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Anybody else see this article about observium from ITWorld
by Sam Jones 02 May '18

02 May '18

https://www.itworld.com/article/3269279/network-monitoring/review-observium… Disagree with most of the cons! *Sam Jones *

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Most up to date API Documentation
by Stephan Roy 01 May '18

01 May '18

Hi, We’ve recently purchased Observium to automate how we collect bandwidth usage data for billing our clients. By luck, I was able to find the /api/v0/bills endpoint which does not exist in the documentation at http://docs.observium.org/api/. After seeing that I’m wondering if there are other undocumented endpoints, or query parameters that could be useful. Does anyone have access to the most recent API doc that they could send me or point me towards? Thanks, Steph

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Problem with the new CLICKATELL API
by Eric LESIGNE 01 May '18

01 May '18

Hello, Clickatell's SMS notification service has changed its API mode. The configuration in OBSERVIUM no longer allows to use to send SMS on the new platform. On the Clickatell site the configuration of the old API mode is no longer accessible. I'm looking for a solution so that it can work with the new API mode. The new mode of operation: https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send?apiKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=… <https://platform.clickatell.com/messages/http/send?apiKey=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx=…> Instead of: https: //api.clickatell.com <http://api.clickatell.com/>&/http/sendmsg user = password = xxxx xxxx xxxx = api_id & to = & text = xxxx xxxx? Thank you for your help.

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Graph Interpretation Questions
by TLee 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Good morning/ evening! I have a complete Ovservium noob question to ask that i am a little embarrassed to ask, but i’m biting the bullet! Currently running the subscription edition on a CentOS install - everything patched and current as of yesterday. My question is about the graphs. I have attached a pic of a graph from a single port on a cisco switch - and i am interesred in the ‘In’ traffic —> there is a single, green, ‘in’ reference in the legend, but there are three distinct green indicators in the graph —> which one actually correllates to ‘In’, and why are there multiples. Thanks! TL Sent from encrypted [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch). Sent from ProtonMail Mobile

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observium graph not showing anything
by Nicholas 27 Apr '18

27 Apr '18

Hi, Good day. I have problem with my observium graph not showing anything. I aldi make sure the config.php does not have empty line, tried switching browser, give permission to rrd folder. but it still not showing anything. My /opt/observium/logs does not give any error. May I know how may I trobleshoot this? Attached is some information from my observium server. My setup is on centos7 and my monitoring device is a windows 10 latop. Also, in graph 2, the timing in the filter and the timing in the graph is different. (refer to graph2.jpg) I did perform time modification after setup observium and the time on the graph did changed to the correct time. But the filter is showing different time. I try remove the observium folder, and reunpack, drop database and recreate the database. Still the result is the same. I wonder if this is the reason the graph is not working. Really appreciate if anyone can help out on this. -- Thank you. Regards, Nicholas

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Change in license and user
by Carlos Alvarado Lobo 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Hi all, - In a Pro subscription, can the license username and email user be changed? I need to deliver the license to third party with their credentials! - How can I purchase 3 years of updates? I need to deliver 3 years of updates for a project! or I have to purchase it year by year! Thanks! Carlos

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alert check
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Hi, we have an alert check of a port state, but iftype can be ethernetCsmacd or gigabitEthernet How I can create an alert with these condition? Entity-> ifType equals ethernetCsmacd or gigabitEthernet ??? Port is enabled, but operationally down Port ifAdminStatus equals upifOperStatus notequals up ALL * ifType equals ethernetCsmacd -- Saluda cordialmente

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Syslog rules
by Rami Kytölä 26 Apr '18

26 Apr '18

Hi, Is there a way to get Syslog rules/alerts to work? Syslogs are configured and are populating database: [cid:image001.png@01D3DCB8.A9247BB0] Syslogs are also linked to correct devices with correct priorities. We have set-up few rules: [cid:image002.png@01D3DCB8.A9247BB0] But if I try with our test rule: [cid:image003.png@01D3DCB8.A9247BB0] Then if I search from the syslog: [cid:image004.png@01D3DCB8.E2C65BE0] --------------------------------------------------- Ramiky -----------------------------------------------------

