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Pushover (woohoo!)
by Tim Vaughan 29 Sep '15

29 Sep '15

Ok, I see that Pushover is now a contact method. Great! Erm, how do I make it work? I've tried creating a new application and putting the API token in the "Destination" field, but it doesn't appear to work that way. What goes in the Destination field? Tim

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Small feature request
by Attila Nagy 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi All! One colleague of mine recently met this little (let's call it) glitch, and as he is rather new to the software, he had a hard time solving it (he had to ask me to get introduced into the concept of disabled devices, and the place to search for :)). So when one wants to add a new device, and it already exists, Observium writes a simple error message, like: "Already got device x.y.z.net." What I would like to suggest is two things: 1. make the device name in this error message clickable as anywhere else. This way the novice user can click on the host and see that it's really there 2. if the device is disabled, maybe indicate it in this message, like "Already got device x.y.z.net only disabled" This way the novice user would see why he didn't found the device in the first place. Now that I think of it again, the second one is rather overkill, but the first one would be an easy but logical advancement. Regards, Tylla

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Geolocation and Mapping
by Adam Armstrong 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi Guys, As some of you might already have noticed, MapQuest have changed the policies on their geolocation API, breaking our previous geolocation defaults. We briefly switched the default API to Open Street Maps, but due to the large Observium userbase they weren't able to support our request load, and we've since had to switch to Yahoo's geolocation API. If you've kept the subscription version up to date, you should already have these new defaults. The community version can change the geolocation API in the config.php, but doesn't currently support the Yahoo API, which will come in the next release. Details for settings can be found at : http://www.observium.org/docs/config_options/#syslocation-configuration Observium also has support for Yandex and Google geolocation, and though Google's geolocation works best, it can only be used with a commercial license, so that can only be enabled by organisations with such a license. This means that some addresses which previously geolocated may not geolocate properly now (each API has its own quirks when it comes to parsing addresses, so ones which worked before may not work now, and vice-versa!). We're investigating setting up our own geolocation and map imaging servers, along with switching to a new mapping library to try to remove reliance on external organisations. Thanks, adam. Sent from Mailbird [http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&ut…]

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Any Materials for Observium new starter?
by Peter Ekwuno 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi All, My company just decided that we will be using Observium as the network monitoring on new network environment and the server hosting the Observium is set up and running by one of the Engineers. However, I will be the engineer managing the platform and I’m very much new to the product. More so, I have looked on the web site and Google, it seems that there aren’t enough comprehensive video or guide on how to manage the product bearing in mind that I am new to Linux platform. Please can some one point me to the right direction to get the basic materials needed for Observium? Best regards, Peter Ekwuno SOC Engineer [Description: cid:image002.png@01CF4E86.2063A860]<http://www.easynet.com/> A. St James House, Oldbury, Bracknell ,RG12 8TH From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Casper Allerslev Jensen Sent: 26 September 2015 16:34 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] im seeing device down but they are not Hi Adam, This is the screenshot.. [Description: Image removed by sender.] It clearly shows the server down... and i can access it just find and my client sees it just fine [Description: cid:14451e289c512813975116b18116d696d756e23d@zimbra] ________________________________ Fra: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Til: observium(a)observium.org Sendt: lørdag, 26. september 2015 17:16:14 Emne: Re: [Observium] im seeing device down but they are not Hi Casper, What do you see in alert log for the device in question? Thanks, adam. Sent from Mailbird<http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&utm_campai…> On 26/09/2015 18:07:42, Casper Allerslev Jensen <casper(a)dingit.dk> wrote: over the last few days i have starting seen alert mails with device down.. but its not down.. and there is no recover.. anyone got a suggestion why that could be? I mean it could be a short connection problem but than i would assume to see recover mail aswell? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium This email and any attachments may be confidential and/or legally privileged. If you have received this e-mail and you are not a named addressee, please inform the sender of this email by sending a return email to the address above and then delete the e-mail and your response from your system. If you are not a named addressee you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on this e-mail. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author. Any statements made, or intentions expressed in this communication may not necessarily reflect the view of Easynet. No content herein will bind Easynet or any associated company unless confirmed by the execution of a formal contract by Easynet. Any figures or amounts given in this email are quotations only and are subject to change. Although Easynet routinely screen for viruses, addressees should scan this e-mail and any attachments for viruses. Easynet make no representation or warranty as to the absence of viruses in this e-mail or any attachments. Please note that to ensure regulatory compliance and for the protection of our customers and business, we may monitor and read e-mails sent to and from our server(s). Easynet Limited (registered number 02954343) and Easynet Global Services Limited (registered number 08458875) are incorporated in England and Wales and share the same registered office at St. James House, Oldbury, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 8TH

