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Re: [Observium] monitoring fileZilla ftp server on Windows 2008R2 bestpractice ?
by PROST pierrick 20 May '16

20 May '16

I extend my question :) .... generally : - for a Windows 2K server , how can we do service monitoring ? - for web server , how can we run check tcp/udp ports 80 - 8080 over network ? regards ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Which is the best way to monitore à fileZilla ftp server runing on windows Server 2008R2 with observium ? Can I run à check on port 21 from observium poller ? We have just taken the annual support for observium ... nice tools! Regards. Pierrick Prost Service du Système d'Information CNRS Délégation Régionale Rhône Auvergne 2, avenue Albert Einstein - BP61335 69609 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX www.dr7.cnrs.fr<http://www.dr7.cnrs.fr>

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RRD Files - Error Drawing Graph - Before you groan, its limited to OpenBSD and I have an RRDCommand.. ; )
by Andy Lemin 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, On Observium commercial, all of our OpenBSD firewalls fail to draw the "Processors" graph on the device Overview page :( However if you go to the "Graphs" tab on the Device page, the "Processors" graphs do draw.. It seems to only be limited to the "Overview" tab on the device page. Our Linux servers, Cisco, HP gear etc are all fine. For both the OpenBSD firewalls and the Linux servers, the Processors graph on the Overview page seems to be based on "Device (ucd_ss_cpu)". But the Processors graph which does work looks to be based on "Device (processor)". So it seems that "Device (ucd_ss_cpu)" is not populated for OpenBSD, where Observium thinks it should be. Here is the RRD Command for a failing one; root@intermap:/opt/observium/rrd/ar1406.live.brandwatch.net# /usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/11MUfpl7O7LSQtoX.png -g -Y --lower-limit 0 --alt-autoscale-max --start 1463587788 --end 1463674188 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:' Now Min Max Avg' COMMENT:'\l' CDEF:total= HRULE:0#555555 ERROR: String ends after the = sign on 'CDEF:total=' Here is the RRD Command for a Linux device which works; root@intermap:/opt/observium/rrd/ar1406.live.brandwatch.net# /usr/bin/rrdtool graph /tmp/vskuqlACvSuyBGUW.png -g -Y --lower-limit 0 --alt-autoscale-max --start 1463587973 --end 1463674373 --width 1152 --height 300 -c BACK#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEA#EEEEEE00 -c SHADEB#EEEEEE00 -c FONT#000000 -c CANVAS#FFFFFF00 -c GRID#a5a5a5 -c MGRID#FF9999 -c FRAME#5e5e5e -c ARROW#5e5e5e -R normal --font LEGEND:8:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DroidSansMono,DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:' Now Min Max Avg' COMMENT:'\l' DEF:ssCpuRawUser=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawUser.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawNice=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawNice.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawSystem=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawSystem.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawWait=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawWait.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawInterrupt=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawInterrupt.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawSoftIRQ.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawKernel=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawKernel.rrd:value:AVERAGE DEF:ssCpuRawIdle=/opt/observium/rrd/ ar1406.live.brandwatch.net/ucd_ssCpuRawIdle.rrd:value:AVERAGE CDEF:total=ssCpuRawUser,UN,0,ssCpuRawUser,IF,ssCpuRawNice,UN,0,ssCpuRawNice,IF,ssCpuRawSystem,UN,0,ssCpuRawSystem,IF,ssCpuRawWait,UN,0,ssCpuRawWait,IF,ssCpuRawInterrupt,UN,0,ssCpuRawInterrupt,IF,ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,UN,0,ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,IF,ssCpuRawKernel,UN,0,ssCpuRawKernel,IF,ssCpuRawIdle,UN,0,ssCpuRawIdle,IF,+,+,+,+,+,+,+ CDEF:ssCpuRawUser_perc=ssCpuRawUser,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawNice_perc=ssCpuRawNice,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawSystem_perc=ssCpuRawSystem,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawWait_perc=ssCpuRawWait,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc=ssCpuRawInterrupt,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc=ssCpuRawSoftIRQ,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawKernel_perc=ssCpuRawKernel,total,/,100,* CDEF:ssCpuRawIdle_perc=ssCpuRawIdle,total,/,100,* HRULE:0#555555 AREA:ssCpuRawUser_perc#c02020:'User ' GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawUser_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawNice_perc#008f00:'Nice ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawNice_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawSystem_perc#ea8f00:'System ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSystem_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawWait_perc#1f78b4:'Wait ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawWait_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc#a6cee3:'Interrupt ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawInterrupt_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc#b2df8a:'SoftIRQ ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawSoftIRQ_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawKernel_perc#fb9a99:'Kernel ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawKernel_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n AREA:ssCpuRawIdle_perc#f5f5e5:'Idle ':STACK GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:LAST:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:MIN:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:MAX:%5.1lf%% GPRINT:ssCpuRawIdle_perc:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%%\n 1233x339 Failing OpenBSD Example; Working Linux Example; Thank you very much for your time, and a great system. The more I use Observium, the more I love it. Cheers, Andy.

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monitoring fileZilla ftp server on Windows 2008R2 bestpractice ?
by PROST pierrick 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi Everyone, Which is the best way to monitore à fileZilla ftp server runing on windows Server 2008R2 with observium ? Can I run à check on port 21 from observium poller ? We have just taken the annual support for observium ... nice tools! Regards. Pierrick Prost Service du Système d'Information CNRS Délégation Régionale Rhône Auvergne 2, avenue Albert Einstein - BP61335 69609 VILLEURBANNE CEDEX www.dr7.cnrs.fr<http://www.dr7.cnrs.fr>

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Package not available
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, I saw some package not available on centos 6.7 when install using yum. Any workaround for this issue? No package php-posix.x86_64 available. No package php-mcrypt.x86_64 available. No package vixie-cron.x86_64 available. No package fping.x86_64 available. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Ownership
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 20 May '16

20 May '16

Hi, Is this correct ownership? [root@observium observium]# ll total 204 -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 8432 Jan 15 16:37 add_device.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1890 Jan 15 16:37 adduser.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 3629 Jan 15 16:37 alerter.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 943 Jan 15 16:37 alerts.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1571 Jan 15 16:37 check-errors.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 2548 Jan 15 16:37 check-services.php -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1001 May 19 18:17 config.php -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 998 Dec 17 13:17 config.php.default -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 466 Jan 15 16:37 config_to_json.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1272 Jan 15 16:37 delete_device.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 7994 Jan 16 00:03 discovery.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 4042 Jan 15 16:37 housekeeping.php drwxrwxr-x 10 1000 1000 4096 May 4 20:38 html drwxrwxr-x 14 1000 1000 4096 Jan 26 22:35 includes -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 165 Oct 4 2015 INSTALL -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 10750 Jan 15 16:37 irc.php drwxrwxr-x 7 1000 1000 4096 Jan 15 16:37 libs -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 2323 Jan 26 22:35 LICENSE.COMMUNITY drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 20 09:32 logs drwxrwxr-x 156 1000 1000 24576 Jan 20 00:01 mibs -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 7236 Jan 15 16:37 poller.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 14763 Oct 4 2015 poller-wrapper.py -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 990 Oct 4 2015 README -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1670 Jan 15 16:37 rename_device.php drwxr-xr-x 2 apache apache 4096 May 19 18:19 rrd drwxrwxr-x 4 1000 1000 4096 Jan 26 17:21 scripts -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 29 Oct 4 2015 snmp.conf.example -rw-rw-r-- 1 1000 1000 385 Oct 4 2015 snmpd.conf.example -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1033 Jan 15 16:37 snmptrap.php -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1468 Jan 15 16:37 syslog.php drwxrwxr-x 5 1000 1000 4096 Oct 4 2015 templates -rwxrwxr-x 1 1000 1000 1818 Jan 15 16:37 test_alert.php drwxrwxr-x 4 1000 1000 4096 Jan 15 16:37 tests drwxrwxr-x 2 1000 1000 12288 Jan 16 22:05 update OS: Centos 6.7 Final x86_64. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support

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Help needed with unix-agent
by Gaurav Chaturvedi 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hello, I have installed ubuntu on virtual machine, configured bind and unix-agent successfully, in observium were able to see the application "bind" and all the graphs related to bind were displayed. After few days, I made a copy of vmware virtual machine (on which bind was running), added it to observium (with new IP), telnet to 36605 shows the output related to bind but observium showing that no application is running on the new virtual machine. so, 2 queries: 1) what am i missing? 2) How to debug step by step Regards Gaurav

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Getting error
by Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani 19 May '16

19 May '16

Hi, I'm getting error when try access detail about my swicth. I already add device from CLI. I want to see detail in webUI. This error get from ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Refer attachment. Now i try to install using centos 6. I want to see if same error come out. Regards, Mohd Zainal Abidin Rabani Technical Support ModernOne Data Solutions Sdn. Bhd. [ Dedicated Server | VPS | Co-Location | Hosting ] [ Managed Service | System Integration | Domain ] W : www.nocser.net FB: http://www.facebook.com/nocser Twitter: @nocsertech Skype: zabidin5417

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Re: [Observium] Missed Allowed Value in CDR/95th Percentile
by ChanTy 18 May '16

18 May '16

Any comment ? From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Ty Chan <ty.chan(a)corp.mekongnet.com.kh> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Monday, May 16, 2016 at 10:52 AM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Missed Allowed Value in CDR/95th Percentile Hi, Allowed value is usually missed from Billing report as below: any comment? Regards, chanty _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Juniper logical interface confuse
by Eduardo Schoedler 18 May '16