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Professional Edition Subcription
by Carlos Alvarado Lobo 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Hi all! I have a Community Edition installed, and I purchased a Professional License. Can I upgrade the community edition in a testing installation?? and then install the license in the production installation? the testing and production installations are in different hardware! We need to made testing with notification before put on production! Thanks in advance. Carlos Alvarado

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Re: [Observium] cisco c3850 sensor warnings
by Adam Armstrong 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Hi, These sensors are all below the "low warning" threshold. These thresholds should be set automatically by the switch, but Cisco sometimes drop the ball on this (and then hit it with a brick just to be sure). The first sensor's low warning threshold is 31C, whereas the current value is 19C, which is below that. You can manually set the thresholds for these entries in the devices's settings on the "sensors" tab. adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Wiethoff, Helge" <Helge.Wiethoff(a)thga.de> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 2018-04-24 09:49:18 Subject: [Observium] cisco c3850 sensor warnings >Hi everyone, > >I have a small problem with our Cisco WS-C3850-24T-E switches. The >temperature sensors are marked "down" in the overview and "warning" in >the >detail view. >The actual values do not indicate a problem with the temperature. We >use >Observium Professional r9195. > >Does anyone have any idea why the sensors are marked this way and how I >can >get them into "Up"-state? > > >cheers, >Helge

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port alert monitor
by Farshid Abediny 25 Apr '18

25 Apr '18

Hello, we have create a port monitor alert in observium for alert us when a port have shutdown by one of our staff and the content of alert is : require any ifAdminStatus equals down ifOperStatus equals up right now the problem is that observium do not alert us when a port is shutdown by a staff, how can i fix this ?/ thanks

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cisco c3850 sensor warnings
by Wiethoff, Helge 24 Apr '18

24 Apr '18

Hi everyone, I have a small problem with our Cisco WS-C3850-24T-E switches. The temperature sensors are marked "down" in the overview and "warning" in the detail view. The actual values do not indicate a problem with the temperature. We use Observium Professional r9195. Does anyone have any idea why the sensors are marked this way and how I can get them into "Up"-state? cheers, Helge

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More IP on same device
by Luca Sasdelli 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Hi, we use Observium to monitor even some firewalls from the outside, to check the connectivity status; does it exist any way to override the "Already got device" error when the SNMP is already within the database, just for some devices? Just as a hint, a way to use more IPs to gain the same device, and relative availability graph only, would be great. Best Luca

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aggregate Disk IO graph
by Richard Wigzell 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Hello, is there a way to create an aggregate Disk IO graph for multiple devices ? We have a number of LHN nodes that give us this information in the graphs/type=device_diskio_ops tab and it would be useful to not have to add them up manually. [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Technical Lead, Storage Platforms IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/>

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Observium frequently losts "Ignore Until" information
by Edvinas K 23 Apr '18

23 Apr '18

Hello, I've some alerts which i want to ignore till some time. So im pressing "Ignore until". But sometimes this information gets lost and alert appears again. In these situation "Ignore until" button in clean. I think it's have something to do with NX-OS software. Is there any workaround ? The only workaround at this time is to exclude that devices in alert rules. What is very uncomfortable.. Thank you

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Automate a Maintenance Window
by Tomas Morales 21 Apr '18

