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cisco router problem
by Norman Daniel 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

I received this error log from observium. 2013-01-24 14:12:12 System Device status changed to Up 2013-01-24 13:03:41 System Sensor Deleted: temperature cisco 1 chassis 2013-01-24 13:01:31 System Processor removed: type cpm index 1 descr Processor 1 2013-01-24 12:47:26 System Device status changed to Down Regards, cid:5A2BFBA1-C1AC-4588-9E43-ADB44DDC1905 Mr. Norman U. Daniel IT Helpdesk CFJA CALL CENTRE CORPORATION Unit 258, Wellington Building, Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Metro Manila, 1006 Philippines Phone: +63 2 242 0520 / +61 2 8355 3931 Fax: +63 2 857 2227 / +61 2 8569 0930 Mobile: +63 926 7455617 Email: <mailto:norman.daniel@cfjacallcentre.com> norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com Skype: cfjacc.ops.norman.daniel Web: <http://www.cfjacallcentre.com/> http://www.cfjacallcentre.com

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Re: [Observium] Poller performance
by Adam Armstrong 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Observium scales primarily on the number of interfaces you have, as they account for the majority of I/o. 128 switches would be a large install, 128 servers would not. You should try running 2 or 3 pollers if your server's disk is not too heavily loaded. If you are only using one poller then your disk is waiting for SNMP was dating time. Memcached was replaced with mysql memory tables, which you are already using :-) Rrdcached seems to make little difference to me. I have my installs running in a ramdisk, as that removes the i/o bottleneck entirely. Adam. Tobias Brunner <tobias.brunner(a)nine.ch> wrote: >Hi, > >I have some performance troubles with the poller, it takes a bit more than 5 >minutes to finish. There are 128 devices to poll... > >Looking at the "Performance tuning" wiki page and the mailing list, I >implemented the following tweaks: >* Using poller-wrapper from Job Snijders ("Multiple poller instances" was >really bad, polling took about 10 minutes) >* Activated RRDcached > >Putting the RRDs on a Ramdisk is not a solution for me (too less memory). Does >memcache work with the current SVN build? >What other options for performance tuning do I have? One idea was to have >"worker" server which only poll a subset of devices and report the values back >to the master. Is something like that possible? >Which resources need the most I/O? RRD or MySQL? Are there many inserts and >updates to the Database? > >Thanks for all suggestions... > >Cheers, >Tobias > >-- >Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich >Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 >Skype nine.ch_support >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Poller performance
by Tobias Brunner 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi, I have some performance troubles with the poller, it takes a bit more than 5 minutes to finish. There are 128 devices to poll... Looking at the "Performance tuning" wiki page and the mailing list, I implemented the following tweaks: * Using poller-wrapper from Job Snijders ("Multiple poller instances" was really bad, polling took about 10 minutes) * Activated RRDcached Putting the RRDs on a Ramdisk is not a solution for me (too less memory). Does memcache work with the current SVN build? What other options for performance tuning do I have? One idea was to have "worker" server which only poll a subset of devices and report the values back to the master. Is something like that possible? Which resources need the most I/O? RRD or MySQL? Are there many inserts and updates to the Database? Thanks for all suggestions... Cheers, Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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netsted location menu
by Michael Cushard 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi, The nested location menu in build 3528 should help a little with organization. What would the syntax be for the custom location field of an object in order to create a top level location and several sub-level locations underneath it? For instance, something like EU -> FR -> Paris? Regards, Michael

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sysLocation instead of sysContact on Alerts page
by Alex Pressé 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Just a minor thing; on the edit alerts page ( http://observiumserver.mydomain.lan/device/device=1/tab=edit/section=alerts/ ) It says "Override sysLocation" where it should say "Override sysContact". -- Alex Presse "How much net work could a network work if a network could net work?"

