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Syslog alert checker functionality / OID "group" alerts (FC Port Monitoring)
by Markus Mohr 24 Aug '20

24 Aug '20

Hiya! Two questions or requests for some problems that just showed up. 1. Syslog with additional alert checker functionality We use observiums syslogserver for most of our systems and syslog alerts of course. Problem is, we can't set a delay. Like 1 system, 4 reports in 10 Minutes = alert. Is there any way this could be implemented or is already planned for observium? Main reason is, that we have some systems that need to alert, but only after a specific threshold. Otherwise we get flooded with senseless alarms. Waking up in the middle of the night because of a false alert sucks a bit :) 2. Building OID groups / FC Port monitoring We need a check for our FC switches to report, if a port has the wrong config and runs as FL instead of F. MIB and custom OID are no problem in this case, would be OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3 - and it works. BUT I need to add a custom OID for every port, so 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3.1.1, 1.3.6.1.2.1.75.1.2.1.1.3.1.2 etc. and create an alert check for every OID. Adding 24 or more custom OID etc. and the checks . well, sucks a bit. Any idea how this could be better managed? Best wishes Markus MOHR IT-Infrastruktur TakeASP AG

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FW: Observium
by Christos Aivazoglou 21 Aug '20

21 Aug '20

Hello Guys, Can anyone provide us a little bit help? Thank you very much and sorry for any inconvenience Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 <http://www.vipa.ch/> www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA Lausanne S.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type From: Christos Aivazoglou <christos.aivazoglou(a)vipa.ch> Sent: Τετάρτη, 12 Αυγούστου 2020 5:18 μμ To: adama(a)observium.org Subject: Observium Hello Boss, I hope you are very well, recently we bought your product we would like to learn how can we use the Probe and winservice alerts can you help us? Thank you very much ! Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 <http://www.vipa.ch/> www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA Lausanne S.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type

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Ghost devices in alert checker
by Daniel Johansson 19 Aug '20

19 Aug '20

Hi I created a new alert checker today and it seems I have 2 ghost devices showing up now. Neither of the other alert checkers have them showing up. Could there be some issue in the db or can I find out which devices it picks up? When I click on the entitys it just says: No valid device specified A valid device was not specified in the URL. Please retype and try again. -- Any ideas? ---- Regards Daniel

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Reset GEO location
by Jacek.Dabrowski＠selgros.pl 14 Aug '20

14 Aug '20

Hello, Is it possible to reset the GEO location via cli ??? I have such a case, GEO displays 2dev, it's actually 30, the address is the same (same location), geo reset helps but for 30 devices it's tiring. [cid:image001.png@01D67246.59C7ECC0] Regards Jacek Dąbrowski

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Spam Folder
by Walter Onda 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Hello Adam I got all messages from observium in my spam folder. Return-Path: <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> Received: from s053.cyon.net ....... 0.0 SPF_HELO_NONE SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record -0.5 FROM_IS_REPLY_TO From and Repply-To is the same -0.5 FROM_IS_TO From and To is the same 7.0 SPF_FAIL SPF: sender does not match SPF record (fail) [SPF failed: Please see http://www.openspf.net/Why?s=mfrom;id=observium-bounces%40observium.org;ip=…] 0.0 T_KAM_HTML_FONT_INVALID BODY: Test for Invalidly Named or Formatted Colors in HTML 0.0 HTML_MESSAGE BODY: HTML included in message -1.0 MAILING_LIST_MULTI Multiple indicators imply a widely-seen list manager 1.3 RDNS_NONE Delivered to internal network by a host with no rDNS X-Spam-Flag: YES ..... Are some parameter missing for SPF? Regards Walter

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Lexmark-MiBs import into Observium
by Christian Moh 13 Aug '20

13 Aug '20

Hello, we have a lot of Lexmark Printers in our Institut, if we wantes to monitored. Can you included the Lexmark MiBs into Observium? It will be nice. Thanks -- Signatur C.Moh Mit freundlichen Grüßen *Christian Moh* /IT-Services/ ______________________________________ /Max-Planck-Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Telefon: +49 6221 486-640 E-Mail:/ Christian.Moh(a)mr.mpg.de

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Dark mode
by Richard Kuhns 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

You've no idea how happy you've made some of the engineers around here :) -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Systems Administrator Wintek Powered by Tipmont Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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Re: [Observium] Dark mode graph text still black
by Serghei Golipad 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