21 Apr '18

Hi all We have some Observium instances and we want to be able to automate the generation of a maintenance window via a script instead of having to login in each GUI and generate it. Is there any commands or mysql entry we can add to do this? Thanks in advance tomas --- LMAX Exchange, Yellow Building, 1A Nicholas Road, London W11 4AN http://www.LMAX.com/ Recognised by the most prestigious technology and business awards Financial technology awards 2017 Best FX trading venue, Fund Technology & WSL Awards 2016 Best trading & execution venue, HFM US Technology Awards FX industry awards 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Winner, Profit & Loss Readers' Choice Awards 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 Winner, WSL Institutional Trading Awards Business growth awards 2016, 2015 Winner, Deloitte UK Technology Fast 50 2015, 2014, 2013, Winner, The Sunday Times Tech Track 100 2016, 2015 Winner, Deloitte EMEA Technology Fast 500 2015 Winner, Tech City UK Future 50 --- FX and CFDs are leveraged products that can result in losses exceeding your deposit. They are not suitable for everyone so please ensure you fully understand the risks involved. This message and its attachments are confidential, may not be disclosed or used by any person other than the addressee and are intended only for the named recipient(s). This message is not intended for any recipient(s) who based on their nationality, place of business, domicile or for any other reason, is/are subject to local laws or regulations which prohibit the provision of such products and services. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and delete any copies of this message. LMAX Exchange Group is a holding company of LMAX Limited and LMAX Broker Limited. LMAX Exchange is a trading name of LMAX Limited, which operates a multilateral trading facility, authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm registration number 509778) and is a company registered in England and Wales (number 6505809). LMAX Global is a trading name of LMAX Broker Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 783200) and is a company registered in England and Wales (number 10819525). LMAX Hong Kong Limited is a wholly-owned subsidiary of LMAX Broker Limited, trading as LMAX Global, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (firm reference number 783200).

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General Questions for a New User
by Carlos Alvarado Lobo 21 Apr '18

21 Apr '18

Dear Sirs: I’m a new user and I currently have a suscription license. I have some questions and I need your support to resolve them! 1- How many devices can manage the platform using a production license (Supcription Edition)? and How many the Community Edition? Is it limited by the amount of equipment or by the parameters to be monitored? I have a project to monitor 300 UPS APC and 5 parameter per device and I need to confirm if it is possible !! 2- Right now, I have Observium installed on a Dell R230 server, Intel Xeon E3-1220V3 / 3.1 GHz, 8 GB DDR3L SDRAM, 2 TB hard drive capacity; I need to document or validate that Observium can be installed without problems on this server! 3- Regarding the license, How can I differentiate between a test installation and the production environment? We need to made testing with notification before put on production! 4- How can I get the Observium documentation in pdf? Regards, Carlos Alvarado

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Enhancement request
by Andrew Lemin 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

Hi, Just two small enhancement requests ;) 1) We love the Search feature to search for IPs and MACs, a true time saver. And adding the ability to sort by the columns would be fantastic. After doing a search for all loopbacks for example, it would be great if we could sort the resulting list by the "Device", "Interface", "Address" or "Description" columns. The list currently seems to sort by "Address", but alphabetically not numerically etc. Use case example, I am programming some explicit-paths for some traffic engineering tunnels, and so I need to find the loopbacks of every router along the path to which I want to fix the TE tunnel. I can search for all loopbacks no problem, but we have lots or them as routers also have multiple loopbacks.. However I am just interesting in "Lo0" on every single router. So after doing the search for all loopbacks, if we could then just click on the "Interface" column heading, that would put all the Lo0's first.. voilà :) 2) We also love the simplicity and power provided by utilizing the [] {} () brackets on descriptions to store the values into the different database fields. But the CDR [] is limited. This is probably one of the most powerful features, as it allows you to not have to configure monitoring, but instead to only configure the network and monitoring then automatically does its thing and follows the network :) We would like to do more with the [CDR] field, but are hamstrung by the fact that the CDR is not converted into bits in the database. The star feature would be to create an alert checker that fires when utilisation breaches the configured CDR. We know this has been requested and requires some code reworking.. We just wanted to add our names to the list of users after this feature. Thanks again for your time and creating such a great project. Because it is so good we still have on our roadmap a desire to put in some time and effort to contribute to the project, and figure out all the OIDs and their mappings etc and attempt to write a page for showing LDP neighbours and various other MPLS things. Given time I am determined to get around to this ;) Best regards, Andy Lemin.

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Re: [Observium] Autodiscover - LLDP discovery
by Adam Armstrong 19 Apr '18

19 Apr '18

The original design of Observium was to enforce valid hostnames. We no longer enforce this for adding devices (because some networks are run by insane people who like looking at huge lists of nearly identical IPs), but a lot of the autodiscovery code still uses sysName and forward dns lookups to verify if a device should really be autodiscovered. Changing this behaviour would involve time, so one would have to be persuasive with one's justification. :> adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Christian Eriksson" <christian.eriksson(a)advania.se> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 2018-04-16 11:10:03 Subject: [Observium] Autodiscover - LLDP discovery >Hello > > > >Is it possible for Observium to add devices based on the management >address that is returned by LLDP if SysName does not resolve? Don’t get >me wrong, we use DNS, but sometimes a customer network is not known to >us > > > >Regards > >Christian >

