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Purchase multiple instances in one CC transaction
by ccollar＠voltagepark.com 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Greetings, I'd like to purchase multiple instances (multiple systems, multiple DBs) of Observium Pro with one credit card transaction, and am wondering if this is possible, and if so how? Thanks!

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Setting up alerts on received power
by Laurent CARON 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

Hi, I'd like to setup alerts on RX power levels of my optical interfaces (on juniper and cisco equipment). In the web interface, this value can be obtained @URL: /device/device=yy/tab=health/metric=dbm/id=xx/ I really can't figure how to properly build an alert checker on this. Did anyone already set it up ? Thanks

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Sensor limit nominal and delta OIDs need different scaling
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hi, We are trying to set appropriate limits for a frequency sensor. There are OIDs for the nominal frequency and the acceptable deviation from it. The problem is the nominal OID needs 0.1 scaling while the deviation OID needs 1 scaling (the measured value needs 0.1 scaling). Is there a way to handle this? We tried using 'limit_scale' but that applies the same scaling to both the nominal and delta limits. The specific device is a CyberPower ATS PDU. The OIDs are ePDU2SourceStatusSourceAFrequency, ePDU2SourceStatusSourceBFrequency, ePDU2SourceStatusNominalFrequency and ePDU2SourceConfigFrequencyDeviation. Corwin

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API Error 500
by Nicolas Korten 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hello dear Observium Team, I'm trying to add a device using the API and get an error 500 message instead of the expected notice that the device is not respondig to snmp. > curl -u korten:secret https://observium.domain.net/api/v0/devices/ -X POST -d '{"hostname":"pe-lab02.domain.net", "snmp_community":"test", "ping_skip":"on"}' <h1>500 Internal Server Error</h1><h3>flight\Engine::_json(): Argument #2 ($code) must be of type int, string given, called in /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php on line 86 (0)</h3><pre>#0 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(86): flight\Engine->_json() #1 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(50): flight\core\Dispatcher->runEvent() #2 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(113): flight\core\Dispatcher->run() #3 [internal function]: flight\Engine->__call() #4 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(287): call_user_func_array() #5 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Flight.php(143): flight\core\Dispatcher::invokeMethod() #6 /opt/observium/html/api/v0/includes/devices.inc.php(133): Flight::__callStatic() #7 [internal function]: api_add_device() #8 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(250): call_user_func_array() #9 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(237): flight\core\Dispatcher::callFunction() #10 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(508): flight\core\Dispatcher::execute() #11 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(86): flight\Engine->_start() #12 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(50): flight\core\Dispatcher->runEvent() #13 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Engine.php(113): flight\core\Dispatcher->run() #14 [internal function]: flight\Engine->__call() #15 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/core/Dispatcher.php(287): call_user_func_array() #16 /opt/observium/libs/flight3/Flight.php(143): flight\core\Dispatcher::invokeMethod() #17 /opt/observium/html/api/v0/index.php(66): Flight::__callStatic() #18 {main}</pre> As far as I can see, the error is in: api/v0/includes/devices.inc.php at line 133: >Flight::json($json, '400'); should be: Flight::json($json, 400); Agree? Thank you and have a nice day, Nico -- Nicolas Korten Dipl.-Ing. Systemtechnik und Dienste/EDV komro GmbH Am Innreit 2 DE-83022 Rosenheim Telefon: +49 8031 365 7913 Telefax: +49 8031 365 7699 Mail: korten(a)komro.net / http://www.komro.net __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Geschäftsführer: Dipl. Ing. Gert Vorwalder Vorsitz im Aufsichtsrat: Oberbürgermeister Andreas März Sitz der Gesellschaft: Rosenheim Registergericht: Traunstein, HRB-Nr. 10689 USt.-IdNr.: DE 188814299 Hinweise zur Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten gem Art. 13 DSGVO: Verantwortlich für die Verarbeitung Ihrer personenbezogenen Daten im Rahmen des vorliegenden Kontakts ist die komro GmbH Weitere Informationen zur Verarbeitung Ihrer Daten, insbesondere zu den Ihnen zustehenden Rechten, können Sie unserer Homepage unter https://www.komro.net/datenschutz entnehmen oder auf jedem anderen Wege unter den o.g. Kontaktdaten bei uns erfragen.

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Group section not working in Status Summary widget
by Ricardo Puig 16 Sep '24

16 Sep '24

Dear Observium Team, The group section in Status Summary widget is pointing to nowhere (javascript:void(0)) Regards.

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NAT Counters Cisco
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

Hi. How can I get a NAT's sessions total from Cisco ASR-1002X? We get SNMP results by snmp v2 and Observium version is 23.8.12.912. I must enable NAT MIB, but ¿where is an example? NAT MIB can be enable after add the device? -- Saluda cordialmente

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Hello.
by Bar Russo 12 Sep '24

12 Sep '24

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Alert Checker association "Storage Description" major problem
by kalafus＠energotel.sk 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

Hello, Creating storage alert checker using entity association "Storage Description" renders page https://observium.xxx.sk/alert_checks/ totally unavailable (just blank whole page). Deleting that alert makes it work again. Looking for a solution...