What! There's dark mode? :O ________________________________ From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Luis Londoño via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: Wednesday, 12 August 2020, 14:03 To: Observium Cc: Luis Londoño Subject: [Observium] Dark mode graph text still black When enabling the dark mode UI in Observium the menu text and system information text changes to white but the graphs stay black. Would be good to have the graph text/numbers change to white as well to be able to read them [cid:image001.jpg@01D67087.561941C0] PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 1 New Change, London, EC4M 9AF. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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Dark mode graph text still black
by Luis Londoño 12 Aug '20

12 Aug '20

When enabling the dark mode UI in Observium the menu text and system information text changes to white but the graphs stay black. Would be good to have the graph text/numbers change to white as well to be able to read them [cid:image001.jpg@01D67087.561941C0]

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Support
by Christos Aivazoglou 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Hello All, I have also a request cause I cannot find any solution IRC Chat or Documentation. Alert basic on Winservices status? Alert basic on Virtual machine status? Thank you very much !! Greetings from Swiss Company ! Best regards, Christos Aivazoglou VIPA Group Tel : +30 2310 811788 / 811688 -Ext. 44 www.vipa.ch This e-mail, and any files and attachments transmitted with it, is confidential. It is intended for the sole use of the named recipients(s) only. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify us by replying to this message and then permanently delete it. Any views and opinions expressed are those of the individual author/sender and are not necessarily shared or endorsed by VIPA LausanneS.A. or any associated or related company. This e-mail transmission is not binding for the purposes of forming a contract and does not form a contractual obligation of any type

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Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium
by Tony Guadagno 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Submit it as a request and they will usually integrate it into the next build. Tony From: Sujith S via observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> Sent: Monday, August 10, 2020 1:44 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Sujith S<mailto:sujiths80@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium Hello, I am new to observium<mailto:observium@observium.org> and I recently started using it. I am using a product which has custom MIB which is not available in the MIB supported by Observium. Can someone please advise me how can I add this custom MIBS to to the Observium to monitor this device ? Kindly advise -- Regards Sujith -- Regards Sujith

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Re: [Observium] Add a new MIB to Observium
by Sujith S 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

> Hello, > > I am new to observium <observium(a)observium.org> and I recently started > using it. I am using a product which has custom MIB which is not > available in the MIB supported by Observium. Can someone please advise me > how can I add this custom MIBS to to the Observium to monitor this device ? > Kindly advise > > -- > > Regards > Sujith > > -- Regards Sujith

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Cannot login to my observium UI after the upgrade
by Renuka Arya 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Hello Team, I upgraded my Observium from Observium 19.6.9932 to Observium Professional 20.7.10615 this morning. I cannot login to the UI now; With my user and admin user it lets me in as unauthenticated, shows broken graphs and kicks me out or would say Remote IP has changed. and we see this [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): ====== Schema update 429 -> 430 ============== [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Query: ALTER TABLE `autodiscovery` ADD INDEX `remote_hostname_ip` (`poller_id`, `remote_hostname`, `remote_ip`); [2020/08/06 09:47:42 -0500] discovery.php(8383): Error: (1061) Duplicate key name 'remote_hostname_ip' Any help will be appreciated! Thank you! Regards Renuka Arya

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Kamailio Application module
by Kevin Riahi 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Is the instruction set for installing and configuring Kamailio application module up to date for Kamailio v5.x at this URL [ https://docs.observium.org/apps/ | https://docs.observium.org/apps/ ] ? A recent upgrade from Kamailio 4 to 5 had broken what used to work for us on Kamailio v4. TIA Kevin Riahi

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Re: [Observium] Varnish Agent not working
by Simone Montagnani 04 Aug '20

04 Aug '20

Hi sorry for the late reply. in attach the output let me know if it's ok. Bests Regards, Simone Da: "Mike Stupalov" <mike(a)observium.org> A: "observium" <observium(a)observium.org>, "observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: "Simone Montagnani" <s.montagnani(a)lamma.rete.toscana.it> Inviato: Mercoledì, 15 luglio 2020 13:30:33 Oggetto: Re: [Observium] Varnish Agent not working Hi Simon, can you send me (attach) full output for "varnishstat -x" on different output? Simone Montagnani via observium wrote on 01.07.2020 17:03: <?xml version="1.0"?> <varnishstat timestamp="2020-07-01T15:37:43"> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>uptime</name> <value>13848724</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>d</format> <description>Child process uptime</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_conn</name> <value>250458042</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions accepted</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_drop</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Sessions dropped</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>sess_fail</name> <value>0</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Session accept failures</description> </stat> <stat> <type>MAIN</type> <name>client_req_400</name> <value>1236</value> <flag>c</flag> <format>i</format> <description>Client requests received, subject to 400 errors</description> </stat> -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, [ http://observium.org/ | http://observium.org ]

