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monitoring power supply (PSU) count on each device
by Edvinas K 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hello, I think observium can, but not sure how to monitor a Power Supply count on each device. For example every device have 2 PSU's. Even the observium graphs are showing that count. So, how it's possible to add the PSU count as the alert checker ? I think im lost in entities world.. Thanks

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Syslog alerting
by Tero Kykkänen 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hi, We have Observium Version 17.11.8943 installed on a Linux 4.4.0-98-generic [amd64] (Ubuntu 16.04) server. We made syslog integration with syslog-ng and tried to do syslog alerting but we can't get it to work, for some reason it says "No logging alert entries found!". We do see those alerts in the syslog tab but not on the alert tab. [cid:image001.png@01D358A4.9932F210] [cid:image002.png@01D358A4.9932F210] I will happily give more information if needed. SUUPOHJAN SEUTUPALVELUKESKUS OY Kykkänen Tero ICT-tukihenkilö / ICT-Support tero.kykkanen(a)seutupalvelukeskus.fi<mailto:tero.kykkanen@seutupalvelukeskus.fi>

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automating svn update
by Edvinas K 13 Nov '17

13 Nov '17

Hello, How to automate SVN update ? In crontab im adding this: #svn update 5 5 * * * root "cd /opt/observium/;svn update >> /dev/null 2>&1" #after svn upadte 5 9 * * * root /opt/observium/discovery.php -u >> /dev/null 2>&1 but seems like first line doesn't work. Any help?

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IPSec Tunnel Status alerting - Cisco - Need Solution
by Chandramouleeswaran NV 12 Nov '17

12 Nov '17

How can we setup Cisco ASA IPSec Tunnel Status check alerting in Observium. -- - Thanks Moulee M : +91 97 86 795794

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svn update version and version in /opt/observium/discovery.php -u is different
by Edvinas K 11 Nov '17

11 Nov '17

Hello, Is it everything Ok, that the version got in: svn update Updating '.': At revision *8944*. and then after the discovery.php -u run observium Professional 17.10.*8930* is different numbers at the end ? Thanks

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snmp V3 & context
by Jean-Michel Beuken 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Hi, I try to monitor printers with snmp V3 ( for ex : RICOH MP 2554 or LaserJet 500 color M551 ) the snmpwalk works but I must specify a context name ( -n option ) How can I put this parameter in observium ( CE ) ? in the snmp "Authentication Configuration” form, there is no field for context value. thanks, jmb [UCL] [UCL] Jean-Michel Beuken Computer Scientist Software Engineer for ABINIT.ORG<http://ABINIT.ORG> and ETSF.EU pole NAPS / IMCN / SST Rue des Etoiles, 8 boite L7.03.01 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve ---------------------------------------------------------- Tel. +32 (010) 47 35 70 web site<http://www.uclouvain.be/jean-michel.beuken>

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Problem with PoE status indicator on a HPE 5130 switch
by Thomas Stather 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Hi I am having a problem with a PoE status indicator on a switch which is used in our datacenter: Observium: Observium Professional 8930 (stable) Switch: HPE 5130 48G PoE+ 4SFP+ 1-slot HI Switch JH326A This is a switch cluster containing 2 switches via IRF. Initially, PoE was only enabled on the first one but approx. 1 month ago it was enables on the second switch as well. However, the sensor "PoE group 7" (which is used for the second cluster member) shows the status as "off" with a value of 2 (whereas "PoE group 4 " is showing "on" with a value of 1 as it should be). Is this an error maybe and how can i fix this false-positive? Thanks in advance! Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services VCP4, VCP6-DCV Tel: +49 6221-486 628 Fax: +49 6221-486 561 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Max Planck Institute for Medical Research (MPImF) Jahnstrasse 29, 69120 Heidelberg Germany

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Observium Installscript
by Markus Klock 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Hi guys, I got tired of doing the Observium setup everytime when I installed a lot of VMs so I wrote an automatic installscript for installing Observium It works for Ubuntu 14/16 and Debian 8/9 and it also gives you an option to install the unix-agent and have it monitor itself with the Apache and MySQL-app. I would love to have it tested in more environments so if you are about to install an Observium somewhere, please give the script a try. You find the script here: https://github.com/ZerxXxes/observium_installscript (please don't read the code, its a ugly mess) /Markus

