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[patch] bugfix in mgeups frequency, voltage and current sensor detection.
by Rob J. Epping 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hi, On <http://puther.home.xs4all.nl/observium-mgeups-sensors-bugfix.diff> you will find a patch that will detect all frequency, voltage and current sensors on devices with more than 1 phase. Can this be patched? THNX -- GRTNX, RobJE

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apache application error after upgrade
by ColoCenter bv 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

After some efforts I got the apache application plugin for observium working for a certain server. I was at first stuck with a missing module of PERL(LWP::Simple) It was working fine till today when i upgraded apache from 2.2.19 to 2.2.23. Not a very big upgrade, but now the apache script of observium is not working anymore. If I execute it manually it produces the following error: [root@server01 agent-local]# perl apache Data fetch failure. Any suggestions what might be causing this or where to look for an answer or more detailed error message and how to solve it? Many thanks, -- Alexander Lantink ColoCenter bv http://www.colocenter.nl info(a)colocenter.nl

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Re: [Observium] Location Bar
by Adam Armstrong 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Don't worry, something better is coming! observium(a)velder.li wrote: >Hi there > >Please bring back the old LocationBar. The new one is not very clear. > >Thx > >Regards, >Patrick > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Location Bar
by observium＠velder.li 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi there Please bring back the old LocationBar. The new one is not very clear. Thx Regards, Patrick

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Disable Sensor Alerts
by Adam Summerfield 28 Jan '13

28 Jan '13

We are getting a lot of false alerts from our Arista switches in regards to environmental sensors. I have tried enabling ignore under device settings, however after clicking save the option does not remain selected. I tried to disable alerts adding the following to the config.php but this did not work. $config['alerts']['sensor_classes']['current'] = false; $config['alerts']['sensor_classes']['voltage'] = false; $config['alerts']['sensor_classes']['fanspeed'] = false; $config['alerts']['sensor_classes']['temperature'] = false; Would appreciate any assistance. Regards, Adam

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Re: [Observium] virtualized pfsense cpu monitoring
by Adam Armstrong 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Because that is what bsnmpd reports :-) Stefan Milo <stefan(a)zendata.dk> wrote: >hi > >when i monitor vmware pfsense firewall, cpu usage on cpu0 is about 1% to 4%, and cpu1 cpu2 and cpu3 reports 0% usage. > >any idea why? > >br > >stefan milo >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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virtualized pfsense cpu monitoring
by Stefan Milo 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

hi when i monitor vmware pfsense firewall, cpu usage on cpu0 is about 1% to 4%, and cpu1 cpu2 and cpu3 reports 0% usage. any idea why? br stefan milo

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router error
by Norman Daniel 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Still experiencing this, and also experienced lost of connection on internet... 2013-01-25 03:02:08 System Device status changed to Up 2013-01-25 02:27:16 System Device status changed to Down 2013-01-25 01:02:54 System Sensor Warn Low Limit Updated: temperature cisco 1 chassis () 2013-01-25 01:02:54 System Sensor Warn High Limit Updated: temperature cisco 1 chassis () 2013-01-24 19:05:34 System Sensor Added: temperature cisco 1 chassis 2013-01-24 19:05:01 System Memory pool added: type cemp index 1.2 descr 2811 chassis - I/O 2013-01-24 19:05:00 System Memory pool added: type cemp index 1.1 descr 2811 chassis - Processor 2013-01-24 19:04:58 System Memory pool added: type cmp index 2 descr I/O 2013-01-24 19:04:58 System Memory pool added: type cmp index 1 descr Processor 2013-01-24 19:04:49 System Processor added: type cpm index 1 descr Processor 1 Regards, cid:5A2BFBA1-C1AC-4588-9E43-ADB44DDC1905 Mr. Norman U. Daniel IT Helpdesk CFJA CALL CENTRE CORPORATION Unit 258, Wellington Building, Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Metro Manila, 1006 Philippines Phone: +63 2 242 0520 / +61 2 8355 3931 Fax: +63 2 857 2227 / +61 2 8569 0930 Mobile: +63 926 7455617 Email: <mailto:norman.daniel@cfjacallcentre.com> norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com Skype: cfjacc.ops.norman.daniel Web: <http://www.cfjacallcentre.com/> http://www.cfjacallcentre.com