18 May '16

I think Observium is confusing interfaces. Just now I reactivated a logical unit in juniper (xe-0/0/1.1698) and Observium thinks is ae0.3550. In event log: 2016-05-17 19:36:27 ae0.3550 IP address added: 2804:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/126 2016-05-17 19:36:27 ae0.3550 IP address added: 177.x.x.x/30 2016-05-17 19:36:24 ae0.3550 Interface DELETED mark removed [image: Imagem inline 1] In Juniper: login@rtr> show interfaces snmp-index 544 *Logical interface xe-0/0/1.1698 *(Index 332) (*SNMP ifIndex 544*) Description: VLAN-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Flags: Up SNMP-Traps 0x0 VLAN-Tag [ 0x8100.1698 ] Encapsulation: ENET2 Input packets : 490 Output packets: 4075 Protocol inet, MTU: 1500 Flags: Sendbcast-pkt-to-re, User-MTU, Sample-input Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 177.x.x.x/30, Local: 177.x.x.x, Broadcast: 177.x.x.x Protocol inet6, MTU: 1500 Flags: User-MTU, Sample-input Addresses, Flags: Is-Preferred Is-Primary Destination: 2804:x:x:x:x:x:x:x/126, Local: 2804:x:x:x:x:x:x:x I will send in private the discovery to Mike and Adam. Thank you! -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Brocade VDX Switch
by ffuentes 18 May '16

18 May '16

Hello Team, We just moved from Extreme to Brocade and found out that Observium does not detect properly the VDX Switch stack. It just has the logo with a "?". Any ideas if the VDX line from brocade will be add it to the Professional Version? Regards, -- Fernando Fuentes Supervisor & Senior Systems Administrator Email: ffuentes(a)aasteel.com American Alloy Steel, Inc. Houston, Texas Website: http://www.aasteel.com Phone: 713-744-4222 Fax: 713-300-5688

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DPKG version listing order
by Alex Winder ( M5i Limited ) 17 May '16

17 May '16

Hi all, We've recently added the DPKG agent to some of our Debian hosts so that we can keep on top of what's up-to-date and what isn't. So far it's been quite helpful, except I have one small niggle with it, the way that it lists the version orders of the packages. See below: The nginx version on the above are listed in the order of: 1.8.0 1.8.1 1.9.11 1.9.12 1.9.14 1.9.15 1.9.5 1.9.9 Where if they were listed in version order they would be listed: 1.8.0 1.8.1 1.9.5 1.9.9 1.9.11 1.9.12 1.9.14 1.9.15 Is there anyway that this can be worked around, or is there any plan to implement a fix? Thanks, Alex.

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Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer
by Richard Wigzell 16 May '16

16 May '16

Thank you all for the replies and screenshots; they have been most helpful. I have one more question regarding the custom OID monitor, has anyone used this to capture BPDU counters? Specific use case: We cannot currently send syslog messages from all our network devices to the Observium host and would be looking to use BPDU counters as an indication that a spanning-tree event had occurred. I would also be interested to hear what others have done regarding spanning-tree alerts etc. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Moerman, Maarten Sent: 13 May 2016 14:29 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer Hi, See a LB vserver pool, and the vserver stats below: Vserver lists all services, and aggregated stats of the pool itself Service has: bits, packets, connections, requests, ttfb & surgecount There’s also more tcp stuff & ssl stuff in other tabs Maarten From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Friday, May 13, 2016 at 1:39 PM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer Hi, We don't really have a trial beyond CE (which effectively is the trial), but if you guys have Netscalers, the 150 quid is certainly super cheap for the amount of data we collect from them. Our Netscaler support is developed in conjunction with eBay to monitor their load balancer platform, so it's one of the more actively developed parts of our code. If you ask nicely, perhaps someone will be able to generate some screenshots or something :D Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On May 13, 2016, at 11:57, Richard Wigzell <richard.wigzell(a)it.ox.ac.uk<mailto:richard.wigzell@it.ox.ac.uk>> wrote: Thank you all for the replies. Is it possible to trial the subscription edition? We would be interested to see this functionality as well as the custom OID monitor. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: 09 May 2016 14:19 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer CE does not support netscaler, you need a subscription for that. Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On May 9, 2016, at 15:14, prost pierrick <pierrick.prost(a)cnrs.fr<mailto:pierrick.prost@cnrs.fr>> wrote: Hello, Have you tried a SNMP WALK on your equipment ? De : observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] De la part de Richard Wigzell Envoyé : lundi 9 mai 2016 14:51 À : 'observium(a)observium.org<mailto:'observium(a)observium.org>' Objet : [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer Hello, we have a Citrix Netscaler (x2 HA) that we monitor but there is no Loadbalancer Tab on the device page. So we are unable to see vServers info etc. Have ensured that the SNMP view is FULL as opposed to Read only on the device themselves. Both nodes are running Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 (Build 57.7.nc) Running CE 0.16.1.7533 (26th January 2016). Am I correct in thinking that I should be able to see vServer info? If so some suggestions to resolve this would be welcome. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Missed Allowed Value in CDR/95th Percentile
by ChanTy 16 May '16

16 May '16

Hi, Allowed value is usually missed from Billing report as below: any comment? Regards, chanty

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VMware polling broken?
by Ron Marosko 15 May '16

15 May '16

Hi guys, I think something got broken in polling of ESXI servers… not sure where exactly, but on or about 4 May, the “Operating System” section changed from the full build information to “Operating system VMware (build-)”. In “showtech” it looks like it’s this line: features=>build- Or am I smoking a green leafy substance? ….Ron -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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Alert on high availability status change on Checkpoint
by Robin Cook 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hello, We have a few checkpoint firewalls and I am looking to generate email alerts when the HA status changes from OK to critical. The Observium logs look a bit like this when it occurs: 2016-05-12 16:58:30 High Availability (standby) Status Alert: cpnew02 High Availability (standby) entered ALERT state: CRITICAL (previous: OK) 2016-05-12 16:58:28 cpfw04 Features -> ClusterXL inactive or machine is down 2016-05-11 10:30:04 High Availability (standby) Status updated: checkpoint-ha-state haStatCode.0 High Availability (standby) 2016-05-11 10:28:03 High Availability (standby) Status Ok: cpnew02 High Availability (down) entered OK state: OK (previous: CRITICAL) Does anyone have any advice on how to build the alert checker for this? The high Availability icon looks to be a traffic lights one while the devices themselves show as the normal device icon - so I think they may be discovered as separate entities. I am also a bit unsure on how to filter to the OS "Check Point GAiA R77.45 (standby)" so for now have just been using device type firewall. Many thanks, Robin -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message is for the designated recipient(s) only and may contain privileged, proprietary, and/or confidential information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of MDSL. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Registered Information MARKET DATA SERVICES LIMITED, FLOOR 2 BUILDING 4, CENTURY PLACE, LAMBERTS ROAD, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, KENT, TN2 3EH, UNITED KINGDOM Company No: 03031342 | VAT Reg. No.: GB624962327

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(no subject)
by Andy Lemin 13 May '16

13 May '16

Haha, Yea I'm not brave enough to cut myself on bleeding edge ;) Just "Stable" here as its prod.. Thanks for being so quick! On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:46 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > That was done 10 minutes ago... > > Unless you're all confused and running stable! :DDD > > adam. > > On 13/05/2016 14:43:03, Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> wrote: > Haha, damn hipster hidden pages.. Haha ;) > > Thanks Adam, I have added "$config['web_enable_showtech'] = 1;" to my > config.php > > I will await the code update :) > > Thanks, Andy. > > On Fri, May 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > >> I've added this to the device "cog" menu, when enabled in the config >> (web_enable_showtech = true in config.php, or Web UI -> General -> Enable >> 'show tech' option in web-config editor) >> >> adam. >> >> On 13/05/2016 14:17:23, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >> Shh. You're not supposed to know that tab exists! :P >> >> adam. >> >> On 13/05/2016 14:15:17, Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Does anyone know how to unhide the "showtech" tab for all the devices? >> >> For example, go to somewhere like; >> https://observium/device/device=17/tab=ports/ >> >> And change the "ports" for "showtech". >> >> http://observium/device/device=<device_id>/tab=showtech/ >> >> This page is useful, and would be nice to have the button on >> the device page instead of having to remember a URL hack, when debugging >> missing data or problems monitoring devices etc (esp when using rancid and >> smokeping like we do). >> >> Hoping their is a secret config.php switch :) >> >> Thanks, Andy. >> _______________________________________________ observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> >> > _______________________________________________ observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >

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Unhide the hidden showtech tab
by Andy Lemin 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hi, Does anyone know how to unhide the "showtech" tab for all the devices? For example, go to somewhere like; https://observium/device/device=17/tab=ports/ And change the "ports" for "showtech". http://observium/device/device=<device_id>/tab=showtech/ This page is useful, and would be nice to have the button on the device page instead of having to remember a URL hack, when debugging missing data or problems monitoring devices etc (esp when using rancid and smokeping like we do). Hoping their is a secret config.php switch :) Thanks, Andy.

