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Observium Integration with Munin
by Scott A. Davis 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

Hello! First of all, thanks for a great monitoring tool! Second, apologies in advance if my topic has been covered elsewhere. I scanned the mailing list and documentation but did not find what I need. I have Observium and Munin functioning separately on the sane node. I would like to import some of the graphs that Munin has created into Observium. I am not exactly sure how to even start that project. - Is there a simple way to do it? - Are there step-by-step instructions that a semi-novice can follow? Thanks in advance! [SD]

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eigrp b0rken?
by Rob VanHooren 05 Jun '13

05 Jun '13

hi, all. as at today's r4116… who can say whether EIGRP is in a workable state? have an example c3845 (advsecurity-15.1(4)M5, iirc) don't seem to get much (debugs below) … nothing shows up under routing tab. is a bug? or is eigrp coverage a work-in-progress? thoughts? thanks, R. === ! appears that there are bits for it… ! # grep -R eigrp * includes/functions.inc.php: case "eigrp": includes/.svn/text-base/functions.inc.php.svn-base: case "eigrp": pages/device.inc.php: $device_routing_count['eigrp'] = dbFetchCell("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `eigrp_ports` WHERE `device_id` = ?", array($device['device_id'])); pages/device.inc.php: if ($device_routing_count['eigrp']) { $routing_tabs[] = 'eigrp'; } pages/device/routing/eigrp.inc.php: $navbar['options'][$type]['url'] = generate_url(array('page' => 'device', 'device' => $device['device_id'], 'tab' => 'routing', 'proto' => 'eigrp', 'view' => $type )); pages/device/routing/eigrp.inc.php: include("eigrp_ports.inc.php"); pages/device/routing/.svn/all-wcprops:eigrp.inc.php pages/device/routing/.svn/all-wcprops:/svn/!svn/ver/3884/observer/trunk/html/pages/device/routing/eigrp.inc.php pages/device/routing/.svn/entries:eigrp.inc.php pages/device/routing/.svn/text-base/eigrp.inc.php.svn-base: $navbar['options'][$type]['url'] = generate_url(array('page' => 'device', 'device' => $device['device_id'], 'tab' => 'routing', 'proto' => 'eigrp', 'view' => $type )); pages/device/routing/.svn/text-base/eigrp.inc.php.svn-base: include("eigrp_ports.inc.php"); pages/.svn/text-base/device.inc.php.svn-base: $device_routing_count['eigrp'] = dbFetchCell("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM `eigrp_ports` WHERE `device_id` = ?", array($device['device_id'])); pages/.svn/text-base/device.inc.php.svn-base: if ($device_routing_count['eigrp']) { $routing_tabs[] = 'eigrp'; } includes/functions.inc.php: return "EIGRP"; includes/.svn/text-base/functions.inc.php.svn-base: return "EIGRP"; pages/device/routing/eigrp.inc.php:$navbar['brand'] = "EIGRP"; pages/device/routing/.svn/text-base/eigrp.inc.php.svn-base:$navbar['brand'] = "EIGRP"; # grep eigrp config.php $config['enable_eigrp'] = 1; // Enable EIGRP session collection and display THEROUTER#sho ip eigrp neigh EIGRP-IPv4 Neighbors for AS(2) H Address Interface Hold Uptime SRTT RTO Q Seq 4 192.168.1.1 Tu15 11 00:08:22 292 1752 0 55125 3 192.168.2.2 Tu93 10 4d02h 20 200 0 8264 2 192.168.3.3 Tu92 12 4d02h 45 270 0 18728 1 192.168.4.4 Tu16 12 4d02h 24 200 0 37045 0 192.168.5.5 Tu106 13 4d02h 20 200 0 554693´ # ./addhost.php THEROUTER mySNMPv2comm Trying community mySNMPv2comm ... Discovering THEROUTER (192) THEROUTER 192 ios (cisco) {snip} Discovered in 101.6 seconds # ./discovery -d h THEROUTER {no eigrp here} # ./poller.php -d -h THEROUTER {snip} including: includes/polling/cisco-eigrp.inc.php SQL[SELECT * FROM `eigrp_ports` WHERE `device_id` = '192'] Array ( ) DEBUG: SNMP Auth options = -v2c -c mySNMPv2comm /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c mySNMPv2comm -OQUs -m CISCO-EIGRP-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp:/opt/observium/mibs/cisco udp:THEROUTER:161 CEigrpInterfaceEntry ! snipped, just one of each shown ! cEigrpPeerCount.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpXmitReliableQ.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpXmitUnreliableQ.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpMeanSrtt.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpPacingReliable.0.2.25 = 1 cEigrpPacingUnreliable.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpMFlowTimer.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpPendingRoutes.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpHelloInterval.0.2.25 = 5 cEigrpXmitNextSerial.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpUMcasts.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpUUcasts.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpMcastExcepts.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpCRpkts.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpAcksSuppressed.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpRetransSent.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpOOSrvcd.0.2.25 = 0 cEigrpAuthMode.0.2.25 = none cEigrpAuthKeyChain.0.2.25 = youWish 0 2 25 SQL[SELECT * FROM `ports` WHERE `device_id` = '192' AND `ifIndex` = '25'] SQL[SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `device_id` = '192'] SQL[INSERT INTO `eigrp_ports` (`eigrp_vpn`,`eigrp_as`,`eigrp_ifIndex`,`port_id`,`device_id`,`eigrp_peer_count`) VALUES ('0','2','25','9391','192','0')] +RRD[cmd[update /opt/observium/rrd/THEROUTER/eigrp_port-0-2-25.rrd N:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0:0] stdout[OK u:0.01 s:0.01 r:1414.61] stderr[]]