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Re: [Observium] [!! SPAM] Re: cisco router problem
by Norman Daniel 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Thanks adam. Still experiencing this, and also experienced lost of connection on internet... 2013-01-25 03:02:08 System Device status changed to Up 2013-01-25 02:27:16 System Device status changed to Down 2013-01-25 01:02:54 System Sensor Warn Low Limit Updated: temperature cisco 1 chassis () 2013-01-25 01:02:54 System Sensor Warn High Limit Updated: temperature cisco 1 chassis () 2013-01-24 19:05:34 System Sensor Added: temperature cisco 1 chassis 2013-01-24 19:05:01 System Memory pool added: type cemp index 1.2 descr 2811 chassis - I/O 2013-01-24 19:05:00 System Memory pool added: type cemp index 1.1 descr 2811 chassis - Processor 2013-01-24 19:04:58 System Memory pool added: type cmp index 2 descr I/O 2013-01-24 19:04:58 System Memory pool added: type cmp index 1 descr Processor 2013-01-24 19:04:49 System Processor added: type cpm index 1 descr Processor 1 Regards, Mr. Norman U. Daniel IT Helpdesk CFJA CALL CENTRE CORPORATION Unit 258, Wellington Building, Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Metro Manila, 1006 Philippines Phone: +63 2 242 0520 / +61 2 8355 3931 Fax: +63 2 857 2227 / +61 2 8569 0930 Mobile: +63 926 7455617 Email: norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com Skype: cfjacc.ops.norman.daniel Web: http://www.cfjacallcentre.com -----Original Message----- From: observium-bounces(a)observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Friday, January 25, 2013 9:14 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: [!! SPAM] Re: [Observium] cisco router problem It seems that you have unstable connectivity between your Observium server and this Cisco device. adam. On Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:52:49 +0800, "Norman Daniel" <norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com> wrote: > I received this error log from observium. > > > 2013-01-24 14:12:12 > > System > > Device status changed to Up > > > 2013-01-24 13:03:41 > > System > > Sensor Deleted: temperature cisco 1 chassis > > > 2013-01-24 13:01:31 > > System > > Processor removed: type cpm index 1 descr Processor 1 > > > 2013-01-24 12:47:26 > > System > > Device status changed to Down > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > cid:5A2BFBA1-C1AC-4588-9E43-ADB44DDC1905 > > Mr. Norman U. Daniel > > IT Helpdesk > CFJA CALL CENTRE CORPORATION > > Unit 258, Wellington Building, > Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz, > > Binondo, Metro Manila, 1006 > > Philippines > > Phone: +63 2 242 0520 / +61 2 8355 3931 > > Fax: +63 2 857 2227 / +61 2 8569 0930 > > Mobile: +63 926 7455617 > > Email: <mailto:norman.daniel@cfjacallcentre.com> > norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com > > Skype: cfjacc.ops.norman.daniel > > Web: <http://www.cfjacallcentre.com/> http://www.cfjacallcentre.com _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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cisco router problem
by Norman Daniel 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

I received this error log from observium. 2013-01-24 14:12:12 System Device status changed to Up 2013-01-24 13:03:41 System Sensor Deleted: temperature cisco 1 chassis 2013-01-24 13:01:31 System Processor removed: type cpm index 1 descr Processor 1 2013-01-24 12:47:26 System Device status changed to Down Regards, cid:5A2BFBA1-C1AC-4588-9E43-ADB44DDC1905 Mr. Norman U. Daniel IT Helpdesk CFJA CALL CENTRE CORPORATION Unit 258, Wellington Building, Plaza Lorenzo Ruiz, Binondo, Metro Manila, 1006 Philippines Phone: +63 2 242 0520 / +61 2 8355 3931 Fax: +63 2 857 2227 / +61 2 8569 0930 Mobile: +63 926 7455617 Email: <mailto:norman.daniel@cfjacallcentre.com> norman.daniel(a)cfjacallcentre.com Skype: cfjacc.ops.norman.daniel Web: <http://www.cfjacallcentre.com/> http://www.cfjacallcentre.com

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Re: [Observium] Poller performance
by Adam Armstrong 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Observium scales primarily on the number of interfaces you have, as they account for the majority of I/o. 128 switches would be a large install, 128 servers would not. You should try running 2 or 3 pollers if your server's disk is not too heavily loaded. If you are only using one poller then your disk is waiting for SNMP was dating time. Memcached was replaced with mysql memory tables, which you are already using :-) Rrdcached seems to make little difference to me. I have my installs running in a ramdisk, as that removes the i/o bottleneck entirely. Adam. Tobias Brunner <tobias.brunner(a)nine.ch> wrote: >Hi, > >I have some performance troubles with the poller, it takes a bit more than 5 >minutes to finish. There are 128 devices to poll... > >Looking at the "Performance tuning" wiki page and the mailing list, I >implemented the following tweaks: >* Using poller-wrapper from Job Snijders ("Multiple poller instances" was >really bad, polling took about 10 minutes) >* Activated RRDcached > >Putting the RRDs on a Ramdisk is not a solution for me (too less memory). Does >memcache work with the current SVN build? >What other options for performance tuning do I have? One idea was to have >"worker" server which only poll a subset of devices and report the values back >to the master. Is something like that possible? >Which resources need the most I/O? RRD or MySQL? Are there many inserts and >updates to the Database? > >Thanks for all suggestions... > >Cheers, >Tobias > >-- >Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich >Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 >Skype nine.ch_support >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Poller performance
by Tobias Brunner 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi, I have some performance troubles with the poller, it takes a bit more than 5 minutes to finish. There are 128 devices to poll... Looking at the "Performance tuning" wiki page and the mailing list, I implemented the following tweaks: * Using poller-wrapper from Job Snijders ("Multiple poller instances" was really bad, polling took about 10 minutes) * Activated RRDcached Putting the RRDs on a Ramdisk is not a solution for me (too less memory). Does memcache work with the current SVN build? What other options for performance tuning do I have? One idea was to have "worker" server which only poll a subset of devices and report the values back to the master. Is something like that possible? Which resources need the most I/O? RRD or MySQL? Are there many inserts and updates to the Database? Thanks for all suggestions... Cheers, Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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netsted location menu
by Michael Cushard 22 Jan '13

22 Jan '13

Hi, The nested location menu in build 3528 should help a little with organization. What would the syntax be for the custom location field of an object in order to create a top level location and several sub-level locations underneath it? For instance, something like EU -> FR -> Paris? Regards, Michael

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sysLocation instead of sysContact on Alerts page
by Alex Pressé 21 Jan '13

21 Jan '13

Just a minor thing; on the edit alerts page ( http://observiumserver.mydomain.lan/device/device=1/tab=edit/section=alerts/ ) It says "Override sysLocation" where it should say "Override sysContact". -- Alex Presse "How much net work could a network work if a network could net work?"

