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Re: [Observium] How to add linux server?
by Adam Armstrong 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Services are deprecated. The code is still there because it would take time to remove. Do not use it. We have plans to implement better alerting in the future, but there is always a shortage of time. Adam. Andrey Lebedev <alg(a)condensa.ru> wrote: >On 2012-09-25 23:05:51 +0100, John Broome said: > >> I prefer my car, but that doesn't mean I'm going to use it to open a >> can of beans. I use the tool that's designed to do what I want, >> reliably. And if the creators of the software say it's not meant to >> be used for service monitoring I'm going to take their word for it. > >Hmm ... interesting that the author wanted to say a demo of their >product. Maybe this is a joke? >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=34/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=7/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/device/device=6/tab=services/ >http://demo.observium.org/ >kermit >Service Down >ssh > >It's no "service monitoring"? >Ok. :) > > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] How to add linux server?
by Adam Armstrong 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

I think you misunderstand Occam's razor. We do not do up/down monitoring, no more than cacti or Mrtg do. Adam. Andrey Lebedev <alg(a)condensa.ru> wrote: >On 2012-09-25 21:45:12 +0100, Paul Cupis said: > >> "Observium is not intended to replace an up/down alerting system, but >> rather to complement it with an easy to manage, intuitive representation >> of historical and current performance statistics, configuration >> visualisation and syslog capture." > >Do not see any logic. >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_razor >IMHO. > >But observium is preferd for me (over nagios or zabbix). > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 25 Sep '12

25 Sep '12

Hi all, Sorry. 1) Offtopic. I unfortunately do not get your answers via mail. And look at them through http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2012-September/thread.html How do I reply to this thread - but do not start a new topic every time? I have long lost touch (and forgotten) how to use mailing lists - last it was 10 years ago. 2) For monitoring unix servers use snmp? I do not understand a bit - but then why in wiki talk about the unix- agent. I saw that to unix-agent in any way no related to snmp. In my look this product have a lot of undocumented features that are unclear how they work. Regards, Andrey

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hi all! Sorry for the newbie question. I just Installed Observium. Connected to many snmpv3 network devices - Cisco, Extreme, Juniper ... I'm fine. I'm happy with everything. Now I want to connect my first Linux server. But I find no documentation - how? I installed check_mk_agent on linux. root@monitoring:/opt/observium# telnet x.x.x.60 6556 | head Trying x.x.x.60... Connected to x.x.x.60. Escape character is '^]'. <<<check_mk>>> Version: 1.2.0p2 AgentOS: linux PluginsDirectory: /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/plugins LocalDirectory: /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local AgentDirectory: /etc/check_mk OnlyFrom: 127.0.0.1 x.x.x.61 I do not know what to do next? Thank you for your help. Regards, Andrey

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

+screenshot Only snmp devices: http://s11.postimage.org/6izs930cj/Picture_478.png

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How to add linux server?
by Andrey Lebedev 24 Sep '12

24 Sep '12

Hello Paul , Thanks for the help, but I do not understand what you are saying (about web-interface). I do not have anything on the screen. I send the link to screenshot. http://s12.postimage.org/oddm5vdbx/Picture_477.png root@monitoring:/opt/observium# cat config.php | tail -f $config['poller_modules']['unix-agent'] = 1; ?> root@monitoring:/opt/observium# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart * Restarting web server apache2 ... waiting ...done.

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Re: [Observium] SSD for better performance
by Adam Armstrong 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

The maths and specs suggest a modern SSD should survive observium workload for quite a while, but I'm still worried about the random failure rate and the likelyhood that individual cells get worn out. In general SSDs are such a strange tech, there's almost no way to really improve them except with fancy controller hacks, the flash itself is a dead end tech. Good luck :-) Adam Cushard Michael <mcc(a)us.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] SSD for better performance
by Adam Armstrong 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

I would recommend dumping the data to a real disk occasionally, as observium/rrd-style workloads are pretty hard on flash-based storage. I have SSDs in my workstations, but I'm not sure if I'd trust them in a server quite yet. Please report back if/when it breaks :-) Adam. Cushard Michael <mcc(a)us.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] port ignore partly fails on large number of ports
by Adam Armstrong 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Haha. Glad it works :-) We should add that to the docs somewhere! Adam. Maarten De Wispelaere <maarten.dewispelaere(a)intec.ugent.be> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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port ignore partly fails on large number of ports
by Maarten De Wispelaere 19 Sep '12

19 Sep '12

Hi, I recently discovered the following : When trying to set "Ignore" status on switches with large number of ports (eg. force10 e1200 or c300 chassis), the setting doesn't get saved for some of the ports. More specific, at the end of the list. This is what I did : Toggle all -> removed the toggle from the mgmt interface -> then save What happens: Most ports get "ignored" status, part of them don't After getting the status, they again have a 'not-ignored-status' (checkbox not checked). If I check them again & press save -> same issue. Seems like the checkboxes only get processed to a certain number of items ? Does this sound familiar ? Thanks in advance, Maarten De Wispelaere Department of Information Technology Internet Based Communication Networks and Services (IBCN) Ghent University - IBBT Gaston Crommenlaan 8 Bus 201, B-9050 Gent, Belgium E-mail: maarten.dewispelaere(a)intec.UGent.be Tel. +32 (0)9 33 14979 Fax +32 (0)9 33 14899

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Accurate Graphs in Billing are probably not so accurate
by Matthias Cramer 18 Sep '12