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LDAP authentication changes
by Tom Laermans 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Hi everyone, I've made some modifications to the LDAP auth module; if you SVN up to r4114 or higher, please check if your LDAP auth is still working if you are using it. As far as I know (and on my test system), all defaults are sensible and should work just as before without changing anything, however some new features appeared, specifically to support active directory. An example config for AD is on the wiki. Nested groups don't work yet, I will hopefully get around to that soon. Thanks, Tom

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(no subject)
by Pedro Serotto 04 Jun '13

04 Jun '13

Hi all, I would like to hide some unused ports on some device. I see the filters configuration "$config['bad_if'] = array" but if I correctly understand this filter is apply to all devices. Is there a way to do different filter for different device ? BR Pedro

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ASR9k users?
by Robert Williams 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Hi, Just curious if anyone is currently using Observium to monitor any Cisco ASR9k based devices? I can see that it has correctly identified all the various hardware modules, line cards and temperature sensors etc. but isn’t graphing things like temperatures or light levels like it does for our Cat6K workforce. Since this is the first ASR device I’ve tried polling on Observium I’m not sure if it’s just not fully supported or if we have some SNMP restrictions on the Cisco which are preventing it from getting what it needs. Any feedback or other experiences are welcome! Cheers all, Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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Memcached updates
by Britt Treece 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Starting to use Memcached and found some of the current Memcached bits in Observium not working optimally. I wrote a new unix-agent script using python rather than PHP. The previous script relied on PECL memcached but didn't do anything for installations using PECL memcache. After a bunch of trial and error I determined that it was easiest to write the script in Python which requires the python-memcached library and is readily available on different OS types and versions. I also modified the applications/memcached.inc.php and polling/unix-agent.inc.php to accommodate the new script. They will also accurately separate different instances of memcached running on the same server as reported by the script. I'm still trying to work out a couple things. The main thing is when you enable Memcached as an application for a device Observium automatically creates an entry in the database but the instance is NULL. When the unix-agent reports on the Memcached instance(s) running on the server new entries get created in the database for each instance and the app with the NULL app_instance never gets used. I've been manually removing it from the database. If possible I would like to work it out so that it doesn't get created automatically. If that's not possible I was going to look into updating that entry with the first real instance reported by the agent. Also wanting to get the Apps tab for the Device to better identify each instance and maybe work on some additional metrics reporting for Memcached specific stats. Patch attached, let me know if it is acceptable or not... Britt Treece

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Re: [Observium] (no subject)
by Adam Armstrong 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

Observium is designed for use in a service provider environment with a main design assumption being that one does not necessarily know what one wants to monitor until the data is needed. We purposefully make it difficult to delete or obscure port information, because that fits our requirements. Adam. Jason Lixfeld <jason(a)lixfeld.ca> wrote: >Why do you say that, Adam? I can sympathize with Pedro because I find myself faced with the same issues. > >In my specific use case, I don't have any interest in seeing interfaces in Device > Ports view that are down/down, dwdm (which I don't use and aren't active anyway, yet they still show up for some reason), loopback or vlan, personally. They tend to make it difficult to efficiently scroll through the ports page to find information that I am interested in (ie: which of my customers just started sending 4Gbps of traffic). > >Those types of ports I never care about seeing, so ignoring them in a global scope would be wonderful :) > >If I'm using Observium wrong too, I'd love to know what the intended right usage is :) > >On 2013-06-02, at 3:06 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > >> If you are hiding ports, you are using observium wrong. >> >> Adam. >> >> Pedro Serotto <pedro.serotto(a)yahoo.es> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> I would like to hide some unused ports on some device. >> >> I see the filters configuration "$config['bad_if'] = array" but if I correctly understand this filter is apply to all devices. >> >> Is there a way to do different filter for different device ? >> >> BR >> >> Pedro >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] (no subject)
by Adam Armstrong 02 Jun '13

