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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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Graph errors on OS upgrade
by Roland Hill 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi list, I'm running CE version 0.15.6.6430, on my non-critical home network. I recently upgraded my server OS from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10. This appears to have resulted in some of the graphs in Observium now not drawing. The OS upgraded took rrdtools from version 1.4.8 to 1.5.4, and I suspect this is the root of the issue as I seem to remember this being raised on the list before. I note there was a bugfix committed in August for "Fixed some issues with rrdtool command parsing on newer rrdtool versions". Can you confirm that the draw error's I'm seeing are most likely related to the rrdtool version, and that the next release of CE will probably fix it? An example of the rrdtool error is: RRDTool Output: ERROR: Unused Arguments "" in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:p3p1 Rx: Sorry if this is not enough information. I can provide screenshots if required. -- Regards, Roland PGP Key 0xDA39319B = BCF0 1214 BAE9 5A3D 46FC 21A6 360D 9398 DA39 319B

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Unable to send email from Observium CE
by George Philip 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Hi, I have installed the Observium CE on the centOS and the mail is not working for me.Can someone please in finding the issue ? Below are the mail config info from config.php : // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Network Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "mail"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "network1_alert(a)abc.com"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email']['default'] = "network1_alert(a)abc.com"; $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "Observium<observium(a)abrrad100.abc.com>"; $config['email']['backend'] = 'mail'; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'abrsmtp1001.abc.com'; $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 25; $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 20; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = FALSE; $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; $config['email']['smtp_username'] = NULL; $config['email']['smtp_password'] = NULL; $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; Also,when I run the below command, I get the following error: [root@abrrad1001 observium]# php test_mail.php -h abcd.tor.fd01.01.01.42PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mres() in /opt/observium/test_mail.php on line 41 Thanks,George

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IP SLA Cisco not repoerted
by Federico Olivieri 31 Oct '15

31 Oct '15

Hi All, I have just enabled IP SLA on my cisco router but I don't see any graph in my OBSERVIUM. There is any particular procedure that I have to follow? snmp-server enable traps ipsla Thanks Federico

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NetApp OnTap 8 OIDs
by Daniel Steig 31 Oct '15

31 Oct '15

Hi at all, does anyone by chance came any further by finding the new OIDs to monitor the netapps Disk I/O. I tried my best but can't get the graphs working. Thank you very much in advance and have a nice day, Daniel Daniel Steig System Engineer URL: www.fyber.com -- *Daniel Steig* System Engineer Skype: d.steig-fyber URL: www.fyber.com

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Does observium support F5 and Palo Alto firewall
by George Philip 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Hi,Does observium monitor (or have mibs) for Palo Alto firewall and F5's ? Thanks,George

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LLDP issues
by Mark Martinec 30 Oct '15

