep us from using the Canonical way to upgrade, which means I need to reimage my server with Ubuntu 14. My question is what is the process in backing up and restoring all the Observium pieces? Thanks, ----------------------- Leo Dano

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Syslog Rules
by Serghei Golipad 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Guys, First of all a big thank you for finally implementing Syslog alerts!!! ☺ I have a bit of a problem, I’m unable to delete Syslog Rule i.e. there is no option to do so, I guess this is still in progress / experimental? 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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Apps graphs in Observium
by Mads Boye 06 Jun '16

06 Jun '16

Hello. I am using Observium to monitor two postfix servers. However the APPS summary site, does not show the postfix graph. From what i can gather it seems that there is a mismatch in what application name the apps overview page uses and the apps subpage for the individual server. i.e. the postfix server app subpage calls http://observium.my.server.bla/graphs/to=1465199547/id=10/type=applicat ion_postfix_sent/from=1465113147/ and the apps overview calls: http://observium.monitor.srv.aau.dk/graphs/to=1465199603/from=146511320 3/legend=no/type=application_postfix_mailgraph_sent/id=10/ if i remove the "mailgraph" part form the last link the correct graph shows. I've tried to add the postfix application to the "includes/definitions/apps.inc.php with no luck. If the application name is correct it cannot find the graph postfix_sent etc. <?php // Definitions related to the applications system // Application graph definitions $config['app']['moodle']['top'] = array('users', 'mobile'); $config['app']['varnish']['top'] = array('backend', 'cache', 'lru'); $config['app']['postfix_mailgraph']['top'] = array('sent', 'spam', 'reject'); // End application definitions I might be overlooking something or doing it wrong, but it seems that the mismatch should be corrected? I have added both postfix scripts form scripts/agent-local And a second question. I've made a custom Observium app for monitoring an application, which is working fine. My problem is that i wish to extend the agent to monitor some extra paramters. RRDtool now says that there is no entry for the new DS in the rrd file. Is there a way to update the RRD file, so i do not have to delete it and loose the historical data from the other parts that i monitor? Let me know if you need additional informations on both problems. Best Regards, Mads.

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Rancid integration - Cannot see old versions anymore
by Andy Lemin 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hi, Hopefully this will be a simple question and I've just misconfigured something, anyway.. We have rancid working great before, and when you go to the Config tab, it showed you the latest configuration, as well as the configuration revision history. However after upgrading the server to Jessie (probably unrelated but seemed to break a couple weeks around this time), we now only see the latest config only and not the history anymore? We have these settings; $config['rancid_configs'][] = "/var/lib/rancid/observium/configs/"; $config['rancid_ignorecomments'] = 0; And we have done this; http://www.observium.org/docs/rancid/ It all works, just only shows the most recent? We need to roll some config back and couldn't.. Cheers, Andy. -- *Download our latest free guide here <https://www.brandwatch.com/competitive-intelligence-guide/>*

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Recent Events timestamps
by Jacob Bisby 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hi all I've just migrated our Observium installation over to a PHP7 based install (much quicker than the PHP5 based install so far). Everything seems fine except for the Recent Events list on the front page - the "time" counter since the event occurred has started getting stuck at 0 seconds for some reason, but the tooltip that pops up when you mouse over the 0s timestamps shows the correct time that the event occurred at. Is PHP7 a no-no for Observium at this point? - Jacob Bisby