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Re: [Observium] netsted location menu
by Adam Armstrong 20 Jan '13

20 Jan '13

If you write them like an address, seperated by commas, you should be fine with the next version of the menu. Adam. Michael Cushard <mcc(a)axway.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Shut your whore mouth! 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] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Nope, AFAIK there is no way to do this... Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Tom Laermans 19 Jan '13

19 Jan '13

Of course if you had asked "would it be possible".. right, adam? Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "Calugaru Adrian" <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com>, "Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Graph timezone Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2013 19:34 Nope :-) Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: Hi guys, Is it possible to set different timezones per device and have rrdtool generate graphs using that timezone? Thanks, Adrian

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Bind9
by Ciro Iriarte 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hi!, is there anyone collecting bind9 stats with Observium? Regards, -- Ciro Iriarte http://cyruspy.wordpress.com --

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Re: [Observium] Graph timezone
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Nope :-) Calugaru Adrian <calugaru_adrian(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Graph timezone
by Calugaru Adrian 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Hi guys, Is it possible to set different timezones per device and have rrdtool generate graphs using that timezone? Thanks, Adrian

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Re: [Observium] Overview
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

Not applicable to us, we pfsense is one device, we are many. We have per-device access already :-) "Rob J. Epping" <rob.epping(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] Overview
by Adam Armstrong 18 Jan '13

18 Jan '13

The front page? It is designed to be customised. We almost totally ignore it in reality, as no one uses it. Which front page are you using? The default one? Adam Summerfield <asummerfield(a)harbourmsp.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Possibility too set Graph Vertical Max too Line-speed
by Mattias Gyllenvarg 16 Jan '13

16 Jan '13

Hi I would like too be able too set the Linespeed as the Max vertical value. Especially as an option under "All ports" This would be handy when reviewing needed upgrades among other things. -- *Med Vänliga Hälsningar - Best Regards* *Mattias Gyllenvarg* *Nätutveckling* Bredband2 Tel: +46 406219712

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Overview
by Adam Summerfield 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Attempting to put this into production with our NOC. When they logon with the user class of "Global Read" they can see the devices but nothing appears on the overview page. If I create the user with class of "Normal" they cannot see anything. Admin class of course works as expected. Regards, Adam

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Postgres monitor script
by Lance Raymond 15 Jan '13

15 Jan '13

Afternoon all, have my apache working nicely, mysql and moving through the list of to-do's. Next is our primary DB which is running postgres. I have that server added, SNMP working, the agent is loaded and I can telnet from the observium server on 6556 port with no issues. Looking at the install http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/Postgresqlthe only thing left from that section and my notes from mysql is to copy the script from the local observium server (under /opt/observium/scripts/agent-local) to the postgres server and update the config with the user/pass but those files are not there. I also don't see postgres listed in the applications list for the device. Is postgres not supported anymore? -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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Function scope issues?
by Paul Gear 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm just looking into a couple of nagging problems on my Observium install and i found this: 1. includes/discovery/discovery-protocols.inc.php uses ifNameDescr(), which is defined in includes/rewrites.php (called from includes/functions.php). 2. ifNameDescr() is a wrapper around ifLabel(), which itself is a wrapper around humanize_port() 3. humanize_port() calls humanspeed(), which is defined in html/includes/functions.inc.php This seems to indicate that ifNameDescr/ifLabel/humanize port, when called from discovery functions, will never work. Is this intentional? Or should humanspeed() (and possibly others of its peers within html/includes/functions.inc.php) be moved to includes/rewrites.php? Regards, Paul

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Disable Monitoring of Linux Interfaces
by admin 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

Good Evening, I was able to get Observium up and running with no issues, but I do have a bit of an odd situation. I happen to have a server that I wish to monitor that has over 300 PPP interfaces. Observium is attempting to poll them, and its hammering the server hard, and Observium. Is there a way to remove polling of interfaces (or maybe just ppp interfaces) on that server? Thanks!

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Drilling down to specific times in graphs
by Jason Lixfeld 11 Jan '13

11 Jan '13

I'm having a little trouble understanding how the graph drill downs are supposed to work. I select a 6 hour graph of something, From: says 17:44 To: says 23:44. Case 1: I change 17:44 to 16:44 and click Submit, From: says 11:44 To: says 18:44. Case 2: I leave From: at 17:44 but change To: to 18:44 and click Submit, From: says 12:44 To: says 13:44. Am I missing something on how these timeframes are supposed to work?

