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Obtaining good thresholds for monitoring SFP light levels
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 11 Oct '23

11 Oct '23

We would like to alert if an SFP's received light level is too low. The light level sensor data is present and linked with a specific port so we can adjust the alert checkers based on attributes of the linked port. What we haven't figured out how to do is get appropriate thresholds for alerting for each SFP. The SFPs define warning and alarm thresholds which are readable on the devices containing the SFPs but that data doesn't make it into Observium for most of our monitored devices as far as we can tell. Similar SFPs usually have similar thresholds so grouping by SFP vendor and part number then creating a check for each set of SFPs with manually extracted and entered thresholds could be acceptable. Observium does show the SFP vendor and part number on the device overview and inventory pages along with which port contains the SFP but there doesn't seem to be a way to reference this data when creating port or sensor groups or alert checkers. There are also the automatically generated or manually set thresholds for sensors inside Observium itself. The automatically generated thresholds are often missing and we are not aware of a way to ensure they are present or reasonable. Manually set thresholds could work if there was a way to set and audit those thresholds in an automated fashion. We don't see a way to use the API to do this though (we're using the subscription edition). Are there recommendations on how to achieve this? Is this a solved problem and we're running into a bug? This is feeling more difficult than it should be. Corwin

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device_rebooted metric is now NULL instead of 1
by Corwin Ziegler Hunts 10 Oct '23

10 Oct '23

We have an alert checker using the device_rebooted metric to monitor for reboots. The metric used to read as 1 when a reboot was detected as is documented <https://docs.observium.org/entities/#device>. After updating to the latest stable revision (r13020) from r12520 the metric now reads as NULL immediately after a reboot. Is this change in behavior intended? Corwin

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repeated recovery messages
by andregeissler＠posteo.de 09 Oct '23

09 Oct '23

Hi I get new recovery messages for my pandacom devices (pandacom-sc) all the time. Observium does not show any alerts. For a device that has not reported any event at all since October 5, Observium shows hundreds of recoveries today alone. Any tips on how to debug this would be greatly appreciated. Andre

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physical v/s virtual
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

Hi, we have observium installed and working fine (polling 629 devices). It is currently installed on a physical server. How advisable is it to promote it to a virtual server? -- Saluda cordialmente

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CustomOID Draw Error
by amat＠tvfactory.ch 05 Oct '23

05 Oct '23

Good Morning, We're having trouble with observium and "Custom OID" SNMP retrieval. The Huawei (S6730 V200R019C00SPC500) monitors portspeed and other. However, we are trying to get some Custom OID for hwAvgDuty5min refelecting the Average 5 Min CPU usage. (A) SNMP Walk On the same machine that Observium is installed the snmpwalk returns a value that makes sense administrator@m01:/opt/observium/html/weathermap/configs$ snmpwalk -v2c -c community-hidden 151.252.33.12 1.3.6.1.4.1.2011.6.3.4.1.4 SNMPv2-SMI::enterprises.2011.6.3.4.1.4.0.0.0 = INTEGER: 9 (B) Observium - Configure Custom OID Numeric OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2011.6.3.4.1.4 we also tried Numeric OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.2011.6.3.4.1.4.0.0.0 Text OID hwAvgDuty5min Value Type GAUGE Description Average CPU Usage Display Unit cpu-usage Display Symbol % Kibibyte (1024) no Log Y Axis no Audo-discovery Yes Unfortunately it does return a "Draw Error". If we do open the CustomOID Graph we see Error: Openeing '': No such file or directory. Any idea what goes wrong here? Kind Regards Ramon Amat

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RouterOS v7 BGPv4 SNMP
by Bergen, Ryan 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Hello, does anyone know if observium can retrieve BGP peering info via SNMP with RouterOS 7.10+? It is now supported on Mikrotiks side, I am able to see the info via snmpwalk with OID 1.3.6.1.2.1.15.3.1 [cid:image003.png@01D9F6A7.A13EF790] [cid:image002.png@01D9F6A7.3CD825B0] Ryan Bergen Network Lead HyLife Ltd 5 Fabas Street, Box 100 La Broquerie, MB R0A 0W0 p 204-424-2300 x472 hylife.com<https://hylife.com/> • Ryan.Bergen(a)Hylife.com<mailto:Ryan.Bergen@Hylife.com> [cid3813500305*image001.png(a)01D93182.760726F0]

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Adjust values returned for custom OID
by Ronald Voermans 04 Oct '23

04 Oct '23

Hi Adam, Did you manage to implement this ‘math parser’ feature for custom oid’s?