18 Sep '12

Hi I've noticed two things in the "Accurate" graphs in the Billing part: 1. Are Interface counter overflows or equipment reboot) probably not catched? - I see very high spikes (200 Gbps and more) on a 1G interface sometimes in sometimes out, but not at the same time. the quick graphs are ok 2. If I monitore more tha one interface for billing (Unfotunately one of the is down) the accurate graps are at leaset 1000 times to high... Atached some graphs... I runn lates svn (0.12.9.3378). Any ideas ? Regards Matthias -- Matthias Cramer / mc322-ripe Senior Network & Security Engineer iway AG Phone +41 43 500 1111 Badenerstrasse 569 Fax +41 44 271 3535 CH-8048 Zürich http://www.iway.ch/ GnuPG 1024D/2D208250 = DBC6 65B6 7083 1029 781E 3959 B62F DF1C 2D20 8250

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Eaton Powerware UPS
by Aaron Maurer 17 Sep '12

17 Sep '12

Hi all, First time poster here. We use observium here at our office and think it is a great program. We were interested in having observium read SNMP information from our Powerware 9130 UPS's. Currently observium can't identify them. We were wondering if there was any interest in the community to write a snmp module to read from the Powerwares. The documentation for the SNMP values is posted in the PDF files which I can provide. If there is positive interest for anyone on helping take this on I can also provide SNMP walks of my Eatons. Here is a snippet of the first few lines of SNMP information: SNMPv2-MIB::sysDescr.0 = STRING: Powerware 9130 3000 SNMPv2-MIB::sysObjectID.0 = OID: SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.705.1 DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance = Timeticks: (2144221738) 248 days, 4:10:17.38 Thank you, Aaron Maurer Diversified Business Systems Inc. Office: 440-942-6961 Fax: 440-942-5819 amaurer(a)dbsinet.com http://www.dbsinet.com

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Re: [Observium] Checkpoint Firewall Support?
by Steve Costaras 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Doing some more digging here, it appears UCD-SNMP-MIB values for ssCpuUser (system & idle) are being populated correctly from checkpoint utm/splat deployments. But other items like interrupts, etc are working. The cpu values appear to be stored in the checkpoint enterprise mib: -- CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcIndex.1.0 = INTEGER: 1 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcIndex.2.0 = INTEGER: 2 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcUserTime.1.0 = INTEGER: 0 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcUserTime.2.0 = INTEGER: 1 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcSystemTime.1.0 = INTEGER: 100 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcSystemTime.2.0 = INTEGER: 2 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcIdleTime.1.0 = INTEGER: 0 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcIdleTime.2.0 = INTEGER: 97 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcUsage.1.0 = INTEGER: 100 CHECKPOINT-MIB::multiProcUsage.2.0 = INTEGER: 3 -- Found the current version of the mib as well as a checkpoint 32x32 graphic that can be added to the project (attached) in case someone has more time to play with it than I do. I'm still trying to wrap my head around the coding here to update this for first, base OS (per-cpu) utilization, then expand on it to something similar to the ASA firewall tab. Also it appears that the vendor has an issue with the netsnmp package supplied with the default media 5.0.9) but they do have an update package (5.3.1). This at least provides for cpu enumeration but still no stats (per above).

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Re: [Observium] Strange graph
by Adam Armstrong 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

This is probably because the device frequently returns invalid data. A common problem with tacked systems like the 3750 and VSS. Adam. Nicolas COULIN <nicolas.coulin(a)kleegroup.com> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Strange graph
by Nicolas COULIN 04 Sep '12

04 Sep '12

Hi, Graphs for my stack was not correct. I have 4 swtich in stack. And observium return values very strange. 500Go by interface.... :/ Cisco IOS Software, C3750 Software (C3750-IPBASEK9-M), Version 15.0(2)SE, I have the last svn update on centos 6.2 I test to delete the host, delete rrd directory, and add my host. But the problem come back. I don't understand why. Thanks [Logo Kleegroup] Klee Group is a great place to work - Il fait bon travailler ? Klee Group

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No more graphs after upgrade
by Max Leon 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Hello, I have a problem I had revision 3049, due to a small problem displaying the heath status of the drives I updated to HEAD and immediatly run ./discovery.php -h new. All functionality seems to be there but I have no new graphs, any ideas on how to troubleshoot/fix this problem? Thank you. Max Leon

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Re: [Observium] [Patch] Collectd v5 Apache fix
by Adam Armstrong 03 Sep '12

03 Sep '12

Please to be not distributing broken patches. Adam. Chris Bennett <chris(a)ceegeebee.com> wrote: >Hi Tom, > >> I presume this breaks users who still use collectd <5? > >Yep, treat the email & bug submission as a report of the problem and >ignore the patch, to fix this properly. I'm just putting it out into >the public so others might find this when they are troubleshooting the >same problem :) > >Regards, > >Chris >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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[Patch] Collectd v5 Apache fix
by Chris Bennett 02 Sep '12

02 Sep '12

Hi there, I noticed collectd graphing of Apache graphs is broken after Collectd released version 5 of their software. The data source name has changed from 'value' to 'count'. See attached patch. I've also filed a bug report with the patch: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-122 Regards, Chris

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Observirum Graphs ere empty
by Nicolas COULIN 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Hi, I have install Observium since few days, and all my graphs are empty. Rrd files are present on folder. I don't understand why. I use centos 6.2. Thanks. [Logo Kleegroup] Klee Group is a great place to work - Il fait bon travailler ? Klee Group

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Re: [Observium] Observirum Graphs ere empty
by Adam Armstrong 27 Aug '12

27 Aug '12

Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: >Hi, > >You probably didn't do it right. > >Unfortunately, "my graphs are empty" doesn't gives us a lot of >information. > >Tom > >On Mon, 2012-08-27 at 09:57 +0000, Nicolas COULIN wrote: >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I have install Observium since few days, and all my graphs are empty. >> >> >> >> Rrd files are present on folder. >> >> >> >> I don’t understand why. >> >> I use centos 6.2. >> >> >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> Logo Kleegroup >> Klee Group is a great place to work – Il fait bon travailler à Klee >> Group >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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openBSD
by Miguel Alejandro González 26 Aug '12

26 Aug '12

Hello Can I monitor a machine with OpenBSD with Observium??? Regards!

