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Still get alerts on deleted interfaces / vinterfaces
by Pirmin Sidler - Computerline 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Dear Observium members, Monitored interfaces went down on our brocade devices, then we deleted the interfaces (because we didn't use them anymore). We are now facing a bug where alerts are still up and still send Email notifications, even if Observium sees the interfaces as deleted. I have seen there is a "ignore until OK" button in the interface monitoring options but I want it out of alerts. Question: is this a bug? If yes, has it been fixed? (long not upgraded the files). Thanks! Best regards, Pirmin Sidler

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fresh install, dbquery errors mad
by Simon Smith 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

HI All, decided to do a fresh install of observium and DB I’m getting dbquery errors in db.log with add_user.php, add_device.php, discovery.php and poller.php http://pastebin.com/w13kXT6H - full db.log just a few lines i managed to find out [2016/01/15 14:46:43 +0000] adduser.php(26168): Failed dbQuery (#1366 - Incorrect integer value: 'NULL' for column 'device_id' at row 1), Query: INSERT INTO `eventlog` (`device_id`,`entity_id`,`entity_type`,`timestamp`,`severity`,`message`) VALUES ('NULL',NULL,NULL,NOW(),'6','Observium updated: -> 7497') [2016/01/15 14:47:59 +0000] add_device.php(26237): Failed dbQuery (#1292 - Incorrect datetime value: 'NULL' for column 'last_discovered' at row 1), Query: UPDATE `devices` set `last_discovered` ='NULL' WHERE `device_id` = '2' [2016/01/15 14:48:27 +0000] discovery.php(26358): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'sensor_status' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `sensors-state` (`sensor_id`,`sensor_value`,`sensor_polled`) VALUES ('5','23','NOW()’) [2016/01/15 14:49:21 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'location_country' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `devices_locations` (`location`,`location_geoapi`,`location_lat`,`location_lon`,`location_updated`,`device_id`) VALUES ('L24 9PB [53.352382, -2.858778]','yahoo','53.352382','-2.858778','2016-01-15 14:48:52','1') [2016/01/15 14:51:12 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1366 - Incorrect integer value: '' for column 'sensor_last_change' at row 1), Query: INSERT INTO `sensors-state` (`sensor_id`,`sensor_value`,`sensor_event`,`sensor_status`,`sensor_last_change`,`sensor_polled`) VALUES ('7','24.1','ok','','','1452869472') [2016/01/15 14:51:28 +0000] poller.php(26843): Failed dbQuery (#1364 - Field 'ifInUcastPkts_delta' doesn't have a default value), Query: INSERT INTO `ports-state` (`poll_time`,`poll_period`,`ifInOctets`,`ifOutOctets`,`ifInErrors`,`ifOutErrors`,`ifInUcastPkts`,`ifOutUcastPkts`,`ifInOctets_perc`,`ifOutOctets_perc`,`ifOctets_rate`,`ifUcastPkts_rate`,`ifErrors_rate`,`port_id`) VALUES ('1452869487','1452869487','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','0','152') however I’m seeing the ' insert into ports-state ' every time i poll my switches ive only added 3 switches for test reasons regards Simon

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Observium: Pre-auth and security questions
by Nate Mellendorf 17 Jan '16

17 Jan '16

Good evening everyone, I've been trying to configure Observium with a forms based SSO solution. My reasoning for this, is that I'd like to minimize the attack surface for Observium when published to the Internet. As Observium supports groups, I thought it would be extremely beneficial for clients to view their throughput at anytime from anywhere. I was curious if anyone in the community is using pre-authentication, or if you're publishing Observium directly to the Internet. I'm not as familiar with Apache and PHP, so hardening the service through pre-auth seemed like a good first step. Unfortunately, I can't quite get pre-auth to work. Observium uses forms based authentication, which is hard to capture on the platform I'm using. Here's a link, if you're curious on how I'm trying to capture it: http://fritsesblog.blogspot.com/2015/04/link-to-netscaler-form-sso-kb.html If I could get Observium to use basic authentication, I think I could get it to work. Do we know if this is possible? A better question, is pre-auth even necessary here? Aside from HTTPS, iptables, firewalling, and locking down SSH/root, what other steps do you take to secure your Observium server? Do you think that allowing Internet access is unwise at this time? Thank you for any input on insight into this. This is a concern of mine that I'm trying to address. Your suggestions and opinions are very much appreciated. Regards, - NM