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Re: [Observium] Group bug
by Laszlo Nemeth 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Yes, you are right ☺ So ok, the Ports menu shows the groups that contain ports group and we have two groups menu now (Globe, Ports). :) Sorry. But in this case I think the Ports -> Groups has to be the default value is the “Port”. Like in the Globe->Groups there is the “All” is the default value. But nothing in the Ports->Groups. It shows nothing until I press the “Port” on this page. Laszlo From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Thursday 2 June 2016 at 16:10 To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Group bug Are you honestly asking why non-ports groups dont show in the ports menu? Oo Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On 2 Jun 2016, at 10:54, Laszlo Nemeth <laszlo.nemeth(a)emarsys.com<mailto:laszlo.nemeth@emarsys.com>> wrote: Hello We used the 7793. Added 3 group with interface sum in the Ports menu. Later add 2 sensors group there. The Ports menu shows 3 member, but there was 5. (3 interface, 2 sensors). If we click to the Sensors we see our sensors groups. Now we upgraded to 7900. We see the Group in the Ports menu AND the first menu too! The first menu shows 5, the Ports shows 3 groups. Click on the first menu’s groups: shows all 5 groups. Great ☺ Click on the Ports menu’s group: shows nothing. But there if I click to the “ALL”, it shows 5 groups (3 interfaces, 2 sensors). Laszlo ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Group bug
by Laszlo Nemeth 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Hello We used the 7793. Added 3 group with interface sum in the Ports menu. Later add 2 sensors group there. The Ports menu shows 3 member, but there was 5. (3 interface, 2 sensors). If we click to the Sensors we see our sensors groups. Now we upgraded to 7900. We see the Group in the Ports menu AND the first menu too! The first menu shows 5, the Ports shows 3 groups. Click on the first menu’s groups: shows all 5 groups. Great ☺ Click on the Ports menu’s group: shows nothing. But there if I click to the “ALL”, it shows 5 groups (3 interfaces, 2 sensors). Laszlo

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Fallback auth support?
by Laszlo Nemeth 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Hi Is the Observium support the fallback authentication? Example I use LDAP but if the Ldap server is not reachable can it fallback to local mysql DB? Laszlo

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About Observium
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Hi, Is it possible observium capture bandwidth base on each port include ip addess that host on each port? If possible please guide me to configure it. Thanks.

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Device_ping graph acces on observium WebUI
by PROST pierrick 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi everyone, when i receive mail alert, there is a Device_Ping graph inserted. I didn't find him on the WebUI, where is it ? Regards. Pierrick Prost

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No script for testing SMTP configuration
by PROST pierrick 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hello, I follow the documentation for configuring SMTP mail : http://www.observium.org/docs/config_options/ For testing , it seem to have a "test_mail.php", I'm on Observium Professional 0.16.5.7857 but nothing on my root directory. Pierrick

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Centos 6 Installation
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi, Some of the package not available on centos 6. Please update the installation document. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Calendar bug?
by Eduardo Schoedler 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi, I think my observium doesn't like pair months, just odd ones :) Please see attachment. Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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BGP peers updated
by Arnaud Launay 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hello, We use the stable licensed SVN version of Observium. Since the beginning of April, we have several times a day those messages: 2016-04-07 12:37:24 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. 2016-04-07 06:35:19 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. 2016-04-07 00:41:10 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. (... more of the same ...) 2016-05-25 12:37:02 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. 2016-05-25 06:36:33 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. 2016-05-25 00:38:06 edge.dc2 edge.dc2.dom.tld Bgp-peers: 6 updated, 49 unchanged. Routers (we have this on several) are Juniper MX5. Analysis of the logs reveals that nothing has moved on the bgp side, no flap, no event, peers are steady. I've tried to look into what pushes Observium to emit those messages, but I'm a bit lost. Any ideas ? Thanks, Arnaud.

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Disable re-alert interval
by Gumilar Siegfried 30 May '16

30 May '16

Anyone? Von: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] Im Auftrag von Gumilar Siegfried Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Mai 2016 10:35 An: Observium Network Observation System (observium(a)observium.org) Betreff: [Observium] Disable re-alert interval Hello, Observium re-alerts on a configurable interval with the "$config['alerts']['interval']" setting. We don't want any re-alerts. Is there a way to disable the re-alerts entirely? Setting it to 0 would be a good idea to implement this. Regards, Siegfried

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