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1000 nodes monitoring using snmp
by Satish Patel 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

We have currently 100 network gear we are monitoring but now we have 1000 HP servers and i want to monitor its health using HP ILO snmp poll. I want i get alerted when system hardware failed or FAN or powersupply whatever. so i have two option: 1. snmp polling - method 2. snmp trap - method How big machine i need to poll data from 1000 HP ILO snmp data? looking for good advice here.

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Multi-Site
by Ben Filippelli 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

Has anyone looked at setting up a multi-site with Observium or do you just setup at different locations? We have about 40 locations many are not connected via VPN because of business need. We were looking at Zenoss because it has a master/slave but really prefer observium setup and simplicity.

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Delete an associated Device from an Custom OID
by Oberreiter Andreas 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi, according to http://docs.observium.org/customoid/ there should be a delete button next to associated devices in the Custom OID List. This is not the case on my system. Am I missing something? Is there another way to delete an association? My Observium Version 17.10.8930 Kind regards Andreas Oberreiter

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A new field "Note"
by Krenek Milan DiS. 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi, Is possible implement for all devices a new field call "Note" for write notes and additional marks like in VmWare? Thanks BR Milan

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Re: [Observium] Support for Aruba IAP (model: 335 fw:6.5.1.5)
by Thomas Stather 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi It would be really great if you could consider adding at least some basic support for these devices so that the graphs "Number of APs" and "Wireless Clients" are populated. If i can help anything in this matter just let me know. Best, Thomas Am 26.09.2017 um 03:57 schrieb Adam Armstrong: > Hi, > > We currently have no specific support for Aruba IAP devices. > > Thanks, > adam. >> >> On 2017-09-25 12:42:09, Thomas Stather >> <thomas.stather(a)mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de> wrote: >> >> Hi Adam >> >> Can you say something regarding this topic? >> I already posted to the list but got no response yet. >> >> This gets kind of important for us now. >> >> >> Best, >> Thomas >> >> Am 01.08.2017 um 09:26 schrieb Thomas Stather: >>> Hi >>> >>> No idea why its not working or when itll be implemented? >>> >>> Best, >>> Thomas >>> >>> Am 25.07.2017 um 12:00 schrieb Thomas Stather: >>>> Hi >>>> >>>> We are running some Instant APs from Aruba (Model: IAP-335 with >>>> firmware 6.5.1.5-4.3.1.4) and i was wondering if you can implement >>>> support for these models? >>>> >>>> The MIBs are fw-related and for every AP in Observium, the graphs >>>> "Number of APs", "Wireless Clients" show no data. >>>> >>>> Attached are the MIBs for this firmware release >>>> >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> observium mailing list >>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>> >>> -- >>> Thomas Stather >>> IT Services >>> >>> VCP4, VCP6-DCV >>> >>> Tel: +49 6221-486 628 >>> Fax: +49 6221-486 561 >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImF) >>> Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg >>> Germany >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> -- >> Thomas Stather >> IT Services >> >> VCP4, VCP6-DCV >> >> Tel: +49 6221-486 628 >> Fax: +49 6221-486 561 >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImF) >> Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg >> Germany -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV Tel: +49 6221-486 628 Fax: +49 6221-486 561 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImF) Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg Germany

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resetting sensors doesn't work (Observium 17.5.8580)
by Thomas Stather 08 Nov '17

