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LDAP - Synology
by Lanham Rattan 07 Jun '24

07 Jun '24

I believe I have LDAP sort of working. I am trying to authenticate against a Synology LDAP server. When I use debug mode I see debug info for invalid users and bad passwords but if I enter a proper user and password there is no debug information and I get the error message “User is disabled”. So, I believe I am missing something. Beyond the server bindings I have these settings: $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid"; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "dc=clearnetworx,dc=com"; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['Observium-Users']['level'] = 5; $config['auth_ldap_groupmembertype'] = "fulldn"; $config['auth_ldap_groupmemberattr'] = "memberOf";

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Cisco ASA stopped reporting port metrics
by Tony Guadagno 24 May '24

24 May '24

Hi, around October 2023 all my asa graphs start looking like this: [cid:image001.jpg@01DAAD26.4CD63480] All my port counters are zero from then on. I have 17 asa's and they all are behaving this way. It is very possible about that time, I applied an update to the asa's. Can someone give me some steps to troubleshoot this, so I can figure out if cisco actually broke something, or if there is an observium issue.... Much appreciated Tony Guadagno

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postgres / nginx app script update?
by Wolf Noble 23 May '24

23 May '24

the "current" version of the postgresql app `unix agent stats script` doesn't seem to work on "modernish" postgres installs ``` root@bluebox:/usr/lib/observium_agent/scripts-available# ./postgresql.pl Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 88. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 134. Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 140. <<<app-postgresql>>> Use of uninitialized value $version in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 151. version: cCount:0 tDbs:0 tUsr:0 tHst:0 idle:0 select:0 update:0 delete:0 other:0 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 161. xact_commit: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 162. xact_rollback: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 163. blks_read: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 164. blks_hit: Use of uninitialized value $version in pattern match (m//) at ./postgresql.pl line 165. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 166. tup_returned: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 167. tup_fetched: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 168. tup_inserted: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 169. tup_updated: Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at ./postgresql.pl line 170. tup_deleted: ``` (this is on postgres 14... current is 16... ) Has someone already solved this problem? Also, are there plans to address the current limitation of the nginx `unix agent app script` that constrains it to a single instance of nginx? for systems with multiple containers running isolated nginx stacks, the current 'one instance of an app per monitored device' is kinda limiting... is this something that's likely to be addressed anytime soonish? hope the world's treatin y'all well! W Wolf Noble Hoof & Paw loiosh(a)wolfspaw.com -=[ This message has been composed and transmitted with 100% recycled electrons ]=-

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Locking Down Observium
by Chris Cottingham 22 May '24

22 May '24

Is there any way to setup SAML or Mutual TLS on the Observium server? Chris Cottingham Transmission Facility Engineering Systems + R&D | Apple Music (512) 412-1082 Cell. ccottingham(a)apple.com

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Script transport to Line Notify
by kfps214＠kfps.tp.edu.tw 17 May '24

17 May '24

I write a php script about alert notify，in scripts I use observium variable ex:ALERT_STATE but is valids, vareabels can not show，how do I do?

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Unknown Ports Showing Down.
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am very sorry but I am new to Observium and I don't really know how to ask this question. This also means that I have tried but cannot find questions of issues similar to what I am asking. I have a Unifi network. This question happens on all my switches. Is there a way to send a screenshot of what I am seeing. Basically I have an 8 port switch as can be seen below. Each of the physical ports are showing good, apart from port 8 where nothing is connected, but everything from 3/5 up to 3/26 are all down. what are all these ports and where do they source from. Is there a way to suppress them, and have them not showing. Device Port Name Bits[In/Out] Media[In/Out] 192.168.1.50| 0/1|Port 1 2.92Mbps|142kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/2|Port 2 125kbps|2.91Mbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/3|Port 3 8bps|5.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/4|Port 4 2.83kbps|7.85kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/5|Port 5 9.96kbps|5.78kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/6|Port 6 48bps|5.89kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/7|Port 7 2.22kbps|7.34kbps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 0/8|Port 8 0bps|0bps| Ethernet|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/1| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/2| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/3| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/4| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c UP 192.168.1.50| 3/5| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/6| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/7| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/8| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/9| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/10| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/11| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/12| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/13| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/14| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/15| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/16| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/17| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/18| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/19| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/20| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/21| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/22| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/23| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/24| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/25| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| 3/26| 0bps|0bps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9c DOWN 192.168.1.50| CPU Interface: 5/1| 6.33kbps|3.7kbps| Other|f0:9f:c2:19:50:9b UP Thanks Lawrence

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NEWBIE Question: Global MIB Configuration
by lawrence＠e2snail.com 11 May '24