02 Jun '13

If you are hiding ports, you are using observium wrong. Adam. Pedro Serotto <pedro.serotto(a)yahoo.es> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Switching back to old location behavior
by Bryan Socha 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

I just updated and locations are all over the place. Is there a way to set it back to the old behavior where it groups by the snmp-location setup in each device? Thanks, Bryan Socha

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Cisco 4500X VSS, no cpu values
by Bryan Socha 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

Hello, We added some Cisco 4500X switches to our network with a VSS setup and observium shows 0 for the cpu usage. Any ideas on how to get it to populate? Bryan Socha

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Polling
by Wes Kennedy 01 Jun '13

01 Jun '13

I recently added in 25 new routers to be monitored and as of two hours later, they haven't been polled. They have all been Discovered properly, but not polled. All of my existing hosts are polling just fine. Has anyone seen this? -Wes

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add power usuages
by Khapare Joshi 31 May '13

31 May '13

I added one of my HP enclouser, and ran the ./discovery.php -h it does not discover these : Temperatures: Humidity : Voltages: Frequencies: Current: Power: Fanspeeds : how do i get these into my observium ? also, is there a way to integrate total power in observium ? I get the total by snmpwalk : snmpwalk -c public -v2c test01.local enterprises.232.22.2.5.1.1.1.10 |awk '{ sum+=$4} END {print sum}' thank KV

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switch errors meaning
by Mihai - Cristian Satmarean 31 May '13

31 May '13

Hi, I would like to ask what the switch errors mean, I have approx. 300 m Discards In on one several ports constantly and on other ports Discards Out. Please help me understand what is that. Thank you!

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voltaire device
by Khapare Joshi 30 May '13

30 May '13

i have added my infiniband switch. It adds and produce the graph etc. but observium seem not recognize. as its icon comes with ? . maybe its matter of adding image for that device ? same thing with HP storage p2000 boxes Has anybody monitoring Infiniband switches with observium ? K

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Help with ldap group access/permissions
by Tracy Phillips 30 May '13

30 May '13

Hi, I have configured Observium to authenticate against ldap and it works great. This is my configuration for authentication: $config['auth_mechanism'] = "ldap"; $config['auth_ldap_version'] = 3; $config['auth_ldap_server'] = "ldap.example.net"; $config['auth_ldap_port'] = 389; $config['auth_ldap_starttls'] = FALSE; $config['auth_ldap_prefix'] = "uid="; $config['auth_ldap_suffix'] = ",ou=People,dc=example,dc=net"; $config['auth_ldap_group'] = "cn=observium,ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=net"; Everything works as expected until I get to this point. When I go to add a new device or view the global configuration, I get the message: ERROR You have insufficient permissions to view this page. I have confirmed that I am in the observium-admin group. This is what I have for group permissions: $config['auth_ldap_groupbase'] = "ou=Groups,dc=example,dc=net"; $config['auth_ldap_groups']['observium-admin']['level'] = 10; There is nothing relevant in the observium.log. Is there something that I am missing or does anyone have thought that might help me resolve this issue? Thanks in advance for any hints you can throw my way! Tracy

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I want to say THANK YOU
by Zach Underwood 30 May '13

30 May '13

I work for a small ISP. For the past few weeks things have been running slow on the network. After working on and off of the problem for some time will no fix, I had to take a break from the problem. So I setup a VM running centos, I installed your software (the rhel howto has some mistakes). I then added the core switches and routers, 9 devices later I had the core mapped. After the software was running for 10 mins I started to see a problem. The core router that links up two ISP with BGP was having interface errors. Comes to find out the interfaces was running at half duplex. After fixing the duplex error the network came back to life. I would like to say thank for the software and I am a kickstarter supporter. -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT) My website <http://zachunderwood.me> My photes <http://zunder1990.openphoto.me>

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SNMP Printer polling
by Matthew Coene 30 May '13

30 May '13

Good morning everyone... Ok.. I have my Canon printers working polling when using jetdirect as the OS type in separate include files in /observium/includes/discovery/os/, I was hoping to make them their own icon, and subset in the definitions.inc.php but seeing as how jetdirect is already declared as its own (I assume string?) (forgive me I am not a programmer)... Can I still make a separate definitions entry code block and split the 'jetdirect' code to a separate entity so I can leave the HP printers stuff alone and do the Canon separately?? Cheers, M.