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Re: [Observium] Apache application monitor problem
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

Observium doesn't hit apache directly. That is done via the agent script. Is it working? Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Function scope issues?
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

yes :-) Though really the processing should be done at polling time. Its all a mess caused by gradual evolution! Paul Gear <observium(a)gear.dyndns.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Apache application monitor problem
by Lance Raymond 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

After a successful implement of the mysql module, I now am looking to monitor apache. I will try to give as much on the 1st post as I do now understand how the agents work a bit more (Thanks Adam) so the info and questions are; Unix-agent is installed, enabled, port is open, and I can hit the server-status from the observium server via curl; curl stats.domain.com/server-status <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <html><head> <title>Apache Status</title> </head><body> <h1>Apache Server Status for stats.domain.com</h1> <dl><dt>Server Version: Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP/5.3.10-1ubuntu3.4 with Suhosin-Patch</dt> <dt>Server Built: Nov 8 2012 21:37:30 </dt></dl><hr /><dl> <dt>Current Time: Wednesday, 09-Jan-2013 04:00:49 UTC</dt> <dt>Restart Time: Tuesday, 08-Jan-2013 20:58:01 UTC</dt> <dt>Parent Server Generation: 3</dt> <dt>Server uptime: 7 hours 2 minutes 47 seconds</dt> <dt>Total accesses: 651 - Total Traffic: 1.7 MB</dt> <dt>CPU Usage: u9.48 s1.89 cu0 cs0 - .0448% CPU load</dt> <dt>.0257 requests/sec - 71 B/second - 2773 B/request</dt> <dt>1 requests currently being processed, 9 idle workers</dt> Using the poller command to test server; ubuntu@websvr1:/opt/observium$ ./poller.php -v -h stats.domain.com Observium Poller v0.12.11.3407 Starting polling run: stats.domain.com 5 linux (unix) Observium UNIX Agent: execution time: 328ms Processes: Sensors: Using UNIX Agent Uptime (2877622) Uptime: 33 days, 7h 20m 22s Hardware: Generic x86 64-bit Version: 3.2.0-31-virtual Features: /usr/bin/distro: No such file or directory Serial: IPMI: Processor Intel Xeon E5507 @ 2.27GHz 1% Mempool Physical memory: 79.6% Mempool Virtual memory: 51.63% Mempool Swap space: 0.01% Storage /: 17% Storage /mnt: 0% Polling Netstats: IP TCP UDP ICMP SNMP HR Stats: Processes Users Polling IP-MIB ipSystemStats ipv4 ipv6 Caching Oids: ifEntry ifXEntry dot3StatsDuplexStatusvalidvalid Port lo(1) HC HC VLAN == bps(0bps/0bps)bytes(0B/0B)pkts(0pps/0pps) Port eth0(2) HC HC VLAN == bps(1.32kbps/4kbps)bytes(4.83kB/14.6kB)pkts(2.2pps/2.2pps) Checking UCD DiskIO MIB: xvda1 xvdb xvda3 OSPF: Processes: Areas: Ports: Neighbours: Entity Physical: Applications: agent uptime netstat_ip netstat_ip_frag netstat_tcp netstat_udp netstat_icmp netstat_icmp_info netstat_snmp netstat_snmp_pkt hr_processes hr_users ucd_cpu ucd_swap_io ucd_io ucd_contexts ucd_interrupts ucd_memory ucd_load ipsystemstats_ipv4 ipsystemstats_ipv4_frag ipsystemstats_ipv6 ipsystemstats_ipv6_frag Polled in 4.680 seconds UPDATED! MySQL: Cell[0/0s] Row[3/0s] Rows[25/0.01s] Column[0/0s] Update[9/0.01s] Insert[5/0.01s] Delete[0/0s] So, it seems the agent is running, apache is reachable by the server with the server-status, just not sure why the graph page is broken. The main graph's all say Error Drawing Graph, and the scoreboard at the bottom just has a few broken image links. -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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Re: [Observium] Adding mysql monitoring
by Adam Armstrong 09 Jan '13

09 Jan '13

The agent is not enabled for that host :-) Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Adding mysql monitoring
by Adam Armstrong 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

I just added apache/mysql agents to a clean install and it worked OK. Run the poller with -d Adam. Lance Raymond <lraymond(a)weatherflow.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Adding mysql monitoring
by Lance Raymond 08 Jan '13

08 Jan '13

Checking out http://www.observium.org/wiki/Application/MySQL#Requirementsand seems pretty straight forward. I have my server running, added that box and see it collecting data now. php5-cli and php-mysql are installed on both the server and mysql server I wish to monitor, but nothing has been added and not sure how to force check, add, etc. Docs are simple enough; I created the user with access on the remote server. Then the steps are simply; *Copy* the mysql script *from scripts/agent-local/* in your observium install to */usr/local/check_mk_agent/local/* (/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/ on Debian systems) the *server* you wish to monitor. The remote server is running ubuntu, so I create a folder; /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local with 2 files; mysql (script) mysql.cnf I can run the script locally and get a lot of data (here is a sample); root@mysql101:/usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local# ./mysql <<<mysql>>> a0:13362926 a1:50929 a2:4796992 a3:287789 So is it something on the server end I need to add/edit? Tnx -- *e*. lraymond(a)weatherflow.com *c.* 386.561.1509 *f.* 386.409.5178

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netdot VM root password
by Ramzi Abdallah 07 Jan '13