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Help with vmware
by Pavel Ondřej 22 Aug '12

22 Aug '12

Hello, Can you help me please? How can I connect observium to ESXI5 Thank you for greet program. Pavel

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Re: [Observium] Checkpoint Firewall Support?
by Steve Costaras 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

I do have some older nokia systems (IP380's, IP530's, and I think an IP740) laying around somewhere, but most of the new systems are using Secure Platform (R65, R70, R71, R75) versions and/or UTM's (basically the same thing, they all RedHat Enterprise v5.4 9(2.6.18 kernel) slimmed down with an extra checkpoint mib tree for items outside the base OS). We also have some provider-1 deployments (management station) but that I would consider future if anything. If you know enough about handling the observium code itself I can try helping on the checkpoint side. I have some systems here to test against as well. Steve >-----Original Message----- >From: Rob J. Epping [mailto:rob.epping@gmail.com] >Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 04:17 AM >To: stevecs(a)chaven.com, 'Observium Network Observation System' >Subject: Re: [Observium] Checkpoint Firewall Support? > >Hi, > >On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Steve Costaras <stevecs(a)chaven.com> wrote: >> >> I'm just starting to look at observium for some monitoring. I see that it supports cisco based firewalls (ASA/PIX) but it does not currently support checkpoint. >> >> Checkpoint mainly runs on top of redhat linux. I'm able to get the general linux stats but not the firewall specific stats (connections/vpn/etc) similar to what's available with the cisco asa support. >> >> Basically, I'm asking if anyone has managed to get this to work. Or barring that, any information as to how to add support? > >I have some patches to submit. But these are for Nokia IP-platform with IPSO. > >Anything particular that interests you? >-- >GRTNX, >RobJE >

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solaris 10 / net-snmp not getting cpu stats
by Steve Costaras 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Still testing with various devices here, found an interesting issue. I have a M3000 sun box with solaris 10 on it, which gets added fine and most of the graphs appear to be eyeball correct, however am NOT stats for cpu utilization. The sun box is using net-snmp (included w/ solaris 10)(not the older sun snmpd daemon) which was the default with older systems. doing a manual walk I DO get stats: $ snmpwalk -v2c -c XXXX XXXXX 1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.1.0 = INTEGER: 1 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.2.0 = STRING: "systemStats" iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.3.0 = INTEGER: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.4.0 = INTEGER: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.5.0 = INTEGER: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.6.0 = INTEGER: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.7.0 = INTEGER: 507 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.8.0 = INTEGER: 259 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.9.0 = INTEGER: 1 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.10.0 = INTEGER: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.11.0 = INTEGER: 99 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.50.0 = Counter32: 1190528 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.52.0 = Counter32: 330481 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.53.0 = Counter32: 136097671 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.54.0 = Counter32: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.55.0 = Counter32: 330481 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.57.0 = Counter32: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.58.0 = Counter32: 0 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.59.0 = Counter32: 898868894 iso.3.6.1.4.1.2021.11.60.0 = Counter32: 736460424 so it is showing ticks. but I don't see that mib tree being referenced by doing a poller debug at all? is the solaris support only for perhaps the old snmp (solaris) version which has the entries in a different tree?

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Re: [Observium] Switchmap integration
by Adam Armstrong 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