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Separate emails for alerts sent to contacts
by Christopher Pole 28 Sep '15

28 Sep '15

Hi, I'm looking at using Observium contacts + alerts to replace some alerting we do for customers using Nagios. Is it possible to send a separate email to the primary device contact and any additional contacts specified for alerts in the contact section rather than populating the to field with all recipients on a single email? If not would this be difficult to implement? We'd prefer not to expose the internal email address that receives our alerts to our customers if possible. Thanks, Chris

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Observium Graph Issue
by Namdev Rathod 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi, I have configured observium on aws ec2 instance, also add hosts in that with snmp installed. I have also tried to check with snmpwalk command on both side, its working fine. But issue with graph, on web interface of observium, i am not able to view graphs. Please help me. -- Thanks, Namdev Rathod

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Observium boucing on ifalias
by Raphael Maunier 25 Sep '15

25 Sep '15

Hi there, We have a strange issue with the ifalias. We have one Juniper EX4550 with multiple customers on it. There was a bad character in the description : description "Cust: [FIBRE] {XXX} Paris - Zayo Cid:XXXXX Cable:R03110-fo-9-10�”; Observium was bouncing on the if desc. As soon as I change it, no bouncing . Not sure if it’s a bug report, but I just share it here :) Best, Raphael

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add storage info to alert mail
by Casper Allerslev Jensen 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

Hi observiumers.. I have a storage_perc alert which sends me a nice email when my storage is above 95%. is it somehow possible to get the actuall storage used and left included in the mail. Since its a procentage there could still be potiential 50GB og free space left.. it all depends on the original size.

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Graphing sum total of Current and Power
by Andrew Plas 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

Would it be possible to add a Total Graph for specific Heath statistics, similar to how the total graphs are displayed for Peering, Transit, and Core port types? What I am interested in is essentially adding values already collected by Observium from a handful of devices (rack PDU's) to determine the combined Current in amps and Power in watts to graph and track power consumption across an entire row or even datacenter. We can see this information per-rack from the PDU device already added to Observium, but for our datacenter managers it would be useful to track power consumption across the whole room or suite. In several of our POPs power is provided so we cannot poll the UPS itself- only our own rack PDUs connected to the facility's power bus. Even then, most have A and B side power so we have two PDUs per rack. To the end, I have created a device group by sensor sorting "pdu" device names and filtering for their output values. However, the built-in aggregate graphs show each device's data on one graph and doesn't combine them for a total. Further, my filter seems to pull many values labeled "Output" including voltage and amperage as well as wattage. Any suggestions to refine my filter to get one group for Amps and another for Watts? Please see the screenshots below. Most PDU's are APC model AP8941. I admit this would really only be useful for the "Power" and "Current" health monitors, as items like voltage and temperature are really only useful per-device. Even then, these total graphs would have the most value being filtered to a specific set of devices and likely by location. Maybe a total graph display under /groups may be more useful than one under /health/metric=power or /health/metric=current? Thank you! https://observium/group/group_id=6/ https://observium/group/group_id=6/view=basic/agg_graph=graph/

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Alert notification
by Ondrej Beran 24 Sep '15

24 Sep '15

Hello, today I have updated version 6531 to 7038 and I still receive the same alert notification every 5 minute. Is it possible to change this notification to receive this alert only once when the service is down and than when it is renewed, not repeatedly ? defaults.inc.php $config['alerts']['interval'] = '31536000'; // How frequently to re-send a notification for a continuing alert condition // In seconds. Default is 1 day. Thank you Ondrej