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Devices with multiple IP addresses
by Sanjeev Gupta 01 Oct '23

01 Oct '23

Hi, Thanks Adam, I am back to using Observium after many years (was on the Subscription, now on Community).. I have a question on a router (and some similar devices). The router has two interfaces, both visible from the Observium poller. It has been discovered twice, and appears twice as well on the map. I cannot find a script, or anything in the UI (which I am still exploring) or the FAQ. What should I be looking for? -- Sanjeev Gupta +65 98551208 http://sg.linkedin.com/in/ghane

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Observium working very slow
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 29 Sep '23

29 Sep '23

Hi Team, I recently updated to new version to observium after that it will be worked for 4-5 days everything fine. But yesterday onwards it will be unable to generate the graph properly. I have checked my side. is there anyone have issue of this. thank you in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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Edit Network Map
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi Team, Anyone knows the how to edit network map to add manually devices to monitor the network. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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database structure
by luis.olavarrieta＠wynnmex.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

dear team: is there any documentation about the structure of the database where the info is located? we are about to create a dashboard with Grafana and we will connect Observium to it. Having the database structure will make our live easier!!! and if it matters, this is from a "licenced account". Please advice --

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sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do i read traffic graphs???
by Tony Guadagno 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi, after several years of using Observium, it just occurred to me recently that I am not sure how to read the traffic graphs. For example, I always thought that above "0" on the horizontal axis was transmit and below was receive. But as I look closer, that cannot be. Also, the colors on the graph do not seem to line up with the legend...for example in this graph, I see 4 colors, light/dark green and light/dark purple. But the legend seems to have the same color for g0/0/0 as g0. I guess my questions are: How are transmits and receives represented on the traffic graphs? Why are the colors in the graph not lining up with the legend? What does negative 100M represent? thanks [cid:image004.jpg@01D9F11E.FB948DB0] Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Device Showing Down in Alerts but Device is online
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 27 Sep '23

27 Sep '23

Hi Team, We have problem with device alerts. Due to this we can't monitor our network. Actually, our devices are online but, in the alerts, it will be showing down. I have tried to forceful discover but still same. I think it will be software bug then i will update to latest version but at here also same issue. If anyone have solution, please let me know. Thanks in advance. -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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please add export device list feature
by Tony Guadagno 21 Sep '23

21 Sep '23

Hi, I just put this feature request in. if anyone else thinks this would be useful, please reply. Thanks [OBS-4616] please add the ability to export device lists and info - Observium<https://jira.observium.org/browse/OBS-4616> Tony

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Unable to send Telegram notifications
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 20 Sep '23

20 Sep '23

Hi Team, We are facing device up down status will be not sending telegrams. As we are seeing device is up but, in the alerts, it will be not showing up showing status failed. I think issue with my switch, but it is up & working with LibreNMS properly. Anyone knows what the issue of it is. Version: 23.1.12493 -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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Observium Community Edition 23.09
by Adam Armstrong 20 Sep '23

20 Sep '23

We've just released Observium Community Edition 23.09, based on r13005. It includes ~558 commits since the last release. Please note that this release breaks compatibility with PHP versions below 7.2. https://docs.observium.org/updating/#upgrade-to-latest-major-release

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Portchannels not found in Observium
by Peter Derissen 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