:-D Nikolay Shopik <shopik(a)inblock.ru> wrote: >Adam, just use two words - world domination > >On 15.08.2012 21:37, Adam Armstrong wrote: >> Almost everything that switchmap and netdisco does is on our long-term >> wish list, it's just a matter of finding time and resources to develop >> it all. >> >> We also would prefer to use our own code to generate the configs and >> "smokeping" stats too, as integration is a little one way and suboptimal >> to configure. >> >> adam. >> >> >> On 15/08/2012 17:59, Cushard Michael wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Netdisco does have move features and is an all-around more complete >>> solution, but for me personally it was overkill. Switchmap is just a >>> few simple scripts you schedule and it pulls all the data into csv >>> files, then creates simple html files based on the csv data and has a >>> script for seaching through all the generated pages. It's pretty fast >>> as well. I can do roughly 10000 ports in under 30 minutes with it over >>> some pretty terrible WAN links. I currently have a Switchmap link in >>> our Observium installation as a custom menu item, but tighter >>> integration (of something) would obviously be better. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Michael >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: observium-bounces(a)observium.org >>> [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Michael Robbert >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 8:35 AM >>> To: observium(a)observium.org >>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Switchmap integration >>> >> Michael, >> How does Switchmap compare to Netdisco and/or SNMPInfo (The set of >> libraries that Netdisco uses)? Netdisco stores its data in a database >> that could be queried. We use Netdisco and I might be convinced to >> take a look at this kind of integration. I am not a core developer for >> either project so I can't say anything about its acceptance in the >> code base. I do think that it would have to be a plug-in of some type >> not a core feature. Both Swiitchmap and Netdisco are mostly Perl while >> Observium is mostly PHP. I see them as being separate projects, but >> Observium could have a configuration telling it to look at another >> database for more info to display. >> As a side note I'm surprised that I've never heard of Switchmap >> before. We work often with the Network engineers at NCAR/UCAR that >> wrote it. They manage the consortium that is our connection to the >> internet. >> >> Mike Robbert >> >> >> On 8/14/12 9:39 PM, Cushard Michael wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> Switchmap (http://sourceforge.net/projects/switchmap) is a most >>>>> excellent little utility written in perl. It goes out to all your >>>>> configured switches utilizing SNMP and pulls all the ARP and MAC >>>>> tables from them, and builds static HTML pages for each switch with >>>>> tables that list port number, speed, duplex, CDP neighbor >>>>> information, MAC address(es), IP address(es), and the fqdn(s) of >>>>> the device(s) seen on the ports at the time of polling. It also >>>>> provides a rudimentary search function that lets you search through >>>>> all the hosts to find which switch port across all your switches a >>>>> particular host was last seen on. This is very handy when you have >>>>> a large number of switches and ports and you need to go "hunting". >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Now I may be having a UTS moment here, and if I am please correct >>>>> me, but while Observium seems to have something similar, it doesn't >>>>> appear to go to the depth that Switchmap does to actually tell you >>>>> what host(s) are actually connected to what switch ports by >>>>> utilizing the switches ARP and MAC tables. >>>>> >>>>> What would make Observium - and Switchmap - even better would be if >>>>> there was integration between the two, similar to the SmokePing or >>>>> RANCID integration. Switchmap stores all its polled data for each >>>>> switch in separate CSV files, there doesn't seem to be anything >>>>> mysterious going on as far as data storage is concerned. What would >>>>> it take to make a "Switchmap" tab in Observium under a device that >>>>> lists this data, similar to the way RANCID has a "config" tab and >>>>> SmokePing has a "Ping" tab that is integrated into Observium? >>>>> >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Michael >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ 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

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Re: [Observium] Missing TenGigabit interfaces on Cisco WC-C4900M
by Adam Armstrong 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Interfaces are polled via IF-MIB. Almost every device is identical for that. Either you switch is not exposing these interfaces in snmp or they are being filtered. Try running discovery in debug for that host. Adam. Per Jorgensen <pej(a)combox.dk> wrote: >Hi all > >First of all thank to the team of developer for making this program, and making it better and better everyday, >love the look and ease of use. > >But I have run into a problem with a Tengigabit ethernet device I newly added into my Observium v. 0.12.8.3360. >it seems that every thing get detected alright, except all the TenGigabitEthernet, interfaces dont show up >anywhere in Observium, all other interfaces on that device gets detectet allright, and I can see the >interfaces in the ports tab on the device, but not the TenGengigabit interfaces. btw: the device is a >Cisco WS-C4900M > >Is that because Cisco WS-C4900M is not a supported device , or should I do some config changes to get >TenGigabitEthernet to work ? > >if the WC-C4900M is not supported, how can I then contribute with information on the device , and help to >then this device supported ? > >Best Regards >Per Jorgensen >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graphs only work when debuging
by Tom Laermans 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

See faq entry about whitespace in your config file. Sent from my mobile, please excuse brevity and spelling errors. ----- Reply message ----- From: "Brian Morgan" <bluedogs(a)gmail.com> To: "Observium Network Observation System" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Graphs only work when debuging Date: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 14:34 Hello, On a fresh install of observium on ubuntu 12.04 (LAMP) we are having issues with the graphs not showing up. The graphs display as a broken image icon. If you access the image url directly that is loading /graph.php?.... you still get a broken image. But when you try to debug the issue, (we append &debug=1 to the url) the image displays correctly. Turning on debuging on the parent page yields no useful data, and the graphs are still broken images, but we assume that is because the debug variable isn't passed down to the image url. The graphs are getting generated in the /tmp directory and have valid data. I am at a loss of where to look to figure out what we either forgot to do or have misconfigured. Subversion shows that we are upto date at version 3360 Thank you, Brian _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Graphs only work when debuging
by Adam Armstrong 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Reinstall and follow the guide properly. Adam. Brian Morgan <bluedogs(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hello, >On a fresh install of observium on ubuntu 12.04 (LAMP) we are having >issues with the graphs not showing up. >The graphs display as a broken image icon. > >If you access the image url directly that is loading /graph.php?.... >you still get a broken image. >But when you try to debug the issue, (we append &debug=1 to the url) >the image displays correctly. >Turning on debuging on the parent page yields no useful data, and the >graphs are still broken images, >but we assume that is because the debug variable isn't passed down to >the image url. > >The graphs are getting generated in the /tmp directory and have valid data. > >I am at a loss of where to look to figure out what we either forgot to >do or have misconfigured. > >Subversion shows that we are upto date at version 3360 > >Thank you, >Brian >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Graphs only work when debuging
by Brian Morgan 14 Aug '12

14 Aug '12

Hello, On a fresh install of observium on ubuntu 12.04 (LAMP) we are having issues with the graphs not showing up. The graphs display as a broken image icon. If you access the image url directly that is loading /graph.php?.... you still get a broken image. But when you try to debug the issue, (we append &debug=1 to the url) the image displays correctly. Turning on debuging on the parent page yields no useful data, and the graphs are still broken images, but we assume that is because the debug variable isn't passed down to the image url. The graphs are getting generated in the /tmp directory and have valid data. I am at a loss of where to look to figure out what we either forgot to do or have misconfigured. Subversion shows that we are upto date at version 3360 Thank you, Brian

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Re: [Observium] Checkpoint Firewall Support?
by Adam Armstrong 13 Aug '12