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Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer
by Moerman, Maarten 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hi, See a LB vserver pool, and the vserver stats below: Vserver lists all services, and aggregated stats of the pool itself Service has: bits, packets, connections, requests, ttfb & surgecount There’s also more tcp stuff & ssl stuff in other tabs Maarten [cid:389CB59F-C0E4-4CE5-9B5B-3F1307456575][cid:F9A6342F-F0EE-4362-A4FE-4CF6889949F4] From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Friday, May 13, 2016 at 1:39 PM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer Hi, We don't really have a trial beyond CE (which effectively is the trial), but if you guys have Netscalers, the 150 quid is certainly super cheap for the amount of data we collect from them. Our Netscaler support is developed in conjunction with eBay to monitor their load balancer platform, so it's one of the more actively developed parts of our code. If you ask nicely, perhaps someone will be able to generate some screenshots or something :D Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On May 13, 2016, at 11:57, Richard Wigzell <richard.wigzell(a)it.ox.ac.uk<mailto:richard.wigzell@it.ox.ac.uk>> wrote: Thank you all for the replies. Is it possible to trial the subscription edition? We would be interested to see this functionality as well as the custom OID monitor. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: 09 May 2016 14:19 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer CE does not support netscaler, you need a subscription for that. Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On May 9, 2016, at 15:14, prost pierrick <pierrick.prost(a)cnrs.fr<mailto:pierrick.prost@cnrs.fr>> wrote: Hello, Have you tried a SNMP WALK on your equipment ? De : observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] De la part de Richard Wigzell Envoyé : lundi 9 mai 2016 14:51 À : 'observium(a)observium.org<mailto:'observium(a)observium.org>' Objet : [Observium] Citrix Netscaler vServer Hello, we have a Citrix Netscaler (x2 HA) that we monitor but there is no Loadbalancer Tab on the device page. So we are unable to see vServers info etc. Have ensured that the SNMP view is FULL as opposed to Read only on the device themselves. Both nodes are running Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 (Build 57.7.nc) Running CE 0.16.1.7533 (26th January 2016). Am I correct in thinking that I should be able to see vServer info? If so some suggestions to resolve this would be welcome. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Citrix Netscaler vServer
by Richard Wigzell 13 May '16

13 May '16

Hello, we have a Citrix Netscaler (x2 HA) that we monitor but there is no Loadbalancer Tab on the device page. So we are unable to see vServers info etc. Have ensured that the SNMP view is FULL as opposed to Read only on the device themselves. Both nodes are running Citrix Netscaler NS10.5 (Build 57.7.nc) Running CE 0.16.1.7533 (26th January 2016). Am I correct in thinking that I should be able to see vServer info? If so some suggestions to resolve this would be welcome. Regards [cid:image001.jpg@01CE9215.D39244B0]<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/> Richard Wigzell Networks, Security and Server Specialist IT Services | University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road, Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 616282 www.it.ox.ac.uk<https://www.it.ox.ac.uk/>

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Re: [Observium] Disk size alert Windows
by Epco Dijk 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi, Thanks for all your answers. However I didn’t get it to work. [cid:image001.png@01D1AC9A.71C211A0] [cid:image002.png@01D1AC9A.71C211A0] It doesn’t seem to pick it up. Otherwise I would expect it to be in the Matching Entities. When I replace the entity match to * it does get pickup in the alert, but then the alert is useless for me: [cid:image003.png@01D1AC9A.71C211A0] But from the earlier sent attachment you see that Storage_type hrStorageFixedDisk is being returned. If someone can shine a light, much appreciated. KR, Epco From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Thursday 12 May 2016 at 20:31 To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Disk size alert Windows Well, I did write it :D Match does a str_match() style comparison. Easier, faster and sufficient in most instances. Adam. Sent from BlueMail<http://www.bluemail.me/r> On 12 May 2016, at 19:07, "Pål Rydningen" <paal.rydningen(a)gmail.com<mailto:paal.rydningen@gmail.com>> wrote: That changes everything Adam! I was not aware that "regex" could be a test-keyword... You got access to the source-code or something? ;) Seriously tho - this did spur me into looking twice at things and a plain "storage_descr match C*" did the trick. On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> wrote: You can use regular expressions. storage_descr regex /^c/ or something? :D adam. On 12/05/2016 18:41:57, Pål Rydningen <paal.rydningen(a)gmail.com<mailto:paal.rydningen@gmail.com>> wrote: CE scrub here; Yes it does - and this checker is a partial success to me: Error! Filename not specified. The only thing I still haven't figured out is how to match particular drive-letters. When its listed as "C:\ Label: Serial Number 58edd0c8" - Im fumbling trying to find a way to match the beginning of the string and look for "C:" I presume there is some magic involved with the "match" keyword and how to use it with a regex? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Pål R. ________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium Epco Dijk Systems Administrator Northpool bv Kanaalpark 140 2321JV Leiden The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)88 2400300 Fax: +31 (0)88 2400399 E-mail: epco.dijk(a)northpool.nl Web: www.northpool.nl [http://www.northpool.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/signature.png] This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message or if this message has been addressed to you by error, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone but destroy it and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Northpool bv shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified.

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Re: [Observium] Customer billing search
by Jan Kuiper 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi Adam, I found the issue after looking up the source code: mysql> SELECT * FROM `entity_permissions` WHERE `entity_type` = 'bill' GROUP BY `user_id` ORDER BY `user_id` ; +---------+---------+-------------+-----------+--------------+ | perm_id | user_id | entity_type | entity_id | access_level | +---------+---------+-------------+-----------+--------------+ | 1 | 2 | bill | 0 | 0 | …… Strange enough the first record pointed to user_id 2 and this user isn’t in de user table. After changing user_id 2 to 1 (admin account) everything is working again. I don’t know what caused this. Thanks, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 15:16:50 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: <31e01c31-15c4-4750-aa3c-64677cb4ddff(a)getmailbird.com<mailto:31e01c31-15c4-4750-aa3c-64677cb4ddff@getmailbird.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I mean, your problem is that you have a blank user. You probably want to remove this from the user management area. adam. On 12/05/2016 15:08:01, Jan Kuiper <j.kuiper(a)piramide.nl<mailto:j.kuiper@piramide.nl>> wrote: Hi Adam, Thanks for the assist :-(. I really can't find the place to delete the blank user in the traffic accounting search, nor can't find the place to alter this. It seems to me that this is an issue in the stable version (build 0.16.5.7833), because the 'All Types' filter is working correctly, but the User dropbox is empty and selects an non existing blank user (deselecting the blank user solves the problem). Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 14:44:46 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" To: "" Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 63 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I've no idea why you have a blank user, that's your problem! adam. On 12/05/2016 14:41:55, Jan Kuiper wrote: Hi Adam, I didn't select anything. Also I found out if I manually deselect the given blank user the search is working again. How can we save the query without the automatic selected blank user? Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:11:28 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" To: "" Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" You have a blank named user selected? adam. On 12/05/2016 12:08:44, Jan Kuiper wrote: Hi Adam, Is there a way to debug it? If I enter a word in the Billing Name nothing is found but I am sure that there are records matching the search string. Also the User dropdown box contains an empty record, could this be the problem because the ‘All Types’ first match is "All Types". See attached snippets. Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:29:06 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" To: "" Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This seems to work fine for me. adam. On 12/05/2016 09:33:45, Jan Kuiper wrote: Hi, I want to search for a bill, but the bill search function seems to be broken again, even when we clear the search settings no records are found. A refresh (F5) of the page show all records again. Is it possible to fix this? We are running version 0.16.5.7833. Best regards, Jan Kuiper From: Jan Kuiper Sent: maandag 10 augustus 2015 17:11 To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> [mailto:observium@observium.org] Subject: Customer billing Hi, I want to search for bills, but the bill search function does only give all bills instead of the requested Bill Name. Has anyone the same issue, if no what can I do wrong or fix it? I am running the stable version 6833. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760 [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760<cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760%20[cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760>]] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl<mailto:info@piramide.nl> [mailto:info@piramide.nl] [mailto:info@piramide.nl [mailto:info@piramide.nl<mailto:info@piramide.nl%20[mailto:info@piramide.nl>]] | http://www.piramide.nl [http://www.piramide.nl] [http://www.piramide.nl] | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/attachments/20160512/aac259f…>

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Disk size alert Windows
by Epco Dijk 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi all, I really struggle to get a proper alert on a Windows C: drive size. Checker is as follows (can also be found in attachment): Storage_perc greater 50 Hostname match ampere* Entity * Only if I fill it in as above at least the checker is added. As soon as I change entity to storage_type equals hrStorageFixedDisk like written in manuals it doesn't even add the check after the rebuild option. I have run ./poller.php -h ampere.companyname.pvt -dd with attached result. As you can see the C:\ drive is filled more than 50% so I would expect an alert. Who can help me with this? Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Epco Dijk Epco Dijk Systems Administrator Northpool bv Kanaalpark 140 2321JV Leiden The Netherlands Tel: +31 (0)88 2400300 Fax: +31 (0)88 2400399 E-mail: epco.dijk(a)northpool.nl Web: www.northpool.nl [http://www.northpool.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/signature.png] This message and any attachments (the "message") are confidential and intended solely for the addressees. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message or if this message has been addressed to you by error, you may not copy or deliver this message to anyone but destroy it and kindly notify the sender by reply email. Any unauthorised use or dissemination is prohibited. E-mails are susceptible to alteration. Northpool bv shall not be liable for the message if altered, changed or falsified.

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Observium and Slack
by Andy Lemin 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi guys, Has anyone gotten Slack Alert notifications working? We have email alerts working but not Slack. NB; Running the commercial version (0.16.2.7629). We have a webhook URL for a private slack channel https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxxxxxxxx/yyyyyyyy/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz (x, y and z replaced for public viewing) I tried the custom webhook "Contact", however we don't know how to transpose our slack webhook into the fields provided (URL, Authentication token, Sender of message). There is no Authentication, and their is no Sender (the sender is defined by the webhook on the Slack side). But only filling in the URL field with the webhook doesn't work :( Doing a "curl" test on the Observium server terminal with the webhook works fine? Have also tried creating the new slack "Contact", But I have no idea how I'm supposed to transpose this webhook into the fields provided; (Channel name, Username, Instance URL). Assume this only works for public channels where you enter in user details for Observium instead of using a webhook. Generally not sure how to debug this. Noobie.. Thanks, Andy.