Hi, I have just added 4 new devices (of a new typ) in Observium. But the discovery is not seeing the portchannels. Anyway this could be added? 1. Running Observium Pro revision 12988. 2. Device type = ADVA FSP150-XG312 OptiSwitch XG312-F-EXT Ports of the Adva: LIE1013.AGG1# sh port description PORT DESCRIPTION ====================================================== 1 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 2 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 3 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 4 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 5 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 6 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 7 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 8 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 9 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 10 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 11 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 12 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 13 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 14 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 15 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 16 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 17 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 18 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 19 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 20 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 21 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 22 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 23 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 24 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 25 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 26 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 27 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 28 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 29 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 30 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 31 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 32 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 33 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 34 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 35 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 36 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 37 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 38 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 39 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 40 *** CPE Interface Currently unused *** 41 R362: *** Connected to PE2.LIE1013 - xe-0/1/4 *** 42 R362: *** Connected to PE2.LIE1013 - xe-0/1/5 *** 43 *** Connected to PE2.LIE1013 - NOT in USE *** 44 *** Connected to PE2.LIE1013 - NOT in USE *** 45 R362: *** Connected to VRV1031.AGG1 - Port 49 *** 46 *** Connected to VRV1031.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** 47 *** Connected to VRV1031.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** 48 *** Connected to VRV1031.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** 49 R362: *** Connected to VIS1014.AGG1 - Port 45 *** 50 *** Connected to VIS1014.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** 51 *** Connected to VIS1014.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** 52 *** Connected to VIS1014.AGG1 - NOT in USE *** t1 R362: *** Connected to VRV1031.AGG1 - LIE1013-VRV1031/0001 - t2 *** t2 R362: *** Connected to VIS1014.AGG1 - LIE1013-VIS1014/0001 - t1 *** t3 R362: *** Connected to PE2.LIE1013 - Ae 15 *** Ports found by discovery: o Discovering ports XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX..XX.XXX.XXX +---------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------+----------------+-------------+---------+ | ifIndex | ifDescr | ifName | ifAlias | ifType | Oper Status | Ignored | +---------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------+----------------+-------------+---------+ | 1 | Port 1 - ETH10/100/1000 | 1 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 2 | Port 2 - ETH10/100/1000 | 2 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 3 | Port 3 - ETH10/100/1000 | 3 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 4 | Port 4 - ETH10/100/1000 | 4 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 5 | Port 5 - ETH10/100/1000 | 5 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 6 | Port 6 - ETH10/100/1000 | 6 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 7 | Port 7 - ETH10/100/1000 | 7 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 8 | Port 8 - ETH10/100/1000 | 8 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 9 | Port 9 - ETH10/100/1000 | 9 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 10 | Port 10 - ETH10/100/1000 | 10 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 11 | Port 11 - ETH10/100/1000 | 11 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 12 | Port 12 - ETH10/100/1000 | 12 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 13 | Port 13 - ETH10/100/1000 | 13 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 14 | Port 14 - ETH10/100/1000 | 14 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 15 | Port 15 - ETH10/100/1000 | 15 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 16 | Port 16 - ETH10/100/1000 | 16 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 17 | Port 17 - ETH10/100/1000 | 17 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 18 | Port 18 - ETH10/100/1000 | 18 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 19 | Port 19 - ETH10/100/1000 | 19 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 20 | Port 20 - ETH10/100/1000 | 20 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 21 | Port 21 - ETH10/100/1000 | 21 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 22 | Port 22 - ETH10/100/1000 | 22 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 23 | Port 23 - ETH10/100/1000 | 23 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 24 | Port 24 - ETH10/100/1000 | 24 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 25 | Port 25 - ETH10/100/1000 | 25 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 26 | Port 26 - ETH10/100/1000 | 26 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 27 | Port 27 - ETH10/100/1000 | 27 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 28 | Port 28 - ETH10/100/1000 | 28 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 29 | Port 29 - ETH10/100/1000 | 29 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 30 | Port 30 - ETH10/100/1000 | 30 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 31 | Port 31 - ETH10/100/1000 | 31 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 32 | Port 32 - ETH10/100/1000 | 32 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 33 | Port 33 - ETH10/100/1000 | 33 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 34 | Port 34 - ETH10/100/1000 | 34 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 35 | Port 35 - ETH10/100/1000 | 35 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 36 | Port 36 - ETH10/100/1000 | 36 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 37 | Port 37 - ETH10/100/1000 | 37 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 38 | Port 38 - ETH10/100/1000 | 38 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 39 | Port 39 - ETH10/100/1000 | 39 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 40 | Port 40 - ETH10/100/1000 | 40 | *** CPE Interface... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 41 | Port 41 - ETH1000/10000 | 41 | R362: *** Connect... | ethernetCsmacd | up | no | | 42 | Port 42 - ETH1000/10000 | 42 | R362: *** Connect... | ethernetCsmacd | up | no | | 43 | Port 43 - ETH1000/10000 | 43 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 44 | Port 44 - ETH1000/10000 | 44 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 45 | Port 45 - ETH1000/10000 | 45 | R362: *** Connect... | ethernetCsmacd | up | no | | 46 | Port 46 - ETH1000/10000 | 46 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | up | yes | | 47 | Port 47 - ETH1000/10000 | 47 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 48 | Port 48 - ETH1000/10000 | 48 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 49 | Port 49 - ETH1000/10000 | 49 | R362: *** Connect... | ethernetCsmacd | up | no | | 50 | Port 50 - ETH1000/10000 | 50 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | up | yes | | 51 | Port 51 - ETH1000/10000 | 51 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | | 52 | Port 52 - ETH1000/10000 | 52 | *** Connected to ... | ethernetCsmacd | down | yes | +---------+--------------------------+--------+----------------------+----------------+-------------+---------+ Kind regards, Met vriendelijke groet, Peter Derissen Safariweg 25-31 Sr. OSS & Data Engineer 3605 MA Maarssen +31 611587110 The Netherlands [Logo]<https://www.eurofiber.com/en-nl> [Linkedin]<https://nl.linkedin.com/company/eurofiber> [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/Eurofiber> [Web]<https://www.eurofiber.com/en-nl> [Web] Please consider the environment before printing [cid:image007.jpg@01D9E556.F0B14D80]<https://www.eurofiber.com/> ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE ******** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and it is intended only for the addressees. 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General Question - Raritan PDUs
by Derek Johnson 14 Sep '23