13 Aug '12

The code is the documentation, mostly. Adam. Steve Costaras <stevecs(a)chaven.com> wrote: > >I'm just starting to look at observium for some monitoring. I see that it supports cisco based firewalls (ASA/PIX) but it does not currently support checkpoint. > >Checkpoint mainly runs on top of redhat linux. I'm able to get the general linux stats but not the firewall specific stats (connections/vpn/etc) similar to what's available with the cisco asa support. > >Basically, I'm asking if anyone has managed to get this to work. Or barring that, any information as to how to add support? > > >Steve > > > >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Post saturation warnings / alerts disabled ?
by Maarten De Wispelaere 10 Aug '12

10 Aug '12

Dear all, For some reason, I'm getting Port saturation threshold warnings for ports on a switch where I have disabled 'alerting' for that specific port. Is that normal ? Or some kind of bug ? I'm new to Observium, so I can't compare to previous versions. Thanks in advance, Maarten De Wispelaere IBCN - Ghent University

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Re: [Observium] Observium Not logged in!
by BREUVART Jean-Jacques 08 Aug '12

08 Aug '12

I’ve try with Opera, Firefox and IE and having the same problem. Cordialement, greatings. Jean-Jacques Breuvart (75.42.39) P Please consider the environmental impact of needlessly printing this e-mail. De : observium-bounces(a)observium.org [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] De la part de Dan Draghici Envoyé : mardi 7 août 2012 13:17 À : 'Observium Network Observation System' Objet : Re: [Observium] Observium Not logged in! Try a different browser ? I too, noticed some display problems on IE. Dan From: observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org> [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of BREUVART Jean-Jacques Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 2:09 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Observium Not logged in! I’ve installed a new server under Ubuntu server like describe in the documentation. I’ve create a user (adduser) I’ve create a host (addhost), running discovery and poller without error. But, when I try to connect I’ve no login page, only the logo Observium and in the top right “ Widescreen | Not logged in!” Any idea ? Jean-Jacques Breuvart Ce message provient d’un cabinet d’avocats et contient des informations confidentielles protégées par le secret professionnel. Au cas où il ne vous serait pas destiné, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous en aviser immédiatement et de le supprimer. Gide Loyrette Nouel ne peut être tenu responsable en cas de modification d’un message électronique ou d’une pièce jointe sans son accord écrit. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. fait partie de Gide Loyrette Nouel, un cabinet d’avocats international ayant ses bureaux à Alger, Bruxelles, Bucarest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Hô Chi Minh Ville, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kiev, Londres, Moscou, New York, Paris, Pékin, Saint-Pétersbourg, Shanghai, Tunis et Varsovie. Une liste des associés de chaque bureau vous sera fournie sur demande. This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. Gide Loyrette Nouel is not liable if an e-mail or attachment is altered without its written consent. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. is part of Gide Loyrette Nouel, an international law firm, with offices in Algiers, Beijing, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Saint Petersburg, Shanghai, Tunis and Warsaw. A list of partners at each office can be provided upon request. Ce message provient d’un cabinet d’avocats et contient des informations confidentielles protégées par le secret professionnel. Au cas où il ne vous serait pas destiné, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous en aviser immédiatement et de le supprimer. Gide Loyrette Nouel ne peut être tenu responsable en cas de modification d’un message électronique ou d’une pièce jointe sans son accord écrit. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. fait partie de Gide Loyrette Nouel, un cabinet d’avocats international ayant ses bureaux à Alger, Bruxelles, Bucarest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Hô Chi Minh Ville, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kiev, Londres, Moscou, New York, Paris, Pékin, Saint-Pétersbourg, Shanghai, Tunis et Varsovie. Une liste des associés de chaque bureau vous sera fournie sur demande. This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. Gide Loyrette Nouel is not liable if an e-mail or attachment is altered without its written consent. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. is part of Gide Loyrette Nouel, an international law firm, with offices in Algiers, Beijing, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Saint Petersburg, Shanghai, Tunis and Warsaw. A list of partners at each office can be provided upon request.

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Re: [Observium] adding IPv6-only hosts fails
by Adam Armstrong 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Well, I'm just about to go off to mexico for a few months, so not until after that. :-) Adam. Job Snijders <job(a)instituut.net> wrote: >Adam, > >On 7 aug. 2012, at 22:18, Adam Armstrong wrote: > >> On 07/08/2012 21:17, Moerman, Maarten wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> root@irime:/opt/observium# ./addhost.php pi2.meerval.net >>>> hey_adam_come_drink_beer_in_amsterdam >>> When will you actually be coming to drink beer in Amsterdam? >> >> Are you offering free aklompendation? > >Yes, if I'm in the country and nothing weird comes up you can crash at my place. No problem, no english breakfast. :-) > >When are we dating? > >Kind regards, > >Job >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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adding IPv6-only hosts fails
by Job Snijders 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