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wiki typo
by Joey Stanford 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hi, I found a wiki typo. Housekeeping Cron job - /opt/observium/housekeeping.php -rptb the “b” should probably be a “y”

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Strange issue with BGP sessions on Juniper MX104
by Duncan Mossop 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hello, We are running Observium professional 0.16.1.7407 and we have an issue with BGP session discovery on a Juniper MX104 (dual RE), running discovery against the device displays the fact there are numerous bgp sessions but not a single session appears under the device in the Observium WebUI. This is the output from Discovery: ##### Module Start: bgp-peers ##### o Local AS AS198313 o Caching BGP4-MIB BGP4-V2-MIB-JUNIPER o Try discovering host 91.233.128.253 through BGP o Try discovering host 91.233.128.254 through BGP +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | Local IP | Peer: AS | IP | Family | rDNS | Remote Device | +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ | 91.233.128.244 | 198313 | 91.233.128.253 | ipv4.unicast | lo0-core4.lancs-ycr.systemhost.co. | core4.lancs-ycr.systemhost.uk | | | | | | uk | | | 91.233.128.244 | 198313 | 91.233.128.254 | ipv4.unicast | lo0-edge1.lancs-ycr.systemhost.co. | edge1.car1.systemhost.co.uk | | | | | | uk | | | 149.6.147.122 | 174 | 149.6.147.121 | ipv4.unicast | gi0-0-0-6.nr11.b015668-1.lon01.atl | ... | | | | | | as.cogentco.com | | | 195.66.226.239 | 6939 | 195.66.224.21 | ipv4.unicast | 40ge1-3.core1.lon2.he.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 32787 | 195.66.224.31 | ipv4.unicast | blackhole.prolexic.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.224.168 | ipv4.unicast | linxnap.netarch.akamai.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 5459 | 195.66.224.254 | ipv4.unicast | ge0-0.pr1.linx.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 45014 | 195.66.225.55 | ipv4.unicast | ge-0-2.gw4.rtr.thn.lon.as45014.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 29611 | 195.66.225.78 | ipv4.unicast | linx.a.elite.net.uk | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 8714 | 195.66.225.230 | ipv4.unicast | rs1.rbs.linx.net | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 42344 | 195.66.226.71 | ipv4.unicast | linx1.conceptcoders.com | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.226.81 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 20940 | 195.66.226.167 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 195.66.226.239 | 58226 | 195.66.226.197 | ipv4.unicast | | ... | | 217.68.244.122 | 29611 | 217.68.244.123 | ipv4.unicast | ae0.1129.core.a.thm.elite.net.uk | ... | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 6939 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:1b1b | ipv6.unicast | 40ge1-3.core1.lon2.he.net | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 8714 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:220a | | | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 45014 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:afd6 | ipv6.unicast | ge-0-2.gw4.rtr.thn.lon.as45014.net | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0003:06a9 | 58226 | 2001:07f8:0004:0000:0000:0000:e372 | ipv6.unicast | | ... | | :0001 | | :0001 | | | | +------------------------------------+----------+------------------------------------+--------------+------------------------------------+------------------------------------+ o Changes 2 updated, 17 unchanged o Duration 3.5349s This issue seems to have appeared since fully enabling chassis Graceful Restart / Switchover. I have removed and re-added the device from Observium to no effect. Regards, Duncan Mossop • Operations Manager, SystemHOST Ltd ________________________________ dmossop(a)systemhost.co.uk [cid:image30bc94.PNG@047b1488.498f55d8] 01524 737414 systemhost.co.uk<http://www.systemhost.co.uk> [Twitter]<https://twitter.com/systemhost> Follow us on Twitter ________________________________ SystemHOST Ltd Registered office: Holmere Hall, Yealand Conyers, Carnforth, Lancs, LA5 9SN Registered in England No.05028996 VAT No. 927386490 This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. By opening this email or its attachments, you accept liability for any damage that may be caused to your computer hardware, software or data. ________________________________