14 Sep '23

I'm curious if anyone on the listserv is using a Raritan monitored-per-port PDU? If so, would you be willing to share your experience monitoring it with Observium? We're looking at buying some monitored + switched per-port models, and I want to make sure we can graph each port individually like we can with other vendors. I assume we can, but I figured it can't hurt to ping the community to see if others have any experience they're willing to share to confirm/deny my assumption. Thank you for any info you can offer! Derek Johnson Manager of Network Operations Fort Hays State University 415 Lyman Dr., TH175, Hays, KS 67601 (785) 628-5688 | dpjohnson(a)fhsu.edu<mailto:dpjohnson@fhsu.edu>

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Custom OID troubleshooting
by Brad Bendy 11 Sep '23

11 Sep '23

Got a custom OID setup and graphing for a single device, nothing is showing up in the graphs but snmpget verifies the OID is correct. I think the text OID might be incorrect. Is there a debug log for this somewhere? This is the Professional edition. Thanks

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Need help on migration
by Anthony Polselli 08 Sep '23

08 Sep '23

Hi all, Been using Observium for many years and it's been great. But finally trying to migrate it to a new server running Ubuntu 22 (from Ubuntu 14) and it's been a struggle. I've followed these steps (https://docs.observium.org/server-migration/) but I'm not a Ubuntu / MySQL tech. I built a new Ubuntu server, installed Observium with the script and was able to login. Now, after I restore the rrd files and MySQL DB, I can't login to the web interface. I setup debug and got this below. I tried adding a new user with adduser.php and it looks like it worked, but can't login still. Thanks! [cid:image003.png@01D9DDA5.27FB6730] Thanks, [cid:image001.png@01D9DDA4.47BF6180] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 7047 Carroll Rd. San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232, ext: 101 office [cid:image002.png@01D9DDA4.47BF6180]

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Out Of Office
by thomas.page＠neutralityms.com 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

Hi I am away currently with limited access to my inbox. Your message will not be forwarded. I will be back in the office on the 5th December If you are experiencing a fault on a live service, please contact nsc(a)neutralityms.com <mailto:nsc@neutralityms.com> Any help with ongoing delivery - please contact projects(a)neutralityms.com <mailto:projects@neutralityms.com> Thanks Tom

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error on "Applications" in device settings
by Bryan Fields 01 Sep '23

01 Sep '23

I'm running 23.8.12912 (2nd August 2023), svn revision 12959 on Debian 12. This is the subscription version. When I go to edit a device and then the "Applications" tab I get an error of "Oops! Something went wrong." The below is a quote of the page with the detail errors: > Cannot increment array in /opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116 > #0: (unknown function) called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit/apps.inc.php:116] > 111: echo('<td class="text-center">' . generate_form_element($item) . '</td>'); > 112: //echo(" </td>"); > 113: echo(" <td>" . nicecase($app) . "</td>"); > 114: echo(" </tr>"); > 115: > 116: $row++; > 117: } > 118: } > 119: ?> > 120: </tbody> > 121: </table> > #1: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device/edit.inc.php:119] > 114: $vars = get_vars('POST'); // Note, on edit pages use only method POST! > 115: $attribs = get_dev_attribs($device['device_id']); > 116: $model = get_model_array($device); > 117: > 118: register_html_resource('js', 'js/jquery.serializejson.js'); > 119: include($filename); > 120: } else { > 121: print_error('<h3>Page does not exist</h4> > 122: The requested page does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 123: } > 124: > #2: include called at [/opt/observium/html/pages/device.inc.php:771] > 766: This device is being discovered now. Discovery started ' . format_unixtime($discovery_start) . ' (' . format_uptime(time() - $discovery_start) . ' ago).'); > 767: } > 768: } > 769: > 770: if (is_file($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php")) { > 771: include($config['html_dir'] . "/pages/device/" . basename($tab) . ".inc.php"); > 772: } else { > 773: print_error('<h4>Tab does not exist</h4> > 774: The requested tab does not exist. Please correct the URL and try again.'); > 775: } > 776: > #3: include called at [/opt/observium/html/index.php:234] > 229: </div> > 230: </div> > 231: <div class="col-xl-8 col-lg-12">'; > 232: } > 233: > 234: include($page_file); > 235: echo '</div>'; > 236: } > 237: > 238: // Register default panel if custom not set > 239: if (!isset($GLOBALS['cache_html']['page_panel'])) { I checked the /opt/observium logs and didn't see anything that indicates the problem further. Does anyone know how to troubleshoot this or what this may be? Thanks, -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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APC EPDU1132M not showing power readings
by promise kumalo 29 Aug '23