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Sensors info
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

We have a Access Point connected to HP 2530PoE switch and show power of a port is over limit, but value was setup on switch. Observium not show current value only show value configured. -- Saluda cordialmente

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Need some help with scheduled maintenance
by Richard Kuhns 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

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APC ATS - Output/Input voltage
by Jacek.Dabrowski＠selgros.pl 18 Apr '18

18 Apr '18

Hello, I have a problem with Rack-mount Transfer Switches from APC Observium shows zero voltage but OidView returns the correct values, what is wrong ? [cid:image002.jpg@01D3D570.2D830110] [cid:image004.jpg@01D3D570.2D830110] [cid:image009.jpg@01D3D570.2D830110] [cid:image010.jpg@01D3D570.2D830110] Best regards, Jacek Dąbrowski

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observium pro licensce question
by Edvinas K 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

Hello, For some mistake we've two Observium Pro licences. When im logging into "client area" how to know which licence is mapped to which instance ?

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Add sysname to alerts email
by Maurizio Mazzocco 17 Apr '18

17 Apr '18

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Autodiscover - LLDP discovery
by Christian Eriksson 16 Apr '18

16 Apr '18

Hello Is it possible for Observium to add devices based on the management address that is returned by LLDP if SysName does not resolve? Don't get me wrong, we use DNS, but sometimes a customer network is not known to us Regards Christian

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Feature request: MAC address lookup
by Attila Nagy 13 Apr '18

13 Apr '18

Hi Adam! I was looking at the ARP/NDP table on the Ports page of some of our machines and currently it displays the vendor of the given device in a tooltip. But it would make much more sense to display - if the MAC address is known - the machine that has the given MAC address instead. Opinion? Has this any chance to get implemented? Regards, Tylla

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skip ping
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 12 Apr '18

12 Apr '18

We have configured all devices with ICMP responses. but it make more slow the network, how can we change this option directly on database (skip ping)? -- Saluda cordialmente

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LDAP auth vs AD server
by Elmar K. Bins 11 Apr '18

11 Apr '18

Hello everybody, I can't access the archives somehow, so if there's a simple direct pointer for this... I've played around with the LDAP config quite a bit now to get it to auth users versus our AD server. So far so good, the somewhat obscure OBS_DEBUG option helps. I believe (!) auth works now, but I have an interesting effect and can still not log into Observium: 1. I use my AD user and the WRONG password I get a lot of debug output, ending in - expected - "Invalid credentials". So far, so good. 2. I use my AD user and the CORRECT password I get ZERO output regarding LDAP, I see generic debugging and versioning output though: --------------------------------- CMD[/usr/bin/svn info /opt/observium] CMD EXITCODE[0] CMD RUNTIME[0.015s] STDOUT[ Path: /opt/observium Working Copy Root Path: /opt/observium URL: http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable Relative URL: ^/observium/branches/stable Repository Root: http://svn.observium.org/svn Repository UUID: 61d68cd4-352d-0410-923a-c4978735b2b8 Revision: 9166 Node Kind: directory Schedule: normal Last Changed Author: adama Last Changed Rev: 9073 Last Changed Date: 2018-03-02 22:37:46 +0000 (Fri, 02 Mar 2018) ] ... some MySQL SELECTs ... ending in STDOUT[ anx-i-observium0101 ] × Load class 'Net_IPv6' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Net/IPv6.php': OK CACHE DISABLED. Disabled in config. × Load class 'Mobile_Detect' from '/opt/observium/libs/Mobile/Detect.php': OK --------------------------------- I also get the login mask again. Before I sanitize and share config snippets (which parts would be relevant?) - is this a known issue, or is it special to certain configuration options? Any pointers, help, etc. greatly appreciated. Yours, Elmar.

