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RANCID Integration with RHEL
by Johnson, Edward A. 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

I’m trying to install RANCID on Observium using the doc http://www.observium.org/docs/rancid/. I get as far as Run this command to create the folder structure: su - rancid /var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs but get -bash: /var/lib/rancid/bin/rancid-cvs: No such file or directory Is there a different directory when running Observium on RHEL that I should be using to create the folder structure?

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BlueWalker/PowerWalker EPPC UPS
by Glyn Parker 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Hei, I have an BlueWalker (Powerwalker) UPS and added support for my (VFI2000 LCD) as attached. This should work for all VFIs and others with the same god dam ObjectID of .1.3.6.1.4.1.935.10.1 (which should be all EPPC manufactured units). Im not an expert in Observium or all things SNMP, but this was my work. If others find it useful, then great. PS: Dont read this Yes its yet another UPS MIB which EPPC could have done with RFC1628. The unit supports RFC1628 but not enough to be ideal ;( I didnt want to make some bastard mix of both MIBS as that's just twice the mess. Best regards /Glyn

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Re: [Observium] CASA CMTS - 32bit counters used instead of 64bit.
by T-MONT Administrator 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Hi Tom, I'm not sure if I got your point :) Casa c2200 CMTS does respond with 64bit counters, for example: # snmpget -v2c -c xxxx 1.1.1.1 IF-MIB::ifHCOutOctets.77 IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.77 IF-MIB::ifHCOutOctets.77 = Counter64: 2351994689934 IF-MIB::ifHCInOctets.77 = Counter64: 319195830460 I was wondering if it's possible to force Observium to query those. Regards, Pawel > If you make the device reply with 64bit counters, we'll happily use > them. > That includes using v2c/v3, as v1 does not do HC counters!

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Can i mysql DB as a different server in Observium.....?
by Chaman Rathee 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Hi , Can I use mysql DB as a different server in observium ? If yes, I need to change only DB parameter in config.php or something else. $config['db_host'] = "Remote_Server_IP"; $config['db_user'] = "root"; $config['db_pass'] = "PAss032014"; $config['db_name'] = "observium"; ......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No:- +91-9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Graphs not drawing after update to rev 7172
by Tim Vaughan 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

This afternoon I updated my installation to 7172 via svn. Since then, my graphs are being drawn blank (e.g. this one of the poller duration: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3183918/pollergraph.png. Ignore the earlier gap, it's the one from about 1630 onwards I'm talking about). I've done *./discovery.php -u* as normal and have manually run *./poller.php -h all*. I have checked /pollerlog and it doesn't appear to be running automatically by cron as usual. Any ideas? Tim

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LDAP Issue
by Quentin Beggs 06 Nov '15

06 Nov '15

Hi - I'm trying to configure LDAP authentication according to the authentication page on the observium website, but it doesn't appear to be working. If I try a login that should work or one that doesn't work the result is the same - the login fields blank out again with no error message. Just wondering how I go about fixing this? Alternatively is there any log files that can offer some explanation as to why it's not working? I've had a look but can't find any. Thanks, Quentin

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CASA CMTS - 32bit counters used instead of 64bit.
by T-MONT Administrator 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hi, I'm trying to monitor CASA c2200 CMTS device with Observium; it gets recognized as "casa-dcts". The problem is that Observium doesn't use 64bit interface counters but 32bit for downstream and upstream interfaces. This results in gaps in the traffic graphs when traffic counter overflows. How can I force Observium to switch to use 64bit counters instead of 32bit? Thanks! Pawel

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Issue with traffic volume graph for asymmetric interfaces.
by T-MONT Administrator 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hi Adam, Any chances to implement this change? Thaks & Regards, Pawel > Fixing this would need a little bit of rewriting of the graph > definition.