11 May '24

I am looking through the Global MIB Configuration and I see loads and loads of MIBs that are not used within my infrastructure. Things like Cisco, and A3COM, and many more. My question is two fold. The first is, is it good practise to disable non-used MIBS Then my second question is, is there a way to mass update the disabling of MIBS. The issue is, if I select a MIB and click disable, then the page refreshes and goes to teh top of the page. This is annoying for many because there are very many MIBs that I would like to disable. Thanks in advance for a GREAT product. Keep it up. Thanks Lawrence

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Strange VLAN ID's 4096 + 4097 with VMWare ESX Hosts
by grendel＠grendelbox.de 07 May '24

07 May '24

Observium 23.9.13005 Community Edition shows under PORTS --> VLANs two VLAN which are out of IEEE 802.1Q Range (0-4095) VLAN ID VLAN Name 4096 vlan4096 31 4097 VLAN 4097 after klicking on the VLAN Names it shows for both VLAN-Names all LAN Connects of our VMWare ESXi Hosts we got 2 older ESXi Hosts (v6 level) and 4 new ESXi Hosts (v8 level) an of course NO ESXi has a VLAN ID 4096/4097 Is this some kind of misinterpretation?

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PowerDNS recursive Unix Agent
by Bergen, Ryan 02 May '24

02 May '24

Observium polling PowerDNS Recursor stats broke in Fall 2023 CE update, could we get this fixed? [Observium] Re: PowerDNS Recursive Server application (mail-archive.com)<https://www.mail-archive.com/observium@lists.observium.org/msg00563.html> Oops! Something went wrong! You may want to report this to the Observium developers. explode(): Argument #2 ($string) must be of type string, array given in /opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17 Stack trace: #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/includes/polling/applications/powerdns.inc.php:17] 12: */ 13: 14: if (!empty($agent_data['app']['powerdns'])) { 15: $app_id = discover_app($device, 'powerdns'); 16: 17: foreach (explode(",", $agent_data['app']['powerdns']) as $line) { 18: [$key, $value] = explode("=", $line, 2); 19: $powerdns[$key] = $value; 20: } 21: 22: $data = [ Ryan Bergen Network Lead HyLife Ltd 30 Market Boulevard Steinbach, Manitoba R5G 2X9 p 204-424-2300 x472 hylife.com<https://hylife.com/> • Ryan.Bergen(a)Hylife.com<mailto:Ryan.Bergen@Hylife.com> [cid3813500305*image001.png(a)01D93182.760726F0]

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test ml
by Mike Stupalov 01 May '24

01 May '24

pls ignore me. -- Mike Stupalov, Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GjpNXKWm8W Observium Limited, https://observium.org

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Help with UNIX Agent and Bind
by Timothy Stoddard 23 Apr '24

23 Apr '24

All, I would like some help with the UNIX Agent. I have been able to get the agent up and running on the device and listen on port 36602 which in turn the Observium server can communicate with. I have UNIX Agent turned on in Obervium config and the server does show me a button to turn on "BIND" with a slider button. When I slide the BIND button to ON and press save Observium says "No Application found on this device." I have provided screenshots. What am I missing because I am close to getting this working. I am running Observium 24.3.13396 (stable) Thanks, -- Tim

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Need help with a business question using OBSERVIUM.
by Han Scott 12 Apr '24

12 Apr '24

Dear Team, We are Lineup Korea, a company that provides IT services to customers in South Korea. https://lineupkorea.com/en/main/main.php I am not sure if I am asking the right question, but I am contacting you because I would like to start a business using your OBSERVIUM to provide solutions to our customers. We would like to ask for guidance on whether we need to enter into a business agreement with you for this business, or if there are any regulations in this regard. We look forward to your response. Thanks and Regards, Scott Han SangKi Scott Han Assistant Manager Infra Sales Division Lineupkorea.Co.,Ltd. Mobile: +82 10 4712 0238 Email: skhan(a)lineupkorea.com For take a look at our company website www.lineupkorea.com For urgent assistance dial / +82 2 786 8836 -----Original Message----- From: observium-request(a)lists.observium.org <observium-request(a)lists.observium.org> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2024 3:55 PM To: Han Scott <skhan(a)lineupkorea.com> Subject: Welcome to the "observium" mailing list Welcome to the "observium" mailing list! To post to this list, send your message to: observium(a)lists.observium.org You can unsubscribe or make adjustments to your options via email by sending a message to: observium-request(a)lists.observium.org with the word 'help' in the subject or body (don't include the quotes), and you will get back a message with instructions. You will need your password to change your options, but for security purposes, this password is not included here. If you have forgotten your password you will need to reset it via the web UI.