30 Oct '15

Spent some time trying to get Observium to deal with MIBs as produced by LLDP (Link Layer Discovery Protocol) on a couple of diverse network equipment types. Running the latest CE edition 0.15.6.6430. After initial meager success (only two boxes recognized and several L2 neighbours reported with wrong interfaces), a couple of changes in includes/discovery/discovery-protocols/lldp-mib.inc.php brought some sense into results. There are essentially two problems there: - some lldpRemoteSystemsData OIDs could not be correlated with an interface on the other side (for various reasons, see below); - a fallback mechanism which tries to find a match on an interface's MAC address produces a wrong match, because typically all ports on larger switches have the same MAC address and the heuristics just picks the first match, which is almost always wrong. In case of multiple matches the matching on MAC should just fail, which at least would not produce a senseless match causing operators to scratch their heads and wonder who crossed the cables. The comment in lldp-mib.inc.php : // Find the device by MAC address, still matches multiple ports sometimes, we use the first one and hope we're lucky if very much misguided, as all port MAC addresses on a switch are typically the same, at least on all device types that I checked. The first issue above needs more explanation. I found a couple of different reasons for a failed match, as follows. Case 1: $ snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c ... -M mibs -m LLDP-MIB ... lldpRemoteSystemsData LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.5360466.52.2 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.5360466.52.2 = Hex-STRING: C4 54 44 1E 71 4E LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.5360466.52.2 = INTEGER: local(7) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.5360466.52.2 = Hex-STRING: 30 2F 34 37 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.5360466.52.2 = STRING: "Slot: 0 Port: 47 10G - Level" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.5360466.52.2 = STRING: "<hidden>" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.5360466.52.2 = STRING: "T3048-LY2R L2/L3 Switch" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysCapSupported.5360466.52.2 = BITS: 28 00 bridge(2) router(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysCapEnabled.5360466.52.2 = BITS: 20 00 bridge(2) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemManAddrIfSubtype.5360466.52.2.6.6.196.84.68.30.113.78 = INTEGER: ifIndex(2) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemManAddrIfId.5360466.52.2.6.6.196.84.68.30.113.78 = INTEGER: 69 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemManAddrOID.5360466.52.2.6.6.196.84.68.30.113.78 = OID: iso.3.6.1.4.1.7244 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.18.15.1.1 = Hex-STRING: 01 00 00 00 24 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.18.15.2.1 = Hex-STRING: 00 00 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.18.15.3.1 = Hex-STRING: 01 00 00 00 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.18.15.4.1 = Hex-STRING: 23 F2 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.128.194.1.1 = Hex-STRING: 00 01 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.128.194.2.1 = Hex-STRING: 02 00 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemOrgDefInfo.5360466.52.2.0.128.194.3.1 = Hex-STRING: 00 01 00 Case 2: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9511080.4.5 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9511149.2.6 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9511174.3.7 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9511209.26.8 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9587238.48.9 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9588774.27.10 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9588907.28.11 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9592381.42.12 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9827133.8.14 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisIdSubtype.9843364.9.16 = INTEGER: macAddress(4) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9511080.4.5 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 7D LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9511149.2.6 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 78 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9511174.3.7 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 8D LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9511209.26.8 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 93 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9587238.48.9 = Hex-STRING: A4 8C DB 0C 4B 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9588774.27.10 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 7F LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9588907.28.11 = Hex-STRING: 00 04 96 34 CB 8B LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9592381.42.12 = Hex-STRING: 44 AD D9 6C 2D 80 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9827133.8.14 = Hex-STRING: C4 54 44 1E 71 4E LLDP-MIB::lldpRemChassisId.9843364.9.16 = Hex-STRING: 2C 60 0C 33 8F FF LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9511080.4.5 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9511149.2.6 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9511174.3.7 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9511209.26.8 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9587238.48.9 = INTEGER: local(7) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9588774.27.10 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9588907.28.11 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9592381.42.12 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9827133.8.14 = INTEGER: interfaceAlias(1) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortIdSubtype.9843364.9.16 = INTEGER: interfaceAlias(1) LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9511080.4.5 = STRING: "25" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9511149.2.6 = STRING: "25" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9511174.3.7 = STRING: "25" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9511209.26.8 = STRING: "25" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9587238.48.9 = STRING: "50" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9588774.27.10 = STRING: "26" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9588907.28.11 = STRING: "26" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9592381.42.12 = STRING: "Te1/1/2" LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9827133.8.14 = Hex-STRING: 4C 69 6E 6B 20 74 6F 20 43 4D 49 2C 20 6E 65 75 68 75 62 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortId.9843364.9.16 = Hex-STRING: 55 70 6C 69 6E 6B 20 74 6F 20 49 4A 53 2D 4E 45 54 00 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9511080.4.5 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9511149.2.6 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9511174.3.7 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9511209.26.8 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9587238.48.9 = STRING: XGE2 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9588774.27.10 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9588907.28.11 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9592381.42.12 = STRING: TenGigabitEthernet1/1/2 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9827133.8.14 = STRING: Slot: 0 Port: 48 10G - Level LLDP-MIB::lldpRemPortDesc.9843364.9.16 = STRING: Slot: 0 Port: 48 10G - Level LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9511080.4.5 = STRING: <hidden1>.ijs.si LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9511149.2.6 = STRING: <hidden2>.ijs.si LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9511174.3.7 = STRING: <hidden3>.ijs.si LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9511209.26.8 = STRING: <hidden4>.ijs.si LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9587238.48.9 = STRING: <hidden5> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9588774.27.10 = STRING: <hidden6> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9588907.28.11 = STRING: <hidden7> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9592381.42.12 = STRING: <hidden8> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9827133.8.14 = STRING: <hidden9> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysName.9843364.9.16 = STRING: <hidden10> LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9511080.4.5 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9511149.2.6 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9511174.3.7 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9511209.26.8 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9587238.48.9 = STRING: Networking Operating System RackSwitch G7052, IBM Networking OS: version 7.6.5, Boot image: version 7.6.5 LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9588774.27.10 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9588907.28.11 = STRING: ExtremeXOS (X450a-24t) ... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9592381.42.12 = STRING: Cisco IOS Software, Catalyst L3 Switch Software... LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9827133.8.14 = STRING: T3048-LY2R L2/L3 Switch LLDP-MIB::lldpRemSysDesc.9843364.9.16 = STRING: T3048-LY2R L2/L3 Switch [...] In both cases 1 & 2 the lldpRemPortIdSubtype of 'interfaceAlias' and 'local' fell under the "default:" branch of a "switch ($lldp['lldpRemPortIdSubtype'])", instead of being treated just like a "case 'interfaceName':" branch. So my solution was to add "case 'interfaceAlias':" and "case 'local':" there; switch ($lldp['lldpRemPortIdSubtype']) { case 'interfaceName': + case 'interfaceAlias': + case 'local': A Case 3 is a bit nastier and is specific to our Summit Extreme X450a switches. The problem there is that the interface name (i.e. a port number) as reported in the LLDP MIB does not use the same naming/numbering convention as the IF-MIB and SQL: the LLDP MIB just uses a port number (1 .. 26), while the SQL field ports.ifName prefixes a port number with a chassis number, which is always a 1 in a non-stackable switch. Moreover the ifIndex uses a formula 1000*chassis + port number. On top of it the PortDesc in LLDP MIB is an empty string, so cannot be used to correlate with IF-MIB::ifDescr. To illustrate: IF-MIB::ifIndex.1001 = INTEGER: 1001 IF-MIB::ifIndex.1002 = INTEGER: 1002 IF-MIB::ifIndex.1003 = INTEGER: 1003 [...] IF-MIB::ifIndex.1026 = INTEGER: 1026 IF-MIB::ifDescr.1001 = STRING: X450a-24t Port 1 IF-MIB::ifDescr.1002 = STRING: X450a-24t Port 2 IF-MIB::ifDescr.1003 = STRING: X450a-24t Port 3 [...] IF-MIB::ifDescr.1026 = STRING: X450a-24t Port 26 LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortIdSubtype.1 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortIdSubtype.2 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortIdSubtype.3 = INTEGER: interfaceName(5) [...] LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortId.1 = STRING: "1" LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortId.2 = STRING: "2" LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortId.3 = STRING: "3" [...] LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortId.26 = STRING: "26" LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortDesc.1 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortDesc.2 = STRING: LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortDesc.3 = STRING: [...] LLDP-MIB::lldpLocPortDesc.26 = STRING: The corresponding SQL field ports.ifName looks like "1:26", i.e. the port number is prefixed by a chassis number and a colon. So neither the SQL query on ifDescr ("") OR ifName ("26") can succeed, nor the query on ifIndex ("1026"). I ended up with a hackish workaround kludge in lldp-mib.inc.php : case 'interfaceName': $remote_port_id = dbFetchCell("SELECT `port_id` FROM `ports` WHERE (`ifDescr`= ? OR `ifName`= ?) AND `device_id` = ?",array($if, $id, $remote_device_id)); + if (!$remote_port_id && is_numeric($id) && $id < 1000) { + $remote_port_id = dbFetchCell("SELECT `port_id` FROM `ports` WHERE (`ifIndex`= ? OR `ifName`= ?) AND `device_id` = ?", array(1000+$id, "1:$id", $remote_device_id)); + } Actually there is also a Case 4, where lldpRemSysName shows a string "(none).(none)" instead of an empty string, when the (optional) system name is not configured. To fix: - if (empty($lldp['lldpRemSysName']) && $lldp['lldpRemChassisIdSubtype'] == 'macAddress') + if ((empty($lldp['lldpRemSysName']) || $lldp['lldpRemSysName'] == '(none).(none)') && $lldp['lldpRemChassisIdSubtype'] == 'macAddress') The affected devices were: Summit Extreme X450 switches (Case #3), a Quanta LY2R switch (the 'interfaceAlias' Case #2), and a Networking Operating System RackSwitch G7052 (the 'local', Case #1). Not sure what switch was connected there in Case 4, possibly a smaller Quanta, identifies as "armv5tejl/Linux 2.6.17.WB_WPCM450.1.3". The full patch is attached (I hope it survives the mailing list). If more information is needed I'd be gladly providing. Regards Mark