07 Jan '13

Hi, What is the default root password for the netdot VM appliance. I need it to setup a static IP to the installation Regards, Ramzi

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all hosts down moved observium to a new server
by Bao Nguyen 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

All, I'm kind of hitting a wall here. I moved Observium to a new server today and somehow Observium is unable to "ping" any hosts. sour% ./poller.php -h lab-lightning.sdsc.edu -d Observium Poller v0.13.1.3507 DEBUG! Starting polling run: SQL[SELECT `device_id` FROM `devices` WHERE `disabled` = 0 AND `hostname` LIKE 'lab-lightning.sdsc.edu' ORDER BY `device_id` ASC] ./poller.php lab-lightning.sdsc.edu January 3, 2013, 17:17 - 0 devices polled in 0.001 secs MySQL: Cell[0/0s] Row[0/0s] Rows[1/0s] Column[0/0s] Update[0/0s] Insert[0/0s] Delete[0/0s] However, on the host it self, I can ping or snmpget any devices using the same FQDN name. sour% ping lab-lightning.sdsc.edu PING lab-lightning.sdsc.edu (198.202.79.48) 56(84) bytes of data. 64 bytes from lab-lightning.sdsc.edu (198.202.79.48): icmp_req=1 ttl=253 time=0.728 ms ^C --- lab-lightning.sdsc.edu ping statistics --- 1 packets transmitted, 1 received, 0% packet loss, time 0ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.728/0.728/0.728/0.000 ms sour% snmpwalk -v 2c -c test lab-lightning.sdsc.edu sysName.0 SNMPv2-MIB::sysName.0 = STRING: "lab-lightning.sdsc.edu" thanks, -bn 0216331C

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Re: [Observium] all hosts down moved observium to a new server
by Adam Armstrong 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

That hostname doesnt match the database, or that host is disabled. Adam. Bao Nguyen <ngqbao(a)gmail.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Aggrgation, Nagios Check, Graph Caching
by Tobias Brunner 01 Jan '13

01 Jan '13

Hi, After using Observium for some time I have some ideas and questions: * Is it possible to create aggregated graphs? F.e. I'd like to aggregate all uplinks (which are on different routers) into one big graph (all uplinks as a single line, in one graph (overlay). And the traffic aggregated). * This could maybe end up in a Dashboard, which shows me an overview of what's going on in the network. (Aggregated Graphs, Top Ports, Recent Syslog, High Values, ...) * I'd like to check some values collected by Observium with Nagios to generate an Alert (F.e. the temperatures, dBm, ...). This could be a plugin like "check_observium <device> <type> <thresholds>". How can I access the raw data in Observium from outside? Is there something like this available, or does it need to be written? My main concern is to have just one tool which Polls the devices and get the collected data out of it. I don't want to have many tools which are all doing SNMP. One single tool should be enough. * How can I get the graphs out of Observium to display in another tool? * Are there any caching mechanisms for the Graphs? Everytime I hover over a link which creates a Pop-Up the graphs are being generated. What about caching the generated graphs for f.e. 5 minutes? Cheers and thanks a lot for this great tool! Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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Logstash and Observium
by Tobias Brunner 31 Dec '12

31 Dec '12

Hi everyone, We are using Logstash to collect Syslog messages from our network gear. Here is a way to send the collected messages to Observium: * Define a IOS filter in Logstash filter { ### IOS Grok grok { type => "syslog" pattern => [ "<%{POSINT:syslog_pri}>%{SYSLOGTIMESTAMP:syslog_timestamp} %{SYSLOGHOST:syslog_hostname} %{DATA:cisco_dummyvalue}: %{DATA:cisco_timestamp}: \%%{DATA:cisco_eventcode}: %{GREEDYDATA:syslog_message}" ] add_field => [ "received_at", "%{@timestamp}" ] add_field => [ "received_from", "%{@source_host}" ] } } * Add the following output to logstash: output { pipe { command => "/usr/bin/php /opt/observium/syslog.php" message_format => "%{@source_host}||%{syslog_facility}||%{syslog_severity_code}||%{syslog_severity}||00||%{@timestamp}||%{cisco_dummyvalue}: &{cisco_timestamp}: %%{cisco_eventcode}: %{@message}||cisco" } } As I did not find a way to convert the @timestamp field of Logstash to the needed format, there is one additional line in syslog.php needed: --- syslog.php.orig 2012-12-21 11:28:41.741696532 +0100 +++ syslog.php 2012-12-29 11:58:59.790246786 +0100 @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ { #logfile($line); list($entry['host'],$entry['facility'],$entry['priority'], $entry['level'], $entry['tag'], $entry['timestamp'], $entry['msg'], $entry['program']) = explode("||", trim($line)); + ## reformat timestamp + $entry['timestamp'] = date("Y-m-d H:i:s",strtotime($entry['timestamp'])); process_syslog($entry, 1); unset($entry); unset($line); $i++; And I was also not able to find a value for the fields "TAG" and "PROGRAM" for the message_format. So I hardcoded them as "OO" and "cisco". This works for me. Cheers, Tobias -- Nine Internet Solutions AG, Albisriederstr. 243a, CH-8047 Zuerich Support +41 44 637 40 40 | Tel +41 44 637 40 00 | Direct +41 44 637 40 13 Skype nine.ch_support