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Re: [Observium] Canon printers
by Adam Armstrong 30 May '13

30 May '13

Tom has the printer fetish. It's probably not hard for him to add if proper MIBs exist. I think you're all weirdos for monitoring printers, though... Adam. Matthew Coene <mcoene(a)Bacardi.com> wrote: > >Good afternoon anyone... > >Was just curious as to whether anyone has had any luck integrating MIBS so >Canon iR series can be parsed as proper printers and have stats / toner >polled correctly?? > >I was a little spoiled at my last position where all printers were HP / >Konica and supported out of the box... Now not so much... > >Thanks in advance... > >Matt.C. > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] SNMP Ubuntu
by Tom Laermans 30 May '13

30 May '13

Same way you monitor any other net-snmp box; see our documentation. Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Alex Vitola" <alex.vitola(a)gmail.com> To: "L - Observium" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] SNMP Ubuntu Date: Wed, May 29, 2013 19:36 how to monitor cpu and memory using snmp in ubuntu 12:04? Only network graphs are shown Alex Sandro de Lacerda Vitola http://br.linkedin.com/in/vitolahttp://www.vitola.net.br

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Re: [Observium] Little more help with SNMP/MIB for Canon.
by Adam Armstrong 29 May '13

29 May '13

Try to detect it using sysobjectid. Doing it via sysdescr is discouraged in new code. You can probably catch them all with a single string match that way. Adam. Matthew Coene <mcoene(a)Bacardi.com> wrote: >Holy Hell... It works... > >Copied the jetdirect.inc.php to a new file called canon.inc.php > >snmpwalked... seems the sysDescr is unique to each model so I will just >replicate as necessary to reflect our fleet... > >I suppose the issue now is that because it is polling via "jetdirect" it is >assigning a HP logo... > >Small potatoes however... > >I am getting consumable and page counts for the beancounters... > >Cheers, > >Matt. > > > > >From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> >To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org>, >Date: 05/29/2013 05:08 PM >Subject: Re: [Observium] Little more help with SNMP/MIB for Canon. >Sent by: "observium" <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> > > > >You'd need to create a new is type for canon printers. > >Then you can permit that is to find things using the jet direct MIBs. > >Adam. > >Matthew Coene <mcoene(a)Bacardi.com> wrote: > >> >>Good Afternoon All, >> >>Tom, Looks like you were right... Tried snmpwalking our Canon devices >with >>the HP-LASERJET-COMMON MIB... >> >>Looking at the rest of the code, specifically the "jetdirect" bits that >you >>mentioned... >> >><?php >> >>if (!$os) >>{ >> if (strstr($sysDescr, "JETDIRECT")) { $os = "jetdirect"; } >> else if (strstr($sysDescr, "HP ETHERNET MULTI-ENVIRONMENT")) { $os = >>"jetdirect"; } >> else if (strstr($sysObjectId, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.11.1")) { $os = >>"jetdirect"; } >>} >> >>I can say that the OID string that seems to be the most common to the ID >>is... (actually there are a few) >> >>iso.3.6.1.2.1.43.9.2.1.8.1.1 = STRING: "Canon" >> >> >>I am hoping there might be some way to just adapt the existing framework, >>to use the the new OID / MIB to report the Canon's specifically instead of >>generic? >> >>Am I even remotely on some sort of right track or way off on some far >>removed dead end tangent?? >> >>Cheers, >> >>Matt. >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>observium mailing list >>observium(a)observium.org >>http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >_________________________ >______________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Little more help with SNMP/MIB for Canon.
by Adam Armstrong 29 May '13

29 May '13

You'd need to create a new is type for canon printers. Then you can permit that is to find things using the jet direct MIBs. Adam. Matthew Coene <mcoene(a)Bacardi.com> wrote: > >Good Afternoon All, > >Tom, Looks like you were right... Tried snmpwalking our Canon devices with >the HP-LASERJET-COMMON MIB... > >Looking at the rest of the code, specifically the "jetdirect" bits that you >mentioned... > ><?php > >if (!$os) >{ > if (strstr($sysDescr, "JETDIRECT")) { $os = "jetdirect"; } > else if (strstr($sysDescr, "HP ETHERNET MULTI-ENVIRONMENT")) { $os = >"jetdirect"; } > else if (strstr($sysObjectId, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.11.1")) { $os = >"jetdirect"; } >} > >I can say that the OID string that seems to be the most common to the ID >is... (actually there are a few) > >iso.3.6.1.2.1.43.9.2.1.8.1.1 = STRING: "Canon" > > >I am hoping there might be some way to just adapt the existing framework, >to use the the new OID / MIB to report the Canon's specifically instead of >generic? > >Am I even remotely on some sort of right track or way off on some far >removed dead end tangent?? > >Cheers, > >Matt. > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Hardware scaling
by Adam Armstrong 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi All, I put together a very basic set of scaling guidelines : http://www.observium.org/wiki/Hardware_Scaling My sample size is quite limited, do any of you have useful numbers from large (>10k ports) installations? How much RAM does your /ports/ page take? (mouse over the perf on the bottom bar). How much average CPU load does your system have, and what CPU is it? (assuming the host is Observium-only) What storage back-end do you use, and how well is it scaling? Thanks, adam.