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Support for these devices ?
by Jesper Frank Nemholt 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi! Has anyone a status regarding support for these devices ? - Liebert MPX PDUs - ServerTech Sentry PDUs - Raritan PX2 PDUs In version 0.15.10.7107 they are just seen as generic devices, so no power specific information. /Jesper

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Baytech PDU patch
by Aaron Finney 29 Oct '15

29 Oct '15

Hi all, Attached is a diff and related files to include support for Baytech PDUs. It was just an archaeology job on some of the other existing PDU discover/sensor files modified for the Baytechs, but it's working well for us. It'd be great to have it merged, or at least Baytech support added, so I can update without worrying about support for them being lost. :) Thanks, Aaron [someguy@observium-poc observium]# svn status ? html/images/os/baytech.png M includes/definitions/os.inc.php ? includes/discovery/os/baytech.inc.php ? includes/discovery/sensors/baytech-mib.inc.php ? includes/polling/os/baytech-pdu.inc.php ? mibs/baytech [someguy@observium-poc observium]# svn diff Index: includes/definitions/os.inc.php =================================================================== --- includes/definitions/os.inc.php (revision 6977) +++ includes/definitions/os.inc.php (working copy) @@ -3385,6 +3385,19 @@ $config['os'][$os]['mib_dirs'][] = "fiberroad"; $config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "XXX-MIB"; +// Baytech + +$os = "baytech-pdu"; +$config['os'][$os]['text'] = "Baytech PDU"; +$config['os'][$os]['type'] = "power"; +$config['os'][$os]['vendor'] = "Baytech"; +$config['os'][$os]['graphs'][] = "device_current"; +$config['os'][$os]['graphs'][] = "device_power"; +$config['os'][$os]['discovery_os'] = "baytech"; +$config['os'][$os]['mib_dirs'][] = "baytech"; +$config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "Baytech-MIB"; + + foreach ($config['os'] as $this_os => $blah) { if (isset($config['os'][$this_os]['group'])) [someguy@observium-poc 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 <http://www.twitter.com/> Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/> LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/>

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Fwd: Custom Email Alerts
by consultancy＠lenstewart.com 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Begin forwarded message: > From: "consultancy(a)lenstewart.com" <consultancy(a)lenstewart.com> > Date: 28 October 2015 at 15:55:57 GMT+1 > To: observium(a)observium.net > Subject: Custom Email Alerts > > Hello community. > > I am looking to customize the email alerts to contain specific detail that are not there by default. > > Specifically regarding BGP alerting, I need the system to push out additional peer info such as a peer name (not only an IP). Is there a way to support this either directly or via a script with a lookup? > > Thanks.

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Observium Alert to Nagios
by consultancy＠lenstewart.com 28 Oct '15

28 Oct '15

Hello Community. Can alerts be somehow integrated with Nagios? Either by SNMP or script? Our NOCs primary interface is Nagios/CheckMK. Thanks.

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Flush process causing slow performace
by Johnson, Edward A. 27 Oct '15

27 Oct '15

Since upgrading PHP to 5.4, Observium has loaded very slowly at times. Most of the time just a refresh of the homepage will take .150 seconds but occasionally it can take up to a minute to load. Running iotop shows the Flush process running taking up 99.99% IO which directly correlates to the slow page loads. Can anyone shed some light on a way to resolve this?