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[ALERT-CHECKER] Alert to pick up on physical failure of disk.
by Henrik Cednert (Filmlance) 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Hi there Have gotten some hints at IRC but can't really wrap my head around on how to set it up. Yeah, I know I'm probably stupid. But I can't find a complete list of all commands available and it doesn't complain if I feed it something invalid. So it's really a guessing game. =/ So the checker needs to do something like: if status of physical_class('storage' or 'hrDeviceDiskStorage') != 1 send alert Possible? Please give detailed instructions if possible. Would be sweet if all different possible combinations of alert checkers was added to the demo instance so once can look there for guidance. =) Cheers and thanks -- Henrik Cednert cto | td | compositor Filmlance International Direct + 46 (0)704 71 89 54

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Monitor DHCP pools
by Anders Alavik 16 Jan '16

16 Jan '16

Is there any may to monitor DHCP pools in observium? Best Med Vänliga Hälsningar Anders Alavik anders(a)bogalnet.se <mailto:anders@bogalnet.se> / 0322 - 64 24 71 BogalNet AB Alvhemsgatan 3 447 30 Vårgårda http://www.bogalnet.se <http://www.bogalnet.se/>

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r7497
by Eduardo Schoedler 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Big chances in r7497, huh? :) -- Eduardo Schoedler

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memory showing 0B/0B (0%)
by Simon Smith 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi All, not sure if its a bug ive found or something ive done? all our memory sections are showing 0B/0B (0%) however the graphs is actually being populated with data every 5mins ? attached a screenshot showing a mikrotik switch we monitor also attached is a windows machine we monitor, i it showing the same for its physical memory any ideas? simon

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System Running Very Slow
by Eddie Worthington 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Hi, Since upgrading to the latest release with the new interface, the system is running extremely slowly. Installed on Ubuntu 14.04 with 12 vCPU's & 4GB RAM. It worked like a dream before but can now take up to 30 seconds to load a page. Upgraded with SVN. What have I done wrong? Many Thanks, Eddie

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Device Bits Graphing error message
by Joey Stanford 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Howdy, I’m running the community edition on Ubuntu. All the graphs work except the traffic graphs (bits). I get the standard “Draw error”. I don’t get any errors polling (other than a MIB not being supported for engineID). The devices are all Mikrotik routers. I put an &debug=1 on the traffic graph URL and discovered an error all the way at the bottom: “command returned 1 (ERROR: Unused Arguments “” in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:ether1-wan Rx: )" The full text is here: http://pastebin.ubuntu.com/14490188/ It’s unclear to me if this is actually causing this one graph (on all my systems) to fail but so far there is a trend from spot checking. Any thoughts on how to debug this further? Thanks, Joey

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Re: [Observium] Radius authentication not work
by ChanTy 15 Jan '16

15 Jan '16

Any comment ? From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of apple <ty.chan(a)corp.mekongnet.com.kh> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 1:57 PM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] Radius authentication not work I am following this http://www.observium.org/docs/authentication to do Radius authentication for user to login to Observium. Radius already allow Observium to connect to Php-radius already install Configuration on Observium is done as the guideline But Login still failed using user from Radius Any comment? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alert Emails sent to exchange
by Matt Zillmann 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

I am working on setting up alerting. I have the subscription version of Observium ( version 0.16.1.7407 [stable] running on CentOS 7). I am stuck on the email alerting piece. What settings do I need to configure in sendmail for my email alerts to get sent to my email on our internal exchange server. Anyone have any idea how this needs to be set up? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

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RAM
by Matt Zillmann 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello, When my server needs rebooted and comes back online, all of the RAM values read 0%. Has anyone else seen this before?