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Dropout and graph problems in graphs.............!
by Chaman Rathee 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Is there anyone who is monitoring 200 devices in Observium? Because I am facing dropout and gap problem in graphs. CPU and Physical Memory utilization also goes more than 80%. Server detail is here:- Machine Type :- VM ( Guest OS) Physical Memory :- 12GB Swap Size :- 4GB No. Of CPU :- 8 Note:- We are monitoring 200 devices in Observium. [cid:image001.png@01D116E8.95AF6A60] ......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No:- +91-9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Issue with traffic volume graph for asymmetric interfaces.
by T-MONT Administrator 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hi guys, I have problem with graphing traffic graphs for one of my Observium monitored device; problem occurs when it comes to graph traffic for asymmetric interfaces - ones that only send or receive traffic. The problem is that when such interface is queried on the device for actual traffic values the response is: for only-sending interface: Rx OID -> noSuchInstance, TxOID -> actual bits for only-receiving interface: Rx OID -> actual bits, TxOID -> noSuchInstance Those values as used then to populate corresponding RRD file which results in series of "NaN"s for INOCTETS or OUTOCTETS data stores. The result is that traffic graph plotted from this RRD is corrupted - like this example: http://i66.tinypic.com/7281fo.png Currently my Observium instance is at revision 7167. Could you share with me any ideas how to resole this issue? Thank you & Regards! Pawel

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QNAP IOPS Latency
by Simone Montagnani 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hi, is there any QNAP support to output graph of volume IOPS and Latency via Observium? Regards, Simone

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F5 and Palo Alto firewall
by George Philip 05 Nov '15

05 Nov '15

Hi,Does Obserium provide support for F5 and Palo alto firewall as I don't see that getting discovered by the application ? Thanks,George

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Observium ports stack
by Σταύρος Κρουστούρης 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hello, I have noticed that ports stack is missing some entries. As a result i cant find some relations between some physical and aggregated interfaces. Is this a known bug/misbehavior? Do you need some extra details? Thanks -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stavros Kroustouris - staurosk(a)noc.grnet.gr GRNET NOC WEB APPLICATIONS DEVELOPER - http://noc.grnet.gr -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Observium] Dropout and graph problems in graphs.............!
by ron＠rjr-services.com 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

I'm monitoring a little over 600 devices with my installation. Likewise in a VM, 8x vCPU @3.0GHz, 32GB DRAM, and 32GB of swap. While CPU goes up to 85+% during polls, I don't have any drops whatsoever. Given what you describe, you probably want to add more memory to your VM. Also, what is your average and overall polling time? You may need to add additional polling instances so that everything completes within the 5min window before the next round of polling starts, which again means more memory will be very helpful. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Chaman Rathee <chaman.rathee(a)progression.com> Date: 11/03/2015 9:37 PM (GMT-07:00) To: 'Observium Network Observation System' <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Dropout and graph problems in graphs.............! -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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any update for OSPF alert trigger
by Samarasinghe, Sujith 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hi , This has been discussed in the past but not sure if I have missed updates. Is there a way to trigger OSPF alerts in Observium? 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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dropout or gap over all graphs.
by Chaman Rathee 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hi Team, I got dropouts or gap over all my graphs. But there is no dropouts/gap for my localhost map. I also increase snmpget timeout to check but it doesn't work for me. ......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No:- +91-9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Default new ports to not alert?
by Spencer Ryan 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

We are considering adding some of our testbed Cisco devices to Observium, but we'd like all the ports to default to not alert, since they are constantly up and down, and vlans are created dynamically. Any way to do this in the config? *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net *Arbor Networks* +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) www.arbornetworks.com

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P2P-Radio in Jira
by Eduardo Schoedler 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi people, Recently I created tickets for our p2p-radios in Jira. I know it's not easy to do, but do you have idea when it will be available in the professional edition? Thank you. Regards, -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Search pages broken?
by Tim Cooper 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

A colleague has just noticed that the ports and device search pages no longer search when you click the button? We have just upgraded to 7161 today, but not sure when it broke as it's been a while since anyone actually used the search page... We are working around this quite easily but seemed worth mentioning :) Thanks, Tim C

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General pre-buy questions
by Ryan Milton 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

I am thinking of pushing team to purchase the full version, and even for some support. I have a free version now Questions I have are the following for my managers: 1. Can I alert off of bandwidth utilization? What other types of things can I alert off for the enterprise? 2. Can I alert for jitter across an MPLS? This is a biggie, because we have about 40 circuits. 3. We use WUG, which I hate… how is this better? 4. We use Solarwinds, which is expensive, why is this better? 5. (I know this is bad form, but) why these bars in the graph: Thanks for your awesome answers, and please, give me some reasons that I can use to get team to put money into this. Ryan Milton