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Geolocation parsing problem
by Tomasz Karczewski 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Hi, Observium doesn't parse openstreetmap geolocation. At mysql device_locations table i have location_status: Geocoding ENABLED, try detect device coordinates: by PARSING sysLocation (API: OPENSTREETMAP) - NOT FOUND Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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generation of false alarm ?
by Edvinas K 10 Nov '17

10 Nov '17

Hello, What could be the reason of the generation of false alarm: *ALERT* Modify <http://10.13.40.217/device/device=382/tab=alert/alert_entry=7751/> *Alert* *MoreThan80PortUtilization* *Entity* *Ethernet1/51 <http://10.13.40.217/device/device=382/tab=port/port=1694030/>* *Descr* NXOS1-ITXx2 *Conditions* ifOutOctets_perc ge 80 (395649) *Metrics* ifInOctets_perc = 11 * ifOutOctets_perc = 395649* *Duration* 10m 8s (2017-11-08 02:18:10) As you coud notice the *ifOutOctets_perc = 395649 * shows some irregular value, which's not on the graphs itself, but the alarm is generated. During migration the migration period from old observium server to new one, at same time we have two observiums running, so older one have the same alerts configured - but that (older one) haven't generated any false alarm. So - waht could be the reason ? Thanks!

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

09 Nov '17

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

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Multi-Site
by Ben Filippelli 09 Nov '17

09 Nov '17

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

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

08 Nov '17

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

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

08 Nov '17

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

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

08 Nov '17

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

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

08 Nov '17

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

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Empty alert email
by Philippe Hurtubise 07 Nov '17

07 Nov '17

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

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

06 Nov '17

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

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question about Observium alert grouping
by Edvinas K 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

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

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Juniper port polling problems
by Andrey 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

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

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

03 Nov '17

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

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Syslog alerts empty email
by Philippe Hurtubise 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

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

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

03 Nov '17

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

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Empty email
by Philippe Hurtubise 02 Nov '17

02 Nov '17

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

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

02 Nov '17

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

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

02 Nov '17

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

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Vpn specific graphs not showing after installing Unix agent
by Vikas Kumar 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

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

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deleting device with "delete RRD" options - doesnt delete RRD files itself
by Edvinas K 01 Nov '17

01 Nov '17

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

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

31 Oct '17

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

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

31 Oct '17

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

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

31 Oct '17

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

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Syslog
by Philippe Hurtubise 31 Oct '17

31 Oct '17

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

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VM or Iron
by Vlad Kratsberg 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

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

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VMs view?
by Ben Filippelli 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

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

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Weathermap for observium
by Edvinas K 30 Oct '17

30 Oct '17

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

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SNMP not working in fedora 22
by Vikas Kumar 28 Oct '17