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getting error in Observium db.log, filling disk on observium server
by Sam Jones 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Receiving this error in the Observium db.log, filling disk on observium server. How may I resolve it to be able to get the cbqos graphs for all devices capable. poller.php(9989): Failed dbQuery (#1114 - The table 'ports_cbqos' is full), Query: INSERT INTO `ports_cbqos` (...... Observium version: 18.3.9073 (stable) *Sam Jones* Idaho State University

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FortiADC
by Hamilton, Kent 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

I'd asked in the Jira some time ago about getting support for the Fortinet FortiADC load balancers included in Observium and was told this was something that would normally require some $$. When I asked about contacting me directly about it and the cost I've heard nothing back on it nor was the Jira request updated the last time I looked. Could someone get in touch with me about this please? -- [exegy_119x45_xparent]<https://www.exegy.com/> S. Kent Hamilton Senior Systems Administrator 349 Marshall Ave, Saint Louis, MO US 63119 Work: +1 314-218-3558 Mobile: +1 636-634-1549 Email: KHamilton(a)Exegy.COM<mailto:KHamilton@Exegy.COM> ________________________________ This e-mail and any documents accompanying it may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information belonging to Exegy, Inc. Such information may be protected from disclosure by law. The information is intended for use by only the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure or use of the information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately contact the sender by e-mail or phone regarding instructions for return or destruction and do not use or disclose the content to others.

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problem upgrading subscription edition
by niklaas＠0rb.it 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

Hello, I have problems upgrading my Observium installation, get following message when doing the svn update: svn: E155036: Please see the 'svn upgrade' command svn: E155036: The working copy at '/opt/observium/mibs/zte' is too old (format 10) to work with client version '1.9.5 (r1770682)' (expects format 31). You need to upgrade the working copy first. Any idea how to fix that the correct way? Because just doing the svn upgrade on the affected folders does not seem to do it the right way imho. Kind Regards, N.

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RRDTool problem
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 10 Apr '18

10 Apr '18

i have lastest version of observium on centos 6.9 (updated), but i can't execute command /usr/bin/rrdtool graph --daemon unix:/var/run/rrdcached/rrdcached.sock /tmp/deaGEezkxp3ZEtS3.png -Y --lower-limit 0 --upper-limit 100 --start 1520865855 --end 1520952255 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:'Usage ' COMMENT:' Now' COMMENT:' Avg' COMMENT:' Min' COMMENT:' Max' COMMENT:'\l' DEF:ds0=10.250.16.1/processor-cpm-1000.rrd:usage:AVERAGE DEF:ds0min=10.250.16.1/processor-cpm-1000.rrd:usage:MIN DEF:ds0max= 10.250.16.1/processor-cpm-1000.rrd:usage:MAX LINE1.25:ds0#1f78b4:'Switch 1 ' GPRINT:ds0:LAST:%6.1lf%s GPRINT:ds0:AVERAGE:%6.1lf%s GPRINT:ds0min:MIN:%6.1lf%s GPRINT:ds0max:MAX:%6.1lf%s COMMENT:'\l' HRULE:0#555555 system return "Segmentation fault (core dumped)" -- Saluda cordialmente

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A graph that doesn't quite match the data
by Richard Kuhns 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hello, Here's a screenshot of 2 Traffic graphs for a 10G port on a Cisco 6509. The second (week) graph seems accurate, with the spike indicating a little over 300M bits/s. The first (day) graph indicates that the same spike is only 200M bits/s. The actual numbers under the graphs agree that the max is 337.03M. Traffic Why doesn't the first graph show the actual value? This is on v 18.3.9125. Thanks, -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Wintek Corporation 427 N 6th Street Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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For how long graphs are available in observium?
by Vikas Kumar 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hi everyone, I want to know for how long the observium graphs are available ? The default I can see in the UI is for 2 years Is it configurable if yes then for how long ? Regards -- <http://moodi.org/> *Vikas Kumar | ** Hospitality & PR Coordinator* *Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay* *+91-9694532954 | mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com <mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com>* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/vikas.cse.iitb> <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…>

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Re: [Observium] Function gone missing
by Adam Armstrong 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