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Suggested addition to geist-mib-v3.inc.php
by Ron Culler 12 May '16

12 May '16

We have these units with the additional Temp Sensors. With the addition of the code below we are now able to see all of them // GEIST-MIB-V3::tempSensorSerial.1 = STRING: 200000034EB41F28 // GEIST-MIB-V3::tempSensorName.1 = STRING: Temp Sensor // GEIST-MIB-V3::tempSensorAvail.1 = Gauge32: 1 // GEIST-MIB-V3::tempSensorTempC.1 = INTEGER: 22 Degrees Celsius $cache['geist']['tempSensorTable'] = snmpwalk_cache_multi_oid($device, "tempSensorTable", array(), "GEIST-MIB-V3", mib_dirs('geist')); foreach ($cache['geist']['tempSensorTable'] as $index => $entry) { if ($entry['tempSensorAvail']) { $descr = $entry['tempSensorName'] . " Temperature"; $oid = ".1.3.6.1.4.1.21239.2.4.1.5.$index"; $prefix = 'tempSensorTempC'; $value = $entry[$prefix]; $limits = (is_array($geist_alarms[$prefix.'.'.$index]) ? $geist_alarms[$prefix.'.'.$index] : array()); if (is_numeric($value)) { discover_sensor($valid['sensor'], 'temperature', $device, $oid, $prefix.'.'.$index, 'geist-mib-v3', $descr, 1, $value, $limits); } } } Ron Culler

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Re: [Observium] Customer billing search
by Jan Kuiper 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi Adam, Thanks for the assist :-(. I really can't find the place to delete the blank user in the traffic accounting search, nor can't find the place to alter this. It seems to me that this is an issue in the stable version (build 0.16.5.7833), because the 'All Types' filter is working correctly, but the User dropbox is empty and selects an non existing blank user (deselecting the blank user solves the problem). Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 14:44:46 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] FW: observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 63 Message-ID: <46ad7bce-500b-41e5-9ec5-53efbd93e5ed(a)getmailbird.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" I've no idea why you have a blank user, that's your problem! adam. On 12/05/2016 14:41:55, Jan Kuiper <j.kuiper(a)piramide.nl> wrote: Hi Adam, I didn't select anything. Also I found out if I manually deselect the given blank user the search is working again. How can we save the query without the automatic selected blank user? Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:11:28 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" To: "" Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" You have a blank named user selected? adam. On 12/05/2016 12:08:44, Jan Kuiper wrote: Hi Adam, Is there a way to debug it? If I enter a word in the Billing Name nothing is found but I am sure that there are records matching the search string. Also the User dropdown box contains an empty record, could this be the problem because the ‘All Types’ first match is "All Types". See attached snippets. Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:29:06 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" To: "" Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This seems to work fine for me. adam. On 12/05/2016 09:33:45, Jan Kuiper wrote: Hi, I want to search for a bill, but the bill search function seems to be broken again, even when we clear the search settings no records are found. A refresh (F5) of the page show all records again. Is it possible to fix this? We are running version 0.16.5.7833. Best regards, Jan Kuiper From: Jan Kuiper Sent: maandag 10 augustus 2015 17:11 To: observium(a)observium.org [mailto:observium@observium.org] Subject: Customer billing Hi, I want to search for bills, but the bill search function does only give all bills instead of the requested Bill Name. Has anyone the same issue, if no what can I do wrong or fix it? I am running the stable version 6833. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760 [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760]] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl [mailto:info@piramide.nl] [mailto:info@piramide.nl [mailto:info@piramide.nl]] | http://www.piramide.nl [http://www.piramide.nl] [http://www.piramide.nl] | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending.

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FW: observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 63
by Jan Kuiper 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi Adam, I didn't select anything. Also I found out if I manually deselect the given blank user the search is working again. How can we save the query without the automatic selected blank user? Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:11:28 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: <2f35ded3-56e9-4c9a-8c29-71a8b2110f45(a)getmailbird.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" You have a blank named user selected? adam. On 12/05/2016 12:08:44, Jan Kuiper <j.kuiper(a)piramide.nl> wrote: Hi Adam, Is there a way to debug it? If I enter a word in the Billing Name nothing is found but I am sure that there are records matching the search string. Also the User dropdown box contains an empty record, could this be the problem because the ‘All Types’ first match is "All Types". See attached snippets. Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:29:06 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org [mailto:adama@memetic.org]> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org [mailto:observium@observium.org]> Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: <dfdfe0ac-7975-4487-8726-c10b0111b71e(a)getmailbird.com [mailto:dfdfe0ac-7975-4487-8726-c10b0111b71e@getmailbird.com]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This seems to work fine for me. adam. On 12/05/2016 09:33:45, Jan Kuiper <j.kuiper(a)piramide.nl [mailto:j.kuiper@piramide.nl]> wrote: Hi, I want to search for a bill, but the bill search function seems to be broken again, even when we clear the search settings no records are found. A refresh (F5) of the page show all records again. Is it possible to fix this? We are running version 0.16.5.7833. Best regards, Jan Kuiper From: Jan Kuiper Sent: maandag 10 augustus 2015 17:11 To: observium(a)observium.org [mailto:observium@observium.org] Subject: Customer billing Hi, I want to search for bills, but the bill search function does only give all bills instead of the requested Bill Name. Has anyone the same issue, if no what can I do wrong or fix it? I am running the stable version 6833. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760 [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760]] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl [mailto:info@piramide.nl] [mailto:info@piramide.nl [mailto:info@piramide.nl]] | http://www.piramide.nl [http://www.piramide.nl] [http://www.piramide.nl] | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/attachments/20160512/c514019…> ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:41:13 +0100 From: Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Observium and Slack Message-ID: <CAP1PKXv-0f=ohrEHcY53mRZ3=Fkx1stSJZFLi=6cLfEO4ieSnA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Adam, Thank you very much for your quick reply. However it is still not working :( I created an "Incoming Webhook" on the Slack site for our company, which injects messages to the "Private" channel "networks-private", with the username Network-Alerts. If I test the webhook with 'Curl' (as image below) it works fine and the test message appears in Slack (and on my mobile ;) But as you can see in my test below, I setup the contact the same as you, added an Alert checker, and then triggered some alerts. But none of them came through? Observium; Command line test; Slack App; Really want to get this working with Observium as a method of notifying network alerts to my mobile. NB; This is an unmodified install of the paid version 0.16.5.7833 Thanks very much for your time and thoughts. Cheers, Andy. On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 12:11 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Getting slack to work is pretty straightforward, you just need a hook > url and a channel name: > > > http://omega.memetic.org/~adama/monosnap/Observium_Dev____-_Contact_-_ > Google_Chrome_2016-05-12_12.09.37.png > > Old screenshots died a week or two ago when the server they were on > had a harddisk implosion! :) > > adam. > > On 12/05/2016 12:01:11, Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> wrote: > PS; Is there an up-to-date guide/manual for Observium and Slack? I > must be missing something silly.. > > The only one I can find is; > https://rickheil.com/slack-and-observium-sitting-in-a-tree/ > > However this is out of date and suggest modifying files, when the > Integration is now finished I believe. > > Thanks, Andy. > > On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 11:55 AM, Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Sorry for the slow reply. >> >> When I tried to look at your picture Adam, it says failed to connect? >> Do you know if this is permanent or only temporary? Still need to get >> Slack working (have been away on holiday :) >> >> Thanks, Andy. >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 7:56 AM, Henrik Cednert (Filmlance) < >> henrik.cednert(a)filmlance.se> wrote: >> >>> Yepp. I've got it working. Confed at slack site and then like what >>> adam showed you. >>> >>> Have some fishy alerts but that's deeper than the slack notif and >>> something with the polling of that device. But screenshot shows how >>> the slack output looks/can look. >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> -- >>> Henrik Cednert >>> cto | td | compositor >>> >>> *Filmlance International* >>> mobile [ + 46 (0)704 71 89 54 ] >>> skype [ cednert ] >>> >>> From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of Adam >>> Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> >>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System >>> <observium(a)observium.org> >>> Date: Wednesday 9 March 2016 at 17:51 >>> To: "observium(a)observium.org" <observium(a)observium.org> >>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Observium and Slack >>> >>> >>> http://alpha.memetic.org/~adama/snaps/Observium_Dev____Contact_-_Goo >>> gle_Chrome_2016-03-09_16.48.38.png >>> >>> adam. >>> >>> Sent from Mailbird >>> <http://www.getmailbird.com/?utm_source=Mailbird&utm_medium=email&ut >>> m_campaign=sent-from-mailbird> >>> >>> On 09/03/2016 15:33:43, Andy Lemin <andy(a)brandwatch.com> wrote: >>> Hi guys, >>> >>> Has anyone gotten Slack Alert notifications working? We have email >>> alerts working but not Slack. NB; Running the commercial version >>> (0.16.2.7629). >>> >>> We have a webhook URL for a private slack channel >>> >>> https://hooks.slack.com/services/xxxxxxxxx/yyyyyyyy/zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz >>> zzzzzzzz (x, y and z replaced for public viewing) >>> >>> >>> I tried the custom webhook "Contact", however we don't know how to >>> transpose our slack webhook into the fields provided (URL, >>> Authentication token, Sender of message). >>> >>> There is no Authentication, and their is no Sender (the sender is >>> defined by the webhook on the Slack side). >>> >>> But only filling in the URL field with the webhook doesn't work :( >>> Doing a "curl" test on the Observium server terminal with the >>> webhook works fine? >>> >>> >>> Have also tried creating the new slack "Contact", But I have no idea >>> how I'm supposed to transpose this webhook into the fields provided; >>> (Channel name, Username, Instance URL). >>> Assume this only works for public channels where you enter in user >>> details for Observium instead of using a webhook. >>> >>> Generally not sure how to debug this. 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Customer billing search
by Jan Kuiper 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi Adam, Is there a way to debug it? If I enter a word in the Billing Name nothing is found but I am sure that there are records matching the search string. Also the User dropdown box contains an empty record, could this be the problem because the ‘All Types’ first match is "All Types". See attached snippets. [cid:image001.jpg@01D1AC4F.63065BD0] [cid:image002.jpg@01D1AC4F.63065BD0] Best regards, Jan Kuiper Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 11:29:06 +0100 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org<mailto:adama@memetic.org>> To: "" <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] Customer billing search Message-ID: <dfdfe0ac-7975-4487-8726-c10b0111b71e(a)getmailbird.com<mailto:dfdfe0ac-7975-4487-8726-c10b0111b71e@getmailbird.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" This seems to work fine for me. adam. On 12/05/2016 09:33:45, Jan Kuiper <j.kuiper(a)piramide.nl<mailto:j.kuiper@piramide.nl>> wrote: Hi, I want to search for a bill, but the bill search function seems to be broken again, even when we clear the search settings no records are found. A refresh (F5) of the page show all records again. Is it possible to fix this? We are running version 0.16.5.7833. Best regards, Jan Kuiper From: Jan Kuiper Sent: maandag 10 augustus 2015 17:11 To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: Customer billing Hi, I want to search for bills, but the bill search function does only give all bills instead of the requested Bill Name. Has anyone the same issue, if no what can I do wrong or fix it? I am running the stable version 6833. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl<mailto:info@piramide.nl> [mailto:info@piramide.nl] | http://www.piramide.nl [http://www.piramide.nl] | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending.