28 Oct '17

i have installed net-snmp in fedora 22 and here is my config at /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf When i do snmpwalk or snmpget on host it displays correct reults but when i try to add device in observium it says device timeout please help When i use the same snmp configuration file in ubuntu 16.04 i am able to add device in observium ############################################################################### # # EXAMPLE.conf: # An example configuration file for configuring the Net-SNMP agent ('snmpd') # See the 'snmpd.conf(5)' man page for details # # Some entries are deliberately commented out, and will need to be explicitly activated # ############################################################################### # # AGENT BEHAVIOUR # # Listen for connections from the local system only #agentAddress udp:127.0.0.1:161 # Listen for connections on all interfaces (both IPv4 *and* IPv6) agentAddress udp:161,udp6:[::1]:161 ############################################################################### # # SNMPv3 AUTHENTICATION # # Note that these particular settings don't actually belong here. # They should be copied to the file /var/lib/snmp/snmpd.conf # and the passwords changed, before being uncommented in that file *only*. # Then restart the agent # createUser authOnlyUser MD5 "remember to change this password" # createUser authPrivUser SHA "remember to change this one too" DES # createUser internalUser MD5 "this is only ever used internally, but still change the password" # If you also change the usernames (which might be sensible), # then remember to update the other occurances in this example config file to match. ############################################################################### # # ACCESS CONTROL # # system + hrSystem groups only view systemonly included .1.3.6.1.2.1.1 view systemonly included .1.3.6.1.2.1.25.1 # Full access from the local host #rocommunity public localhost # Default access to basic system info rocommunity iitb default # -V systemonly # rocommunity6 is for IPv6 rocommunity6 public default -V systemonly # Full access from an example network # Adjust this network address to match your local # settings, change the community string, # and check the 'agentAddress' setting above #rocommunity secret 10.0.0.0/16 # Full read-only access for SNMPv3 rouser authOnlyUser # Full write access for encrypted requests # Remember to activate the 'createUser' lines above #rwuser authPrivUser priv # It's no longer typically necessary to use the full 'com2sec/group/access' configuration # r[ow]user and r[ow]community, together with suitable views, should cover most requirements ############################################################################### # # SYSTEM INFORMATION # # Note that setting these values here, results in the corresponding MIB objects being 'read-only' # See snmpd.conf(5) for more details sysLocation Ubuntu 16.04 Test VM in Server sysContact Vikas Kumar<vikask(a)iitb.ac.in> # Application + End-to-End layers sysServices 72 # # Process Monitoring # # At least one 'mountd' process proc mountd # No more than 4 'ntalkd' processes - 0 is OK proc ntalkd 4 # At least one 'sendmail' process, but no more than 10 proc sendmail 10 1 # Walk the UCD-SNMP-MIB::prTable to see the resulting output # Note that this table will be empty if there are no "proc" entries in the snmpd.conf file # # Disk Monitoring # # 10MBs required on root disk, 5% free on /var, 10% free on all other disks disk / 10000 disk /var 5% includeAllDisks 10% # Walk the UCD-SNMP-MIB::dskTable to see the resulting output # Note that this table will be empty if there are no "disk" entries in the snmpd.conf file # # System Load # # Unacceptable 1-, 5-, and 15-minute load averages load 12 10 5 # Walk the UCD-SNMP-MIB::laTable to see the resulting output # Note that this table *will* be populated, even without a "load" entry in the snmpd.conf file ############################################################################### # # ACTIVE MONITORING # # send SNMPv1 traps trapsink localhost public # send SNMPv2c traps #trap2sink localhost public # send SNMPv2c INFORMs #informsink localhost public # Note that you typically only want *one* of these three lines # Uncommenting two (or all three) will result in multiple copies of each notification. # # Event MIB - automatically generate alerts # # Remember to activate the 'createUser' lines above iquerySecName internalUser rouser internalUser # generate traps on UCD error conditions defaultMonitors yes # generate traps on linkUp/Down linkUpDownNotifications yes ############################################################################### # # EXTENDING THE AGENT # # # Arbitrary extension commands # extend test1 /bin/echo Hello, world! extend-sh test2 echo Hello, world! ; echo Hi there ; exit 35 #extend-sh test3 /bin/sh /tmp/shtest # Note that this last entry requires the script '/tmp/shtest' to be created first, # containing the same three shell commands, before the line is uncommented # Walk the NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB tables (nsExtendConfigTable, nsExtendOutput1Table # and nsExtendOutput2Table) to see the resulting output # Note that the "extend" directive supercedes the previous "exec" and "sh" directives # However, walking the UCD-SNMP-MIB::extTable should still returns the same output, # as well as the fuller results in the above tables. # # "Pass-through" MIB extension command # #pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.2.255 /bin/sh PREFIX/local/passtest #pass .1.3.6.1.4.1.8072.2.255 /usr/bin/perl PREFIX/local/passtest.pl # Note that this requires one of the two 'passtest' scripts to be installed first, # before the appropriate line is uncommented. # These scripts can be found in the 'local' directory of the source distribution, # and are not installed automatically. # Walk the NET-SNMP-PASS-MIB::netSnmpPassExamples subtree to see the resulting output # # AgentX Sub-agents # # Run as an AgentX master agent master agentx # Listen for network connections (from localhost) # rather than the default named socket /var/agentx/master #agentXSocket tcp:localhost:705 -- <http://moodi.org/> *Vikas Kumar | ** Hospitality & PR Coordinator* *Mood Indigo, IIT Bombay* *+91-9694532954 | mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com <mailvikasnow(a)gmail.com>* [image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/vikas.cse.iitb> ‌ <https://mailtrack.io/> Sent with Mailtrack <https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mailtrack-for-gmail-inbox/ndnaehg…>

