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question regarding vlan statistics
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

Hi all, New to observium so apologies if this is obvious, can't find what I'm after. Is there any way of listing the cumulative traffic per vlan across all member ports as individual graphs? Thanks Andy

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Re: [Observium] Interface descriptions are blank
by Adam Armstrong 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

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Re: [Observium] Cisco IPSLA (RTTMON)
by Adam Armstrong 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

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Cisco IPSLA (RTTMON)
by Leroux, Steve 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Hi Observium Team, We've been running Observium Professional version for many months now. It's nicely designed and polished software. I would recommend it. We used to monitor with Cacti but now we are almost 100% with Observium. The IP SLA Jitter monitoring is great. (CISCO-RTTMON-MIB) Observium currently picks up and records this value. Object rttMonLatestRttOperCompletionTime OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42.1.2.10.1.1 http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran…<http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran…> [cid:image002.jpg@01CFE3C7.D39750E0] We have 2 values missing in our IPSLA values that we monitor and we'd love to see in Observium. For us (and most likely others) the IP SLA is missing 2 critical values: (also in CISCO-RTTMON-MIB) http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios/12_4/ip_sla/configuration/guide/hs… 1. MOS - Mean Opinion Scores Object rttMonLatestJitterOperMOS OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.42 http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran…<http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran…> Sample Value from SW28-TIMWC01: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.42.10 = Gauge32: 434 2. ICPIF - International Calculated Planning Impairment Factor Object rttMonLatestJitterOperICPIF OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.43 http://tools.cisco.com/Support/SNMP/do/BrowseOID.do?local=en&translate=Tran… Sample Value from SW28-TIMWC01: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.9.9.42.1.5.2.1.43.10 = Gauge32: 1 We have Alerts setup in Cacti to notify us when the MOS value goes below 400. We'd love to have this in Observium and eliminate our need to have alerts in Cacti. Here's a sample of the MOS & ICPIF graph in Cacti. [cid:image006.jpg@01CFE3C7.D39750E0] Thanks. Steve Leroux Technical Operations Manager NorthernTel, a division of Bell Aliant

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Interface descriptions are blank
by Roman Romanyak 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Hello, We are using subscriber edition 0.14.9.5815, polling juniper QFX3500 switch (two switches - Virtual Chassis cluster). After adding the switch and running discovery.php, interface descriptions are recognized just fine, however when the device gets polled for the first time, all interface descriptions get removed. I checked it with snmpwalk and I can see interface descriptions in the output. Thanks, Roman. -- Roman Romanyak Network engineer