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map not showing
by Khapare Joshi 29 May '13

29 May '13

newbie here, I have 0.13.5.4047 version and world map is not showing in front page. Also, i could not configure alert, when i click on alert it does not gives me any option to configure. maybe this is simple somewhere config ? but earlier I installed 0.13.5.3992 and world map is displayed.

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Re: [Observium] map not showing
by Adam Armstrong 29 May '13

29 May '13

There is no alerting. The tab is a ui placeholder. You need to explicitly enable the map by adding the freontpage order array. Its documented on the site. Adam. Khapare Joshi <khapare77(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Little more help with SNMP/MIB for Canon.
by Matthew Coene 29 May '13

29 May '13

Good Afternoon All, Tom, Looks like you were right... Tried snmpwalking our Canon devices with the HP-LASERJET-COMMON MIB... Looking at the rest of the code, specifically the "jetdirect" bits that you mentioned... <?php if (!$os) { if (strstr($sysDescr, "JETDIRECT")) { $os = "jetdirect"; } else if (strstr($sysDescr, "HP ETHERNET MULTI-ENVIRONMENT")) { $os = "jetdirect"; } else if (strstr($sysObjectId, ".1.3.6.1.4.1.11.1")) { $os = "jetdirect"; } } I can say that the OID string that seems to be the most common to the ID is... (actually there are a few) iso.3.6.1.2.1.43.9.2.1.8.1.1 = STRING: "Canon" I am hoping there might be some way to just adapt the existing framework, to use the the new OID / MIB to report the Canon's specifically instead of generic? Am I even remotely on some sort of right track or way off on some far removed dead end tangent?? Cheers, Matt.

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 34, Issue 77
by Wes Kennedy 29 May '13

29 May '13

Im positive I added them. What I ended up having to do was check the box to have them ignored, run the poller manually, uncheck that box then run the poller manually again. Now they're working just fine. It was just extremely odd. -Wes On 5/29/13 1:55 PM, "observium-request(a)observium.org" <observium-request(a)observium.org> wrote: >Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > >You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Graphics issue (David Torres) > 2. Polling (Wes Kennedy) > 3. Re: Polling (Nikolay Shopik) > 4. Re: Polling (Adam Armstrong) > 5. SNMP Ubuntu (Alex Vitola) > 6. Re: SNMP Ubuntu (Alex Vitola) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 08:16:54 -0600 (CST) >From: David Torres <d.torres(a)ct.co.cr> >To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> >Subject: Re: [Observium] Graphics issue >Message-ID: <23878121.180651369837014091.JavaMail.root@poseidon> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > >Thank you for all your soon answers, > >So apparently I will need to move all to a real stuff. Well if so, what >should be the best conditions I have keep for the application running >sufficiently well ?, I mean RAM requirements, disk space, BW and so on. > >Thank you > >Regards > >----- Mensaje original ----- >De: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> >Para: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> >Enviados: Mi?rcoles, 29 de Mayo 2013 1:21:55 GMT -06:00 Centroam?rica >Asunto: Re: [Observium] Graphics issue > >If you have devices being polled more than 7.5 minutes apart, this will >cause missing data as RRD will not generate an average and will just >insert a null value, leading to the white space. > >We recommend not running Observium in a VM or on shared storage as it >tends to cause these kinds of issues when the host/storage resources is >being used by other applications. > >adam. > >On 2013-05-29 08:06, Bj?rn Rhoads wrote: >> I had the same problem with Observium and ~100 devices with observium >> running in a KVM instance, for me it turned out that disk iops wasn't >> enough, so the pollers didn't finish before the next round started. I >> just got a small SSD and put the Observium virtual machine on that and >> everything worked ok since then. >> >> If your banding is of the same sort you should see that periodically >> you have too many pollers running at the same time. >> >> /Bj?rn R >> >> On 2013-05-29 08:57, Nikolay Shopik wrote: >> This faq section for different issue, has nothing to do with >> whitespace rrdtool. Is this device sits next to observium or in some >> remote location? If this on remote site this is mostly packet lost >> >> On 29.05.2013, at 6:58, David Torres <d.torres(a)ct.co.cr> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> I've been using observium a while ago and since the beginning the tool >> showed me the graphics like I show you in the attached picture. >> >> There are several "white spaces" marked on the time period (X axis), >> where the tools is not showing information. I read the FAQs section and >> I found this advice: >> >> "I'm getting a blank browser window on some pages, but not others", so >> I incremented the PHP memory parameter from 128M to 384M whithin the >> php.ini file >> but this did not work either so I come to you beggin your advice in >> order to resolve this problem. Besides I have 90 network equipments >> monitored with the observium application on a virtual server (6 GB of >> ram and 3 CPUs 3.0 Ghz). >> >> >> >> thank you so much for any help >> >> >> Regards >> <graphs.png> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >------------------------------ > >Message: 2 >Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 16:35:17 +0000 >From: Wes Kennedy <wkennedy(a)lan.us> >To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> >Subject: [Observium] Polling >Message-ID: <CDCBA684.31EC%wkennedy(a)lan.us> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I recently added in 25 new routers to be monitored and as of two hours >later, they haven't been polled. They have all been Discovered properly, >but not polled. All of my existing hosts are polling just fine. Has >anyone seen this? > >-Wes >