Hi all, I'm trying to add a cute little device which only has static IPv6 address. But it fails for some reason which might have something to do with that legacy IPv4 protocol. root@irime:/opt/observium# dig +short pi2.meerval.net root@irime:/opt/observium# dig +short aaaa pi2.meerval.net 2001:67c:208c:10:821f:2ff:fe4b:3932 root@irime:/opt/observium# root@irime:/opt/observium# ./addhost.php pi2.meerval.net hey_adam_come_drink_beer_in_amsterdam Could not resolve pi2.meerval.net Could not resolve pi2.meerval.net Could not resolve pi2.meerval.net Could not resolve pi2.meerval.net Observium v0.12.7.3353 Add Host Tool Usage (SNMPv1/2c): ./addhost.php <hostname> [community] [v1|v2c] [port] [udp|udp6|tcp|tcp6] Usage (SNMPv3) : Config Defaults : ./addhost.php <hostname> any v3 [user] [port] [udp|udp6|tcp|tcp6] No Auth, No Priv : ./addhost.php <hostname> nanp v3 [user] [port] [udp|udp6|tcp|tcp6] Auth, No Priv : ./addhost.php <hostname> anp v3 <user> <password> [md5|sha] [port] [udp|udp6|tcp|tcp6] Auth, Priv : ./addhost.php <hostname> ap v3 <user> <password> <enckey> [md5|sha] [aes|dsa] [port] [udp|udp6|tcp|tcp6] Remember to run discovery for the host afterwards. Kind regards, Job

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Observium Not logged in!
by BREUVART Jean-Jacques 07 Aug '12

07 Aug '12

I've installed a new server under Ubuntu server like describe in the documentation. I've create a user (adduser) I've create a host (addhost), running discovery and poller without error. But, when I try to connect I've no login page, only the logo Observium and in the top right " Widescreen | Not logged in!" Any idea ? Jean-Jacques Breuvart Ce message provient d’un cabinet d’avocats et contient des informations confidentielles protégées par le secret professionnel. Au cas où il ne vous serait pas destiné, nous vous remercions de bien vouloir nous en aviser immédiatement et de le supprimer. Gide Loyrette Nouel ne peut être tenu responsable en cas de modification d’un message électronique ou d’une pièce jointe sans son accord écrit. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. fait partie de Gide Loyrette Nouel, un cabinet d’avocats international ayant ses bureaux à Alger, Bruxelles, Bucarest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Hô Chi Minh Ville, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kiev, Londres, Moscou, New York, Paris, Pékin, Saint-Pétersbourg, Shanghai, Tunis et Varsovie. Une liste des associés de chaque bureau vous sera fournie sur demande. This e-mail is sent by a law firm and may contain information that is privileged or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail and any attachments and notify us immediately. Gide Loyrette Nouel is not liable if an e-mail or attachment is altered without its written consent. Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. is part of Gide Loyrette Nouel, an international law firm, with offices in Algiers, Beijing, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Casablanca, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Kyiv, London, Moscow, New York, Paris, Saint Petersburg, Shanghai, Tunis and Warsaw. A list of partners at each office can be provided upon request.

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Alert emails not working
by Shekhar Basnet 05 Aug '12

05 Aug '12

Hello List, I used to get emails of alerts (including BGP, temperature) but not anymore. I keep on doing SVN updates every week. I noticed that the emails were not coming after many updates. I've not changed any settings. I wonder what is wrong. I have set SNMP contact as 'netadmin' in all my routers. Observium was sending emails to this alias. Anybody knows how to fix this? Current version is as below:- Apache: 2.2.3 (CentOS) PHP: 5.1.6 MySQL: 5.0.77 RRDtool: 1.4.5 Observium: 0.12.8.3358 Config.php is as below:- ### ADDED - Alert Settings $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = NULL; ## Default alert recipient $config['alerts']['email']['default_only'] = FALSE; ## Only use default recipient $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = TRUE; ## Enable email alerts #$config['alerts']['port']['ifdown'] = TRUE; ## Generate alerts for ports that go down

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Installation help with menu items
by Dave Badia 03 Aug '12

03 Aug '12

Hi - I have a new installation of observium running on apache on gentoo. When I go to the main page (http://myserver/observium/html/) it looks similar to the demo and I see the data. But, when I click on the menu items, they don't work. For example, if I click on Locations I get The requested URL /index.php/locations// was not found on this server. Any ideas as to what I've configured incorrectly? Thanks Dave

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Cisco 2900 Router VRF display Issue
by Moermond, Timothy 02 Aug '12

02 Aug '12

Hi, I have situation where Observium shows VRF information for all of my 2800 series routers but not my 2900 series router. Also the config tab is not showing up either from the rancid integration, but it does for all of my 2800 series routers. I have removed and added the router back but that did not seem to change anything. All of other information appears to be displaying and rancid is pulling the configuration without any issues. Has anyone run into this? The 2900 is running IOS ver. 15.0(1)M3. Tim

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Recent changes on the billing pages - CPU hogging of poll-billing.php
by Erik Bais 31 Jul '12