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Log Names of non discoverable Host in autodiscover
by Serge Müller 26 Oct '15

26 Oct '15

Hi, is there any way to find out which host have been found through autodiscovery but could not be queried by snmp or aren't reachable via ICMP? Since we have lots of people working on our network, i do not always know if someone plugs in new switches or routers, especially not if they forget to configure the acls or snmp. The Observium log only shows "added x Hosts to ..." but no failures, running discovery.php -d -h all is a bit too loud and takes quite to long. Any suggestions? regards Serge

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SNMP extensions : distro ... and others ?
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 24 Oct '15

24 Oct '15

hi ! On the linux guests, you can tweak the snmpd.conf as extend .1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.7890.1 distro "/bin/cat /etc/debian_version" so Observium detects the host OS. Is it possible to set other "devices" values, like purpose and serial, via SNMP extensions ? It seems these columns aren't used. best regards, Sala

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BGP Alert Checks
by Aaron Hite 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Team, I need some guidance. I have spent some time on the web trying to find examples of how to configure a alert checker to tell me when a BGP peer is Admin up but not working. We have quite a few peers in our environment that are Admin down and I just want to ignore those. I have tried many variations of the checker, but must be missing something. Here is a screenshot of the latest attempt. My device and entity match are set to “*”. If I change the condition or any instead of all, I seem to get alerts that are not correct as they are including peer states that are admin down. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks, Aaron

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simple api to check for hostname / IP address / SOLVED
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

I solved with this hack : wget http://servername/graph.php?height=102&width=226&type=device_ping&legend=no… in config.php : enable access to images best regards, Sala --- Is it possible with some URL-fu or simple REST API to check if a hostname and / or IP is in Observium ? The goal is to put this check inside some bash scripts. best regards, Sala

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win srv in VM not listed as srv ( rename device, it disappears from "Servers" view )
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 23 Oct '15

23 Oct '15

Hi I have a Windows 2003 server, virtual, not listed under "Servers" view. We have many Windows 2003 servers, most of all as guests under Vmware ESX. One of this is listed only in the "All devices" view. To the developers : please, can you give me any insight : how does Observium decide the kind of device ? What I have to check to pinpoint the problem ? Best regards, Sala

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WMI
by Ryan Bones 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

Hi All, Trying to monitor some simple Windows Server services (Exchange, SQL). Followed the instructions here to no avail: http://jira.observium.org/secure/attachment/11319/WMIPoller-011013-1429-4.p… When I compile the package wmic never goes in the bin directory. And if I poll the servers I get no new info. Observium 0.15.10.7107 (17th October 2015) OS Linux 3.19.0-25-generic [amd64] (Ubuntu 14.04) Apache 2.4.7 (Ubuntu) PHP 5.5.9-1ubuntu4.12 Python 2.7.6 MySQL 5.5.44-0ubuntu0.14.04.1 (extension: mysqli 5.5.44) SNMP NET-SNMP 5.7.2 RRDtool 1.4.7 Thanks, Ryan Ryan Bones | [http://www.taittowers.com/logo/TAIT_Global_Logo.gif] Network Manager T | +1 717-626-9571 M | +1 717-368-7782 www.taittowers.com<http://www.taittowers.com/>

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Junos Pseudowires
by Σταύρος Κρουστούρης 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

Hello, We (GRNET) have created a patch for observium in order to get the pseudowires to work in junos devices. How could I merge it to upstream (in case you want it of course)? -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Stavros Kroustouris - staurosk(a)noc.grnet.gr GRNET NOC WEB APPLICATION DEVELOPER - http://noc.grnet.gr -----------------------------------------------------------------------

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simple api to check for hostname / IP address
by Massimo.Sala＠asl.bergamo.it 22 Oct '15

22 Oct '15

Hi Is it possible with some URL-fu or simple REST API to check if a hostname and / or IP is in Observium ? The goal is to put this check inside some bash scripts. best regards, Sala

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