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Customer Portal
by ChanTy 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi Adam, My subscription is still valid but when I log in to customer portal. I don’t see anything. Username: mekongnet . Please help check as I need to download Invoice. Regards, chanty

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new CE ree version when ?
by Gediminas Karčmarinas 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hello, When planned release new CE version ?

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pages slow, maybe nginx instead of apache
by Simon Smith 14 Jan '16

14 Jan '16

Hi All, I wanted a view on what people think about using nginx instead of apache for obsevium? ive just managed to change apache to nginx (had to change htaccess to get it to work, but got there in the end) and it seems a little bit quicker but not by much I’m having an issue where when the server is polling and i want a graph or load up the page, it seems slow and takes forever! ( about 10 seconds ) if I load the panel when its not polling, the pages are quick, but i poll every 5mins, and it takes the full 5 mins to poll all our devices, so really no room to wiggle... if the anyway i can speed this up? would nginx help at all? my server is virtual based, 12gb ram, 4 virtual xeon 2.2ghz cores, 80gb virtual hard drive regards Simon

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Alert Checker issue
by Matt Zillmann 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

I am having issues with the alert checker. I cannot get entities to populate. When I click the rebuild button this shows up. I have Observium version 0.16.1.7407 (Stable) running on CentOS 7 [cid:image001.png@01D14E08.DB5F5D20]

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Alert Checkers
by Matt Zillmann 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hello, I just purchased the subscription version and am looking into setting up Alert checkers. How do I get an alert checker to run? I was referring to documentation and looked the DEMO and it looks like the checker will determine a pass/fail. I have set one for storage [cid:image001.png@01D14DF5.9B1B9F20] Is there something else I need to put?

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itsafeaturenotabug (was re: routing tab)
by Rob VanHooren 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

it’s not “broken” in the sense that CSCO officially considers multicontext snmp the “by-design” method (and I have the TAC cases to prove it). remember, snmp *works* which means it’s for grouchy old [grey|neck]beards. netconf & shiny-api-disaster-of-the-week are supposed to rule the new agile! world! of! devops! ( *gag* ) not just ASRs … for instance, it’s the same thing (multicontext snmp hell) with VRFs on n7k’s. so, it’s a “feature” not a “bug” smh R. > On Jan 13, 2016, at 07:00, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > > Because the MIB is broken and doesn?t have any concept of VRF awareness. > > The workaround that I used on my ASR9Ks was to create a different context for the VRF in question. > > This config example basically treats the vrf Inetv4 as the default vrf when polling with community blahpoo. It only applies to that community. I have non-contextual communities to catch my default stuff, i.e. my MP-BGP underpinnings. > > It?s not ideal because you need to create two of the same device in Observium; one for each community (vrf and non-vrf), but it sucks less than the alternative, which is to not have this functionality at all. > > ! > snmp-server vrf Inetv4 > context BGPVRF > ! > snmp-server context BGPVRF > snmp-server community-map blahpoo context BGPVRF > snmp-server community blahpoo RO MANAGEMENT > ! > > http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2015-June/010467.html <http://postman.memetic.org/pipermail/observium/2015-June/010467.html>

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95th percent billing
by ChanTy 13 Jan '16