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Configuration Poller Partitions
by Philipp Rehs 03 Aug '20

03 Aug '20

Hello, i found the documentation about Poller Partitions but i think there is something missing https://docs.observium.org/partitioning/ How do i assign a device to a poller server? Kind regards Philipp Rehs -- --------------------------- Zentrum für Informations- und Medientechnologie Kompetenzzentrum für wissenschaftliches Rechnen und Speichern Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Universitätsstr. 1 Raum 25.41.00.51 40225 Düsseldorf / Germany Tel: +49-211-81-15557

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AUTO: Andrea Mastrangelo is out of the office (restituzione di Dom 23/08/2020)
by A.Mastrangelo＠ads.it 31 Jul '20

31 Jul '20

Sono fuori dall'ufficio da Mer 23/05/2018 fino a Dom 23/08/2020. Nota: Questa è una risposta automatizzata al messaggio "Re: [Observium] Change Server" inviata il 23/05/2018 06:57:46. Questa è l'unica notifica che verrà ricevuta mentre la persona è assente. Questa e-mail ed i suoi allegati sono ad uso esclusivo di coloro ai quali è indirizzata e potrebbe contenere informazioni riservate, la cui diffusione, copia e/o distribuzione è proibita. Qualora riceveste questo messaggio per errore, scusandoci per l'accaduto, Vi preghiamo di avvertirci immediatamente, distruggendo quanto ricevuto.

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Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding
by Serghei Golipad 30 Jul '20

30 Jul '20

Any ideas? Would appreciate your help in getting this to work :) Cheers Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/ghei36> ________________________________ From: Serghei Golipad <s.golipad(a)uk.cdw.com> Sent: Wednesday, 29 July 2020, 09:33 To: Observium Cc: Mike Stupalov Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Hmm, doesn’t seem to work unless I’m doing something wrong: <img src='https://observium.xyz.com/graph.php?type=port_bits&id={graph[0]}&format=png' /> Looking at your email alert html code it looks a little different :/ Thank you. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Mike Stupalov via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Reply to: Observium <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Wednesday, 29 July 2020 at 08:09 To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org>, Adam Armstrong via observium <observium(a)observium.org> Cc: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Adam Armstrong via observium wrote on 29.07.2020 04:45: It’s just passing that through to rrdtool. I’m not sure which we support properly but : [-a|--imgformat PNG|SVG|EPS|PDF|XML|XMLENUM|JSON|JSONTIME|CSV|TSV|SSV] I think png/svg/xml/json/csv work, but it was a long time ago when I added that :) exactly this formats :D Adam. From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org><mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org> On Behalf Of Serghei Golipad via observium Sent: 28 July 2020 16:31 To: Risto Jürisson via observium <observium(a)observium.org><mailto:observium@observium.org> Cc: Serghei Golipad <s.golipad(a)uk.cdw.com><mailto:s.golipad@uk.cdw.com> Subject: [Observium] FW: Graph Embeding Hi Guys, What are options for “format” setting when generating a graph URL other than SVG? e.g.: /graph.php?type=port_bits&id=xyz&format=svg Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com<http://www.uk.cdw.com> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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FW: Graph Embeding
by Serghei Golipad 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi Guys, What are options for “format” setting when generating a graph URL other than SVG? e.g.: /graph.php?type=port_bits&id=xyz&format=svg Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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New Junos Pulse not detected when updating to version 9.1R6
by Dennis Hutten 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