08 Nov '17

Hi I just noticed that one of our switches produces false positive errors because of incorrectly (auto) set thresholds for its sensors. I then activated "reset sensors" on the sensors page of the device (there were no values for "min" and "max" set, the current temperature of the sensor is 44 degrees). In the log i see: 5m 42s swhp58-04 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=logs/section…> SubCard0 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=health/metri…> Sensor updated (custom): temperature hh3c-entity-ext-mib 2535 SubCard0 [L: Array][Lw: Array][Hw: Array][H: Array] (by user: tstather) 5m 42s swhp58-04 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=logs/section…> SubCard0 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=health/metri…> Sensor updated (custom): temperature hh3c-entity-ext-mib 2534 SubCard0 [L: Array][Lw: Array][Hw: Array][H: Array] (by user: tstather) 5m 42s swhp58-04 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=logs/section…> Board <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=health/metri…> Sensor updated (custom): temperature hh3c-entity-ext-mib 2533 Board [L: Array][Lw: Array][Hw: Array][H: Array] (by user: tstather) 5m 42s swhp58-04 <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=logs/section…> Board <https://observium.mpimf-heidelberg.mpg.de/device/device=22/tab=health/metri…> Sensor updated (custom): temperature hh3c-entity-ext-mib 2532 Board [L: Array][Lw: Array][Hw: Array][H: Array] (by user: tstather) but the warnings are fired again. There is still no value for "min" or "max" for those sensors. Attached is a screenshot. What am i doing wrong here? Thanks in advance! Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV Tel: +49 6221-486 628 Fax: +49 6221-486 561 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImF) Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg Germany

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Empty alert email
by Philippe Hurtubise 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

Hi, I still receive empty alert email like below each morning between 5:00 and 5:15. I already updated to latest stable version, but still have empty email. Thanks From: Observium.SNMP(a)autolog.int [mailto:Observium.SNMP@autolog.int] Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5:05 AM To: Philippe Hurtubise <philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com> Subject: Modify Alert Metrics Duration Device Device Hardware Operating System Location Uptime E-mail sent to: philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com<mailto:philippe.hurtubise@autolog.com> E-mail sent at: Tue, 07 Nov 2017 05:05:19 -0500 -- Observium Professional 17.10.8930<http://www.observium.org>

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custom oid doesn't work after update
by Laszlo Nemeth 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi I updated from an older Observium (85xx) to the latest 8943. I used two devices with 2-2 custom oids. After the upgrade the custom oids not associated to the devices. I tried to re-add it, but when i select the devices in the custom oid setup i got a red message: "ERROR: Unable to add OID association" I found a similar bug that is closed already: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-2445 but looks like it is closed. Which command output is needed for the debug? Thanks Laszlo

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question about Observium alert grouping
by Edvinas K 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

hello, We're using Observium subscriber edition. I have some devices on which the alerts should be enabled, and on some others don't. Im thinking of creating groups - So for example, is it possible to enable alerts only on selected group ? But no all devices, thanks.

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Juniper port polling problems
by Andrey 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hi, I have observium 0.16.1.7533. It has problems with two machines: Juniper mx240 with JunOS 15.1R2 and Juniper EX4550-32F with JunOS 12.3R12.4. This devices very slow polling ports information. Here I found the same problem: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1695 <http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1695> But there it is written that "junipers have functionally broken SNMP stacks". Is there any solution to this issue? Are there any special settings or modules for JunOS ? Thanks.

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Optic dbm alert checker and interface status
by Milton Ngan 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hi, Is there a way to only trigger the dbm sensor alert if the corresponding interface is up? I thought I could get away with just testing if the sensor values fall outside the sensor limits. But when ports are down (even when unplugged) I get spiky readings which will trigger the alert. So it would be nice to check if the interface is up as part of the alert check. I suspect this isn't possible as things are right now. It seems sensors have no relationship to another entity (e.g a port on a router). Ideally, I would like to say something like this: Port Checker Condition ifOperStatus eq up sensors.dbm.juniper-dom-rx.sensor_value < @sensors.dbm.juniper-dom-rx.sensor_limit_low Port Checker Entity Match ifAdminStatus eq up dbm in sensor_classes juniper-dom-rx in sensor_types So only ports that are admin up and have an associated sensor type of the appropriate type would get added to the checker. This will ensure the condition will be able to refer to the appropriate sensor. This would imply there is some mapping/relationship between sensors and other entities. This is probably very MIB specific and very platform specific. But it would make for a very useful checker.

