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MRV LX console servers
by Rutger Bevaart 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Hello list, I have a couple of MRV LX4000 console servers that I added to Observium. I do not care much about port utilisation but it is nice to know if one drops off the radar and get an alert. However, the boxes are not recognised by Observium and get this ugly question mark icon in the device list. A quick Google did not reveal anything related to these boxes and Observium, did anyone play around with adding these devices and get them recognised properly? They basically run a BusyBox Linux... Regards, Rutger

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strange numbers from nortel switch
by Tom De Puysseleyr 24 Feb '14

24 Feb '14

Hi I'm trying to setup Observium to poll all of our switches, and so far I just love it. Great job guys! I hope to convince the management to subscribe soon, but for now we'll have to do with the community version. Let me try to explain my issue. I am polling a dual stack of Nortel Baystack 5510-24T switches using snmp v2c. All ports of unit 1 and ports 1 - 6 of unit 2 look fine. The graphics (bits/sec) for port 7 to 24 of unit 2 are strange though. Port 7 is not used, no device is connected to it at all. The average traffic according to the graphs is around 30Gbit/s. All other ports after port 7 show the exact same numbers. So first I tried to reset all port statistics on the switch. The graphs showed 0 bits/s for a few minutes, but then after let's say 30 minutes it shows a current bandwidth of 8Gbit/s. I tried deleting the device from Observium and added it again, but it seems that all counters are still there. When I look at the port using telnet, all counters are 0. I know that this switch is not in the supported devices list, but as far as I know the default snmp pollings should provide correct numbers for bandwidth statistics, no? Any help is greatly appreciated! Regards, Tom De Puysseleyr

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Adding Bind9 stats into Observium for trending/graphing?
by Ricardo M Meleschi 23 Feb '14

23 Feb '14

Hello, I do not see a away to search the mailing list so please excuse me if this question has been asked before. I've recently (as in the last 3 or 4 days) began configuring Observium for the purpose of getting some good trending data out of my bind servers. I noticed in the demo, there is an APP drop down, and BIND is listed as one of the supported applications. I am having a difficult time figuring out how to get Observium to monitor my bind servers however. I do get LOTS of great throughput data and cpu usage so that will be very helpful. I have installed the bind9-snmp setup from bayour.com and am abe to read bind statistics using SNMP, but I have no idea how to get these values to be polled and graphed by Observium. If setting up the bind9-stats through SNMP is not the proper way to graph the bind stats, can someone please point me in the right direction? Thanks, Ricardo Meleschi

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Need help getting the new alert system to send mail
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

It never sends and i dont see anything in the email log. //Alert $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Observium Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "tr(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:tr@zitcom.dk>"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; No emails are send on alerts So I tried to change the email backend $config['email_backend'] = 'sendmail'; That did not help. So I did a test to check the php mail module. <?php $to = "tr(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:tr@zitcom.dk>"; $subject = "Test mail"; $message = "Hello! This is a simple email message."; $from = "test(a)mgmt3.network.zitcom.dk<mailto:test@mgmt3.network.zitcom.dk>"; $headers = "From:" . $from; mail($to,$subject,$message,$headers); echo "Mail Sent."; ?> And that worked fine. What is the problem? I have an alert in Observium ☺ [cid:image001.png@01CF1D04.808888E0] Med venlig hilsen | Best regards Thomas Raabo Netværksansvarlig CCIE #33466 Zitcom A/S Telefon: 70 40 00 00 E-mail: kontakt(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:kontakt@zitcom.dk> Direkte: 69 10 60 18 Direkte: tr(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:tr@zitcom.dk> [cid:image005.jpg@01CEDC86.E897E480]<http://www.zitcom.dk/>

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Re: [Observium] strange numbers from nortel switch
by Tom De Puysseleyr 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Hmm, at the moment the numbers are 0 again, so maybe I was complaining too soon... Regards, Tom De Puysseleyr

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Re: [Observium] Enable Google Map
by Maxence BITTERLI 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

is it possible to get the config.php of http://demo.observium.org/ ? Thanks, Max Maxence Bitterli maxence(a)definima.com 05 56 89 14 04 2014-02-20 15:01 GMT+01:00 Maxence Bitterli <maxence(a)definima.com>: > Hello, > > I'm trying to enable the google map like on live demo exemple but I > found few documention about it. > Actually I found some information on Observium Wiki : > http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Geocoding_Configuration > > Even if I set : > $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; > > I still got the black&white map. > Any clue ? > > A part of my config.php : > $config['geocoding']['enable'] = true; > $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; > $config['geocoding']['default']['lat'] = "37.7463058"; > $config['geocoding']['default']['lon'] = "-25.6668573"; > $config['frontpage']['map']['region'] = "world"; > $config['frontpage']['map']['resolution'] = "countries"; > $config['frontpage']['map']['dotsize'] = 5; > $config['frontpage']['map']['realworld'] = false; > > Max >