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Unix agent not working on non-default port
by ricardo＠banak.com 10 Sep '24

10 Sep '24

We have several devices behind a NAT that require using an agent_port other than 36602. Even though I have changed the port in the GUI, the poller seems to continue using the standard port. It seems to me that $device['attribs']['agent_port'] has not been populated. Running 24.9.13634 Pro on debian 12. Thank you. Ricardo Puig

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The graphs for few network devices not getting displayed
by Renuka Arya 09 Sep '24

09 Sep '24

Hi Team! We are running Observium pro version Observium 24.6.13582(stable). Lookslike the memory,processor and network graphs are seeing a draw error. You can still the values beside but it wont draw the graphs. It says "Draw error"/nan I looked into the permissions for the rrd folders for these devices and did change a non-working one similar to a working one as root:observium but that did not fix the issue. I also tried deleting (which was not ideal) a device and adding it back but that did not work as well. Please guide! Thanks! Regards Renuka Arya

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Incorrect sensor limits caused by duplicate unit conversion
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 04 Sep '24

04 Sep '24

The definition for the temperature sensor on a CyberPower PDU (or UPS) environmental sensor accessory defines both "unit" and "limit_unit" as "F". This seems to cause the limit values to get converted (to Celsius) twice: first in "entity_limits_definition" using "limit_unit" and then in "discover_sensor_ng" using "sensor_unit" which is set from "unit". For us, the SNMP read limits of 59 and 90 F end up as -9.44 and 0.12 C on the sensor in Observium. This is on version r13629. Simply not setting "limit_unit" is a workaround if both the sensor and limit values use the same unit (maybe that is preferred when defining sensors?). If the units are different a proper fix is needed. Also, is this the preferred method for reporting this kind of issue? Corwin

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How to add a device which only responds to ping/icmp?
by Thomas Stather 23 Aug '24

23 Aug '24

Hi How can i add a device which cannot (!) speak any snmp and only responds to ping/icmp requests? We have an Aruba wlan setup (Mobility Master and two Mobility Controllers) and i want to add the aps to Observium, so that they are monitored but only by ping/icmp. (The MM and the two MCs are already added to Observium, but i cannot see if one AP went offline or came back online again) The aps cannot speak any snmp when managed by the MM or MC, thats why it fails when i try to add one via ./add_device.php I appreciate any help :) Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV, VCP6.5-DCV Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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Observium doesn't show interfaces within VPRN on Nokia routers
by Tao Zhang 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We are using Observium as a main tool to monitor our router interfaces and collect SNMP stats. We recently replaced our Juniper routers with Nokia SR 7750. We noticed that Observium doesn't work very well with Nokia routers. Observium can only show the interfaces in the master instance, not the interfaces within VPRN or VPLS instances (Nokia call those interfaces SAPs). To be able to see interfaces within VPLS or VPRN, we need to enable two other MIBs, TIMETRA-SAP-MIB and TIMETRA-VRTR-MIB. We are not sure how to enable those two MIBs. Do we need to add them manually? This is the MIBs enabled on the Nokia router (default). [cid:ece89bfc-3ae2-4dcd-9c7c-641c3978f803] Any suggestion is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Tao

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Re: How to add a device which only responds to ping/icmp?
by Croene Jan (PZ Antwerpen) 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Dear, We bought the license to monitor devices via ping-check (with the probe functionality). "Observium is designed to collect and display data from SNMP-capable devices, but not every device supports SNMP. In order to monitor non-SNMP capable devices, the probes system can be used to perform checks on non-SNMP devices". I am just wondering how we can add a device in observium that cannot handle snmp? ________________________________ Als u niet de beoogde ontvanger van deze email bent, lees onze disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/nl/maildisclaimer>. Si vous n'?tes pas le destinataire pr?vu de cet email, lisez notre disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/fr/maildisclaimer>. Wenn Sie nicht der beabsichtigte Empf?nger dieser email sind, lesen Sie unseren disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/de/maildisclaimer>. If you aren't the intended recipient of this email, read our disclaimer<https://www.politie.be/en/maildisclaimer>.

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Observium stops displaying stats for all monitored hosts for a period of time
by Kevin Riahi 21 Aug '24

21 Aug '24

Hello Team, It seems Observium stops displaying stats for all (most) monitored hosts for a period of time and then back to normal.!!! I've attached a few screenshots. Has this behavior been documented in the past? If not what is the best way to debug this. Observium ver 24.8.13606 Running on a dedicated server. 12 Core Xeon Proc 64 GB RAM Raided SSD drives. Thank you Kevin Riahi

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Running on a subdomain
by d.wiersma＠dw-its.nl 20 Aug '24

20 Aug '24

Hi, I want to run overservium on a subdomain. My main domain is https://dw-its.nl Is it possible to run in under observium.dw-its.nl?