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Problem on syslog with HP devices
by Kleber C. S. Coelho 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Dears, good morning! We have a problem in the syslog system. The logs of HP network equipment appear with a 'prefix' %% 10 in the attribute 'program' and this greatly hinders the display of logs and selecting the 'program' from the menu. Please could check this question for future updates? Hugs. 22-09-2015 13:52:10 core-dc Informational (6) %%10SHELL/6/SHELL_CMD(L) : -Task=vt0-IPAddr=**-User=**; Command is jumboframe enable 22-09-2015 12:16:33 core-pusp Notification (5) %%10CFM/5/CFM_SAVECONFIG_SUCCESS : Configuration is saved successfully. 22-09-2015 12:16:33 core-pusp Notification (5) %%10CFGMAN/5/CFGMAN_CFGCHANGED(L : -EventIndex=2-CommandSource=1-ConfigSource=2 is changed. 22-09-2015 11:52:57 core-eesc Notification (5) %%10IFNET/5/LINEPROTO_UPDOWN(L) : Line protocol on the interface Vlan-interface122 is UP. 22-09-2015 11:52:57 core-eesc Error (3) %%10IFNET/3/LINK_UPDOWN(L) : Vlan-interface122 link status is UP. []´s ________________ Kleber C. S. Coelho USP - São Carlos 16.3373-8870

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Netscaler Virtual Machine!
by Svensson Fredrik A 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi There! We have some Netscaler virtual appliances that doesnt show the Load Balancer Tab, any ideas why? [cid:image001.png@01D0F136.2381C6E0] Regards Fredrik Från: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] För Svensson Fredrik A Skickat: den 15 september 2015 10:20 Till: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Ämne: Re: [Observium] Alerting from eventlog? I dont seem to get this working for me, where does the Status_event comes from? Regards Fredrik Från: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] För Andrew Plas Skickat: den 12 september 2015 05:00 Till: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Ämne: Re: [Observium] Alerting from eventlog? Thanks for the lead, Andre! I had to change the conditions to status_event equals alert and it works beautifully. On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 2:03 PM, Andre Geißler <andre(a)geisslermail.de<mailto:andre@geisslermail.de>> wrote: I did it that way Name: ASA Failover Test: status_event equals warning Device Match: hostname match blabla Entity Match: status_descr match *primary* Cheers, Andre _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Observium Support
by Mulenga Mumba 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

Hi, Please help me with support email address for Observium, I would like to request for customisation of some functions such as reports. Thanks, Mulenga Mumba, NOC Technical Supervisor Africonnect Zambia - A VODACOM Group Company Orange Park, Plot 35185, Alick Nkhata Road, Lusaka, Zambia Phone: +260 95 3 572 713 +260 211 843 298 Email: mulenga @africonnect.co.zm

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Procedure for observium support.
by Chaman Rathee 23 Sep '15

23 Sep '15

I have a question that What is procedure to take support from observium? We have purchased a professional support subscription. It is valid upto 2016-09-07. ............. With Warm Regards, Chaman Rathee [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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Port-Channels in Cisco devices
by Miguel Berniz 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hello, I installed community version through Turnkey appliance and drive a test with 25 network devices. Then I ran unto subscription version and I have noticed port-channel members are not appearing anymore in the port list, for example, in a 4500 VSS. The exaclly same devices are correctly showing port-channel and interface members top right column. What could this be caused by? Thanks in advance, Miguel

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Connect via SSH Feature
by Johnson, Edward A. 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hopefully this is a newer feature, otherwise I totally overlooked this over the past year! [cid:ACFFBBBC-9380-48CA-9824-300B0B1F51C2] Is there a way to customize these connect commands? We have different usernames for our switches and linux boxes than the username that we log into Observium.