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SNMP Ubuntu
by Alex Vitola 29 May '13

29 May '13

how to monitor cpu and memory using snmp in ubuntu 12:04? Only network graphs are shown Alex Sandro de Lacerda Vitola http://br.linkedin.com/in/vitola http://www.vitola.net.br

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Graphics issue
by David Torres 29 May '13

29 May '13

Hi all, I've been using observium a while ago and since the beginning the tool showed me the graphics like I show you in the attached picture. There are several "white spaces" marked on the time period (X axis), where the tools is not showing information. I read the FAQs section and I found this advice: "I'm getting a blank browser window on some pages, but not others", so I incremented the PHP memory parameter from 128M to 384M whithin the php.ini file but this did not work either so I come to you beggin your advice in order to resolve this problem. Besides I have 90 network equipments monitored with the observium application on a virtual server (6 GB of ram and 3 CPUs 3.0 Ghz). thank you so much for any help Regards

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Location
by Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S 29 May '13

29 May '13

[cid:image001.png@01CE5C57.BF8D4620] How do i change that from Unknow? How do i get City -> Sverigesvej 8 Med venlig hilsen | Best regards Thomas Raabo Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 [Beskrivelse: cid:image001.jpg@01CB9163.2FCD3AC0] _____________________________________________ tr(a)zitcom.dk<mailto:tr@zitcom.dk> | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66

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Manually fix bogus RRD data?
by Alex Pressé 28 May '13

28 May '13

I have a router which was running glorious cisco code with a marvelous bug where the number of active ipsec tunnels kept increasing until I put a better IOS on it. So now I have a graph where the ipsec tunnels shoots to tens of thousands of ipsec tunnels, making the long term views pointless. Is there some easy way I can loop through a date range or similar and set the number of ipsec tunnels to some other number (like 10 instead of 22,000)? -- Alex Presse "How much net work could a network work if a network could net work?"

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After Update IfDesc not IfName
by mhoffmann＠arcor.de 28 May '13

28 May '13

Hi, after the last upgrade, i only gte the Interface Descriptions instead the Interface Names. Thats bad. How could i got the IfNames at the Device View? Michael

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Re: [Observium] IPV6 BGP Session Alerts
by Adam Armstrong 27 May '13

27 May '13

Many devices do not correctly populate IPv6 sessions in SNMP. Are you running oldish code? Adam. Mahomed Hussein <Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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hpasm - temperatures, voltage and fans in Observium
by Niklas Larsson 27 May '13

27 May '13

Hi, we have a couple of HP Proliant DL360/380 servers that has hpasm installed, I can get data from: snmpwalk -c public -v2c -M /opt/observium/mibs host.example.com 1.3.6.1.4.1.232 ( http://pastebin.com/JvsNVMhY ) The question is if Observium has support for hpasm? We are really happy with the supermicro support and are hoping that we could get the same information from the HP as well. /niklas

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How to completely remove a device
by Lasse Leegaard 26 May '13

26 May '13

Hey, I have decomissioned a FreeBSD server and then wanted to remove it from observium. I would assume that clikcing on the "delete device" button would do the trick, but alas I still see the server on my device list. I have also tried editing the device and deleting it from there to no effect - it says it isn't there any more. Do I need to remove it and all data concerning it manually from the database and is there an easy way to do that? -Lasse-

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New user - Few questions
by Simon Mott 25 May '13

25 May '13

Hi all im pretty new to observium but i am loving how easy it is to use so far! I have a couple of minor issues though 1) i have added two servers that are configured almost identically and observium has only picked up the lm-sensors info for one of them - is there a way i can force it to get this info from the second server? 2) On the note of lm-sensors - Observium is parsing the output of lm-sensors and treating the threshold values as actual sensors - can i make it just outright not graph these whilst keeping the actual sensor data? 3) I have a windows server added to observium and i am getting a load of ports that i dont care about - same question as above - can i make observium ignore these ports and not even list them/try to graph them? 4) i have unix agent installed on a server exposing hddtemp data but sometimes when observium polls it doesnt detect all hard disks or sometimes none at all (whilst at the same time i confirm hddtemp is working as expected and showing all disks) Any ideas whats causing this? Thanks