Hi, We upgraded a Junos Pulse VPN box to a newer version and since the device is changed to a Linux Device. Our service provider contacted also Junos but they couldn't help they said in the first place. Anything you can do to help getting the right discovery again? Versions of Observium running in production - Stable, in LAB latest CE. Example upgrade of a device changing from Juiperive to Linux in our LAB 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Vendor changed: 'Pulse Secure' -> '' 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Hardware changed: 'Secure,PSA-3000' -> 'Generic' 2020-07-17 14:31:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Version changed: '9.1R6' -> '' 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Mempools: 1 deleted, 4 unchanged. 2020-07-17 14:30:02 Memory pool removed: mib PULSESECURE-PSG-MIB, index 0, descr Memory 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Processors: 1 deleted, 5 unchanged. 2020-07-17 14:30:02 Processor removed: type iveCpuUtil index 0 descr CPU Utilization 2020-07-17 14:30:02 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 OS changed: juniperive -> linux 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Hardware changed: 'PSA-3000' -> 'Secure,PSA-3000' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Version changed: '9.1R1' -> '9.1R6' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 sysDescr -> '' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 sysObjectID -> '.1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.3.2.10' 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 snmpEngineID changed: 80001F888095475A3E33B6405D -> 80001F8880C6DAC55E2309125F (probably the device was replaced). The device will be rediscovered. 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device rebooted: after 18m 59s (Uptime: 18m 59s, previous: 1 year, 35 days, 1h 53m 35s, used: hrSystemUptime) 2020-07-17 14:26:43 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device status changed to Up 2020-07-17 14:11:31 nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 Device status changed to Down (snmp -> ping) LAB box, not Working [root@nlhtc-gclab-mon observium]# snmpwalk -v3 -u Test -a SHA -A test0001 -l authNoPriv nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1.dtq.nl-htc01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (49097) 0:08:10.97 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Eugene Lee SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: nlhtc-gclab-hpsa1 SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: HTC038 TestLab SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00 Production box, Working [root@nlams01manp001v observium]# snmpwalk -c xx -v2c brcpqnwras001-int.br-cpq01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Pulse Secure, LLC,Pulse Connect Secure,PSA-5000,8.3R7.1 (build 65025) SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.12532.256.3.1 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (572322868) 66 days, 5:47:08.68 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Global Connectivity Team SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: brazil-ssl.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Campinas, Brazil SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (0) 0:00:00.00 Production box, not working - version 9.1R6 [root@nlams01manp001v observium]# snmpwalk -c xx -v2c demucnwras001-mgt.de-muc01.nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: NET-SNMP-MIB::netSnmpAgentOIDs.10 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (312846981) 36 days, 5:01:09.81 SNMPv2-MIB::sysContact.0 = STRING: Global_Connectivity(a)nxp.com SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: demucnwras001-mgt SNMPv2-MIB::sysLocation.0 = STRING: Munich, Germany SNMPv2-MIB::sysServices.0 = INTEGER: 72 SNMPv2-MIB::sysORLastChange.0 = Timeticks: (1) 0:00:00.01 Kind regards, Dennis

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Something like autobackup ?
by Edvinas Kairys 29 Jul '20

29 Jul '20

hello, As the standalone Observium server grows with more and more devices, rules, checkers, etc. The possibility of losing that all due to hardware failure would make me mad. Is there any best practices of making the backups of Observium data to make the emergency restore more faster than from zero ? Thanks

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Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

I would like to have more information in my email alert messages. - Adding the names to DNS or hosts file does not currently give enough information. I was hoping that someone here already knows where this template file is located 😊 (and I would back that file up before modifying it 😉). Best regards Risto Date: Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:03:41 +0200 From: Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx<mailto:tom.laermans@powersource.cx>> To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] ***SPAM*** Re: Changing Observium alert message contents I would personally just add host names into DNS but we've had this discussion for 10 years now :D If you can't find the template you'd better not change it as you may have issues resolving conflicts upon upgrades... Tom On 7/17/2020 7:34 PM, adama--- via observium wrote: > > Why do you think manually setting the (almost entirely unused) > description field is less work than adding hostnames to /etc/hosts? > > Adam. > > *From:*observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> *On Behalf Of > *Risto Jürisson via observium > *Sent:* 17 July 2020 14:44 > *To:* observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> > *Cc:* Risto Jürisson <risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee>> > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents > > Hi > > Your solution does work for changing the name from IP address to > hostname. (In the picture below I removed the device from web > interface and readded it so the history got deleted.) > > What I can see is that the Device name is now in 3 places where > previously the IP address was: Email Title, Entity and Device. > > As we also have very many network devices that we want to monitor then > we think that adding all those IP addresses with hostnames manually to > the DNS (or hosts file) is not very practical, especially if we need > to to it also with future devices. > > Maybe there still is a possibility that we can change the email > contents with some other fields: adding Description, Location or > something like that? > > Someone maybe knows where this template config file is located? > > Best regards > > Risto > > Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:28:00 +0200 > > From: Markus Klock <markus(a)best-practice.se > <mailto:markus@best-practice.se>> > > To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents > > Message-ID: > > > <CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw@mail.gmail > .com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > the best way is to monitor the device via its hostname instead of IP. > > Login to the Observium server CLI and use the script > "rename_device.php <old_name> <new_name>" where the old name is the > device IP and the new name is the hostname. > > This will rename the device in Observium to its real hostname and the > poller will just resolve its dns name to find the IP to poll. > > All the historic data for the device will remain. > > /Markus > > Den tors 16 juli 2020 kl 14:01 skrev Risto Jürisson via observium < > > observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> <mailto:observium@observium.org>>: > > > Hi > > > > > > > > > > > > This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on > > > different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as > > > information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. > > > > > > > > > > > > We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring > > different > > > Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic > > of > > > an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the > > > device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name > > > with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via > > > their IP, but rather their hostname or description. > > > > > > I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to > > > device „System name“ value and also under „General Device Settings“ > > to > > > „Description“ value. – *Is there a possibility to add those fields > > to > > > the email report and where should I do this?* > > > > > > From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be > > > changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to > > find > > > this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server > > > but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look > > > into that myself first.) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Best regards > > > > > > > > > > > > Risto