29 Aug '23

Hello i am having trouble adding the new APC EPDU1132M to the observium. The device is being added and recognised as an APC PDU, but there are no power readings being recorded. i have added an old model APC AP7854 B2 to observium and its works perfectly, i can see the power readings. i am running obversium CE 23.1.12493.

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How to filter only fibre network ports in an alert for link down?
by Thomas Stather 25 Aug '23

25 Aug '23

Hi, I want to create an alert for network ports that are down, but only associate the alert with fibre ports in our network infrastructure. I didn't find something like "ifPortType = fibre" or similar i can use. I could go with the interface speed but there could also be 1GBit fibre ports. How can i solve this? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000 Alerting
by Bryan Fields 24 Aug '23

24 Aug '23

Been working on getting this configured and my head around this alert. I've got it working to alert me of going on battery now, and if the batteries are marked as bad. This is specifically tested with an APC Smart-UPS SRT 6000, SKU: SRT6KXLT. I have three checks: 1: UPS on battery Test Condition: status_value eq 3 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbasicoutput-state Device in $device 2: UPS battery needs replacing Test Condition: status_value ne 1 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbatteryreplace-state Device in $device 3: UPS battery status Test Condition: status_value ne 2 Association: Status Type in powernet-upsbattery-state Device in $device I hope this will be helpful as I didn't see much come up in my searching before. -- Bryan Fields 727-409-1194 - Voice http://bryanfields.net

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Re: my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

Adam, I hear what you are saying about udp flooding...there are routers (no filters) in between but no firewalls. i don't see any indication in the logs that there are udp flooding issues...also, why only every couple of months? Why not every night? Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0] From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)observium.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2023 12:14 PM To: Observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org>; Tony Guadagno via observium <observium(a)lists.observium.org> Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org>; Tony Guadagno <tonyg(a)guadagno.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] my server freaks out sometimes! This is likely a firewall or similar intervening device being unhappy at UDP volume and rate limiting. It's likely that your discovery run starts at midnight, so increases SNMP UDP traffic. adam. Tony Guadagno via observium wrote on 22/08/2023 14:01: * Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image006.jpg@01D9D50B.B1A30DF0] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0] _______________________________________________ observium mailing list -- observium(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium@lists.observium.org> To unsubscribe send an email to observium-leave(a)lists.observium.org<mailto:observium-leave@lists.observium.org>

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my server freaks out sometimes!
by Tony Guadagno 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

* Hi, I am using the pro version Observium 23.8.12912 (stable)<https://www.observium.org/> I am having an issue where over the course of 2 hours (or so) all my devices go down and then up. It claims that it missed pings but there is no issue with any of the devices. This has happened to me 2 times in the past 3 months, both times starting at midnight. When I look in the event log, I am seeing some odd things on that date: [cid:image004.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] First, notice that there are a bunch of snmp timeouts which do not occur on any other day. Also, it seems that all the devices have changes...again this does not happen on any other night. After the first incident I increased the RAM on the server thinking that it was constrained, but the poller info does not look bad: [cid:image005.jpg@01D9D4D7.42656A20] I would appreciate help in determining what to look at for the cause of this. Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Graphs not collecting data after a route reboot
by Shawn L 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

After having a Cisco ASR9001 router reboot over the weekend, some graphs are no longer displaying data and new graphs have been created. Some graphs like processors, memory, etc. are populating correctly, while others like traffic and ports are empty. This router has been in observium for years. The only thing that changed was a reboot over the weekend due to a power issue. No upgrades, changes, etc. In some cases, the "old" graph for an interface is showing nothing, but a new graph for that interface seems to have been automatically created and is now showing data. Is there any way to fix this? I could probably delete the device completely and re-add it, but I hate to loose all of the historical data from it. I can post links to screenshots to illustrate thanks