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revision 7026. maps problem
by Andrew Colin 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Hi Guys I did an svn up today and it upgrade to revision 7026(professional edition) But now the maps are all zoomed in(see below) Any idea why

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Process to take Observium Support
by Chaman Rathee 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Dear Team, Please suggest complete process to take support from observium. We have already purchased professional subscription. It is valid upto 2016-09-07. Kindly suggest process to take support. Please find attached file for your reference. ......... With Warm Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No. 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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weather overlay
by Fernando Fuentes 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

Is there a way to the world map on the observium web ui? IE: http://openweathermap.org/maps Regards, -- Fernando Fuentes Supervisor & Senior Systems Administrator Email: ffuentes(a)aasteel.com American Alloy Steel, Inc. Houston, Texas Website: http://www.aasteel.com Phone: 713-744-4222 Fax: 713-300-5688

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Observium :- Server location sign problem.
by Chaman Rathee 22 Sep '15

22 Sep '15

My some server are located at Gurgaon and rest are at Chennai location. Servers located at Gurgaon are showing green circle with no. of server in map. But Others located at Chennai are showing green google map pointer icon without no. of server. I want to do change Chennai location sign ( same as Gurgaon location) ? Location sign also enclosed with mail. Please check and help us. ......... Chaman Rathee [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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SVN problems?
by Eduardo Schoedler 21 Sep '15

21 Sep '15

Hi, Is there some problem with svn server? root@lin:/opt/observium# svn update && ./discovery.php -h none -u Updating '.': svn: E000104: Unable to connect to a repository at URL 'http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk' svn: E000104: Error running context: Connection reset by peer Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Diff. b/t location sign and circle sign?
by Chaman Rathee 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

What is difference in location sign and circle sign on observe graph? Location Sign :- [cid:image001.png@01D0F2E9.76F4F090] Circle Sign :- [cid:image002.png@01D0F2E9.76F4F090] ............. With Thanks and Regards, Chaman Rathee MoB No. :- 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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Observium host located at different location
by Chaman Rathee 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Dear Team, My Observium hosts are showing at north atlantic Ocean where server is located at Gurgaon,India. SNMP Configuration file is /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf of host have only single blue line. rocommunity <community_name> [cid:image001.png@01D0F082.6FD9BDE0] Please suggest needful on priority basis. .......... With Warm 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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Alerts
by Erwin Botas 19 Sep '15

19 Sep '15

Hi, we would like to filter alarms on our air conditioning units based on the status as many are redundant but the sensors are always on and if the unit is standby for example the temp or humidity limits can be easily raised, at his moment the sensors and status are different entities and the condition s can't be settled Any clue how to make this? Sent from my iPhone Erwin Botas Gerente tecnologías de información [http://www.criticalcolocation.com/firma/logo.jpg] Tel.: +506 2010-5050 • Cel.: +506 8982-4885 • Fax.: +506 2223-7055 San José, CR • www.criticalcolocation.com [http://www.criticalcolocation.com/firma/line.jpg] NOTA DE CONFIDENCIALIDAD: "La información contenida en este mensaje y sus adjuntos es estrictamente confidencial y se dirige exclusivamente a su destinatario. Si usted no es el destinatario indicado, cualquier divulgación, copia, distribución o uso del contenido de este documento es prohibido y será sancionado de acuerdo con la ley. Si recibió este mensaje por error, debe notificarlo de inmediato al remitente y destruirlo".

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Disabling polling on large number of ports
by AJ Schroeder 18 Sep '15

18 Sep '15

Hello list, I have just added a bunch of our end user access switches to Observium (thanks to the devs adding Nortel support!). Anyway, I don't want to be alerted or notified if those particular ports go up or down. The only way I know how to stop alerting on ports is to toggle the alerts field in the ports properties of the specific device. However, whenever I select all the ports on a device that has a large number of ports (over 300) all the ports show that they are toggled to off, then I click save. When the page refreshes I only see about two-thirds of them are toggled off, the rest of them are still set to poll or alert. When I manually toggle some ports and click save, the setting doesn't save. Any help or insight on this would be appreciated. AJ Schroeder

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