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Re: [Observium] Notifications not working
by Robert Martinez 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Suddenly = 4 days ago, notifiers issue detected yesterday No changes in configs, just rolling upgrades applied config.php // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) // Alerting $config['email']['default'] = "suddenly(a)suddenly.suddenly"; ## Default alert recipient $config['email']['from'] = "Observium <observium@xxxx>"; $config['email']['default_only'] = FALSE; ## Only use default recipient $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; ## Enable email alerts $config['email']['backend'] = 'smtp'; array*(*14 enable*=>*true from*=>*Observium <observium@xxxx> default*=>*suddenly(a)suddenly.suddenly default_only*=>*false graphs*=>*true backend*=>*smtp sendmail_path*=>*/usr/sbin/sendmail smtp_host*=>*localhost smtp_port*=>*25 smtp_timeout*=>*10 smtp_secure*=>*null smtp_auth*=>*false smtp_username*=>*null smtp_password*=>*null*)* *DEBUG!CMD[/usr/bin/svn info /opt/observium]CMD EXITCODE[0]CMD RUNTIME[0.0067s]STDOUT[Path: .Working Copy Root Path: /opt/observiumURL: http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk <http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/trunk>Relative URL: ^/observium/trunkRepository Root: http://svn.observium.org/svn <http://svn.observium.org/svn>Repository UUID: 61d68cd4-352d-0410-923a-c4978735b2b8Revision: 8927Node Kind: directorySchedule: normalLast Changed Author: adamaLast Changed Rev: 8927Last Changed Date: 2017-10-25 11:13:20 +0200 (Wed, 25 Oct 2017)* If you need more debug, please point what you need and I'll provide you Thanks in advance