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Graphs not collecting data after a route reboot
by Shawn L 22 Aug '23

22 Aug '23

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How to exclude only one drive of a server from the alerts
by Thomas Stather 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

Hi, Observium Pro: 23.5.12837 We have one Windows Server monitored, which has a usb drive attached to it. I want to exclude only this drive from the hdd alert e-mails (it is full but thats not a problem), how can i do that, please? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Please put it-help(a)mr.mpg.de always in CC, so that you can be helped as fast as possible. Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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test alert
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 21 Aug '23

21 Aug '23

How i can send a test alert, to check mail?. but all test conditions are false ./test_alert.php -a "id alert" -c "id contact" ? no works -- Saluda cordialmente

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Frontpage custom mini graphs
by Wiethoff, Helge 19 Aug '23

19 Aug '23

Hi, I've been using the minigraphs [1] on the front page for quite a while and they haven't had to be changed for ages. But now I want to insert some new graphs and realise that this no longer works? Could it be that the documentation is old and that the creation of new minigraphs is no longer supported? regards Helge [1] https://docs.observium.org/config_options/#custom-mini-graphs

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NetApp broken Harddisk not reported
by Marco Bungalski 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

Dear Team, we have monitored a NetApp FAS2554 with OnTap 9.7 and 12 installed HDDs. One HDD is broken, but no status was reported in Observium. Can someone help? Best Regards, Marco Bungalski

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Fwd: Memory plots are mislabeled or incorrect in Observium
by NGS Webmaster 18 Aug '23

18 Aug '23

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: NGS Webmaster <ngs.webmaster(a)noaa.gov> Date: Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:34 PM Subject: Memory plots are mislabeled or incorrect in Observium To: <observium-subscribe(a)lists.observium.org> Hello, The memory plots appear to be mislabeled in Observium. Below is a plot for one of our systems. [image: image.png] It reports that 32.19GB of memory is being used and that 5.67GB of memory is cached. However when I run the free -h command on the system the values for these fields are different. [image: image.png] This makes it difficult to accurately monitor the memory usage and setup accurate alerts for memory usage for systems. Can this bug be fixed? Our version information is below. [image: image.png] Thank you

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How to exclude only one drive of a server from the hdd alerts
by Thomas Stather 16 Aug '23

16 Aug '23

Hi We have one Windows Server monitored, which has a usb drive attached to it. I want to exclude only this drive from the hdd alert e-mails (it is full but thats not a problem), how can i do that, please? Best, Thomas -- Thomas Stather IT Services Please put it-help(a)mr.mpg.de always in CC, so that you can be helped as fast as possible. Max-Planck Institut für medizinische Forschung Jahnstraße 29 69120 Heidelberg Room: U1.509 Tel: +49 6221 486 628 Fax: +49 6221 486 561 Bevor Sie diese Mail ausdrucken, prüfen Sie bitte ob dies wirklich nötig ist. Umweltschutz geht uns alle an!

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Name description on alert boxes and mails
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 14 Aug '23

14 Aug '23

On the alerts boxes... how we can show port number and description or name? Some like this [image: image.png] pd: we are testing observium 23.8.12912. -- Saluda cordialmente

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Unable to send notifications.
by sagar＠nstplnet.com 01 Aug '23

01 Aug '23

Hi Tam, We are facing notification related issue. We have created a port up/down alert in observium. It will be sending some switches port status only. Other switches will be showing in status as an unknown. But when we are seeing switch will be showing up & Realtime traffic also showing continuous. Please help us to resolve this issue. Our version is 23.1.12493 -- Thanks & Regards Sagar Penti 7977783978 Navkar Supertech Pvt Ltd

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unix-agent stop being polled in r12899
by Niklas Larsson 27 Jul '23