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P2P-RADIO
by Eduardo Schoedler 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi Adam and team, Any chances to add support to Ceragon / SIAE / Huawei microwave radios? Jira tickets #1532, #1533 and #1535. Our concern is about monitoring sensors, like input voltage and modulation. Thank you. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Customer billing search
by Jan Kuiper 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi, I want to search for a bill, but the bill search function seems to be broken again, even when we clear the search settings no records are found. A refresh (F5) of the page show all records again. Is it possible to fix this? We are running version 0.16.5.7833. Best regards, Jan Kuiper From: Jan Kuiper Sent: maandag 10 augustus 2015 17:11 To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Customer billing Hi, I want to search for bills, but the bill search function does only give all bills instead of the requested Bill Name. Has anyone the same issue, if no what can I do wrong or fix it? I am running the stable version 6833. Met vriendelijke groet / Kind Regards, Jan Kuiper [cid:image001.jpg@01CF62F0.6DBAB760] Piramide ICT Services | Kollergang 9 | 7773 NG Hardenberg | Postbus 220 | 7770 AE Hardenberg info(a)piramide.nl<mailto:info@piramide.nl> | http://www.piramide.nl | +31 (0)523 261 387 Disclaimer Deze e-mail is uitsluitend bestemd voor de geadresseerde(n). Verstrekking aan en gebruik door anderen is niet toegestaan. Piramide sluit iedere aansprakelijkheid uit die voortvloeit uit elektronische verzending.

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alert on postfix mail queue
by Simon Smith 12 May '16

12 May '16

Hi All im not sure if this is possible but thought i would email and ask i use the Postfix Queue Shape graph and works brilliantly! is the a way of doing an alert event if the Deferred on one of our servers has an email in it for more then say 15mins ? regards Simon

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No Filesystem info for Solaris version 5.10?
by Dano, Leo 11 May '16

11 May '16

Hello All, I am getting filesystem info in Solaris version 5.11 but not in 5.10. Is there a way to gain this info in Observium, or is it only supported in Solaris 5.11? I get memory, proc and network fine but no filesystem info. Thanks, ----------------------- Leo Dano

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syslog stops working
by John Klasa 11 May '16

11 May '16

Hi, we have syslog-ng configured and went through the documentation about how to get syslog into Observium. It works for a while(from 10mins to several hours) and then it stops to display or handle syslog. Restarting the syslog daemon generates a strange message in the logs. -0001-11-30 00:00:00 Alert (1) 1 : 1 It's very low volume. Maybe 100-1000 messages per day. We have tried rsyslog (default in RedHat) Version Information Observium 0.16.5.7833 (6th May 2016) OS Linux 2.6.32-431.29.2.el6.x86_64 [amd64] (RedHat 6.7) Apache 2.2.15 (Red Hat) PHP 5.6.21 Python 2.6.6 MySQL 5.1.73 (extension: mysqli 5.1.73) SNMP NET-SNMP 5.5 RRDtool 1.4.8 __________________________________________________ Regards John Klasa Managed Services, Itiviti John.Klasa(a)itiviti.com Kungsgatan 36 , P.O. Box 7742 10395 Stockholm , Sweden Homepage: itiviti.com »

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Re: [Observium] Could not resolve
by Claudionei Mendes 10 May '16

10 May '16

Your thoughts for Big Company and Big ISPs are small. Nobody wants to add thirty thousand devices in a hostname list, or with an nonsense script. They will choose a system that will be allowed to add devices by a subnet or network. That it means IP Address. Not hostname. We are not talking about servers hostnames, that are static, and won't change, even if the room is burned and the building is down. We are not talking about a BGP Router, or a Main router, that are always and forever there, if possible. We are talking about thousand of devices that are changing, at least, once a day. Ron, An DNS fail, doesn't mean I have one DNS server. With all your expertise, you should see other possibilities, other scenarios. Come on. It simply doesn't make sense to have a system that allow you to add a Device by IP address when it wants and later, it's not possible anymore. But you can try tomorrow, because tomorrow the system will accept the IP address. This is a bug for me. Joseph, The system works with IP Address. Whats is the diference to have an option to add devices by IP Address? Not even an option, because it already works, but just sometimes, if you are lucky. Another point, Sure I can make a script, but we are not talking about an expert user to be using the system. Can't this scenario be thought? We have "normal" people operating the system too. How do you think they will reach the Knowledge for this? They not even have access to the system console. You are closing your mind to main possibilities. I am talking about adding 3000 devices in a system, where these devices, does not need a hostname, it simply needs an IP address for eventual access. Because if we have a hostname like juliocesar.company.com, tomorrow, this device will be deactivated and activated for another customer with another name but the same IP address, and it's an infinite routine, because customers are not eternal, and IP addresses are not infinite. Can you imagine an system where we need advanced user only to use? Do you think Microsoft and Apple would be where they are with a software where only advanced user are able to use? Adam, What is an important device to you? Do you think that a customer side device isn't important to be monitored? How many devices have you ever seen in a network? Have you worked in an ISP? Do you have an Idea of what is to manage device hostnames for, until now, 7 cities? Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 18:49, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Ron Marosko) > 2. Re: Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname > (Ivan Jukic) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 16:41:23 -0500 > From: "Ron Marosko" <ron(a)rjr-services.com> > To: "'Observium Network Observation System'" <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: <004901d1aa3b$888ba2e0$99a2e8a0$(a)rjr-services.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I just want to touch this one point below, and then I’m done. > > > > If you’re running your entire organization on a single DNS server, then > you shouldn’t even be working in this industry. > > > > There are certain fundamental components in any network infrastructure > that should be redundant. DNS, by far, is high on the list of those > components. You should *always* have multiple DNS servers redundant to > each other. Maybe even have redundant load balancers front-ending those DNS > servers. That’s even more true when you’re hosting/running authoritative > DNS servers for certain domains. Whatever NMS you choose to run, even that > isn’t as high a priority for redundancy. > > > > It all goes back to good network and server architecture and design. If > you don’t have a solid base for all that, then all the higher level stuff > is just going to fold like a house of cards. If you spend the extra time to > do things right and not half-assed, then you’ll have a solid network and > have good reporting on everything. Don’t be that half-ass guy. > > > > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of > Claudionei Mendes > Sent: Monday, May 09, 2016 11:37 AM > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > > > > <excess stuff removed> > > > > What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > > > > <excess stuff removed> > >

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I can only apply billings over ports ?
by Francisco José Sánchez Iruela 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi, Before we used NFSEN for Billing on CISCO , now we have changed to Huawei and we need to know how to synchronize with Netstream . C an only be applied billing on ports? C ould we implement billing on groups / networks / VLAN ... ? Thanks in advance, Francisco José Sánchez IruelaDepartamento de redes <http://www.cartagon.com/> *Tel.* 902 998 398 – (+34) 91 020 11 32 - *Extensión 1105* *Fax.* 902 998 374 – (+34) 91 362 46 46 *E-mail.* fjsanchez(a)cartagon.com <acastellano(a)cartagon.com> Calle Urano 50, 28760, Tres Cantos. Madrid *Web.* www.cartagon.com <https://www.linkedin.com/company/cartagon> <https://twitter.com/cartagon>

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VRF / Arista
by John Klasa 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi, we have two Arista 7150S-64 switches where we use several VRF's. I have enabled VRF in config.php but they are not showing up in the GUI? Any ideas? Have I forgotten to enable something? Regards -John

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Observium: Full Page World Map
by Nate Mellendorf 10 May '16

10 May '16

Observium team, I was playing around with this myself, but my understanding of PHP is quite limited. I hacked something together myself but it doesn't scale well. Would be possible to add a feature to view the Observium world map in full screen mode? I understand that one could easily argue how this feature wouldn't bring much benefit. They wouldn't be wrong. That said, it would still be a nice to have Observium hanging in the NOC on a TV with a full screen map. I think that's originally what you were going for by having a map on the main landing page. I'm just thinking one step further. Just a suggestion. (Please feel free to tell me if I'm just doing it wrong~) Thank you. Nate Mellendorf | Network Engineer | Netgain CCNA Route Switch - Citrix Certified Professional - Network 720 West Saint Germain Street | St. Cloud | MN | 56301 Phone: 320.251.4700 x183 | 877.797.4700 x183 www.NetgainHosting.com<http://www.netgainhosting.com/> [cid:image002.png@01D1AA60.3D35BF90] ________________________________ The information contained in this email message is for the designated recipient only and may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this message or any information contained within is strictly prohibited.