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Re: [Observium] netsted location menu
by Adam Armstrong 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

If you write them like an address, seperated by commas, you should be fine with the next version of the menu. Adam. Michael Cushard <mcc(a)axway.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Shut your whore mouth! Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Nope, AFAIK there is no way to do this... Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Tom Laermans 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Of course if you had asked "would it be possible".. right, adam? Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Calugaru Adrian" <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com>, "Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Graph timezone Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2013 19:34 Nope :-) Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hi guys, Is it possible to set different timezones per device and have rrdtool generate graphs using that timezone? Thanks, Adrian

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Bind9
by Ciro Iriarte 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hi!, is there anyone collecting bind9 stats with Observium? Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.com --

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Nope :-) Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Graph timezone
by Calugaru Adrian 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hi guys, Is it possible to set different timezones per device and have rrdtool generate graphs using that timezone? Thanks, Adrian

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Re: [Observium] Overview
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Not applicable to us, we pfsense is one device, we are many. We have per-device access already :-) "Rob J. Epping" <rob.epping(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Overview
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

The front page? It is designed to be customised. We almost totally ignore it in reality, as no one uses it. Which front page are you using? The default one? Adam Summerfield <asummerfield(a)harbourmsp.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Possibility too set Graph Vertical Max too Line-speed
by Mattias Gyllenvarg 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hi I would like too be able too set the Linespeed as the Max vertical value. Especially as an option under "All ports" This would be handy when reviewing needed upgrades among other things. -- *Med Vänliga Hälsningar - Best Regards* *Mattias Gyllenvarg* *Nätutveckling* Bredband2 Tel: +46 406219712

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Overview
by Adam Summerfield 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Attempting to put this into production with our NOC. When they logon with the user class of "Global Read" they can see the devices but nothing appears on the overview page. If I create the user with class of "Normal" they cannot see anything. Admin class of course works as expected. Regards, Adam

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Postgres monitor script
by Lance Raymond 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Afternoon all, have my apache working nicely, mysql and moving through the list of to-do's. Next is our primary DB which is running postgres. I have that server added, SNMP working, the agent is loaded and I can telnet from the observium server on 6556 port with no issues. Looking at the install http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Postgresqlthe only thing left from that section and my notes from mysql is to copy the script from the local observium server (under /opt/observium/scripts/agent-local) to the postgres server and update the config with the user/pass but those files are not there. I also don't see postgres listed in the applications list for the device. Is postgres not supported anymore? -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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Function scope issues?
by Paul Gear 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm just looking into a couple of nagging problems on my Observium install and i found this: 1. includes/discovery/discovery-protocols.inc.php uses ifNameDescr(), which is defined in includes/rewrites.php (called from includes/functions.php). 2. ifNameDescr() is a wrapper around ifLabel(), which itself is a wrapper around humanize_port() 3. humanize_port() calls humanspeed(), which is defined in html/includes/functions.inc.php This seems to indicate that ifNameDescr/ifLabel/humanize port, when called from discovery functions, will never work. Is this intentional? Or should humanspeed() (and possibly others of its peers within html/includes/functions.inc.php) be moved to includes/rewrites.php? Regards, Paul

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Disable Monitoring of Linux Interfaces
by admin 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Good Evening, I was able to get Observium up and running with no issues, but I do have a bit of an odd situation. I happen to have a server that I wish to monitor that has over 300 PPP interfaces. Observium is attempting to poll them, and its hammering the server hard, and Observium. Is there a way to remove polling of interfaces (or maybe just ppp interfaces) on that server? Thanks!

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Drilling down to specific times in graphs
by Jason Lixfeld 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

I'm having a little trouble understanding how the graph drill downs are supposed to work. I select a 6 hour graph of something, From: says 17:44 To: says 23:44. Case 1: I change 17:44 to 16:44 and click Submit, From: says 11:44 To: says 18:44. Case 2: I leave From: at 17:44 but change To: to 18:44 and click Submit, From: says 12:44 To: says 13:44. Am I missing something on how these timeframes are supposed to work?