27 Jul '23

Hi, r12899 makes unix-agent not being polled. Doing svn update -r 12898 makes things good again. My servers are mostly Debian. Made it work again (partly) with ($os = 'linux'): observium:/opt/observium# svn di includes/definitions/os.inc.php Index: includes/definitions/os.inc.php =================================================================== --- includes/definitions/os.inc.php (revision 12899) +++ includes/definitions/os.inc.php (working copy) @@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ $config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "SWRAID-MIB"; //$config['os'][$os]['mibs'][] = "NET-SNMP-EXTEND-MIB"; // moved to discovery $config['os'][$os]['realtime'] = 15; +$config['os'][$os]['modules']['unix-agent'] = 1; $os = "dss"; $config['os'][$os]['text'] = "Open-E DSS"; Secondly - applications and packages are disabled on the device - can not activate application only packages. Added +$config['os'][$os]['modules']['applications'] = 1; to linux and now applications are working again (Observium Professional 23.7.12902). Poller (snipped) output now: ##### Starting polling run at 2023-07-22 20:47:06 ##### ##### xxx.xxx.xx[87] ##### o OS linux o OS Group unix o Last poll duration 1.22 seconds o Last Polled 2023-07-22 20:46:14 o SNMP Version v2c o Device status Device is reachable by PING (0.324ms) and SNMP (14.23ms) o Modules Excluded wmi, junose-atm-vp, cisco-ipsec-flow-monitor, cisco-remote-access-monitor, cisco-cef, arista-software-ip-forwarding,cipsec-tunnels, cisco-cbqos, cisco-eigrp, aruba-controller, cisco-vpdn o Modules Disabled wifi, lsp o Modules Enabled system, os, unix-agent, applications, ipmi, sensors, status, counter, processors, mempools, storage, netstats, ucd-mib, ipSystemStats,ports, bgp-peers, printersupplies, ucd-diskio, p2p-radios, ospf, sla, pseudowires, mac-accounting, loadbalancer,entity-physical, fdb-table, graphs, oids, packages, processes, probes /niklas

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APP Polling on port 36602 stopped
by Walter Onda 27 Jul '23

27 Jul '23

Hello Since 2 days the APP polling at port 36602 doesn't work anymore. No device is working. I tried to telneting the target over cli and it gaves answer on 36602. Tcpdumping on a target there are not requests coming from observium. We are using Revision 23.7.12902. Does anyone else having also some troubles? Regards Walter

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Netbotz Temperature Units
by Brian Weeks 25 Jul '23

25 Jul '23

I just installed a new APC Netbotz 250 and I have configured its web interface to be in Fahrenheit but when I imported it into Observium the units are celsius. The weird thing is if I hover over the temperature it shows correctly in fahrenheit. Can you point me in the right direction on how to change the displayed units? -- Brian Weeks Network Engineer Brenham ISD CCNA, MCSE, ACMT, A+, Network+, Security+ 1301 Niebuhr St. Brenham, TX 7783 Office: (979) 277-3760 ext. 2249 Email: bweeks(a)brenhamk-12.net Website: http://www.brenhamisd.net --

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observium misidentifying Microsoft Server 2022 Standard for Datacenter
by Tony Guadagno 24 Jul '23

24 Jul '23

Update, I looked closer and Observium is doing this for other versions of Microsoft Server, not just 2022. For example, I have a bunch of 2012r2 servers that I have checked and are Standard. They are getting marked as Datacenter. Hi, I just noticed that some of my 2022 servers are listed as Datacenter Edition. When I go to those servers and look at "about pc" they list as Standard Edition(as they should be). Can you please review your OS ident for Microsoft server 2022 Thanks Tony

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Question about VRFs/BGP
by Richard Kuhns 18 Jul '23

18 Jul '23

Hello, Our network engineers have a question about how Observium handles BGP sessions in multiple VRFs: > On IOSXR devices where we use mutliple VRFs, we are unable to monitor > BGP sessions outside of the global routing table. In the global > routing table only the bgp sessions to the route reflectors are > visible. We would like to also be able to monitor bgp sessions in a > different vrf. Going through the documentation we have added the > commands for IOSXR to map a context to the vrf feature - but this does > not appear to be working for bgp. We can create snmp contexts and map > them to a different community to monitor those vrfs that we would like > to include. BUT it appears that in order to utilize them we would have > to add the host twice in observium. I tried doing this with a dns > alias but it doesn't like that because it finds a conflicting snmp > hostname. As a workaround we are monitoring that context in librenms > and it's working. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance. -- Richard Kuhns<rjk(a)wintek.com> Systems Administrator Wintek Powered by Tipmont Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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need receipt for professional edition
by Tony Guadagno 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Hi, I recently renewed my professional edition but I never got a receipt. I need to submit one for reimbursement, how can I get a receipt? Thanks Tony Guadagno O +1 585 577 1003 C +1 585 703 6700 E tonyg(a)guadagnoconsulting.com<mailto:tonyg@guadagnoconsulting.com> [cid:image001.jpg@01D84DD6.FC9912E0]

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Traffic collection on the vlan interface
by Kleber Cristiano Santilli Coelho 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

Good morning! I hope everyone is okay! I have a question about collecting traffic on vlan interfaces. My HPE/3Com devices (7510, 5510, 5520, 4800) show graphs of vlan interfaces but the graph is always empty with no data. On physical interfaces collected normally. Is there any configuration that I need/can do to get the values of the vlan interfaces? Thanks. --