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I want to see the collection of prior postings to the list, visit the observium Archives.
by Francisco José Sánchez Iruela 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello team, Could I see the collection of prior postings to the list ? I click over http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/ (observium Archives) and I can't acces. I would like to see the other threads that have already been discussed. Thanks in advance, Francisco José Sánchez IruelaDepartamento de redes <http://www.cartagon.com/> *Tel.* 902 998 398 – (+34) 91 020 11 32 - *Extensión 1105* *Fax.* 902 998 374 – (+34) 91 362 46 46 *E-mail.* fjsanchez(a)cartagon.com <acastellano(a)cartagon.com> Calle Urano 50, 28760, Tres Cantos. Madrid *Web.* www.cartagon.com <https://www.linkedin.com/company/cartagon> <https://twitter.com/cartagon>

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Frontpage: Eventlog filter
by Wiethoff, Helge 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi everyone, right now it is possible to filter syslog messages on the frontpage with a statement in config.php: $config['frontpage']['syslog']['priority'] = array('emerg','alert'); // for example I think it would be nice to have something similar for the eventlog. For example to filter interfaces going up/down and interface-throughput: $config['frontpage']['eventlog']['filter'] = array('ifSpeed','ifOperStatus'); Maybe this feature is already implemented and i am not able to find it?! Thanks for reading :-) Version: Observium Professional 0.16.5.7838 Cheers, Helge

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 45
by Claudionei Mendes 10 May '16

10 May '16

Joseph, The customer premisses equipment (CPE) are managed and accessed internally for monitoring and maintenance of customer internet connection. Customers are not eternal. Can you imagine to a system administrator expends all the day adding hostnames in a DNS Server for at least 10 CPE per day that can be changed 2 days after or a weekend after? Or even adding hostnames in the /etc/hosts for five devices that will be removed after 6 hours? We have system that only needs a screw to be adjusted, and people with the screwdriver in the hand. Are you asking me to search for a screwdriver and reach the screw to be adjusted? All the service providers I know, does not control CPE units with hostnames. They use hostnames for servers, main routers, main switches, and other devices that are usually in the Data Center. Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 16:47, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 42 (Joseph Zancocchio) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 15:47:13 -0400 > From: Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 42 > Message-ID: <5730E941.9010400(a)nyi.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; Format="flowed" > > It is one time, unless your organization's public IP allocations are > regularly changing.... (I am asusming, of course, that you would take > care of all your RFC 1918 subnets at one time, but if more come into > use, you could add still add them without any effort at all) > > If these "CPE" devices are using a public IP address that your > organization doesn't control, then yes, you would have to add internal > hosts entries for any such IP(s) that you care about. > > But again, a script can do this in a split second, and could easily be > written to take a CIDR-syntaxed subnet argument... > > This sort of "limitation" should never halt an ISP in its tracks. I > mean, Observium is open source.... there is nothing stopping you from > patching it directly to do what you want, and maintaining said patch, so > if that scenario fits your use case (temporarily monitoring equipment > living on public IPs of other organizations), then it sure would make > sense to customize your Observium setup to work with it, if maintaining > a DNS server or hosts file is too much work for you. > > See the license snippet: > > |4. You may make modifications to the Software. The following > restrictions apply to modifications: a. Modifications must not alter > or remove any copyright or identifying notices in the Software. b. > You may not distribute modifications in any form except to submit > your changes to the copyright holders for inclusion in the Software.| > > > On 05/09/2016 02:03 PM, Claudionei Mendes wrote: > > That's the problem. It's not once. It's not one time in life. > > It's not advanced users that only uses the system. > > > > Can you think on this scenario? > > > > Who uses the information, and who uses the system? > > > > Is it necessary to be an system administrator or a network Engineering > > to uses the system? Or my Help Desk team will be able to add an CPE > > for monitoring too? > > > > You are developing a system for big ISP and big companys, but thinking > > small. > > > > > > Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 14:26, <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> escreveu: > > > > Send observium mailing list submissions to > > observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > > > You can reach the person managing the list at > > observium-owner(a)observium.org <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > > > > Today's Topics: > > > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Spencer Ryan) > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Message: 1 > > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 13:25:46 -0400 > > From: Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net <mailto:sryan@arbor.net>> > > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > > Message-ID: > > > > <CA+HzidTFxhKcf16-=xXJZsZNKNyC-MHYX4w=2xSkjUAwcT5K4w(a)mail.gmail.com > <mailto:2xSkjUAwcT5K4w@mail.gmail.com>> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > 10 minutes, one script to add all the names to /etc/hosts > > > > You've spent more time explaining why you don't want to do it than > you > > could have just doing it. > > > > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net > > <mailto:sryan@arbor.net> > > *Arbor Networks* > > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > > www.arbornetworks.com <http://www.arbornetworks.com> > > > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Claudionei Mendes < > > claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com <mailto:claudionei.mendes@gmail.com>> > > wrote: > > > > > I don't think it's my personal option. It's a use case that many > > Service > > > Providers as us, have. > > > > > > You have two Scenarios that are not that simple as it looks. > > > > > > We have important devices. Ok. We need host names, but and for > > temporary > > > devices, as an CPE. > > > > > > Can you imagine the work you are giving to us? Or to any ISP > > that cares > > > about the customer? > > > > > > It's impossible that only us, as ISP serve temporary events. > > Don't you > > > think? > > > > > > In my opinion, and it's not hard to implement, you should think > > in this > > > scenarios. It won't cost nothing to have both options, IP and > > Host name. > > > > > > Every monitoring system you search, won't have this limitation. > > > > > > Adam. It's not my problem. It's what you said. It's a different > > scenario > > > that is not implemented in the system. > > > > > > Can't you see how many people are complaining about this issue? > > > > > > Observium is a great software as I could see until now. > > Congratulations, > > > > > > But, please, think about this situation. In three days there are > > three > > > people having this difficult. How many people, do you think, > > simply have > > > given up thinking it's a bug on the software, just because, > > sometimes it > > > add devices by IP and sometimes it cannot solve the host name? > > > > > > Many customers do not complain, they simply turn around and go > away. > > > Does that complain, it's because really like your work, and wants > it > > > better. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 13:50, > > <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> > > > escreveu: > > > > > >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > > >> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > >> > > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > >> observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > >> > > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > > >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > >> > > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > > >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > >> > > >> > > >> Today's Topics: > > >> > > >> 1. Re: Could not resolve (Adam Armstrong) > > >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (Jason Vanlandingham) > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > > >> Message: 1 > > >> Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:01 +0100 > > >> From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org <mailto:adama@memetic.org > >> > > >> To: Observium Network Observation System > > <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > >> Cc: Observium Network Observation System > > <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > > >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > > >> Message-ID: <4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47(a)typeapp.com > > <mailto:4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47@typeapp.com>> > > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > >> > > >> You're trying very hard to come up with scenarios that people have > > >> already given you solutions for. > > >> > > >> Observium's target market is primarily service providers and > > enterprise > > >> with large networks. > > >> > > >> Many of our SP customers like the features we have which > > enforce good > > >> operational practice. > > >> > > >> If Observium works for you and you're not in that segment, > > that's fine. > > >> > > >> However, we can't and won't compromise SP-centric design decisions > > >> because users outside of our target market don't like them. > > >> > > >> Write a script which takes an Ip, puts a dummy entry in to > > /etc/hosts and > > >> adds the dummy entry. 5 seconds, done. > > >> > > >> It's you who need to solve the problem of your unusual use > > case, not us > > >> who need to accommodate it. > > >> > > >> There is actually a way to trick Observium in to allowing you > > to add by > > >> IP. I use it for temporary devices, and it most definitely > > involves DNS. ;) > > >> > > >> Adam. > > >> > > >> Sent from BlueMail > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On May 9, 2016, 17:37, at 17:37, Claudionei Mendes < > > >> claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com > > <mailto:claudionei.mendes@gmail.com>> wrote: > > >> >Hello Everybody, > > >> > > > >> >I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the > > developers of > > >> >observium to think well on this situation. > > >> > > > >> >We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this > > >> >devices > > >> >for monitoring in somewhere. > > >> > > > >> >Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to > > temporary > > >> >devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. > > >> > > > >> >In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. > > >> > > > >> >And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? > > >> > > > >> >What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > > >> > > > >> >All my monitoring will stop? > > >> > > > >> >IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. > > >> > > > >> >I would like you to think about adding devices just by > > hostname. We > > >> >have > > >> >3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But > > none of them > > >> >need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end > > devices. > > >> >They > > >> >need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not > > need DNS > > >> >Names. > > >> > > > >> >Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any > monitoring > > >> >services > > >> >we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, > > <observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org>> > > >> >escreveu: > > >> > > > >> >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > > >> >> observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > >> >> > > >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > > >> >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > > >> >> observium-request(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-request@observium.org> > > >> >> > > >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at > > >> >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > > <mailto:observium-owner@observium.org> > > >> >> > > >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > > specific > > >> >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> Today's Topics: > > >> >> > > >> >> 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > > >> >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com > > <mailto:ron@rjr-services.com>) > > >> >> 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > > >> >> 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> >> > > >> >> Message: 1 > > >> >> Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > > >> >> From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org > > <mailto:nurbek@suleimanov.org>> > > >> >> To: observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org> > > >> >> Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > > >> >> Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru > > <mailto:1462636898.127896886@f371.i.mail.ru>> > > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> Hi, > > >> >> I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve > > >> >10.30.1.1 > > >> >> I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > > >> >> > > >> >> http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > > >> >> > > >> >> It all work, w hat could be the reason > > >> >> > > >> >> Thanks > > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > > >> >> > > >> >>