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Adam Armstrong 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Adam Armstrong 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Mmm, fair point, although our particular hospital is millions in debt, so paperclips are banned. Who knows where all the cash goes.. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: 09 October 2014 17:48 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 I expect the NHS's paperclip budget is greater than observium's income. :) Adam. Michael Loftis <mloftis(a)wgops.com> wrote: On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 9:35 AM, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: > Adam, > I totally see your point, and am surprised that it's only a 12% uptake > to be honest. > > As an aside question - what methods of payment for the professional > product are supported and how do I go about it? Still need to sweet-talk > the boss but it's looking promising. > Cheers - keep up the good work. > Andy. It's really so cheap. They certainly spend more on toilet paper, or coffee, or pens, or paper, or paperclips (ok maybe not paperclips)...well just about anything. Especially on an annual basis. Very much worth it. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Ok great. I think we'd need a quote for our procurement team to send it through their bureaucracy machine but we'll see. -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: 09 October 2014 17:41 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 Just regular EU-based money transfer - that should work :-) Tom On 10/09/2014 06:38 PM, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: > Ok, thanks Tom. I work for the nhs, so paypal isn't really an option. > I'll ask the finance team whether the IBAN thing works for them, I've > no idea what it is. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of > Tom Laermans > Sent: 09 October 2014 17:37 > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 > > Paypal highly prefferred, CC also possible through paypal without a > paypal account (but no automatic renewals then) or Euro money transfer > through IBAN. > > Tom > > On 10/09/2014 06:35 PM, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: >> Adam, >> I totally see your point, and am surprised that it's only a 12% >> uptake to be honest. >> >> As an aside question - what methods of payment for the professional >> product are supported and how do I go about it? Still need to >> sweet-talk the boss but it's looking promising. >> Cheers - keep up the good work. >> Andy. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of >> Adam Armstrong >> Sent: 09 October 2014 17:20 >> To: Observium Network Observation System >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 >> >> On 2014-10-09 17:15, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: >>> Glad it helped someone. >>> >>> Blown away by how decent this software is, I hope they keep up the >>> community thing/open source thing. Companies like smoothwall have >>> pretty much ditched their open source bit altogether which is a big >>> shame. >> That's probably because maintaining both generates a shitstorm of >> support bullshit from free-edition users. >> >> We find we get more hassle from people who don't pay than people who >> do, which slowly edges us away from bothering to release CE. For us >> CE is really just advertising. We do it because ~12% of users upgrade >> to subscriptions. >> >> Really, no company should be running something like Observium >> operationally without the updates that's in subscription. It's too >> much of a liability for the price! :) >> >> adam. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Ok, thanks Tom. I work for the nhs, so paypal isn't really an option. I'll ask the finance team whether the IBAN thing works for them, I've no idea what it is. -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: 09 October 2014 17:37 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 Paypal highly prefferred, CC also possible through paypal without a paypal account (but no automatic renewals then) or Euro money transfer through IBAN. Tom On 10/09/2014 06:35 PM, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: > Adam, > I totally see your point, and am surprised that it's only a 12% > uptake to be honest. > > As an aside question - what methods of payment for the professional > product are supported and how do I go about it? Still need to > sweet-talk the boss but it's looking promising. > Cheers - keep up the good work. > Andy. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of > Adam Armstrong > Sent: 09 October 2014 17:20 > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 > > On 2014-10-09 17:15, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: >> Glad it helped someone. >> >> Blown away by how decent this software is, I hope they keep up the >> community thing/open source thing. Companies like smoothwall have >> pretty much ditched their open source bit altogether which is a big >> shame. > That's probably because maintaining both generates a shitstorm of > support bullshit from free-edition users. > > We find we get more hassle from people who don't pay than people who > do, which slowly edges us away from bothering to release CE. For us CE > is really just advertising. We do it because ~12% of users upgrade to > subscriptions. > > Really, no company should be running something like Observium > operationally without the updates that's in subscription. It's too > much of a liability for the price! :) > > adam. > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Adam, I totally see your point, and am surprised that it's only a 12% uptake to be honest. As an aside question - what methods of payment for the professional product are supported and how do I go about it? Still need to sweet-talk the boss but it's looking promising. Cheers - keep up the good work. Andy. -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: 09 October 2014 17:20 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 On 2014-10-09 17:15, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer wrote: > Glad it helped someone. > > Blown away by how decent this software is, I hope they keep up the > community thing/open source thing. Companies like smoothwall have > pretty much ditched their open source bit altogether which is a big > shame. That's probably because maintaining both generates a shitstorm of support bullshit from free-edition users. We find we get more hassle from people who don't pay than people who do, which slowly edges us away from bothering to release CE. For us CE is really just advertising. We do it because ~12% of users upgrade to subscriptions. Really, no company should be running something like Observium operationally without the updates that's in subscription. It's too much of a liability for the price! :) adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Glad it helped someone. Blown away by how decent this software is, I hope they keep up the community thing/open source thing. Companies like smoothwall have pretty much ditched their open source bit altogether which is a big shame. Cheers Andy From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tristan Rhodes Sent: 09 October 2014 17:12 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 Thanks Andy! I used your email to fix that on my CE version (hoping to get SE). Tristan Tristan Rhodes Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549 On Wed, Oct 8, 2014 at 7:30 AM, Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer <Andy.Franks(a)sath.nhs.uk> wrote: Ah, that’s good. Thought it might help some of us “try before you buy” types. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Lukasz Sztukowski Sent: 08 October 2014 14:28 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 This is fixed in pro version already ;) 2014-10-07 23:40 GMT+02:00 Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer <Andy.Franks(a)sath.nhs.uk>: Hi all, Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I’ve noticed with the current community version of observium (14.4/5229) that I installed today that on line 24 of includes/discovery/sensors.inc.php : include(“includes/discovery/senors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php”); Should probably read include(“includes/discovery/sensors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php”); It made my procurve temperature pickup work again anyway. Probably been documented somewhere but I couldn’t find it. Do I qualify for a free pro version now? J Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Pozdrawiam Łukasz Sztukowski Zanim wydrukujesz, pomyśl o środowisku _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 09 Oct '14