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efficiency in SNMP-requests
by Botens.T＠zdf.de 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Hey everyone, first of all I want to tell you, that I really like observium. It's a great tool and I really enjoy using it. There is one disadvantage, that a colleague of mine from our networking department told me. We get log-Entries in our firewall for each SNMP-request. Would it be possible to do a single SNMP request to get all Data? Is there a config setting? Or is it planned to do this? It would really help, because I had to adjust the interval to a longer time as a first measure. Yours Tobias ZDF Tobias Botens GB IST, IT-Betrieb, Systemmanagement ZDF-Stra?e 1 55100 Mainz Germany Telefon: +49 6131 70-14730 Telefax: +49 6131 70-74730 Handy: E-Mail: Botens.T(a)zdf.de Web: ZDF<http://www.zdf.de/> Mit dem Zweiten sieht man besser P Bitte pr?fen Sie, ob diese Mail wirklich ausgedruckt werden muss!

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LDAP Auth not able to use level 10
by Rutger Truyers 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hi, I've set up the ldap authentication with AD. The LDAP binding , Search and Authentication is all succesfull. even the group matching is perfect. But I'm not able to provide the group a level 10 authentication. When authenticating the user in the correct group can't see any device. Greetings.

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Wish list: new feature
by Jérémy SPIESSER 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Dear, A would like to request a new feature for the billing option, at the moment, two possibles option: 95percentile or quota would be great if other options could be possible as 90 pecentile as an example. Regards, -- Jeremy SPIESSER 34 bd des Italiens 75009 Paris TEL: 01 44 54 30 00 MOB: 06 22 12 81 75 FAX: 01 70 24 83 67 www.azuria.net [1] prefix et peering [2] Links: ------ [1] http://www.azuria.net/ [2] https://lg.azuria.net/

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Disable BGP Alerts/Polling for Single Router
by Chip Pleasants 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hoping someone could point me in the right direction. Is there anyway to disable BGP alerts/polling for single router? I see this similar to port disabled from Observiums perspective. I've set "Device Ignore" and "Disable" but still see the bgp alerts on the front page. http://www.observium.org/wiki/Port_disable_vs._ignore -Chip

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Enable Google Map
by Maxence BITTERLI 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hello, I'm trying to enable the google map like on live demo exemple but I found few documention about it. Actually I found some information on Observium Wiki : http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Geocoding_Configuration Even if I set : $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; I still got the black&white map. Any clue ? A part of my config.php : $config['geocoding']['enable'] = true; $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; $config['geocoding']['default']['lat'] = "37.7463058"; $config['geocoding']['default']['lon'] = "-25.6668573"; $config['frontpage']['map']['region'] = "world"; $config['frontpage']['map']['resolution'] = "countries"; $config['frontpage']['map']['dotsize'] = 5; $config['frontpage']['map']['realworld'] = false; Max

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0.14.2.5010 Acme Packet Support
by Teixeira, Mike 20 Feb '14

20 Feb '14

Hello, I have an acme packet net-net 4000. In the version 0.14.2.5010 our acme packet device is coming up as a generic device. Was this device included in the support for Acme Packets or do I need to update something on our acme packet device? SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Acme Packet Net-Net 4000 Series SBC SC6.1.0 MR-11 Patch 3 (Build 1048) SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.9148.1.1.1 Thanks, Mike

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Adding MIBs
by Josh Hopper 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

We have several SonicWALL firewalls that are SNMP capable but do not work when you try to add them via ./add_device.php. Since I was able to add our 2400 series SonicWALLs to Observium I just assume there is a file missing somewhere. Does anyone have experience adding MIBs/OIDs to Observium? -- Sincerely, Joshua Hopper, A+ CE Network Administrator [cid:image001.jpg@01CF2D61.FBED3C20] 420 3rd Ave NW Hickory NC 28601 Office: 828-449-1839x2160 | Cell: 828-855-7565