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New Observium Server
by Peter Derissen 06 Jul '23

06 Jul '23

Hi, Currently we are setting up a new vm platform. I want to build a new Observium server (we have a pro license). Is it a problem that I run 2 instances for like 2 or 3 months until the new server is running like it should before I shut down the "old" one? Met vriendelijke groet, Peter Derissen Eurofiber Nederland Oss & Data Engineer Safariweg 25-31 +31 (0)6 11587110 3605 MA Maarssen [cid:image001.png@01D9AFEF.619639E0]<https://www.eurofiber.nl/> Volg ons op Twitter<https://twitter.com/Eurofiber> | Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/eurofiber> | Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/eurofiberNL/> | Youtube<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6DavgEm7-ktAD8_Co_qnMA> Wilt u op de hoogte blijven van technische ontwikkelingen aan ons netwerk, nieuwe ICT ontwikkelingen en klantervaringen? Meld u dan aan voor onze maandelijkse nieuwsbrief<https://marketing.eurofiber.com/acton/fs/blocks/showLandingPage/a/15570/p/p…>. [cid:image002.jpg@01D9AFEF.619639E0]<https://www.eurofiber.nl/> ******** IMPORTANT NOTICE ******** This e-mail (including any attachments) may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure and it is intended only for the addressees. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any copying, distribution or other use of information contained in this e-mail (and its attachments) is not allowed. If you have received this e-mail in error, kindly notify us immediately by telephone or e-mail and delete the message (including any attachments) from your system. Please note that e-mail messages may contain computer viruses or other defects, may not be accurately replicated on other systems, or may be subject of unauthorized interception or other interference without the knowledge of sender or recipient. Eurofiber only sends and receives e-mails on the basis that Eurofiber is not responsible for any such computer viruses, corruption or other interference or any consequences thereof. Eurofiber Nederland B.V. is registered in the Chamber of Commerce of Amsterdam with number 34134377, VAT number NL 8088.51.524 B01. Eurofiber N.V. has its registered office at Belgicastraat 5 bus 7, 1930 Zaventem and is registered under national number 0435.204.851. Eurofiber France has its registered office at 21 Avenue de la Cr?ativit?, 59650 Villeneuve d'Ascq and is registered under national number FR 83.822.249.074.

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alert checker for a ping probe
by Tony Guadagno 05 Jul '23

05 Jul '23

Hi, I have some ping probes and a generic alert check that alerts if any of the ping probes fail like this: [cid:image001.jpg@01D9AB6C.2065CB20] But..now I need to have 2 different alerts based on the name in the ping probe.... How can I write an alert check to distinguish 2 different alert probes? Thanks Tony

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Observium
by Oscar Sánchez Mora 05 Jul '23

05 Jul '23

observium works for linux mint [signatureImage]

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Speedtest observium
by Arnoldo Vidal Bravo 28 Jun '23

28 Jun '23

I can integrate speedtest to observium? it is possible? there are a guide? or something -- Saluda cordialmente

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retention
by Stuart Dyer 27 Jun '23

27 Jun '23

Hi Everyone, Running Observium CE 23.1.12493, noted that observium keeps 4 years, 1 day of data, as per the faq, https://docs.observium.org/faq/ Is there a way to change this, I only run 10 devices and im happy to scale up the disk and cpu / ram ? Regards, Stuart Dyer IT Administrator Phone: +61 2 8020 2063 | E-mail: stuart.dyer(a)innovit.com<mailto:stuart.dyer@innovit.com> [innovit-logo (002) trans 2018] Bringing quality to Master Data MLC Centre, Level 56 19-29 Martin Place <https://goo.gl/maps/2yiiJ2YC4H9SBjYX6> Sydney NSW 2000<https://goo.gl/maps/2yiiJ2YC4H9SBjYX6> Tel: +612 8020 2000 Fax: +612 8020 2099 Web: www.innovit.com<http://www.innovit.com/> Australasia | North America | Europe Follow us on LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/innovit-australia-pty-ltd?trk=public_profi…> This electronic mail is solely for the use of the addressee and may contain information, which is confidential or privileged. If you receive this electronic mail in error, please delete it from your system immediately and notify the sender by electronic mail or using any of the following contact details.

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Updating
by Rando Sui 19 Jun '23

19 Jun '23

Hello, I'm running enterprise 23.2.12520 and tried to update to stable, but after update observium url is not reachable, what could be the issue? I have already updated php version to 7.4 Gr, Rando.

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