09 Oct '14

Ah, that’s good. Thought it might help some of us “try before you buy” types. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Lukasz Sztukowski Sent: 08 October 2014 14:28 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Sensors not working - 14.4 This is fixed in pro version already ;) 2014-10-07 23:40 GMT+02:00 Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer <Andy.Franks(a)sath.nhs.uk>: Hi all, Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I’ve noticed with the current community version of observium (14.4/5229) that I installed today that on line 24 of includes/discovery/sensors.inc.php : include(“includes/discovery/senors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php”); Should probably read include(“includes/discovery/sensors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php”); It made my procurve temperature pickup work again anyway. Probably been documented somewhere but I couldn’t find it. Do I qualify for a free pro version now? J Cheers Andy _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Pozdrawiam Łukasz Sztukowski Zanim wydrukujesz, pomyśl o środowisku

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APC InRow cooling
by Lakhwinder Singh 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hello I am not able to see graphs (Fan speed, Air) for APC InRow cooling unit in Observium. I did a patch from following location still I am not able to get the graphs. http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1020 Thanks a lot in advance. Regards

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Sensors not working - 14.4
by Franks Andy (RLZ) IT Systems Engineer 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hi all, Not sure if this is the correct place to post this, but I've noticed with the current community version of observium (14.4/5229) that I installed today that on line 24 of includes/discovery/sensors.inc.php : include("includes/discovery/senors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php"); Should probably read include("includes/discovery/sensors/entity-sensor-mib-inc-php"); It made my procurve temperature pickup work again anyway. Probably been documented somewhere but I couldn't find it. Do I qualify for a free pro version now? :-) Cheers Andy

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Assistance with Email alerts
by Robin Cook 08 Oct '14

08 Oct '14

Hello, I am running the paid/SVN version of observium and I have tried a couple of times to setup email alerts and each time I end up breaking my config and having to restore it. Does anyone have any sample configurations I can look at/copy from for simple alerts to a single email address via a network SMTP relay? e.g. mail from observium(a)domain.com<mailto:observium@domain.com> to alerts(a)domain.com<mailto:alerts@domain.com>? Do I require a local postfix install for mail to be dropped into? Many thanks, Robin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bluecoat MIBs
by Adam Armstrong 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hi Guys, Does anyone have access to full Bluecoat MIBs? Specifically I'm looking for BLUECOAT-SG-ICAP-MIB, but the rest would be nice too! Thanks, adam.

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Syslog filters
by Markus Klock 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Hello! I'm trying to apply some syslog-filters and have for example added this to my config.php: $config['syslog']['filter'][] = 'ROUTING-MLDP-5-BRANCH'; $config['syslog']['filter'][] = "Successfully authenticated user \'rancid\'"; However I still get messages containing these strings Do I need some kind of wildcard or what could be wrong? BR, Markus

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Overview timestamp delta broken
by Ben Steele 07 Oct '14

07 Oct '14

Since I installed Observium a few weeks ago I have noticed that the overview timestamp for syslog and event log delta is wrong for most (not all) devices, this is prevalent on the main overview and the specific device overview page. By wrong I mean "-1y -1d -xh." etc.. Hovering over the incorrect entry pops up the correct timestamp so I think it's just the logic in calculating the delta between current time and that event that's broken, also viewing the syslogs and entry logs directly with the original timestamp is fine as well. I checked my local timezone and php timezone just to be sure and they are reporting correctly, I would imagine this would break the original timestamp anyway which is not the problem here. Hover over example: I find it particularly weird as not every device is doing this, the ones that are have no real pattern either, mixture of N7K,N5K,ASA etc and some even have a mixture of working and broken entries (individual device overview): [image: Inline image 1] Anyone else seen this, any ideas? Cheers.

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Alerts
by Josh Hopper 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