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Syslog alerts empty email
by Philippe Hurtubise 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hi, I updated to latest SVN yesterday and still receiving empty email. See below. Thanks From: Observium.SNMP(a)autolog.int [mailto:Observium.SNMP@autolog.int] Sent: Friday, November 3, 2017 6:05 AM To: Philippe Hurtubise <philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com> Subject: Modify Alert Metrics Duration Device Device Hardware Operating System Location Uptime E-mail sent to: philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com<mailto:philippe.hurtubise@autolog.com> E-mail sent at: Fri, 03 Nov 2017 06:05:16 -0400 -- Observium Professional 17.10.8930<http://www.observium.org>

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some devices takes very long to complete /opt/observium/poller.php process
by Edvinas K 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Hello, Some devices takes very long to complete /opt/observium/poller.php process. For example i took one of them and run: /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py --host hk2net01a -d /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py:568: Warning: Data truncated for column 'process_name' at row 1 cursor.execute(p_query, (pid,ppid,processname,uid,command,s_time)) INFO: starting the poller at 2017/11/02 17:10:50 with 16 threads WARNING: DEBUG enabled, each device poller store output to /tmp/observium_poller_id.debug (where id is device_id) /usr/bin/env php /opt/observium/poller.php -d -h 320 >> /tmp/observium_poller_320.debug 2>&1 INFO: starting alerter.php for 320 INFO: finished alerter.php for 320 WARNING: worker Thread-1 finished device 320 in 405 seconds INFO: poller-wrapper.py poller --host hk2net01a processed 1 devices in 405.53 seconds with 16 threads, load average (5min) 1.67 WARNING: the process took more than 5 minutes to finish, you need faster hardware or more threads INFO: in sequential style processing the elapsed time would have been: 405 seconds WARNING: device 320 is taking too long: 405 seconds ERROR: Some devices are taking more than 300 seconds, the script cannot recommend you what to do. Number of rows updated: 1 DEBUG: /usr/bin/rrdtool update /opt/observium/rrd/poller-wrapper.rrd N:1:405.531:16 DEBUG: /usr/bin/rrdtool update /opt/observium/rrd/poller-wrapper_count.rrd N:1 The debug txt shows that it freezes for about 4mins on this line: "SQL RUNTIME[0.00020313s] o Caching Oids Used full table ifEntry/ifXEntry snmpwalk. ifEntry CMD[/usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c *** -Pu -OQUs -m IF-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'hk2net01a':'161' ifEntry] ...................." and almost after 5mins it resumes. What could be the reason ? Thanks.

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Empty email
by Philippe Hurtubise 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Hi, Since I enabled syslog alerting, I receive empty email like this. Thanks From: Observium.SNMP(a)autolog.int [mailto:Observium.SNMP@autolog.int] Sent: Thursday, November 2, 2017 6:15 AM To: Philippe Hurtubise <philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com> Subject: Modify Alert Metrics Duration Device Device Hardware Operating System Location Uptime E-mail sent to: philippe.hurtubise(a)autolog.com<mailto:philippe.hurtubise@autolog.com> E-mail sent at: Thu, 02 Nov 2017 06:15:18 -0400 -- Observium Professional 17.9.8841<http://www.observium.org>

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Hot Backup of Observium database possible?
by Vikas Kumar 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Hi all, Is it possible to take hot backup of observium database? Also if the observium server crashes unexpectedly will we be able to recover it? Thanks -- <http://moodi.org/> *Vikas Kumar | ** Hospitality & PR Coordinator* *Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay* *+91-9694532954 | mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com <mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com>* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/vikas.cse.iitb> <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailtrack-for-gmail-inbox/ndnaehg…>

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Juniper SRX1500 firewall questionable CPU OIDs used
by aas029 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