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Re: [Observium] tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
by Maxence BITTERLI 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Ok it works for me now :s I downloaded it on 2 servers and one workstation and their were all corrupted. Thanks anyway Max Maxence Bitterli maxence(a)definima.com 05 56 89 14 04 2014-02-19 16:35 GMT+01:00 Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx>: > Works for me, please check your link, disk and RAM, then download it > again. > > Tom > > > On 02/19/2014 04:09 PM, Maxence BITTERLI wrote: > > Hi guys, > > I'm trying to install Observium OSE but when I try to untar, I got an > error. > > I downloaded this file : > http://www.observium.org/observium-community-latest.tar.gz > > observium/includes/discovery/humidity/apc.inc.php > tar: Fin prématurée rencontrée dans l'archive. > tar: Fin prématurée rencontrée dans l'archive. > tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now > > Thanks in advance > > Maxence > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing listobservium@observium.orghttp://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >

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tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
by Maxence BITTERLI 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Hi guys, I'm trying to install Observium OSE but when I try to untar, I got an error. I downloaded this file : http://www.observium.org/observium-community-latest.tar.gz observium/includes/discovery/humidity/apc.inc.php tar: Fin prématurée rencontrée dans l'archive. tar: Fin prématurée rencontrée dans l'archive. tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now Thanks in advance Maxence

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Unable to add standby Cisco ASA
by Erik INGEBERG 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Hi, I'm trying to add the standby Cisco ASA firewalls we have in our active/standby failover pairs. I am able to add our ASA-SM (ASA service modules), but not the "normal" ASA's or PIX firewalls. Unfortunately, a Cisco ASA failover pair shares the same "sysName" and "snmpEngineID". This is not configurable on the ASA firewalls. When I try to add a standby ASA (with a different hostname / IP address) I get the following error: Already got device with SNMP-read sysName (xxxxxxxxxxx) and 'snmpEngineID' = xxxxxxxxxxx (xxxxxxxxxxx). I see that this is because of a check in "functions.php". Is there any workaround you can think of to allow us to add the standby devices? It is essential for us to monitor them, and we were also hoping to use Observium as our hardware inventory database (which is now missing all standby ASA's). Regards, Erik

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Setting up Alerts
by Marco Marques 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Hey guys, Could you assist as to how we can set up alerts. I pretty much want the system to send an email when a device goes down. How would I go about setting this up? Thanks, Marco

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Does observium do a full snmp walk each time the poller for stats run?
by Reigner Yrastorza 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Does observium do a full snmp walk each time the poller for stats run? We are seeing a high load/ports failing on our OOB cisco routers/switches (which are not high-end devices), when we have observium monitoring it. Thanks!

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Alert Conditions
by Teixeira, Mike 19 Feb '14

19 Feb '14

Hello, Is there a list of alert conditions somewhere that I can reference? I have ports that I would like to alert if the throughput drops below X. Thanks, Mike

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Subscription
by David Peall 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Hi I’m looking at subscribing to the Subscription Edition do you provide some sort of invoice if I sign up? Something to claim back the expense. Regards — David Peall

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alerter.php
by Johnathon Voegeli 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the alerter.php file for? Should I have this in crontab now? I must have missed something during an SVN update. ~JV Johnathon Voegeli jvoegeli(a)voigtie.com

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Alerts Drop in traffic
by tech8.otelafrica 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Hi guys, Can the alert system be setup to monitor a drop/or spike in traffic? If so,how do we set it up? Regards Anton

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Email Alerts Question
by Chip Pleasants 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Hi, I'm hoping someone could kind and provide a little assistance. I'm wondering how would I go about changing the server name in the email alerts. Right now its localhost in the hyperlinks. I looked in the documentation and tried googled but couldn't find anything. Thanks, Chip

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Congrats Observium Team!!!
by Adriaan Smuts 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

Hi Guys, Just wanted to congratulate the Observium team for revision 5000! Observium has come a long way and I'm sure we are all looking forward to see the product grow and evolve! Once again congrats to Adam and his team and thanks for the awesome app! Regards Adriaan Smuts Systems Administrator [file:///C:\Users\adriaan.CORP\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\WebAfrica_Files\signature_logo.jpg] ________________________________ Direct Line +27 21 464 9565 Reception 086 000 9500 Website www.webafrica.co.za<http://www.webafrica.co.za/>

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APC InRow Cooling support
by Bruce Winters 17 Feb '14

17 Feb '14

I would like to graph the air temp and air flow in these in row cooling units. I see some APC ups support but not these units. Any pointers on how I would go about it? I am willing to do the leg work. I just don't know how to start. Here is the info on the unit. http://www.apc.com/resource/include/techspec_index.cfm?base_sku=ACRC500&tab… Bruce

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