31 Jul '12

Hi, I would like to start with that the recent changes look really good on the billing pages. Excellent job, I like it. Over the last few weeks minor changes have been done to these pages and I was wondering if anything was also done to the file: /opt/observium/poll-billing.php or the tables used for it. That process currently takes about 40 minutes on our environment, while I hoped that upgrading to an Equillogic with 16 SAS drives with RAID10 for more IOPS would fix the issue, while it did improve a bit, the result is the similar. Could it be that there are indices missing? Or is there something else which could be done that might improve this? I can create some indices myself to see if things improve in a shadow environment, but I'm not sure if that would break things with future SVN update's if done in production ? Regards, Erik Bais >From the mysql-slow-query log: # User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.002977 Lock_time: 0.000189 Rows_sent: 2 Rows_examined: 278 SET timestamp=1343723771; SELECT * FROM `bill_ports` as P, `ports` as I, `devices` as D WHERE P.bill_id='68' AND I.port_id = P.port_id AND D.device_id = I.device_id; # Time: 120731 10:36:27 # User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.006157 Lock_time: 0.000172 Rows_sent: 1 Rows_examined: 276 SET timestamp=1343723787; SELECT * FROM `bill_ports` as P, `ports` as I, `devices` as D WHERE P.bill_id='170' AND I.port_id = P.port_id AND D.device_id = I.device_id; # User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.003924 Lock_time: 0.000129 Rows_sent: 1 Rows_examined: 276 SET timestamp=1343723787; SELECT * FROM `bill_ports` as P, `ports` as I, `devices` as D WHERE P.bill_id='156' AND I.port_id = P.port_id AND D.device_id = I.device_id; # User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.002853 Lock_time: 0.000198 Rows_sent: 2 Rows_examined: 278 SET timestamp=1343723787; SELECT * FROM `bill_ports` as P, `ports` as I, `devices` as D WHERE P.bill_id='140' AND I.port_id = P.port_id AND D.device_id = I.device_id; # User@Host: observium[observium] @ localhost [] # Query_time: 0.001970 Lock_time: 0.000166 Rows_sent: 1 Rows_examined: 276 SET timestamp=1343723787; SELECT * FROM `bill_ports` as P, `ports` as I, `devices` as D WHERE P.bill_id='116' AND I.port_id = P.port_id AND D.device_id = I.device_id; Top output: Tasks: 189 total, 1 running, 188 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu0 : 73.6%us, 16.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 9.1%id, 1.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu1 : 74.2%us, 16.2%sy, 0.0%ni, 9.6%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu2 : 75.6%us, 14.0%sy, 0.0%ni, 10.0%id, 0.3%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Cpu3 : 72.8%us, 16.4%sy, 0.0%ni, 10.7%id, 0.0%wa, 0.0%hi, 0.0%si, 0.0%st Mem: 12307228k total, 1980332k used, 10326896k free, 141572k buffers Swap: 7340028k total, 0k used, 7340028k free, 1098304k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEM TIME+ COMMAND 17981 mysql 20 0 4058m 208m 7840 S 329 1.7 284:02.92 mysqld 25265 root 20 0 192m 16m 6608 S 1 0.1 0:10.13 php 13586 root 20 0 192m 16m 6608 S 1 0.1 0:00.69 php 16609 root 20 0 192m 16m 6608 S 1 0.1 0:05.56 php 11807 root 20 0 192m 16m 6608 S 1 0.1 0:06.75 php 26474 root 20 0 192m 16m 6608 S 1 0.1 0:03.88 php Processes running after 1.5 hours: root 2272 2259 0 09:50 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 2279 2272 0 09:50 ? 00:00:08 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 3757 3747 0 10:25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 3760 3757 0 10:25 ? 00:00:02 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 6983 6972 0 09:55 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 6991 6983 0 09:55 ? 00:00:07 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 8755 8743 0 10:30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 8759 8755 0 10:30 ? 00:00:01 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 11514 11501 0 09:25 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 11522 11514 0 09:25 ? 00:00:13 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 11803 11793 0 10:00 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 11807 11803 0 10:00 ? 00:00:06 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 13578 13566 0 10:35 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 13586 13578 0 10:35 ? 00:00:00 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 15995 15983 0 09:30 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 15998 15995 0 09:30 ? 00:00:11 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 16605 16595 0 10:05 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 16609 16605 0 10:05 ? 00:00:05 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 20583 20573 0 09:35 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 20586 20583 0 09:35 ? 00:00:11 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 21514 21504 0 10:10 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 21519 21514 0 10:10 ? 00:00:04 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 25260 25252 0 09:40 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 25265 25260 0 09:40 ? 00:00:10 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 26469 26457 0 10:15 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 26474 26469 0 10:15 ? 00:00:03 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 29987 29976 0 09:45 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 29990 29987 0 09:45 ? 00:00:09 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root 31342 31332 0 10:20 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh -c /opt/observium/poll-billing.php >> /dev/null 2>&1 root 31347 31342 0 10:20 ? 00:00:02 php /opt/observium/poll-billing.php root@portal:/var/log/mysql# ps -ef | grep poll-billing | wc -l 30

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custom menubar
by Cushard Michael 27 Jul '12

27 Jul '12

Hi, I'm assuming print-menubar-custom.inc.php allows you to add custom menu items to the menu bar. How does it work? I cannot seem to find any documentation regarding its functionality. Regards, Michael

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checkmk windows agent
by Dennis Kruyt 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Now there is coming more and more support for the unix agent in Observium, I was wondering will there also be coming support for windows agent? This is not much different then the unix agent, so very easy to implement. http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_windows.html Cheers...

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Re: [Observium] Upper case letters?
by Adam Armstrong 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

You get what you pay for :D On 26/07/2012 15:07, Dan Draghici wrote: > > Ok I understand. Thanks for your reply > > P.S. No need for the supperiority attitude. > > Dan > > *From:*observium-bounces@observium.org > [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] *On Behalf Of *Adam Armstrong > *Sent:* Thursday, July 26, 2012 4:54 PM > *To:* Observium Network Observation System > *Subject:* Re: [Observium] Upper case letters? > > On 26/07/2012 14:47, Dan Draghici wrote: > > Hello, > > I`ve installed observium and it works great so far but I have a > small issue. > > I see that it automatically makes the device names into lowercase > letters. For example if you type "CoreRouter" it will end up > showing as "corerouter". Is it possible to make the names with > uppercase? > > I have a rather large network and having the names of the devices > show up with uppercase would really help when browsing through > observium. > > > Having a decent naming scheme would help more. Hostnames are lower > case, deal with it. > > adam. > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Upper case letters?
by Adam Armstrong 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

On 26/07/2012 14:47, Dan Draghici wrote: > > Hello, > > I`ve installed observium and it works great so far but I have a small > issue. > > I see that it automatically makes the device names into lowercase > letters. For example if you type "CoreRouter" it will end up showing > as "corerouter". Is it possible to make the names with uppercase? > > I have a rather large network and having the names of the devices show > up with uppercase would really help when browsing through observium. > > Having a decent naming scheme would help more. Hostnames are lower case, deal with it. adam.