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Re: [Observium] Apache application monitor problem
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Observium doesn't hit apache directly. That is done via the agent script. Is it working? Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Function scope issues?
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

yes :-) Though really the processing should be done at polling time. Its all a mess caused by gradual evolution! Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Apache application monitor problem
by Lance Raymond 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

After a successful implement of the mysql module, I now am looking to monitor apache. I will try to give as much on the 1st post as I do now understand how the agents work a bit more (Thanks Adam) so the info and questions are; Unix-agent is installed, enabled, port is open, and I can hit the server-status from the observium server via curl; curl stats.domain.com/server-status <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html><head> <title>Apache Status</title> </head><body> <h1>Apache Server Status for stats.domain.com</h1> <dl><dt>Server Version: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 with Suhosin-Patch</dt> <dt>Server Built: Nov 8 2012 21:37:30 </dt></dl><hr /><dl> <dt>Current Time: Wednesday, 09-Jan-2013 04:00:49 UTC</dt> <dt>Restart Time: Tuesday, 08-Jan-2013 20:58:01 UTC</dt> <dt>Parent Server Generation: 3</dt> <dt>Server uptime: 7 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds</dt> <dt>Total accesses: 651 - Total Traffic: 1.7 MB</dt> <dt>CPU Usage: u9.48 s1.89 cu0 cs0 - .0448% CPU load</dt> <dt>.0257 requests/sec - 71 B/second - 2773 B/request</dt> <dt>1 requests currently being processed, 9 idle workers</dt> Using the poller command to test server; ubuntu@websvr1:/opt/observium$ ./poller.php -v -h stats.domain.com Observium Poller v0.12.11.3407 Starting polling run: stats.domain.com 5 linux (unix) Observium UNIX Agent: execution time: 328ms Processes: Sensors: Using UNIX Agent Uptime (2877622) Uptime: 33 days, 7h 20m 22s Hardware: Generic x86 64-bit Version: 3.2.0-31-virtual Features: /usr/bin/distro: No such file or directory Serial: IPMI: Processor Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz 1% Mempool Physical memory: 79.6% Mempool Virtual memory: 51.63% Mempool Swap space: 0.01% Storage /: 17% Storage /mnt: 0% Polling Netstats: IP TCP UDP ICMP SNMP HR Stats: Processes Users Polling IP-MIB ipSystemStats ipv4 ipv6 Caching Oids: ifEntry ifXEntry dot3StatsDuplexStatusvalidvalid Port lo(1) HC HC VLAN == bps(0bps/0bps)bytes(0B/0B)pkts(0pps/0pps) Port eth0(2) HC HC VLAN == bps(1.32kbps/4kbps)bytes(4.83kB/14.6kB)pkts(2.2pps/2.2pps) Checking UCD DiskIO MIB: xvda1 xvdb xvda3 OSPF: Processes: Areas: Ports: Neighbours: Entity Physical: Applications: agent uptime netstat_ip netstat_ip_frag netstat_tcp netstat_udp netstat_icmp netstat_icmp_info netstat_snmp netstat_snmp_pkt hr_processes hr_users ucd_cpu ucd_swap_io ucd_io ucd_contexts ucd_interrupts ucd_memory ucd_load ipsystemstats_ipv4 ipsystemstats_ipv4_frag ipsystemstats_ipv6 ipsystemstats_ipv6_frag Polled in 4.680 seconds UPDATED! MySQL: Cell[0/0s] Row[3/0s] Rows[25/0.01s] Column[0/0s] Update[9/0.01s] Insert[5/0.01s] Delete[0/0s] So, it seems the agent is running, apache is reachable by the server with the server-status, just not sure why the graph page is broken. The main graph's all say Error Drawing Graph, and the scoreboard at the bottom just has a few broken image links. -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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Re: [Observium] Adding mysql monitoring
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

The agent is not enabled for that host :-) Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Adding mysql monitoring
by Adam Armstrong 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

I just added apache/mysql agents to a clean install and it worked OK. Run the poller with -d Adam. Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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