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Re: [Observium] A couple questions..
by Adam Armstrong 24 May '13

24 May '13

It used to just be appended to ports page URLs. Is the default basic? It should be detailed! Adam. Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] A couple questions..
by Adam Armstrong 24 May '13

24 May '13

Does that option still work? I thought it died when we changed the URL format? Adam. Chris Stone <axisml(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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A couple questions..
by Jason Lixfeld 24 May '13

24 May '13

Hi, Is it possible to change the default ports display for a device from Basic to Details? Also, can I filter the display only to show interfaces that match a certain criteria. ie: Admin = Up, Oper = Up, Type = Ethernet or L2 VLAN (802.1q) or IEEE 803.2ad Link Agg? I find that the default display shows a lot of stuff for interfaces that I'm not particularly interested in, so I'd like to be able to clean that up. I know I can toggle polling on a per-device basis, but I'm hoping there's a method that is a little more dynamic than that. Thanks in advance.

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Billing Graph Legend
by Adam Summerfield 24 May '13

24 May '13

Adam, I may be stupid but… In the legend for the interfaces there is Current Average and Maximum. At the bottom under the interfaces there are two Total rows with four columns. What actually are the four columns? Regards, Adam

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Re: [Observium] Service Account No Logout
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

I literally log in once or twice per year. Including reboots. I rather think we have it a little too easy :) Adam. Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >If you autorefresh and click "remember me" I -think- your session should >stay alive. But i'm only 80% sure. :) > >On 23/05/2013 20:41, Nikolay Shopik wrote: >> Kinda weird we don't see such problem, constantly have open window with >> observium. Probably some local problem. >> >> On 23.05.2013 22:14, Wes Kennedy wrote: >>> Is there a way to have a user (service account) that won't get logged out of the web interface? We want to display this up on big screens in our NOC, but keep getting logged out. Thanks, Wes >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Canon printers
by Matthew Coene 23 May '13

23 May '13

Good afternoon anyone... Was just curious as to whether anyone has had any luck integrating MIBS so Canon iR series can be parsed as proper printers and have stats / toner polled correctly?? I was a little spoiled at my last position where all printers were HP / Konica and supported out of the box... Now not so much... Thanks in advance... Matt.C.

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Service Account No Logout
by Wes Kennedy 23 May '13

23 May '13

Is there a way to have a user (service account) that won't get logged out of the web interface? We want to display this up on big screens in our NOC, but keep getting logged out. Thanks, Wes

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Re: [Observium] NFS - APPS or nfsstat can be graphed with obserium?
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

The agent is currently only used for the applications framework, and for passing ipmi sensors. The apache script, for example. Adam. Mihai - Cristian Satmarean <mihai.satmarean(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] NFS - APPS or nfsstat can be graphed with obserium?
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

We do not use that information. That stuff is left over from check_mk. We don't use it. Adam. Mihai - Cristian Satmarean <mihai.satmarean(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] NFS - APPS or nfsstat can be graphed with obserium?
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

We do not use any of the information returned by check_mk. We only use information returned by our own scripts. Adam Mihai - Cristian Satmarean <mihai.satmarean(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] NFS - APPS or nfsstat can be graphed with obserium?
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

We don't generate graphs from any of the default check_mk output. We merely used it as a template to build the Observium agent. To build graphs from any of the data you get from the Solaris agent, you'd have to write code for it. Adam. Mihai - Cristian Satmarean <mihai.satmarean(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] NFS - APPS or nfsstat can be graphed with obserium?
by Adam Armstrong 23 May '13

23 May '13

It won't work on omnios, it is linux-only. We currently have almost zero support for solaris-derrived oses. Adam. Mihai - Cristian Satmarean <mihai.satmarean(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] IPMI Problems FIX
by Adam Armstrong 22 May '13