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Bandwidth alerts based on value in "Device Port Parsed Speed"
by Brad Bendy 14 Aug '24

14 Aug '24

Hi, Checked around and can't figure out a way to do this and don't see anything in mailing list about it. Is there a way to build alerts based on the bandwidth value we are setting this way? For example we have a description of "[600Mbit]" and then want to alert on 80% of this value for example. I don't see a way to do this as the test conditions are all the parameters from SNMP. Obviously can make up a checker and do the math manually and what not but would not auto adjust and I need 100+ of these created. Would anyone else find this helpful? Thanks

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Missing some nice stats from Cisco 9800 that I got from Cisco 5520
by andri＠harpa.is 12 Aug '24

12 Aug '24

Hi Our organization recently upgraded from Cisco 5520 WLC to Cisco 9800 WLC. In observium I get really good statistics about wireless client count and wireless ap count on the 5520 but not on the 9800. I am not sure if this is something on observium side or cisco side. But I wanted to ask if anyone has the same issue and if they found a solution. Or maybe this is just something that needs to be added. Please let me know if there is any further information I can submit. Best regards Andri

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aerohive devices
by antero.vasconcelos＠truenet.pt 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi team is there a way to view the wlans on aerohive AP and connected clients? what mib shoud be enabled? Anterov

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Bug report: Broken scaling on some SFP receive power graphs
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 09 Aug '24

09 Aug '24

Hi Observium team, We're having issues with some of the generated graphs. Some of our devices report the light level received by SFPs using mW (rather than dBm). We are on the latest stable revision (13582). Issue 1: The graphs generated by Observium for these sensors usually show an excessive scale of at least -100 mW to 100 mW when the data in the specified time interval are entirely within the range 100 nW to 1 mW and usually only a small chunk of that. The calculated minimum and maximum values shown below the graph are correct. These graphs worked properly in the past with a prior version of Observium. Issue 2: Selecting and deselecting the Force Autoscale option appears to have no effect on the generated graph or displayed rrd graph command. Manually running the generated rrd graph command after removing the "--alt-autoscale" option results in a good graph. Here is the raw SNMP output for one of the these sensors showing a current value of 0.5560mW: ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorType.1000004631 = INTEGER: watts(6) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorScale.1000004631 = INTEGER: milli(8) ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorPrecision.1000004631 = INTEGER: 4 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorValue.1000004631 = INTEGER: 5560 ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB::entPhySensorOperStatus.1000004631 = INTEGER: ok(1) Corwin

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Switch overview: configurable interface sorting?
by Wiethoff, Helge 06 Aug '24

06 Aug '24

Hello everyone, The port sorting in the device overview has been changed at some point. Previously, it was sorted alphanumerically, but now the numbers are prioritized. Before, the order was A1, A2, A3..., B1, B2, B3, etc. And now it is A1, B1, A2, B2..., A3, B3, etc. Is there a way to change the sorting back to the old method using a configuration switch? Thank you and best regards Helge

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Percent CPU
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, cuestion. we have about 600+ devices (switchs, wireless, router), we want know CPU usage on each one . On many devices we see 93% CPU usage. but login into device we can see only 1 measure and shows less than 7% on slot 0.0. While on observium we have 3 measures: processor, processor 1 and slot 0.0. please helpus to get the right measure. example [image: image.png] [image: image.png] [image: image.png] on centos 7 from CLI [image: image.png] -- Saluda cordialmente

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Missing rebuild buttons for groups and alert checkers
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, We use Observium groups extensively, often nested several times. Our alert checkers then reference these groups. After making changes to a group, including by adding a device, we used to force rebuilds of the groups (possibly several times) and checkers so the changes would propagate all the way through. We are on the latest stable revision (r13582) and the rebuild buttons are no longer available in the UI (possibly removed in r13391). What should we do now when we need to forcibly propagate changes? Corwin

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Oxidized Integration?
by Wiethoff, Helge 05 Aug '24

05 Aug '24

Hi, I am currently testing a replacement for rancid. Rancid has worked for a long time, but adding new device classes feels more and more unwieldy. Oxidized [1] makes a good first impression and I was able to add new device classes without big problems. Then of course I would also like to see an integration with my favorite network management tool :-) There are people who have already worked on this: https://github.com/colin-stubbs/observium-oxidized It looks like this patch doesn't quite work for current observium versions, so I'd like to ask if anyone is working on it and what are the chances that there could be an Observium integration (professional edition)? Thanks Helge [1] https://github.com/ytti/oxidized

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Polling - Real time port graphs are different on devices that run Linux natively
by ruben.aninoiu＠zananet.com 01 Aug '24

01 Aug '24

Hi Guys, I have noticed that the real-time graphs for devices that run Linux natively (JunosOS, UnifiOS, etc) display the traffic with "intervals in between". The non-native Linux devices (FortiOS, Cisco IOS) provide a nicer real-time graph for port traffic when polled. Is there something that could be adjusted so that the native Linux devices show the nicer graph? Best regards, Ruben

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