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Re: [Observium] Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 Remote Access Sessions
by Stef Renders 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB::crasEmailNumSessions.0 = Gauge32: 0 Sessions CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB::crasIPSecNumSessions.0 = Gauge32: 0 Sessions CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB::crasL2LNumSessions.0 = Gauge32: 1 Sessions CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB::crasLBNumSessions.0 = Gauge32: 0 Sessions CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB::crasSVCNumSessions.0 = Gauge32: 64 Sessions Red is actual anyconnect users, green is site-to-sites, the sslvpn/anyconnect user graph seems to be hidden by the wall of clientless vpn (which is the exact negative amount of sslvpn users) Stef Renders Cloud Network Engineer E <mailto:stef.renders@arxus.eu> stef.renders(a)arxus.eu <http://www.arxus.eu/> T +32 3 450 67 89 <http://www.arxus.eu/> www.arxus.eu P 'Be green, keep it on the screen. Please think before you print this e-mail. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: woensdag 25 oktober 2017 12:03 To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 Remote Access Sessions Err i mean : snmpwalk -v2c -c <COMMUNITY> -M mibs/rfc:mibs/cisco -m CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB <HOSTNAME> crasEmailNumSessions.0 crasIPSecNumSessions.0 crasL2LNumSessions.0 crasLBNumSessions.0 crasSVCNumSessions.0 crasWebvpnNumSessions.0 Changing the hostname and community. adam. On 2017-10-25 11:02:44, Adam Armstrong < <mailto:adama@observium.org> adama(a)observium.org> wrote: Check the returned data on these devices: snmpwalk -v2c -c public -M mibs/rfc:mibs/cisco -m CISCO-REMOTE-ACCESS-MONITOR-MIB crasEmailNumSessions.0 crasIPSecNumSessions.0 crasL2LNumSessions.0 crasLBNumSessions.0 crasSVCNumSessions.0 crasWebvpnNumSessions.0 (from inside the observium dir) adam. On 2017-10-20 10:41:52, Storer, Darren < <mailto:darren.storer@gmail.com> darren.storer(a)gmail.com> wrote: Hi Stef, Did you manage to resolve the ASA VPN session issue mentioned back in March? The graph below is for AnyConnect (SSL) VPN sessions but seems to display correctly as "Clientless". Thanks for any advice Darren On 15 March 2017 at 08:34, Stef Renders < <mailto:stef.renders@cronos.be> stef.renders(a)cronos.be> wrote: Dear Just FYI This started occurring after 9.4.3 release, and still present as of 9.7.1 All releases pre-9.4.3 do not seem to have this issue, and correctly report 0 clientless vpn (when only using anyconnect sslvpn) Kind regards From: observium [mailto: <mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org> observium-bounces(a)observium.org] On Behalf Of Richard Reitenauer Sent: dinsdag 14 maart 2017 19:43 To: <mailto:observium@observium.org> observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 Remote Access Sessions I am currently using the latest community edition and looking to go to the professional subscription. With a Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 and graphing the Remote Access Sessions, I am seeing odd data and it looks like others have had the same issue for a couple years now. I attached a screenshot of what I am seeing. >From Cisco CLI – show vpn-sessiondb anyconnect summary: VPN Session Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active : Cumulative : Peak Concur : Inactive ---------------------------------------------- AnyConnect Client : 96 : 8582 : 101 : 3 SSL/TLS/DTLS : 96 : 8582 : 101 : 3 >From Observium interface snapshot is attached. Is there any fix for this? Also, can we graph per anyconnect group? Thanks, Rich Reitenauer Sr. Infrastructure Analyst 1 Meridian Blvd, Suite 2C01 Wyomissing, PA 19610 O: 610-373-7999 x1255 <mailto:rreitenauer@ugies.com> rreitenauer(a)ugies.com _______________________________________________ observium mailing list <mailto:observium@observium.org> observium(a)observium.org <https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpostman.m…> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list <mailto:observium@observium.org> observium(a)observium.org <http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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IPsec tunnel monitor question
by Satish Patel 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

we have multiple tunnel on ASA which we are monitoring using observium but in graph its just showing number of Active tunnel is there anyway we can have number of tunnel by IP or peer name so we configure alert if any one of tunnel down and take some action

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[Feature Request] F5 LTM Virtual Server bandwidth reports
by Brian Hostetler 27 Oct '17

27 Oct '17

Any plans to add bandwidth reporting for F5 LTM virtual servers (VS)? For companies with customers using a dedicated VS, this would be a really nice feature, rather than using a pooled port for reporting. Brian

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Notifications not working
by Robert Martinez 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hello, suddenly notifications stop working at all. No e-mail or Slack transit notifiers work xxxx@xxxxx:/opt/observium$ sudo ./test_alert.php -a 11569 Observium 17.10.8927 Test Alert Notification ##### Software versions ##### o OS Linux 4.4.0-97-generic [amd64] (Ubuntu 16.04) o Apache 2.4.18 o PHP 7.0.22-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (OPcache: ENABLED) o Python 2.7.12 o MySQL 5.7.20-0ubuntu0.16.04.1 (extension: mysqli 5.0.12-dev) o SNMP NET-SNMP 5.7.3 o RRDtool 1.5.5 ##### Memory Limit ##### o PHP Unlimited ##### MySQL mode ##### o MySQL NO_ZERO_IN_DATE,NO_ZERO_DATE,ERROR_FOR_DIVISION_BY_ZERO,NO_AUTO_CREATE_USER,NO_ENGINE_SUBSTITUTION ##### Charset info ##### o PHP UTF-8 o MySQL utf8 ##### Timezones info ##### o Date Thursday, 26-Oct-17 13:13:45 CEST o PHP +02:00 o MySQL +02:00 o Queueing Notification [81049] o Queueing Notification [81050] With debug flag a lot of these till reach the value Queueing Notification [81050] SQL[SELECT * FROM `notifications_queue` WHERE 1] SQL RUNTIME[0.22802496s] SQL[SELECT `notification_locked` FROM `notifications_queue` WHERE `notification_id` = '5309'] SQL RUNTIME[0.00024700s] SQL[SELECT `notification_locked` FROM `notifications_queue` WHERE `notification_id` = '5310'] SQL RUNTIME[0.00008702s] SQL[SELECT `notification_locked` FROM `notifications_queue` WHERE `notification_id` = '5311'] SQL RUNTIME[0.00007796s] SQL[SELECT `notification_locked` FROM `notifications_queue` WHERE `notification_id` = '5312'] SQL RUNTIME[0.00007796s] Any ideas? Best Regards, Robert