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

lol :-) Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 11:28:26PM -0600, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> It might be something that's changed recently, with adding sorting. >> >> Interesting that it claims you have zero devices/ports in the header too. > >I had a few minutes to look into this, today. After adding debugging >print statements to devices.inc.php and then looking to see why all >devices were failing devices_permitted, I discovered the problem: > >mysql> SELECT * FROM users; >+---------+----------+------------------------------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+ >| user_id | username | password | realname | email | descr | level | can_modify_passwd | >+---------+----------+------------------------------------+----------+-------+-------+-------+-------------------+ >| 1 | prox | (removed) | | | | 0 | 1 | > >I thought this was interesting, so I went back to the original terminal >capture of my installation, and saw this: > >(atlantis:20:31)# /opt/observium/adduser.php prox (removed) prox(a)prolixium.com >User prox added successfully >(atlantis:20:32)# > >Whoops! It looks like I failed to specify a user level but continued to >add arguments afterwards. My e-mail address didn't appear in the MySQL >DB (see above) and my privilege level defaulted to 0. I haven't looked >through the adduser.php code, but I suspect that it tried to interpret >my e-mail address as an integer: > >(atlantis:11:12)# ./adduser.php >Add User Tool >Usage: ./adduser.php <username> <password> <level 1-10> [email] > >I'm finally up and running and can see some pretty graphs that have >accumulated over the last few days ;) > >- Mark > >> >> adam. >> >> On 24/12/2012 22:29, Mark Kamichoff wrote: >> >Hi Adam - >> > >> >On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 07:09:42PM -0600, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> >>Put /debug/ on the end of the URL. >> >Well, that certainly produced some extra information. I think it boils >> >down to something happening between the MySQL query and getting the >> >output to the web UI. Here's what /devices/debug gives me: >> > >> >o http://www.prolixium.com/share/observium-devices-debug.pdf >> >o http://www.prolixium.com/share/observium-devices-debug.html >> > >> >I can run some of those queries directly on the MySQL command line and >> >get results consistent with what should be displayed by the web UI: >> > >> >mysql> SELECT COUNT(port_id) FROM `ports` WHERE `ifOperStatus` = 'down' AND `ifAdminStatus` = 'up' AND `ignore` = '0'; >> >+----------------+ >> >| COUNT(port_id) | >> >+----------------+ >> >| 13 | >> >+----------------+ >> >1 row in set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >mysql> SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE 1 ORDER BY hostname \G >> >*************************** 1. row *************************** >> > device_id: 3 >> > hostname: dax >> > sysName: dax.prolixium.com >> > community: <omitted> >> >[..output trimmed, but three devices are shown..] >> > >> >There are some errors that may be important, although PHP flags them as >> >warnings: >> > >> >Warning: sort() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /opt/observium/html/includes/functions.inc.php on line 738 >> > >> >Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /opt/observium/html/pages/devices.inc.php on line 120 >> > >> >The queries directly above these PHP messages in the debug output result >> >in no rows returned: >> > >> >mysql> SELECT D.device_id,location FROM devices AS D, devices_perms AS P WHERE D.device_id = P.device_id AND P.user_id = '1' GROUP BY location ORDER BY location; >> >Empty set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >mysql> SELECT attrib_type,attrib_value,device_id FROM devices_attribs WHERE attrib_type LIKE 'override_sysLocation%' ORDER BY attrib_type; >> >Empty set (0.00 sec) >> > >> >In the meantime, I'm going to add a few more random devices and see if I >> >can get one to display correctly.. >> > >> >Thanks! >> > >> >- Mark >> > >> >>Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>>Hi - >> >>> >> >>>Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >> >>>e-mails. >> >>> >> >>>I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >> >>>testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >> >>>with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >> >>>appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >> >>>added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. >> >>> >> >>>The three devices I've added are the following: >> >>> >> >>>o Juniper SRX100 >> >>>o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >> >>>o Linux x86_64 Host >> >>> >> >>>According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >> >>>devices are being polled: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >> >>>/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs >> >>> >> >>>I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >> >>>the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >> >>>issues: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >> >>>Checked 80 interfaces >> >>>0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. >> >>> >> >>>I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >> >>>populated correctly. >> >>> >> >>>The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: >> >>> >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png >> >>> >> >>>However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >> >>>table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: >> >>> >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png >> >>> >> >>>I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >> >>>might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >> >>>privilege level 10. >> >>> >> >>>The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >> >>>The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >> >>>will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: >> >>> >> >>>(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >> >>>-- Updating database schema >> >>>000 -> 001 ... done. >> >>>001 -> 002 ... done. >> >>>002 -> 003 ... done. >> >>>003 -> 004 ... done. >> >>>004 -> 005 ... done. >> >>>005 -> 006 ... done. >> >>>006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >> >>>007 -> 008 ... done. >> >>>[..snip..] >> >>>031 -> 032 ... done. >> >>>032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >> >>>033 -> 034 ... done. >> >>>[..snip..] >> >>>039 -> 040 ... done. >> >>>-- Done >> >>> >> >>>I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >> >>>is some package information: >> >>> >> >>>mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >> >>>libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >> >>>apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 >> >>> >> >>>There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >> >>>Observium virtual host. >> >>> >> >>>Is there anything else I should check? >> >>> >> >>>Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >> >>>at least). >> >>> >> >>>Thanks! >> >>> >> >>>- Mark >> >>> >> >>>-- >> >>>Mark Kamichoff >> >>>prox(a)prolixium.com >> >>>http://www.prolixium.com/ >> >>> >> >>>_______________________________________________ >> >>>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 > > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 29 Dec '12