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Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 17 Jul '20

17 Jul '20

Hi Your solution does work for changing the name from IP address to hostname. (In the picture below I removed the device from web interface and readded it so the history got deleted.) What I can see is that the Device name is now in 3 places where previously the IP address was: Email Title, Entity and Device. As we also have very many network devices that we want to monitor then we think that adding all those IP addresses with hostnames manually to the DNS (or hosts file) is not very practical, especially if we need to to it also with future devices. Maybe there still is a possibility that we can change the email contents with some other fields: adding Description, Location or something like that? Someone maybe knows where this template config file is located? [cid:image001.png@01D65C59.2119C4F0] Best regards Risto Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2020 15:28:00 +0200 From: Markus Klock <markus(a)best-practice.se<mailto:markus@best-practice.se>> To: Observium <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Changing Observium alert message contents Message-ID: <CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw(a)mail.gmail.com<mailto:CAF6uZmLm4R+RAb6UhazZPztF4jgXjOx=6dft_y5M193k_NzFBw@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, the best way is to monitor the device via its hostname instead of IP. Login to the Observium server CLI and use the script "rename_device.php <old_name> <new_name>" where the old name is the device IP and the new name is the hostname. This will rename the device in Observium to its real hostname and the poller will just resolve its dns name to find the IP to poll. All the historic data for the device will remain. /Markus Den tors 16 juli 2020 kl 14:01 skrev Risto Jürisson via observium < observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>>: > Hi > > > > This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on > different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as > information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. > > > > We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring different > Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic of > an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the > device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name > with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via > their IP, but rather their hostname or description. > > I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to > device „System name“ value and also under „General Device Settings“ to > „Description“ value. – *Is there a possibility to add those fields to > the email report and where should I do this?* > > From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be > changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to find > this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. > > > > > > (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server > but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look > into that myself first.) > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Risto > > IT-manager > > risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee> > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Changing Observium alert message contents
by Risto Jürisson 16 Jul '20

16 Jul '20

Hi This is my first message to this list. I also wrote to the IRC on different days, but the web-based IRC client is not really good as information goes missing after disconnecting and relogging. We have Observium running on Ubuntu 16.04 and are monitoring different Windows servers and also some network devices. Below there is a pic of an alert for a Mikrotik wifi device that has gone down. We added the device to Observium via IP and therefore we also see the Device name with the IP address. Sadly we do not remember all the devices via their IP, but rather their hostname or description. I have set human-friendly names on the observium web interface to device "System name" value and also under "General Device Settings" to "Description" value. - Is there a possibility to add those fields to the email report and where should I do this? >From IRC channel I got an answer that the email template can be changed for the Observium Pro version but I do not know where to find this config file. This can not be done in the web interface as I understand. [cid:image001.png@01D65B81.16F78F80] (I also have questions on how to monitor services on Windows Server but I think that is via SNMP and specific OID/MIB´s. So I will look into that myself first.) Best regards Risto IT-manager risto(a)blueit.ee<mailto:risto@blueit.ee>

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Cannot create RRD for type exim - not found in definitions
by Wouter de Man 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Running latest rolling release 20.6.10499. Trying to add Exim stats via the Unix agent. Seems RRD definitions are missing for the 'exim' application, they only exist for the 'exim-mailqueue' application'. See below the related debug output of poller.php --- SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '83'] ROWS[2] SQL RUNTIME[0.00004196s] o Applications exim SQL[SELECT * FROM `applications` WHERE `device_id` = '83' AND `app_type` = 'exim' AND `app_instance` IS NULL] ROWS[1] SQL RUNTIME[0.00018406s] .Cannot create RRD for type exim - not found in definitions!

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