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Inquiry to find a temporary Professional Observium Licence
by BESANCON Damien [EXT] 11 Apr '24

11 Apr '24

Hello Mrs. / Mr, I'm contacting you regarding our new project to Upgrade our Observium version for the Laposte Company. We would like to find an Observium contact to Discuss and exchange because we'd like to present the Professional Version Of Observium to our colleagues, in order to integrate it in our IT system. We are actually with the Free version of Observium and we were wondering if we may have access to a temporary Professional version of Observium in order to present its benefits, before actually buying it and install it Best regards BESANCON Damien INETUM pour la poste / DSI Groupe La Poste Administrateur réseau CDS LAN DC CENTRE DE SERVICES MUTUALISES SI - CSMSI SERVICES TELECOM, RESEAU & SECURITE Département Exploitation Services Télécom, Réseau & Sécurité 9 rue Konrad Adenauer, 44300 Nantes [Une image contenant texte Description générée automatiquement] Ce message est classifié: [] C0-Public [] C1-Interne [X] C2-Restreint[] C3-Confidentiel Diffusion Restreinte aux groupes ou catégories de personnes identifiées . Si vous n'êtes pas destinataire de ce message, merci de le détruire et d'en avertir immédiatement l'expéditeur. Toute utilisation ou diffusion non autorisée est interdite. Post-scriptum La Poste Ce message est confidentiel. Sous reserve de tout accord conclu par ecrit entre vous et La Poste, son contenu ne represente en aucun cas un engagement de la part de La Poste. Toute publication, utilisation ou diffusion, meme partielle, doit etre autorisee prealablement. Si vous n'etes pas destinataire de ce message, merci d'en avertir immediatement l'expediteur.

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status field in devices table
by Eric W. Bates (he) 10 Apr '24

10 Apr '24

I have 2 Palo Alto firewalls which dropped off the map at the same time about 25 days ago. I think it may have coincided with an Observium upgrade; but I didn't write down update particulars and I don't think Observium maintains a history? When I run discovery with debug there is a SQL query posted (which fails) attempting to lookup the device: SQL[SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `disabled` = 0 AND `hostname` LIKE 'vpn01-p.{redacted}' AND `status` = '1' AND `poller_id` = '0' ORDER BY `last_discovered_timetaken` ASC] In this case, the query fails because "status" is actually set to 0. So what is the "status" field for in the "devices" table and how is it set 'wrong?' There is a "statuses" tab in the web GUI for the device's "properties", but in this case (a PAN firewall) there are 2 MIB entries for indicating the fail-over status of the device pair ("HA State" and "HA Peer State"); so I don't think they have anything to do with the "status" field in the DB. -- Clark 159a 508/289-3112

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Cisco9200L
by Dąbrowski Jacek 05 Apr '24

05 Apr '24

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Problems with downgrade from commercial edition to community edition
by observium-mailing-list＠centropolis.net 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Hi, my company was using Observium (Subsciption Edition, SE) for quite a long time so I wanted to stick with Observium for my private lab. Since I have just some private Mikrotik routers and APs in the lab, the commercial edition might be way too mighty for my ~ 10 devices. So I tried to get the old installation downgraded to the CE edition. There was a hint on Observium's website a long time ago but I was not able to find it anymore. So I tried the idea from the current webpage (starting from Community Edition): Since I had an old Mariadb installation, I had to upgrade to Mariadb10.6.17 as well during installation. After I updated the databases with |/opt/observium/discovery.php -u | and made a full discovery with |/opt/observium/discovery.php -h all | |But I ran in trouble with the installation: | |So, my downgrade does not work this way. And yes, I got a backup of the previous installation ;-) | | | | | |I think, this derives from the information, that the CE Version does not support groups (?), but this is just a guess. | | | | | |So basically, I have two questions:| |1. Is there a recipe to downgrade from commercial to community edition? | |2. Would'nt it make sense to have an subscription edition limited to private / home lab (aka advanced private users) users with a limitation in the max. amount of devices? I think, the SE is a little bit too expensive to private installations. And yes, therefore is a CE, but therefore I would need to downgrade which did not work out for me.| | | |Cheers,| |John | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | || ||

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support for Planet
by Dąbrowski Jacek 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

Hi, Thank you for the hint, it helped 😊 Still open my second question * Is there any chance to add support for media converter from planet ? https://www.planet.com.tw/en/product/mc-1610mr-mc-1610mr48 Regards Jacek Dąbrowski From: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org<mailto:mike@observium.org>> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2024 4:06 PM To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium@lists.observium.org>>; Dąbrowski Jacek via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium@lists.observium.org>> Cc: Dąbrowski Jacek <Jacek.Dabrowski(a)selgros.pl<mailto:Jacek.Dabrowski@selgros.pl>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Locations and support for Planet Nie otrzymujesz często wiadomości e-mail z adresu mike(a)observium.org<mailto:mike@observium.org>. Dowiedz się, dlaczego jest to ważne<https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification> Hi, this is nohow related with this update and mostly earlier updates. You have config option for Nested locations menu, and default split char is `,` (comma). Global Settings -> Locations -> Web UI [cid:image003.png@01DA85B4.FB3409B0]