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stop the madness re: dns
by Rob VanHooren 10 May '16

10 May '16

to save the list the continuing pain, I think I can sum up: "if you're not using DNS properly, then YOU are doing it wrong" (and, quite frankly, we don't want to hear about it anymore) R. > On May 9, 2016, at 11:51 PM, Claudio wrote: > {blather}

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Discard out error rate check
by Laszlo Nemeth 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello, On the 7793 we try to create a check that alert if the interface discards TX errors on our Nexus switch more than 0 per sec. This error is real, we see it on Observium graphs (Device->Port->Error->Discards TX ) and on the switch’s CLI too. We created this check but looks like it doesn’t work: ifOutDiscards_rate notequals 0 We tried it with “gt 1” instead of "notequals 0” without result. :( In an another check the ”ifInErrors_rate” is working, but the ifOutDiscards_rate not. Picture is attached. What we did wrong? BR Laszlo

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Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname
by Ivan Jukic 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hi All, I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a nightmare to managed. Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium without using hostname? Cheers, Ivan

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Re: [Observium] Could not resolve
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

Hello Everybody, I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of observium to think well on this situation. We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this devices for monitoring in somewhere. Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? All my monitoring will stop? IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We have 3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. They need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS Names. Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring services we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > To: observium(a)observium.org > Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > Hi, > I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve 10.30.1.1 > I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > > http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > > It all work, w hat could be the reason > > Thanks > > > Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 70, Issue 42
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

That's the problem. It's not once. It's not one time in life. It's not advanced users that only uses the system. Can you think on this scenario? Who uses the information, and who uses the system? Is it necessary to be an system administrator or a network Engineering to uses the system? Or my Help Desk team will be able to add an CPE for monitoring too? You are developing a system for big ISP and big companys, but thinking small. Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 14:26, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Spencer Ryan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 9 May 2016 13:25:46 -0400 > From: Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: > <CA+HzidTFxhKcf16-=xXJZsZNKNyC-MHYX4w= > 2xSkjUAwcT5K4w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > 10 minutes, one script to add all the names to /etc/hosts > > You've spent more time explaining why you don't want to do it than you > could have just doing it. > > > *Spencer Ryan* | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.net > *Arbor Networks* > +1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m) > www.arbornetworks.com > > On Mon, May 9, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Claudionei Mendes < > claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > I don't think it's my personal option. It's a use case that many Service > > Providers as us, have. > > > > You have two Scenarios that are not that simple as it looks. > > > > We have important devices. Ok. We need host names, but and for temporary > > devices, as an CPE. > > > > Can you imagine the work you are giving to us? Or to any ISP that cares > > about the customer? > > > > It's impossible that only us, as ISP serve temporary events. Don't you > > think? > > > > In my opinion, and it's not hard to implement, you should think in this > > scenarios. It won't cost nothing to have both options, IP and Host name. > > > > Every monitoring system you search, won't have this limitation. > > > > Adam. It's not my problem. It's what you said. It's a different scenario > > that is not implemented in the system. > > > > Can't you see how many people are complaining about this issue? > > > > Observium is a great software as I could see until now. Congratulations, > > > > But, please, think about this situation. In three days there are three > > people having this difficult. How many people, do you think, simply have > > given up thinking it's a bug on the software, just because, sometimes it > > add devices by IP and sometimes it cannot solve the host name? > > > > Many customers do not complain, they simply turn around and go away. > > Does that complain, it's because really like your work, and wants it > > better. > > > > > > > > > > Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 13:50, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > > escreveu: > > > >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> observium(a)observium.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Re: Could not resolve (Adam Armstrong) > >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (Jason Vanlandingham) > >> > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:01 +0100 > >> From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > >> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > >> Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > >> Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> Message-ID: <4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47(a)typeapp.com> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > >> You're trying very hard to come up with scenarios that people have > >> already given you solutions for. > >> > >> Observium's target market is primarily service providers and enterprise > >> with large networks. > >> > >> Many of our SP customers like the features we have which enforce good > >> operational practice. > >> > >> If Observium works for you and you're not in that segment, that's fine. > >> > >> However, we can't and won't compromise SP-centric design decisions > >> because users outside of our target market don't like them. > >> > >> Write a script which takes an Ip, puts a dummy entry in to /etc/hosts > and > >> adds the dummy entry. 5 seconds, done. > >> > >> It's you who need to solve the problem of your unusual use case, not us > >> who need to accommodate it. > >> > >> There is actually a way to trick Observium in to allowing you to add by > >> IP. I use it for temporary devices, and it most definitely involves > DNS. ;) > >> > >> Adam. > >> > >> Sent from BlueMail > >> > >> > >> > >> On May 9, 2016, 17:37, at 17:37, Claudionei Mendes < > >> claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >Hello Everybody, > >> > > >> >I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of > >> >observium to think well on this situation. > >> > > >> >We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this > >> >devices > >> >for monitoring in somewhere. > >> > > >> >Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary > >> >devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. > >> > > >> >In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. > >> > > >> >And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? > >> > > >> >What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > >> > > >> >All my monitoring will stop? > >> > > >> >IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. > >> > > >> >I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We > >> >have > >> >3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them > >> >need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. > >> >They > >> >need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS > >> >Names. > >> > > >> >Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring > >> >services > >> >we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> >Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > >> >escreveu: > >> > > >> >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> >> observium(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> >> > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> >> > >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Today's Topics: > >> >> > >> >> 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > >> >> 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> >> 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> >> > >> >> Message: 1 > >> >> Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > >> >> From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > >> >> To: observium(a)observium.org > >> >> Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> >> Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > >> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Hi, > >> >> I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve > >> >10.30.1.1 > >> >> I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > >> >> > >> >> http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > >> >> > >> >> It all work, w hat could be the reason > >> >> > >> >> Thanks > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >> >> > >> >>

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Re: [Observium] Could not resolve
by Claudionei Mendes 09 May '16

09 May '16

I don't think it's my personal option. It's a use case that many Service Providers as us, have. You have two Scenarios that are not that simple as it looks. We have important devices. Ok. We need host names, but and for temporary devices, as an CPE. Can you imagine the work you are giving to us? Or to any ISP that cares about the customer? It's impossible that only us, as ISP serve temporary events. Don't you think? In my opinion, and it's not hard to implement, you should think in this scenarios. It won't cost nothing to have both options, IP and Host name. Every monitoring system you search, won't have this limitation. Adam. It's not my problem. It's what you said. It's a different scenario that is not implemented in the system. Can't you see how many people are complaining about this issue? Observium is a great software as I could see until now. Congratulations, But, please, think about this situation. In three days there are three people having this difficult. How many people, do you think, simply have given up thinking it's a bug on the software, just because, sometimes it add devices by IP and sometimes it cannot solve the host name? Many customers do not complain, they simply turn around and go away. Does that complain, it's because really like your work, and wants it better. Em seg, 9 de mai de 2016 às 13:50, <observium-request(a)observium.org> escreveu: > Send observium mailing list submissions to > observium(a)observium.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > observium-request(a)observium.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > observium-owner(a)observium.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Could not resolve (Adam Armstrong) > 2. Re: Could not resolve (Jason Vanlandingham) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 09 May 2016 17:46:01 +0100 > From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Cc: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Could not resolve > Message-ID: <4cb3a4d0-90e5-46d8-be2d-b8f84bfd0b47(a)typeapp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > You're trying very hard to come up with scenarios that people have already > given you solutions for. > > Observium's target market is primarily service providers and enterprise > with large networks. > > Many of our SP customers like the features we have which enforce good > operational practice. > > If Observium works for you and you're not in that segment, that's fine. > > However, we can't and won't compromise SP-centric design decisions because > users outside of our target market don't like them. > > Write a script which takes an Ip, puts a dummy entry in to /etc/hosts and > adds the dummy entry. 5 seconds, done. > > It's you who need to solve the problem of your unusual use case, not us > who need to accommodate it. > > There is actually a way to trick Observium in to allowing you to add by > IP. I use it for temporary devices, and it most definitely involves DNS. ;) > > Adam. > > Sent from BlueMail > > > > On May 9, 2016, 17:37, at 17:37, Claudionei Mendes < > claudionei.mendes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Hello Everybody, > > > >I would like to give an example, and I want, mainly the developers of > >observium to think well on this situation. > > > >We often serve temporary events arround, and we need to add this > >devices > >for monitoring in somewhere. > > > >Now imagine, every weekend, add to host files, IP address to temporary > >devices. Ok, use always the same IP. Right. > > > >In one event we use 5 devices, in another 8. > > > >And what if we have 2 or more events at the same time? > > > >What if my DNS server, that is a monitored server as well fails? > > > >All my monitoring will stop? > > > >IP address is faster and more reliable than Hostnames. > > > >I would like you to think about adding devices just by hostname. We > >have > >3000 devices on the network that we would like to add. But none of them > >need registered hostname. For this we have SNMP. They are end devices. > >They > >need to be monitored to order history and reports, but do not need DNS > >Names. > > > >Important devices have the hostname on the DNS, but any monitoring > >services > >we used before, we added the devices by hostname. IP is faster. > > > > > > > >Em sáb, 7 de mai de 2016 às 21:31, <observium-request(a)observium.org> > >escreveu: > > > >> Send observium mailing list submissions to > >> observium(a)observium.org > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> observium-request(a)observium.org > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> observium-owner(a)observium.org > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of observium digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> 2. Re: Could not resolve (ron(a)rjr-services.com) > >> 3. Re: Could not resolve (Nurbek Suleimanov) > >> 4. Monitor and bill for VM's in VMWare (Anthony Polselli) > >> > >> > >> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> Message: 1 > >> Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 19:01:38 +0300 > >> From: Nurbek Suleimanov <nurbek(a)suleimanov.org> > >> To: observium(a)observium.org > >> Subject: [Observium] Could not resolve > >> Message-ID: <1462636898.127896886(a)f371.i.mail.ru> > >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > >> > >> > >> Hi, > >> I want to add the host , and Oservium said Could not resolve > >10.30.1.1 > >> I check fping & snmp as writed your side. > >> > >> http://www.observium.org/docs/add_device/#troubleshooting > >> > >> It all work, w hat could be the reason > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> > >> Best regard, Suleimanov Nurbek > >> > >>