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APC Environmental Bars no longer displaying Health Graphs
by Observium 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hi all, We have 2 APC environmental management agents which we've been using to monitoring temperature and humidity. We've upgraded to 17.9.8829 (stable) this morning, however the logo for each of these devices has changed to NetBotz, instead of the normal APC one. We've lost all health related graphs, temperature/humidity probes, and all related historic data. The event log lists each of the sensor probes being deleted from the system about 7 hours after the upgrade. Other than the upgrade we've made no changes to the system. We've since rebooted each device, and even deleted and re-added one to see if the ports will get re-polled, but no luck. Anyone else experiencing anything similar? As always, any help is most appreciated J Kind regards, Alex

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Groups naming
by Youssef BENGELLOUN - ZAHR 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

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Copy module properties between devices
by Jason Lixfeld 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hey there, Is there perhaps a knob that can be used to copy device properties from Device > Properties > Modules from one device to another, or better yet, if I create a group of devices, can I have all members of the group inherit the same properties? I’ve looked through the GUI and also through the available CLI scripts looking for some clues, but haven’t found anything, so perhaps there’s no such ability? Thanks!

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After migration of Observium im getting some "Error Drawing Graph" errors
by Edvinas K 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Hello, After migrating observium with old rrds and mysql db to new machine some graphs shows . I got this info in "RRD Command" Performance & Output RRDTool Output: ERROR: opening '/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd': Permission denied RRDtool Runtime: 0.012s | Total time: 0.013s RRDTool Command /usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/Te25azzHxCwBa1eS.png -Y --lower-limit 0 --upper-limit 100 --start 1508859557 --end 1508945947 --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 DEF:usage=/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd:usage:AVERAGE DEF:usage_max=/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd:usage:MAX DEF:usage_min=/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd:usage:MIN DEF:usageX=/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd:usage:AVERAGE:start=1508773167:end=1508859557 DEF:usage_maxX=/opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd:usage:MAX:start=1508773167:end=1508859557 SHIFT:usageX:86390 SHIFT:usage_maxX:86390 AREA:usage_max#c5c5c5 AREA:usage_min#ffffff COMMENT:'Usage Now Avg Max \n' LINE1.25:usage#cc0000:' ' GPRINT:usage:LAST:"%6.2lf%s" GPRINT:usage:AVERAGE:"%6.2lf%s" GPRINT:usage_max:MAX:"%6.2lf%s"\n COMMENT:\n LINE1.25:usageX#666666:'Prev \n' AREA:usageX#99999966: CDEF:usagesmooth=usage,1800,TREND CDEF:usagepredict=586400,-7,1800,usage,PREDICT LINE1:usagepredict#FF00FF::dashes=3 RRDTool Files Used /opt/observium/rrd/jaycore02/processor-cpm-22.rrd What could i do ? Thanks

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observium Archives
by Brian Hostetler 26 Oct '17

26 Oct '17

Are the archives locked? http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/ <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/> <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/> <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/> *Forbidden* You don't have permission to access /pipermail/observium/ on this server. ------------------------------ *Apache/2.4.18 (Ubuntu) Server at postman.memetic.org <http://postman.memetic.org> Port 80* Brian