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Observium update
by Eaton, Danny 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

All, I’ve inherited the company Observium instance, and it’s been a good 6 months since an update. How difficult is that process to upgrade the Observium software? [https://www.westlake.com/sites/default/files/WestlakeEmailFooter.jpg] The information transmitted, including any attachments, is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited, and all liability arising therefrom is disclaimed. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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VM Tab on Observium
by farhaan.haroon＠hellogroup.co.za 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

Hi Guys Can you advise on how to get the VM Tab to appear on my console? I am using Observium Pro. Installed on a debian box. i have added my host onto observium and that works fine. I would like to be able to see each vm on that host Via Observium.

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Locations and support for Planet
by Dąbrowski Jacek 29 Mar '24

29 Mar '24

Hello, I have two threads * After the last update (24.3.13402 15th March 2024) the locations have split, it is first there are streets, then cities ??? [cid:image011.png@01DA81E2.C0A98CA0] * Is there any chance to add support for media converter from planet ? https://www.planet.com.tw/en/product/mc-1610mr-mc-1610mr48 Regards Jacek Dąbrowski

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Rebuild Device Group
by mamitchell＠kern.org 25 Mar '24

25 Mar '24

I noticed that in the code change r13391 the rebuild button has been removed. Is there a manual way to rebuild still or do I just have to wait?

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span port on hp switch alerts as down....why?
by Tony Guadagno 22 Mar '24

22 Mar '24

Hi, I have created a simple checker to notify on some specific ports. The way I built it is that I include the word "alert" on the description. The checker parses that and alerts if that port goes down. This is working fine for the most part...except on one port. On my switch, C8 is a fiber 10gig port and it is up as shown here: Status and Counters - Port Counters for port C8 Name : random span port MAC Address : eaaaa3-cd9bb8 Link Status : Up Port Enabled : Yes [cid:image002.jpg@01DA7C37.EF9B2A60] However, the checker lists it as down: [cid:image009.jpg@01DA7C37.EF9B2A60] The test conditions are pretty simple: [cid:image010.jpg@01DA7C37.EF9B2A60] The only difference between the ports that work and C8 are; it is 10gig fiber and it is a span port...do either of these issues explain why this port is listed as down (only by the checker)??? Thanks in advance! Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Capture gaps when retrieving interface traffic data …
by Stefan Schmidt 19 Mar '24

19 Mar '24

Hello! We query with snmp Observium the port data from a Mikrotik router (CCR2004-16G-2S+) with RouterOS 7.14.1 (Level 6) via SNMP from 4 WAN interfaces with polling and alerts. However, we always have gaps in the data. Every now and then 5-10 minutes of data are missing, so that vertical lines without data appear in the rrd - of course this only becomes clear in the 6h overview. We are surprised because we have the impression that it only started on this device (and others) almost a year ago. We therefore renewed the hardware, reinstalled the system (debian12) and only queried this router alone (also deleted the query from the old Observium to avoid parallel double queries). We look at https://.../pollerlog/ and see our patient there: Device Last Polled 10.X.X.1 100% 108.67s (...) and others of the location with 1-19%... Why 100%... where are the key data relevant here? We would be happy if someone could help us adjust the Observium "Poller Wrapper" parameters if necessary. Is there potential for adaptation there? Greetings Frankfurt/Main Stefan

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Alert checker conditions
by David Milton 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

Hello, I'm attempting to create an alert checker for our router and switch power supplies. I seem to be part way there but am seeing some unexpected behaviour that I cannot explain. I started with the test condition: sensor_event notequals ok and the associations are "or:" Sensor Description match PEM* Sensor Description match Power Supply 0 @* Sensor Description match Power Supply 1 @* Here's a specific device inventory showing PEM 0 status is currently down: It seems the last two associations don't mach anything and for some reason the PEM* association only matches the power supplies that are ok, not the one I want the alert for which is currently down. I've tried to match against "Power Supply" and that matches power supplies in my servers but they don't seem to have a status, more like a current sensor instead. I'm attempting to deal strictly with the power supplies in our Juniper routers and switches and from what I can tell they all have a status/sensor_event state. I think the two "Power Supply 0 @*" associations should also match additional power supplies as shown in the list below taken from the hardware inventory and filtering for a description of Power Supply: Clearly I'm missing something en the alert checker associations but I'll be darned if I can figure out what that is. I've tried to match on MIB as well but nothing seems to match those power supplies. What am I missing here? Thanks, Dave.

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port down on UI
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 18 Mar '24

18 Mar '24

How I can keep a port down (monitored) warning until recover mail is sent? by default it's showed 1 day, i want show while alert is active (1, 2, 3...n days) -- Saluda cordialmente

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