Hello, I have Juniper SRX1500 firewalls for which Observium is sending false positive CPU alerts (example included below) based on feedback from Juniper. More specifically, I was told that the OIDs used by Observium to collect CPU information are not the correct ones for this devices in particular. Here are the OIDs that I was told should be used to monitor the data plane CPU usage (instead of the standard OIDs that poll the kernel):.1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.39.1.12.1.1.1 Or more specifically for forwarding plane flow (SPU) only: .1.3.6.1.4.1.2636.3.39.1.12.1.1.1.3" Here is an Observium alert example: Alert Juniper Firewall CPU Usage is over 40%! Entity FPC: FEB @0/*/* Conditions processor_usage gt 40 (49) Metrics processor_usage = 49 Duration 4m 19s (2017-10-22 17:22:53) Device Device host.mine Hardware SRX1500 Operating System Juniper JunOS 15.1X49-D50.3 Internet Router Location lab Uptime 27 days, 12h 3m 4s The above alert is seen several times a day per device. I'm currently running version 17.10.8921 (Linux 2.6.32-642.13.1.el6.x86_64 [amd64]) but have seen this with different frequencies on all other versions I had. Appreciate any information on potential fix or workaround or feedback on the Juniper response. Thanks,Al.

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Vpn specific graphs not showing after installing Unix agent
by Vikas Kumar 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi I have installed observium Unix agent into my von server and enables the openvpn script at server but still no graph like "no of users active on vpn" is showing up in observium web interface? Please help. Thanks

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deleting device with "delete RRD" options - doesnt delete RRD files itself
by Edvinas K 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hello, We're using subscriber edition Observium 17.10.8930 (stable) <http://www.observium.org/> When i Delete the device with RRD tick ON, the RRD files is still left in RRD dir. Is it a bug? Thanks

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Observium RRD Size cleanup error
by Vikas Kumar 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi i am trying to run php rrd.inc.php but i am getting following error please help PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function age_to_unixtime() in /opt/observium/includes/housekeeping/rrd.inc.php:16 Stack trace: #0 {main} thrown in /opt/observium/includes/housekeeping/rrd.inc.php on line 16 -- <http://moodi.org/> *Vikas Kumar | ** Hospitality & PR Coordinator* *Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay* *+91-9694532954 | mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com <mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com>* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/vikas.cse.iitb> ‌ <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailtrack-for-gmail-inbox/ndnaehg…>

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Dashboard recent events - 0s
by Fadly Tabrani 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi Everyone, Just checking if everyone else experiencing the same thing. All the recent events on my default page shows 0s. I might have misunderstood what the column means; Is it supposed to indicate how long ago the event occured? [image: Inline image 1] Cheers, FT

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Alert check for load averages
by H Box 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

Hi Devs, On 02-02-2017 i send a request to add the option for creating alerts for load averages into observium. The anwer we get back from Tom was: Hi H, > This is currently not possible, as the load average is not linked to a > specific entity and as such not a metric to alert on (yet) ... > Tom When this function will be implemented into observium? Thanks a lot for your information. With kind regards, Remco

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Syslog
by Philippe Hurtubise 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi, How can I empty or delete Syslog showing up. I leaves all category during my tests and I have 45k logs during the week end. I tried a maintenance but it didn't delete anything. Thanks Philippe Hurtubise Administrateur réseau / Network administrator [Autolog logo Signature] T: 450.434.8389 ext. 354 F: 450.434.8395 1240 Michèle-Bohec, Blainville, QC, Canada J7C 5S4 www.autolog.com<http://www.autolog.com/> [9501_logo_30ans_Signature]

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VM or Iron
by Vlad Kratsberg 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi Everyone, We have been running a VM on Iron box for a few years and now have been noticing slowdowns in performance ( longer poll times, choppy graphs ). We are thinking of moving observium to VM. In your experience, what do you think is better way to run observium on a VM or Iron ? What are the pros and cons ? Thank you for your responses.

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VMs view?
by Ben Filippelli 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

Hi all, just curious do I need the pro version in order to see vms on esx servers? I see in the log for the esx host its collecting vm-agent data or at least showing it, but there is nowhere I can 'see' the vms that I can find. Im wondering if its just a matter of upgrading to the pro ... Thanks

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Weathermap for observium
by Edvinas K 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

I’ve moved weathermap to new instalation of observium, and i can’t run the map-poller, i get this error: /opt/observium/html/weathermap/map-poller.php PHP Fatal error: require_once(): Failed opening required ‘random_compat/random.php’ (include_path=’/libs/pear:/libs:.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php’) in /opt/observium/includes/definitions.inc.php on line 160 maybe you can how i can cope with this ? Thanks

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