I had a look at that function the other day, and nothing has changed with it for quite a while. Probably the weathermap script isn't including the correct files, though this stuff hasn't changed for quite some time. adam. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Mike Hyslop" <mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> Sent: 2018-04-04 07:08:28 Subject: [Observium] Function gone missing >Hi guys. > > > >I have noticed that our weathermap has stopped updating, when I run it >in debug mode it moans about function check_extension_exists() being >missing. > > > >I have had a quick look through the source and can’t see that function >anywhere. > > > >Not sure if its been depreciated or renamed (or if it was surplus to >requirements and simply removed) > > > >Cheers. > > >Mike Hyslop >Senior Infrastructure Engineer >mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk > >DDI: 020 8102 1121 Office: 020 3189 2645 > >www.theaccesspoint.co.uk >Accesspoint | Unit 7 | Ashton Gate | Ashton Road | Harold Hill | RM3 >8UF > > Please think of the environment before you print this email > > >This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is >addressed. Accordingly, Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd and its >subsidiary companies disclaim all responsibility and accept no >liability (including in negligence) for the consequences of any such >persons other than the addressee acting, or refraining from acting, on >such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent >written confirmation. If you have received this e-mail message in >error, please notify us immediately by telephone (0203 189 2645). >Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any form >of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, >distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly >prohibited. Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd, Accesspoint Technologies >Ltd and Accesspoint Legal Services Ltd are companies registered in >England and Wales. www.theaccesspoint.co.uk > >The risk of fraud relating to emails and bank account details has >increased. We will NOT email you to tell you that our bank account >details have changed; any such email is a scam. Please check our bank >account details with us in person if you are in any doubt. We will not >accept responsibility if you transfer money into an incorrect account. >

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Re: [Observium] Port Labeling
by Mike Stupalov 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hi, port_label is cleaned field (from unusefull information), generated based on multiple possible Oids (ie ifDescr, ifName). But anyway in db such fields ifDescr and ifName stored as is without changes and can used for alerts, etc. port_label is short as possible for display in most pages. I not see reasons for keep such data ( - Printer) for display in port names. This exactly should be stored in ifAlias (wich is port description). But.. if your device not support correct ifAlias, I can try to parse ifAlias for that os. Attach debug discovery: ./discovery.php -d -m os,ports -h <device> > Christian <mailto:cyberdoc@cmreynolds.org> > 5 April 2018 at 18:37 > Hello, > > I was introduced to Observium in early March, and coming from a Nagios > / Cacti type of monitoring, I am completely impressed with the power > of Observium. I have CE 17.9.0 and am in the process of deploying it > at my location. > > I have a couple of smart switches that support SNMP, but are not > capable of a Port label. Thus, Observium shows the switch as Port 1, > Port 2, Port 3 instead of my desired “Port 1 - Bandwidth Control” > “Port 2 - Linux Server” “Port 3 - Printer” … that sort of thing. > > I found that I could use NaviCat to edit the MySQL database to > properly label the ports, but then the next polling cycle restores the > generic port label 5 minutes later. > > > Is there any way for me to modify the polling to leave the label > alone? I don’t want to look into “locking” the [port_label] field of > the database tables. > > If I may also ask, is there any way to tell Observium that a down port > is the normal (green) condition? I have some switches with ports that > are not active, and if something is plugged into them, an alert would > be handy. > > Thank you again for this amazing software. > > Christian > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Mike Stupalov Observium Limited, http://observium.org

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Rx/Tx Port Errors
by Erdem HAKI 06 Apr '18

06 Apr '18

Hello, I see several Rx/Tx port errors on my Observium. For example it says Tx: 25 on the home page, but when I click on the interface, the "Errors" graph shows me that Tx 118.69m, and I can not see anything wrong with the Tx when I check the interface errors from the router CLI. How can I verify these alarms are false positive or not? Alarms are not router specific, I got alarms from both Nokia and Juniper boxes. Best

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Rancid for different devices
by Travis Garrison 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Wanted to check with everyone to make sure its not builtin or I'm missing something simple before I create my own script. Any way to automatically create the config to backup Cisco, Mikrotik and other devices through rancid? We have rancid setup for Cisco currently and want to start backing up our Mikrotik and Ubiquiti routers. Thanks Travis

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Port Labeling
by Christian 05 Apr '18