I'm a noob and I apologize. I'm having trouble determining if it's the Alert Checkers I am setting up that is not sending me mail or if it's the new mail settings. I've just moved from the old alerts to the new ones. A test goes as follows: administrator@network-monitoring:/opt/observium$ ./test_mail.php -h apc-pdu-02.purafilter2000.com Observium v0.14.10.5859 Test E-mail Configuration My Hostname: network-monitoring.purafilter2000.com E-mails ENABLED globally E-mails use PHP-builtin MAIL backend E-mails send from: ITObserviumNotify(a)purafilter2000.com Try send test notification for apc-pdu-02.purafilter2000.com to these email(s): ITObserviumNotify(a)purafilter2000.com Notification for apc-pdu-02.purafilter2000.com SENT. I do have POSTFIX installed. And below is an image of a few of my alerts I've been trying: [cid:image001.png@01CFDEE7.26E27260] Assistance would be awesome. I want device down/up, ping, port utilization, some stuff for storage, etc. However, if someone could point me in the right direction on getting alerts from one checker I think I can noodle my way around the others. Thanks. -- Sincerely, Joshua Hopper, A+ CE Network Administrator [cid:image002.jpg@01CFDEE7.26E27260] 420 3rd Ave NW Hickory NC 28601 Office: 828-449-1839x2160 | Cell: 828-855-7565 Protect Plus Air Holdings, LLC and Affiliates, Protect Plus, LLC and Affiliates, Imagine One Resources, LLC and Affiliates, Protect Plus Surfaces, LLC and Affiliates Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail is intended only for the addressee named above. It contains information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise protected from use and disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, disclosure, copying, or dissemination of this transmission, or taking of any action in reliance on its contents, or other use is strictly prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, please reply to the sender listed above immediately and permanently delete this message from your inbox. Thank you for your cooperation.

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sysLocation location_map rewrite
by Tylla 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi! I've done my homework and found the previous messages about this subject, nevertheless I would like to express my opinion. I think the current solution (by giving the coordinates in square brackets at the end of the overridden location string) is acceptable, but in the long run the actual location (coordinates) and the user readable location should be kept separate. I mean normally the sysLocation should contain some human readable/understandable string about the location of the server, but the real location - for computer usage - is best given with a Lat/Lon coordinate pair. I think these shouldn't be mixed and only the human readable location should be displayed on the GUI. Anyway, the documentation should be extended with these informations. Maybe the custom_rewrite_location function should be mentioned too, which is used by the code if it is defined in the config.php and could help people with special needs. I'm a new user, so please spare me if I'm wrong. :) Tylla

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Is there a upgrade to CE edition coming soon?
by Yucong Sun 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hi.. according to http://observium.org/wiki/Download_Community_Edition, the last release is 6month ago today. Is there a release coming soon ? :-p Cheers.

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Guidence needed to fix my Alert Checkers
by Joy, Jees 06 Oct '14

06 Oct '14

Hello All, Thank you for the previous support you all provided. I need assistance again to finding the root cause, I often get false alarm on my servers (Windows and Linux). I have 2 Alarm Checkers, 1. System Uptime, it basically checks if any server's uptime is less than 5 minutes, it notify me. 2. Does a ping and snmp check every one minute, if it couldn't reach it alerts me. One of the server, I understand and the issue is with NIC teaming and it flaps, that I have arranged change management ticket so will be fixing it soon. But what I don't understand is, System Uptime triggers stating the uptime has been changed. But in reality no change has been happened. Also sometimes it alerts me Ping checker, for normal servers without bonding/teaming on both Unix and Windows. I checked the system loads, all of them are normal. Could you please let me know your thoughts and any help if available. I wonder if my Alert Checker configuration is wrong. Below is my alert checkers [cid:image001.png@01CFE164.62A0FA90] Best Regards, Jees Joy Internal IT **************************************************************** "PLEASE NOTE: This email, and any attachments hereto, are intended only for use by the specified addressee(s) and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential and/or proprietary information of KVH Co., Ltd. and/or its affiliates (including personal information). If you are not the intended recipient of this email, please immediately notify the sender by email, and please permanently delete the original, any print out and any copies of the foregoing. " ****************************************************************

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- high availability
by Paolo De Michele 05 Oct '14

05 Oct '14

hi everybody, anyone know if it is possible set up observium in high availability? I'm thinking to use it for all my servers but I have necessity to have 2 or more nodes anyone can help me? thanks in advance cheers

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Re: [Observium] - high availability
by Marco Spicuglia 04 Oct '14

04 Oct '14

hi Adam, HA is often a requirement from the enterprise world. Monitoring systems are often considered business critical, which means guaranteed HA. I'd appreciate a HA observium setup too. Sent from Samsung Mobile -------- Original message -------- From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Date: 03/10/2014 13:48 (GMT+01:00) To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] - high availability What is the value of high availability for a non-service affecting support application? Needless complication for no appreciable gain is the cornerstone of all IT failure. Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 3 October 2014 11:49:07 Paolo De Michele <paolo(a)paolodemichele.it> wrote: > hi everybody, > > anyone know if it is possible set up observium in high availability? > I'm thinking to use it for all my servers but I have necessity to have 2 > or more nodes > > anyone can help me? > thanks in advance > > cheers > > _______________________________________________ > 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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