22 May '13

Or follow @observium_svn, or the RSS feed from fisheye... Adam. Nikolay Shopik <shopik(a)inblock.ru> wrote: >You can subscribe to >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium-dev > >or dig thorough svn repository > >On 22/05/13 17:03, Thomas Raabo - Zitcom A/S wrote: >> Where do i find changelogs? >> >> Med venlig hilsen | Best regards >> Thomas Raabo >> Senior Network Engineer CCIE #33466 >> >> >> >> _____________________________________________ >> tr(a)zitcom.dk | Direkte: +45 69 10 60 18 | Tlf.: +45 70 23 55 66 >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov >> Sent: 22. maj 2013 14:51 >> To: Observium Network Observation System >> Subject: Re: [Observium] IPMI Problems FIX >> >> >> IPMI polling fixed in r4053 ;) >> >> On Ср. 22 мая 2013 00:16:06, Nikolay Shopik wrote: >>> Here I just fixed for ya. If you guys having these issues just revert >>> back ipmi.inc.php to 3739 revision, this should fix for most of you. >>> >>> svn update -r 3739 observium/includes/polling/ipmi.inc.php >>> >>> On 21.05.2013 23:16, Tom Laermans wrote: >>>> I don't - it works for me, but something is different it seems. >>>> >>>> I just don't have the time to fix it at this point in time, and the >>>> continuous nagging on IRC was not helping in allocating resources ;-) >>>> >>>> On 21/05/2013 18:42, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>>>> Good luck convincing Tom that it's actually a real problem. >>>>> >>>>> He still thinks you're all hallucinating :) >>>>> >>>>> adam. >>>>> >>>>> On 2013-05-21 15:56, Todd Kline wrote: >>>>>> I am also seeing the add, delete issue on each polling cycle… >>>>>> >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: temperature ipmi 2 CPU >>>>>> Temp >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: temperature ipmi 1 >>>>>> System Temp >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 12 VBAT >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 11 +3.3VSB >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 10 +12 V >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 9 +5 V >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 8 VDIMM >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 7 +3.3VCC >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 6 Vichcore >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:50 System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 5 CPU Vcore >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:49 System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 12 VBAT >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:49 System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 11 +3.3VSB >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:49 System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 10 +12 V >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:49 System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 9 +5 V >>>>>> 2013-05-21 09:45:49 System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 8 VDIMM >>>>>> >>>>>> build 4047 >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks >>>>>> Todd >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On May 20, 2013, at 5:45 PM, Tom Laermans >>>>>> <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Works perfectly for me, are you saying I can just keep a stack of >>>>>> A4 ready? :> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 20/05/2013 20:58, Adam Armstrong wrote: >>>>>> The ipmi stuff is known to work about as well as a fire blanket >>>>>> made of paper. :-) >>>>>> >>>>>> Adam. >>>>>> >>>>>> observium(a)velder.li wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello there >>>>>> >>>>>> I just remembered that i cannot see any IPMI infos anymore in observium? >>>>>> There are also a lot of messages: >>>>>> >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> fanspeed ipmi >>>>>> 4 FAN 2 >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> fanspeed ipmi >>>>>> 3 FAN 1 >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> fanspeed ipmi >>>>>> 5 FAN 3 >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> fanspeed ipmi >>>>>> 7 FAN A >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> temperature >>>>>> ipmi 1 System Temp >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi 8 >>>>>> Vcore >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi 9 >>>>>> 3.3VCC >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 10 12V >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 11 VDIMM >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 16 AVCC >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 15 VSB >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 14 VBAT >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 13 -12V >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: >>>>>> voltage ipmi >>>>>> 12 5VCC >>>>>> 2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Added: >>>>>> voltage ipmi 16 >>>>>> AVCC >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Is that a known bug? >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards >>>>>> Patrick >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> observium mailing list >>>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> observium mailing list >>>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> observium mailing list >>>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> observium mailing list >>>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> observium mailing list >>>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> observium mailing list >>>> observium(a)observium.org >>>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >>> _______________________________________________ >>> observium mailing list >>> observium(a)observium.org >>> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> >> >> -- >> Mike Stupalov >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] IPMI Problems
by Adam Armstrong 22 May '13

22 May '13

The ipmi stuff is known to work about as well as a fire blanket made of paper. :-) Adam. observium(a)velder.li wrote: >Hello there > >I just remembered that i cannot see any IPMI infos anymore in observium? >There are also a lot of messages: > >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: fanspeed ipmi >4 FAN 2 >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: fanspeed ipmi >3 FAN 1 >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: fanspeed ipmi >5 FAN 3 >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: fanspeed ipmi >7 FAN A >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: temperature >ipmi 1 System Temp >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 8 >Vcore >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi 9 >3.3VCC >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >10 12V >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >11 VDIMM >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >16 AVCC >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >15 VSB >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >14 VBAT >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >13 -12V >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Deleted: voltage ipmi >12 5VCC >2013-05-20 20:55:06 vmhost01.dc System Sensor Added: voltage ipmi 16 >AVCC > > >Is that a known bug? > >Regards >Patrick >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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IPV6 BGP Session Alerts
by Mahomed Hussein 22 May '13

22 May '13

Hi I’ve noticed that Observium has a very useful “BGP Alerts” section (among all its other useful sections :-) ) that shows all the BGP sessions/neighbours that are down etc. But it doesn’t seem to show IPv6 sessions. Is this because this isn’t currently supported or is there something that needs to be changed in the config? Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Mahomed Hussein Custodian Data Centre Email: Mahomed(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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