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Report of traffic data
by Danny op de Dijk 09 May '16

09 May '16

Dear readers, Using Observium quite some time now. And am wondering if the following is possible, I'm asking because after a couple of days of searching for it, I can't find it anywhere. What I would like to have or maybe to be able to execute on Observium is a way so I can view what the incoming and outgoing traffic is for an given month. I am able to view it (and even see the bill options) but not to export it or see the absolute values. (for example 13,33 Gb out 21,65 Gb in) Better Example. For customer X, I want to see what his traffic was for box x from April 1 to April 30. And off course this is with Incoming and outgoing values. If there is already a way to view this data in an easy way and I've missed it. Then sorry for this pointless mail. Regards, Danny op de Dijk

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Re: [Observium] DNS
by Rob VanHooren 09 May '16

09 May '16

> On May 8, 2016, at 8:11 PM, ron(a)rjr-services.com <mailto:ron@rjr-services.com> wrote: > It made me be a better network architect. aye, Ron. this. THIS. A Thousand Times, This. <oldgrump> perhaps, albeit dimly, hostnames might not be "necessary" for SNMP, in the shameful besotted hipster world where "zOMG it works!" equals "it's good enough!" but goddammit they *are* necessary for QUALITY OF THE ENGINEERED ENVIRONMENT, and (imo) one of the marks of a competent craftsman. *not* having them screams "SLOPPY" moral: DON'T BE LAZY. and don't foist such nasty bad habits upon those who would come after you. for heaven's sake, there's already enough technical debt on our backs without suffering crap like that. my greybeard might be showing here, but son, *every* allocated IP address should have a matching DNS entry. every. single. one. (bonus points if your As and PTRs match!) a hundred beers to Adam for not backing down. may we raise our glass in the barren remorse of Eternal September. </oldgrump> R. > > > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com <mailto:ijukic13@gmail.com>> > Date: 05/08/2016 5:57 PM (GMT-07:00) > To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org <mailto:observium@observium.org>> > Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname > > Hostnames are not necessary when monitoring via SNMP, in fact IP Addresses are easier. Second we host many IP address ranges for our clients (Public and Private), so this will be a nightmare to manage. As they tend to change hostnames (and rightly so) all the time. Many of them have managed services. > > Is adding devices via IP Address not the important to Observium Devs? I thought it would be a given, since many NMS platforms do this? > > Cheers, > Ivan

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Cron Causing Kayako System Logout and Unable to run Observium Cron simultaneously
by Idzma Zakaria 09 May '16

09 May '16

Hi All, I having a problem related to Cron Job where if I started my cron job,my kayako will logout me from the system and if I stop the cron job I unable to pulled data for Observium. I had followed Observium on how to set the cron for it to pulled the data as shown inside the Observium page but still the cron will impact Kayako.Every time I started the cron job it will clash as Kayako also running php as well. How I can I separate the cron job so that it pulled the data and not harming my Kayako system? -- Kind regards, Idzma Zakaria, ICT Senior Executive ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Australian International School Malaysia (AISM) No.22 Jalan Anggerik, The Mines Resort City, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia. *T:* +60 3 8949 5000 *F*: +60 3 8949 5100 *E*: idzmaz(a)aism.edu.my *W*: http://www.aism.edu.my/ *Direct Line*: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <https://www.facebook.com/aismalaysia> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <http://www.youtube.com/user/AISMvideos> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <https://twitter.com/AISMalaysia/> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> <http://www.aism.edu.my/virtualtour> -- *Confidentiality Disclaimer:* This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and intended solely for the intended addressee and may also be privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended addressee, or have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately, delete it from your system and do not copy, disclose, distribute or otherwise act in reliance upon any part of this e-mail or its attachments. Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group does not accept responsibility for any loss arising from unauthorised access to, or interference with, any internet communications by any third party in reliance to this email, or from the transmission of any viruses. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group. Replies to this e-mail may be monitored by Australian International School Malaysia and all affiliates under Taylor's Education Group for operational or business reasons.

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Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname
by ron＠rjr-services.com 09 May '16

09 May '16

Actually, the hostname requirement actually finally "inspired" me to get my sh*t together and get a good DNS system running for internal devices, and now everyone else around the office is much happier, they're not having to dog around and do "manual" resolution by asking "what the heck is that IP address again?" To each their own, I guess. I'm glad it does have the hostname resolution requirement. It made me be a better network architect. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> Date: 05/08/2016 5:57 PM (GMT-07:00) To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Cannot add Device by IP Address but can by hostname Hostnames are not necessary when monitoring via SNMP, in fact IP Addresses are easier. Second we host many IP address ranges for our clients (Public and Private), so this will be a nightmare to manage. As they tend to change hostnames (and rightly so) all the time. Many of them have managed services. Is adding devices via IP Address not the important to Observium Devs? I thought it would be a given, since many NMS platforms do this? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 23:12, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: First port of call would be to fire the people installing devices important enough to need monitoring without hostnames... adam. Sent from Mailbird On 06/05/2016 15:00:36, Spencer Ryan <sryan(a)arbor.net> wrote:Yeah, you adding it by hostname has absolutely nothing to do with you trying to add it by IP address, it simply won't work. Like what Joseph said, you need to get generic DNS entries in via some method (DNS server, /etc/hosts) Spencer Ryan | Senior Systems Administrator | sryan(a)arbor.netArbor Networks+1.734.794.5033 (d) | +1.734.846.2053 (m)www.arbornetworks.com On Fri, May 6, 2016 at 8:48 AM, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: As far as I know, hostnames are strictly required for Observium to talk to a device. If you cannot get DNS records set, or implement some sort of customized DNS server setup, you will have to use /etc/hosts entries (which is basically a custom DNS server setup, just not as elegant/flexible... and its probably somewhat slower when dealing with a lot of addresses). Observium can't resolve an IP to an IP because it isn't a hostname. Host file (and DNS A/AAAA record) lookups don't work "backwards" like that. Also, a hosts file pre-filled with a generically syntaxed hostname for each IP address within any of the subnets which you wish to monitor would pretty much never have to be updated. If you ever have any new IP ranges come into play, you would simply have to append the generic entries for it to the hosts file. What else would there be to manage/maintain? It certainly wouldn't require a full-time role. If you did this, anytime you have a device on an IP without a DNS record, you could add it with the generic hostname. The only other option would be to do some pretty involved patching of your Observium install, which almost assuredly WOULD be a nightmare to maintain. On 05/05/2016 07:02 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: The reason why I ask this is that. I've successfully added a device by Hostname, deleted it then tried via IP Address and get "Can't resolve 10.0.0.1". Even though, the hostname/IP address is still in the hosts file. Furthermore, we literally have millions of IP Addresses (both public and private) so managing this would require a full-time role. Is there any way we can add devices without using hostnames? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 08:29, Ivan Jukic <ijukic13(a)gmail.com> wrote: I was thinking to do that. But I wanted to avoid that all together. So just to confirm, Observium can only add devices by hostname only and not IP Address? Cheers, Ivan On 6 May 2016 at 08:21, Joseph Zancocchio <joseph(a)nyi.net> wrote: It would probably be easiest to use a small script to generate a list of "hostnames" in whatever format you'd like for the IP(s) in the subnet that don't have any DNS records (perhaps something like 10.0.0.1 -> 10-0-0-1.noDNS.<yourdomain>, or whatever), and then add corresponding entries to /etc/hosts for those hosts. Then, you can add the range using that list of hostnames. On 05/05/2016 05:41 PM, Ivan Jukic wrote: Hi All, I have many devices in our network that do no have hostnames and nor do I want to maintain DNS records for devices that do as this will be a nightmare to managed. Is there a way I can simply add a whole subnet range to Observium without using hostname? 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Help with tunning Poller
by chott＠praha1.net 08 May '16

08 May '16

Hello everybody, please can you help me with tunning Poller? We have about 220devices and 3200ports, some time ago maybe after adding some switche polling information has some wrong blank timeline, picture down please can you help me what i can do for best performance? To [X] [X] [email-header-praha1] Tomas Chott technický ředitel chott(a)praha1.net<mailto:chott@praha1.net> Phone: +420 245 004 005 Mobile: +420 733 123 135 Metropolitní síť Praha 1 z.s.p.o. Jindrisska 18 110 00 Praha 1 Czech Republic www.praha1.net<http://www.praha1.net> [Popis: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/praha1net> <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/tomas-chott/49/97a/1aa>

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