29 Dec '12

Put /debug/ on the end of the URL. Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >Hi - > >Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >e-mails. > >I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. > >The three devices I've added are the following: > >o Juniper SRX100 >o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >o Linux x86_64 Host > >According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >devices are being polled: > >(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs > >I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >issues: > >(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >Checked 80 interfaces >0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. > >I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >populated correctly. > >The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png > >However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png > >I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >privilege level 10. > >The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: > >(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >-- Updating database schema >000 -> 001 ... done. >001 -> 002 ... done. >002 -> 003 ... done. >003 -> 004 ... done. >004 -> 005 ... done. >005 -> 006 ... done. >006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >007 -> 008 ... done. >[..snip..] >031 -> 032 ... done. >032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >033 -> 034 ... done. >[..snip..] >039 -> 040 ... done. >-- Done > >I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >is some package information: > >mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 > >There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >Observium virtual host. > >Is there anything else I should check? > >Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >at least). > >Thanks! > >- Mark > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] APC UPS Current Sensor
by Michael F. Kisser 27 Dec '12

27 Dec '12

Tom, Thanks for the reply. I did get more into the UPS's and they all show "Load Power % of Watts" Only the RT shows Load Current and also all show runtime remaining. Thanks, Mike ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:08:29 +0000 From: "Michael F. Kisser" <mike.kisser(a)railstream.biz> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] APC UPS Current Sensor Message-ID: <7863F40C09BE9941A578A8AC4AB48DE056EEA8BA(a)RSSERV02.railstream.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello all, I have the fallowing UPS's With APC 9617 Management cards Smart-UPS 1000 600.3.D Does not report Current draw Smart-UPS RT 2000 XL 801.3.D Everything works SMART-UPS 2200 80.11.D Does not report Current draw Everything else is reporting just not the draw on the other UPS's I have updated to APC Management Module AOS v3.7.3 / App v3.7.2 Can I Upgrade the Firmware on the UPS its self? Still Only the 2000 XL reports Current If I could ask it would be nice to see the Runtime on the UPS. Any sugestions on how to fix the current for the 1000 & 2200 UPS's I know there older UPS's but they work very well and was looking at getting more 1000's down the road but if I have to go with a newer UPS to get this to work that's ok to. Thanks, Mike

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APC UPS Current Sensor
by Michael F. Kisser 26 Dec '12

26 Dec '12

Hello all, I have the fallowing UPS's With APC 9617 Management cards Smart-UPS 1000 600.3.D Does not report Current draw Smart-UPS RT 2000 XL 801.3.D Everything works SMART-UPS 2200 80.11.D Does not report Current draw Everything else is reporting just not the draw on the other UPS's I have updated to APC Management Module AOS v3.7.3 / App v3.7.2 Can I Upgrade the Firmware on the UPS its self? Still Only the 2000 XL reports Current If I could ask it would be nice to see the Runtime on the UPS. Any sugestions on how to fix the current for the 1000 & 2200 UPS's I know there older UPS's but they work very well and was looking at getting more 1000's down the road but if I have to go with a newer UPS to get this to work that's ok to. Thanks, Mike

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Re: [Observium] Graphics
by Tom Laermans 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Be sure to check the faq page as well for common problems, and when that doesnt help, perhaps google for efficient ways of asking for help :/ Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Nikolay Shopik" <shopik(a)inblock.ru> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Graphics Date: Tue, Dec 25, 2012 12:27 Sure, there no need to google, everything is here http://observium.org/wiki/Installation just follow it and you'll be fine. On 25/12/12 15:07, ServisTURK - İlkay Karadam wrote: > Hi All, > > > > İ m newbie at observium. İ installed the observium and its working ok but > graphics doesn t work. İ earched the issue at the google but i didn t find > anything. Can anyone has check list or like that or how can i check what s > wrong my installation... thx. > > > > Saygılarımla > > > > İlkay Karadam > > ServisTURK Bilgi Teknolojileri San ve Tic Ltd Şti > > Ahmediye M. Halk C. Ekşi İş Merkezi No:35/4 > > Üsküdar/İstanbul > > Tel. 0216 530 36 84 Gsm. 0555 205 45 45 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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Graphics
by ServisTURK - İlkay Karadam 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Hi All, İ m newbie at observium. İ installed the observium and its working ok but graphics doesn t work. İ earched the issue at the google but i didn t find anything. Can anyone has check list or like that or how can i check what s wrong my installation... thx. Saygılarımla İlkay Karadam ServisTURK Bilgi Teknolojileri San ve Tic Ltd Şti Ahmediye M. Halk C. Ekşi İş Merkezi No:35/4 Üsküdar/İstanbul Tel. 0216 530 36 84 Gsm. 0555 205 45 45

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Re: [Observium] No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Adam Armstrong 25 Dec '12