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Upper case letters?
by Dan Draghici 26 Jul '12

26 Jul '12

Hello, I`ve installed observium and it works great so far but I have a small issue. I see that it automatically makes the device names into lowercase letters. For example if you type "CoreRouter" it will end up showing as "corerouter". Is it possible to make the names with uppercase? I have a rather large network and having the names of the devices show up with uppercase would really help when browsing through observium. Thanks, Dan D.

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Another integration question...nfsen
by Morgan McLean 23 Jul '12

23 Jul '12

I don't think I'm being as retarded with this one. Sorry if I am. nfsen running for a single firewall cluster at the moment, cfw.sv.domain.com. I can view nfsen's interface and see all of the data etc, so I know my netflow is working properly and nfsen can run reports on it etc. I get cannot generate graph when going to the nfsen tab directly via url options, it does not show up in tabs list otherwise. Is there something major here I'm doing wrong? IE smokeping I pointed to png files instead of RRD files :). I've tried temporary universal read write etc for testing purposes, didn't help. I tried using the nfsen_suffix option at first, but ended up ditching that and spelling out the entire hostname under nfsen to eliminate a possible trouble spot. nfsen output on start: [root(a)netmon01.ops bin]# ./nfsen start Starting nfcapd:(cfw_sv_domain_com)[7154] Starting nfsend. Directory, rrd file: [root(a)netmon01.ops live]# pwd /opt/nfsendata/profiles-stat/live [root(a)netmon01.ops live]# ll total 2860 -rw-rw-r-- 1 netflow apache 2687848 Jul 22 18:35 cfw_sv_domain_com.rrd -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 14727 Jul 22 18:35 flows-day.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 18817 Jul 22 18:35 flows-month.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 16145 Jul 22 18:35 flows-week.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 17712 Jul 22 18:35 flows-year.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 20324 Jul 22 18:35 packets-day.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 19281 Jul 22 18:35 packets-month.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 19349 Jul 22 18:35 packets-week.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 18379 Jul 22 18:35 packets-year.png -rw-rw-r-- 1 netflow apache 258 Jul 22 18:35 profile.dat -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 15728 Jul 22 18:35 traffic-day.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 19764 Jul 22 18:35 traffic-month.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 15163 Jul 22 18:35 traffic-week.png -rw-r--r-- 1 netflow apache 17352 Jul 22 18:35 traffic-year.png observium config: $config['nfsen_enable'] = 1; $config['nfsen_rrds'] = "/opt/nfsendata/profiles-stat/live/"; $config['nfsen_split_char'] = "_"; #$config['nfsen_suffix'] = ""; fqdn is under 19 char Thanks, Morgan

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Ignoring down / notconnected ports
by Benedikt Sveinsson 22 Jul '12

22 Jul '12

Hi - I have not been able to find this, we started trying/using Observium for few weeks. We intend to use it mostly to compliment our current monitoring software. We are impressed with it, but the main intention is graphing and helping us troubleshooting. We are monitoring large 6500 switches and we have a number of ports that we intentionally keep in the cisco notconnected state. The front page of Observium is then riddled with the "Port Down" messages. Can this be suppressed / ignored ? I hope I'm not asking a question that has been answered many times, but google fails me here - and I'm still getting around understanding how Observium functions. Kveðja / With regards Benedikt Sveinsson Senior Network Engineer CCP Operations [Description: Description: Description: Description: signature] Netfang / Email benedikt(a)ccpgames.com<mailto:benedikt@ccpgames.com> GSM / Mobile. +354 691-6445 Grandagarði 8 * 101 Reykjavík * Iceland * http://www.ccpgames.com<http://www.ccpgames.com/>

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Smokeping integration
by Morgan McLean 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Hi, I have a machine named techops01, I have a directory /opt/smokeping/ that is running smokeping. cache/ has the png files etc. I've tried pointing to both, readding the host, rediscovering, nothing. Additionally, smokeping does not allow "." in the host name. I saw somebody had a patch for observium to add conversion of '_' to '.' , did this ever make it into code? I haven't seen a flag ### smokeping testing $config['smokeping']['dir'] = "/opt/smokeping/cache/"; also tried ### smokeping testing $config['smokeping']['dir'] = "/opt/smokeping/"; Its not a permissions issue, its 777 now for testing purposes. Thank you! Morgan

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What's the secret
by Sonny Kupka 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

Hello, I have been messing with Observium off and on for the last month. I noticed one of my devices is showing up under Ports > Customer Only thing I can find different for this interface is the desc has CUST: at beginning of the description. I can't find any docs on this feature.. Any someone point me in the right direction.. How to get all customer ports showing up? Thanks. Sonny

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New billing interface
by Chris Stone 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

Adam, Nice work on the new billing interface - like the new look. Chris -- Chris Stone AxisInternet, Inc. www.axint.net

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generate-map.sh
by Morgan McLean 17 Jul '12

17 Jul '12

I tried searching around but found nothing on this. It would appear this script generates some larger network map, maybe more conclusive, I don't know. Its broken in a few ways, is this supposed to work or is this old stuff thats stuck around? I temporarily fixed a couple errors I was getting, but even so the map.dot file or whichever it dumps its initial payload into was turning up empty. Thanks, Morgan

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