05 Apr '18

Hello, I was introduced to Observium in early March, and coming from a Nagios / Cacti type of monitoring, I am completely impressed with the power of Observium. I have CE 17.9.0 and am in the process of deploying it at my location. I have a couple of smart switches that support SNMP, but are not capable of a Port label. Thus, Observium shows the switch as Port 1, Port 2, Port 3 instead of my desired “Port 1 - Bandwidth Control” “Port 2 - Linux Server” “Port 3 - Printer” … that sort of thing. I found that I could use NaviCat to edit the MySQL database to properly label the ports, but then the next polling cycle restores the generic port label 5 minutes later. Is there any way for me to modify the polling to leave the label alone? I don’t want to look into “locking” the [port_label] field of the database tables. If I may also ask, is there any way to tell Observium that a down port is the normal (green) condition? I have some switches with ports that are not active, and if something is plugged into them, an alert would be handy. Thank you again for this amazing software. Christian

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Function gone missing
by Mike Hyslop 04 Apr '18

04 Apr '18

Hi guys. I have noticed that our weathermap has stopped updating, when I run it in debug mode it moans about function check_extension_exists() being missing. I have had a quick look through the source and can't see that function anywhere. Not sure if its been depreciated or renamed (or if it was surplus to requirements and simply removed) Cheers. [Accesspoint Logo] [Roundel Logo] Mike Hyslop Senior Infrastructure Engineer [email icon] mike.hyslop(a)theaccesspoint.co.uk [phone icon] DDI: 020 8102 1121 Office: 020 3189 2645 [website icon] www.theaccesspoint.co.uk<http://www.theaccesspoint.co.uk> [address icon] Accesspoint | Unit 7 | Ashton Gate | Ashton Road | Harold Hill | RM3 8UF [group logos] [website icon] Please think of the environment before you print this email This document should only be read by those persons to whom it is addressed. Accordingly, Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd and its subsidiary companies disclaim all responsibility and accept no liability (including in negligence) for the consequences of any such persons other than the addressee acting, or refraining from acting, on such information prior to the receipt by those persons of subsequent written confirmation. If you have received this e-mail message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone (0203 189 2645). Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message is strictly prohibited. Accesspoint Group Holdings Ltd, Accesspoint Technologies Ltd and Accesspoint Legal Services Ltd are companies registered in England and Wales. www.theaccesspoint.co.uk<http://www.theaccesspoint.co.uk/> The risk of fraud relating to emails and bank account details has increased. We will NOT email you to tell you that our bank account details have changed; any such email is a scam. Please check our bank account details with us in person if you are in any doubt. We will not accept responsibility if you transfer money into an incorrect account.

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"External Web URL" not set or incorrect,
by Eric W. Bates 03 Apr '18

03 Apr '18

I'm getting the message: Setting 'web_url' for "External Web URL" not set or incorrect, please update on Global Settings Edit page. I'm currently connecting to the URL: https://observium.whoi.edu/ And the setting is: http://observium.whoi.edu/ However, the settings page will not accept the 's' character. Every time I add it, it simply disappears again. The defaults in includes/defaults.inc.php has: #$config['base_url'] = "http://localhost/"; // Not recomend change this, only if autodetect wrong. Used in WUI #$config['web_url'] = "http://localhost:80/"; // This same as base_url but used only in cli for example in alerts Should I change to: $config['web_url'] = "https://localhost:443/" -- Clark 159a, MS 46 508/289-3112

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BitRRD: Blockchain-based data storage for Observium
by Adam Armstrong 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

Hi Guys, We're proud to announce that we're switching to BitRRD, the new blockchain-based metric storage format. http://www.observium.org/blockchain/ The migration should be seemless, provided your server has 6-8 GPUs installed when you perform the update. Thanks, adam.