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Status Map
by Kris Kirkland 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Is there any recommendations for a "Status Map" that is more like Nagvis? We are in the process of moving all our alert checks from Icinga to observium and would like a more robust solution than the current overview map for our operations center display. -- Kris Kirkland ~ K5KRK 2B1ASK1 - http://goo.gl/5bU4F0

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Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 Remote Access Sessions
by Richard Reitenauer 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

I am currently using the latest community edition and looking to go to the professional subscription. With a Cisco ASA 9.4(3)6 and graphing the Remote Access Sessions, I am seeing odd data and it looks like others have had the same issue for a couple years now. I attached a screenshot of what I am seeing. >From Cisco CLI - show vpn-sessiondb anyconnect summary: VPN Session Summary --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Active : Cumulative : Peak Concur : Inactive ---------------------------------------------- AnyConnect Client : 96 : 8582 : 101 : 3 SSL/TLS/DTLS : 96 : 8582 : 101 : 3 >From Observium interface snapshot is attached. Is there any fix for this? Also, can we graph per anyconnect group? Thanks, Rich Reitenauer Sr. Infrastructure Analyst 1 Meridian Blvd, Suite 2C01 Wyomissing, PA 19610 O: 610-373-7999 x1255 rreitenauer(a)ugies.com<mailto:rreitenauer@ugies.com>

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Device taking > 5 minutes to poll
by Jason Lixfeld 25 Oct '17

25 Oct '17

Hey all, I’ve got a device (Zhone MXK-F) with over 10,000 ports on it, and Observium is taking well over 5 minutes to poll it (upwards of 15 minutes, actually). While there isn’t a definition specifically for MXK-F, it’s getting detected as MXK. os.inc.php is setting max-rep 50, so it’s at least trying to bulk walk, but I don’t know if it’s actually working. Overriding to max-rep 100 doesn’t have an affect on the polling time. So, I guess my question is whether or not I’m on the right track in assuming that this issue is likely that of bulk walk on this device, or possibly some other issue, and how would I determine one way or the other? If it’s something that I can pinpoint, I can throw it back to the vendor to fix. From the digging I’ve done so far, all other poller processes called from poller-wrapper complete in under 5 minutes, so I’m fairly certain that this issue is one of the device, not Observium. But, to be thorough, I moved my database and RRD storage over to local SSDs, and also enabled rrdcached - all that to ensure I didn’t have any I/O issues. /pollerlog/view=devices indicates that it’s just the one device that has high timing (although other devices of the same type are spots 2-7 on the top 10 list high timers, but none is over 300 seconds except for this guy). root@monitor:/home/jlixfeld# /opt/observium/poller.php -VV Observium 17.9.8837 ##### Software versions ##### o OS Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 [amd64] (Debian 8 (jessie)) o Apache 2.4.10 o PHP 5.6.30-0+deb8u1 (OPcache: DISABLED) o Python 2.7.9 o MySQL 5.5.55-0+deb8u1 (extension: mysqli 5.5.55) o SNMP NET-SNMP 5.7.2.1 o RRDtool 1.4.8 (rrdcached 1.4.8: unix:/opt/observium/rrdcached.sock) ##### Memory Limit ##### o PHP Unlimited ##### MySQL mode ##### o MySQL ##### Charset info ##### o PHP UTF-8 o MySQL utf8 ##### Timezones info ##### o Date Monday, 02-Oct-17 12:55:15 EDT o PHP -04:00 o MySQL -04:00 root@monitor:/home/jlixfeld# Thanks all!

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Observium migration
by Edvinas K 24 Oct '17

24 Oct '17

Hello, I freshly installed Observer community edition. Now i need to migrate all information from old mashine to new one. I'm ready to move these things from old mashine to newone: 1)RRD Folder 2)Mysql db 3)Weathermap configuration with existing interface number (requirements is that they would be left the same). So everything should be Ok, but i noticed in older mashine i see in config.php the db configuration is without "$config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli';" like in new one. Will it's possible to get any problem because of that ? Thanks.

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