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CDR 98th accounting
by Niilo Kajander 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi, I was wondering if there are any plans to add CDR 98th traffic accounting as an option? — Niilo Kajander nk(a)kajander.fi

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Port () Deleted
by Matt Zillmann 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hello, When polling devices, all ports are getting deleted: "Port () deleted" Has anyone seen this or know how to fix this? Everything else is being discovered and polled normally. Thank you, Matt

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Portnames instead of ifAlias for Fabric OS devices
by Ole Hansen 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hello, Observium (as of 0.15.9.6997) displays ifAlias / ifDescr as label for Brocade Fabric OS SAN switches. Brocade, however, uses “portnames”, which can be found at OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.36 Is this per design or just because very few have Fabric OS devices in Observium? — Ole Hansen

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Subscription fails
by Svensson Fredrik A 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

I get stuck here: [cid:image001.png@01D11559.9F0088A0] Regards Fredrik

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Re: [Observium] EIGRP
by brokerdavelhr 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

ISIS is indeed the way to go....imho. Versatile, simple, reliable, and highly supported :-) Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Date: 11/01/2015 5:31 PM (GMT-07:00) To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP IS-IS++ adam. On 02/11/2015 00:29:54, Raphael Maunier <raphael.maunier(a)gmail.com> wrote:The original question and answer was not about the igp itself but about the support of it ! He want to move from OSPF to Eigrp and still get the same support from an opensource software. That was clearly the answer : You can expect to have bad or no support using EIGRPChoosing the path to use a protocol that is clearly not supported by all vendor, will almost 100% of the time lead you to a lack of compatibility from the community. And Yes IS-IS is the way go :) Raphael On 02 Nov 2015, at 01:15, Aaron Finney <aaron.finney(a)openx.com> wrote: I would argue that IS-IS also separates the men from the boys, is an open standard, and also happens to be protocol-neutral. I have my own opinions about IGPs, of course, but I agree with Alex on this one...nobody asked for my opinion on using EIGRP, so I'll save it until they do. :) On Sunday, November 1, 2015, Ron Marosko <ron(a)rjr-services.com> wrote: I probably bleed Cisco more than most on this list, something about that two day test 16 years ago. I’ll just say one thing about routing protocols. BGP. Yes, it *is* as good running as an IGP as it is as an EGP. And separates the men from the boys, so to speak. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Raphael Maunier Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 4:47 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP If you want good support from any software, you should not use "proprietary" protocols and use something supported by more than one or 2 vendor.Another option, use it and buy expensive software from that vendor. Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 1 nov. 2015 à 23:37, Chard, Alex (RET-SYD) <Alex.Chard(a)Reed-Elsevier.com.au> a écrit :Perhaps we would do better not to tell people how to run their network…We do not know anything about the network in question beyond the fact that it is probably monitored with Observium. Also Cisco released basic EIGRP functionality for other vendors to implement in a RFC.http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/ios-nx-os-software/enh… So the real question is not “why?” but “is this supported in Observium?”.. and the real answer is “no”. Regards,Alex Chard Senior Network Engineer<image001.jpg> 475 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW 2067 (: +61 (02) 8007 0709 <image002.gif>: +61 (04) 03 894 614*: alex.chard(a)reed-elsevier.com.au www.reedelsevier.com From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Raphael Maunier Sent: Monday, 2 November 2015 4:07 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP HuH, The real question is Why ? Ospf can be used with all vendor, eigrp .. not compatible unless you have a cisco network and other clone equipment.Ospf is widely supported and even with software like Observium. You can expect to have bad or no support using EIGRP 2015-11-01 17:45 GMT+01:00 Jason Vanlandingham <van.sjason(a)gmail.com>:I've been running OSPF but am changing to EIGRP. EIGRP isn't showing in the routing section when I look at devices. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's permission. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this e-mail. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Aaron Finney | Network Engineer 888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor | Pasadena, CA 91101 office: +1 (626) 466-1141 x6035 Watch how we make online advertising simple: http://bit.ly/Ent_vid www.openx.com | follow us on: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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