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taildrops counted as errors since junos 15.X on EX series
by Arne Van Theemsche 01 Apr '18

01 Apr '18

Hi, we started to upgrade our juniper EX switches to 15.X release and notice a change of behaviour in error reporting at interface level in observium the problem lays that taildrops (which are activated by default and cannot just be, and isn't even a good practice to disable them) are now reported as errors in observium Output errors: Carrier transitions: 29, Errors: 0, Drops: 177209, Collisions: 0, Aged packets: 0, FIFO errors: 0, HS link CRC errors: 0, MTU errors: 0, Resource errors: 0 show interfaces queue xe-0/0/4 .... Tail-dropped packets : 177209 ...... prior to 15.X we only received reports/mails if the Errors Value was > 0. Honestly, we only care about errors, because taildrops will always happen from time to time I don't know if this is a change in behaviour of juniper snmp counters or that this is a flag in observium we can toggle? thx Arne

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Question on Traffic Comparison widget
by Aaron Mayfield 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

I’ve been messing around with the Default Dashboard since I noticed it recently. What should the Traffic Comparison widget show? For me, I’m getting the red Draw Error: [cid:image001.png@01D3BD1D.F03E1CA0] Is this something that should be working as of now? Thanks Aaron Mayfield

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Create Load Averages Alert Checker
by H Box 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hi All, I create successfully a alert for device downtime and diskspace use, but cannot find the right info to create a alert for load averages into http://www.observium.org/docs/entities Can someone help me with this? Thanks allot for your feedback.

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Re: [Observium] Can't write new info to Observium
by Karolis Birgėla 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

On 2017.02.22 14:00, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Can't write new info to Observium I've attached a picture of how it looks like in the device search. You can see that some devices don't have their models written. It's actually important, as we have many devices in Observium.

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Clearing Alerts
by mal＠platinumnetworks.com.au 28 Mar '18

28 Mar '18

Hi all - I have created my very first alert checker and can see that it creates and alert according to the checker criteria. My checker looks for speed on a port and alerts if ge 100M. >From what I can see, once that alert has been created I do not have the ability to 'clear' the alert so even if the port speed drops below 100M the alert remains in failed state and if the checker criteria are met again a new alert is not created. My use case is that I need to monitor the bandwidth utilisation on this specific port on an ongoing basis and be alerted each time the speed exceeds say 100M. Appreciate any pointers to show me where I am going wrong. Cheers Mal

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Switch ignored ports
by Luca Sasdelli 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Hi all, on a switch only I see all phy ports as ignored: +---------+-----------+----------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------+ | ifIndex | ifDescr | ifName | ifAlias | ifType | Oper St | Ignored | | | | | | | atus | | +---------+-----------+----------+---------+-----------+-----------+---------+ | 1 | Host Data | host.1.1 | ... | propVirtu | up | no | | | Port | | | al | | | | 2 | Enterpris | lo.1.1 | ... | softwareL | up | no | | | e Network | | | oopback | | | | | s, Inc. S | | | | | | | | ... | | | | | | | 12001 | Enterasys | ge.1.1 | ... | ethernetC | up | yes | | | Networks | | | smacd | | | | | , Inc. 10 | | | | | | | | ... | | | | | | | 12002 | Enterasys | ge.1.2 | ... | ethernetC | up | yes | | | Networks | | | smacd | | | | | , Inc. 10 | | | | | | On the same network there are other Enterasys/Extreme Networks switches and they're regularly discovered. I've deleted and re-created the switch entry, but it doesn't change. What checks should I do? Cheers Luca

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Traffic Accounting
by Serghei Golipad 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

Guys, Is there anyway of setting traffic accounting graphs to MRTG style too? Thank you. PLEASE CONSIDER THE ENVIRONMENT BEFORE PRINTING THIS EMAIL. CDW Limited is a Company registered in England and Wales. This email is sent for and on behalf of CDW Finance Holdings Limited. CDW Finance Holdings Limited is the UK holding company for CDW Limited trading as CDW. The registered office for CDW Finance Holdings Limited (Company Number 05872067) and its UK group undertakings is 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB. VAT Registration 902 1949 39. Confidentiality: This e-mail contains proprietary information, some or all of which may be confidential and/or legally privileged. It is for the intended recipient only. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by replying to this e-mail and then delete the original. If you are not the intended recipient you may not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or rely on any information contained in this e-mail. You must not inform any other person other than CDW or the sender of its existence. For more information about CDW please visit www.uk.cdw.com

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export to Influx question (any news ?)
by Edvinas K 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hello, Is't possible officially or there're some ways to export data to influx Db and then use it on grafana ? Thanks

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