25 Dec '12

Wtf oO Mark Kamichoff <prox(a)prolixium.com> wrote: >Hi - > >Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" >e-mails. > >I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian >testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions >with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't >appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully >added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. > >The three devices I've added are the following: > >o Juniper SRX100 >o FreeBSD x86_64 Host >o Linux x86_64 Host > >According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the >devices are being polled: > >(atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs >/opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs >/opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs > >I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks >the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring >issues: > >(atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php >Checked 80 interfaces >0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. > >I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be >populated correctly. > >The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png > >However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics >table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: > >http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png > >I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created >might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with >privilege level 10. > >The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. >The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 >will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: > >(atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php >-- Updating database schema >000 -> 001 ... done. >001 -> 002 ... done. >002 -> 003 ... done. >003 -> 004 ... done. >004 -> 005 ... done. >005 -> 006 ... done. >006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). >007 -> 008 ... done. >[..snip..] >031 -> 032 ... done. >032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). >033 -> 034 ... done. >[..snip..] >039 -> 040 ... done. >-- Done > >I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here >is some package information: > >mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 >libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 >apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 > >There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the >Observium virtual host. > >Is there anything else I should check? > >Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, >at least). > >Thanks! > >- Mark > >-- >Mark Kamichoff >prox(a)prolixium.com >http://www.prolixium.com/ > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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No Devices Shown in New Installation
by Mark Kamichoff 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Hi - Warning: Here's another one of the "I installed it but it doesn't work!" e-mails. I recently setup Observium (SVN from Dec 23, 2012) on a Debian testing/unstable x86_64-based host. I followed all of the instructions with the exception of the installation of libvirt packages (I don't appear to have a need for it) and although I appear to have successfully added devices, none of them show up in the web UI. The three devices I've added are the following: o Juniper SRX100 o FreeBSD x86_64 Host o Linux x86_64 Host According to observium.log the cron jobs are running fine and the devices are being polled: (atlantis:16:44)# tail -n 8 observium.log /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:25 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 0 devices discovered in 0.001 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:30 - 3 devices polled in 21.46 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:35 - 3 devices polled in 21.41 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 0 devices discovered in 0.002 secs /opt/observium/poller.php all December 24, 2012, 16:40 - 3 devices polled in 21.97 secs /opt/observium/discovery.php new December 24, 2012, 16:45 - 0 devices discovered in 0.000 secs I'm not sure exactly what check-errors.php does (maybe it just checks the RRDs), but it seems to indicate that there aren't any glaring issues: (atlantis:16:45)# ./check-errors.php Checked 80 interfaces 0 interfaces with errors over the past 5 minutes. I even looked in the MySQL DB and the `devices` table seems to be populated correctly. The problem is that the web UI doesn't show any devices: http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-devices.png However, if I navigate to System -> About Observium, the statistics table shows devices, interfaces, CPUs, etc.: http://www.prolixium.com/share/screens/observium-stats.png I've got to be missing something obvious. I thought the user I created might not have sufficient privileges, but I created the user "prox" with privilege level 10. The only thing that did not go 100% as expected was the DB schema load. The instructions indicated that errors in the SQL revisions /up to/ 006 will be expected, but I saw two errors past revision 006: (atlantis:18:06)# php includes/sql-schema/update.php -- Updating database schema 000 -> 001 ... done. 001 -> 002 ... done. 002 -> 003 ... done. 003 -> 004 ... done. 004 -> 005 ... done. 005 -> 006 ... done. 006 -> 007 ... done (1 errors). 007 -> 008 ... done. [..snip..] 031 -> 032 ... done. 032 -> 033 ... done (2 errors). 033 -> 034 ... done. [..snip..] 039 -> 040 ... done. -- Done I'm not sure if this is minor or something to be concerned about. Here is some package information: mysql-server-5.5 5.5.24+dfsg-9 libapache2-mod-php5 5.4.4-10 apache2-mpm-prefork 2.2.22-12 There appear to be no PHP errors in the Apache error log I setup for the Observium virtual host. Is there anything else I should check? Oh, I'm using Google Chrome 23.0.1271.101 on MacOS 10.8 (at the moment, at least). Thanks! - Mark -- Mark Kamichoff prox(a)prolixium.com http://www.prolixium.com/

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Cisco MPLS networks with pseudowires
by Adam Armstrong 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

All, I'm looking at rewriting the Cisco pseudowire code, as it basically doesn't work properly at all. Do any of you have a small network using pseudowires (MPLS and/or L2TPv3) you don't mind giving SNMP access to, or a bunch of spare lab routers you could spare for a while to put up a test network? Only Cisco is really relevant at the moment, as the MIBs for doing this are vendor specific! :( Thanks, adam.

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syslog date error
by Stefan Milo 24 Dec '12

24 Dec '12

Hi I've got syslog working like a charm... My devices are logging to my observium installation and the /syslog page are displaying everything nicely. But today something weird happened. The time is now 11:18 on december the 20th. But on the syslog page it says: Recent Syslog Messages 20th Dec 23:59:55 fw10 FILTERDNS : host_dns: failed looking up "CBB": hostname nor servname provided, or not known If i take a look in the database, the last syslog message is this one: 7 1 4 4 filterdns: 2012-12-20 11:15:03 FILTERDNS host_dns: failed looking up "TMP": hostname nor s... 1987 What's going on? :) BR Stefan Milo

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