13 Jan '16

Hi, I just want to clarify the burstable rate calculation which should work as below according to wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burstable_billing#95th_percentile) : “ Bandwidth is measured (or sampled) from the switch or router and recorded in a log file. In most cases, this is done every 5 minutes. At the end of the month, the samples are sorted from highest to lowest, and the top 5% (which equal to approximately 36 hours of a 30-day billing cycle) of data is thrown away. The next highest measurement becomes the billable use for the entire month. “ Is observium applying the same calculation on BILLING feature ? Is it possible to download RAW file in which has sample of every 5 minutes ? Regards, chanty

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Routing Tab
by Serghei Golipad 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

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

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ALert on Vlan change
by David Schrok 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hello all. Is there a way, or can it be programmed, to get an alert when a port gets set on a particular Vlan or is moved out of it? Example: We have networks (vlans) where admins are put into. Is there a wat to get an alert when a port is set to an admin vlan or is set from an admin vlan to another vlan? With kind regards, David

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Alert options of a device....................!
by Chaman Rathee 12 Jan '16

12 Jan '16

Hi Team, How to use and enable alert options for an added device ? I have already configured postfix service on observium monitor machine. ......... With Best Regards, Chaman Rathee Mob. No:- +91-9560055816 [Fabrikam] Privileged or confidential information may be contained in this message. If you are not the addressee indicated in this message (or responsible for delivery of the message to such person), please delete this message and kindly notify the sender by an emailed reply. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of Progression and its associate entities shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by them.

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Not receiving email notifications. Has there been a change in Alert system I need to know about?
by Richard Kuhns 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hello, I recently updated my Observium installation; I'm now running 0.16.1.7473. I haven't changed any configurations. I followed procedure, as far as I know: polling was finished, I did the 'svn up' followed by './discovery.php -u' and everything looked fine. However, I should have just received an email both when a port I'm monitoring went down, and about half an hour later when it recovered. Looking through the alert log, I see the entries that say 'Alert notification sent' followed later by 'Recovery notification sent'. I didn't receive either notification, there's nothing in the mail queue, and maillog doesn't show any attempts. This was working perfectly before my update. I'm afraid I don't remember which version that was, but it was from about a week before I saw comments in the mailing list about the change in layout on the front page. Thanks, -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Wintek Corporation 427 N 6th Street Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Main: 765-742-8428 Direct: 765-269-8541

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Info
by Gabriele Faucitano 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi, We are currently evaluating Observium for a monitoring solution. I have some technical questions to understand if Observium is adequate to our needs. Is this the right contact? BR, -Gabriele

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Reg: Maipu Switch Configuration with Observium
by Madhu Neal 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi Guys, badly needed support to configure Maipu switch with Observium, tried many was I don't know how to add it.. Enabled SNMP in maipu device, find the maipu configuration below. snmp-server enable snmp-server view default 1.0.8802 include snmp-server view default 1.1.2 include snmp-server view default 1.3.111 include snmp-server view default 1.3.6.1 include snmp-server name skynetonline snmp-server contact alerts(a)skynetonline.solutions snmp-server location Adithya Tower snmp-server community public view default ro snmp-server enable traps alarm snmp-server enable traps snmp linkdown snmp-server enable traps snmp linkup I'm using Observium Subscription version, please suggest how to take it forward. I look forward to hear from you. //BR Madhu

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Downgrade
by Andrew Colin 11 Jan '16

11 Jan '16

Hi All How do I downgrade to a previous version I am on the professional addition and I updated to the latest revision 7470. But now the layout is very messy and the top pages have moved to the left side How can I downgrade? Kind Regards Andrew Colin Converged Telecoms (Pty) Ltd. Licensed Telecoms Operator : (0258/IECS/JAN/09) (0258/IECNS/JAN/09) Switchboard: +27 (0)10 591 4600 Email: <mailto:andrew@convergedgroup.net> andrew(a)convergedgroup.net Web: <http://www.convergedtel.co.za/> http://www.convergedgroup.net 75 Witkoppen Road, Northriding, Johannesburg, 2169 P O Box 7246, Weltevredenpark, 1715 This communication is confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you believe this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission and delete the message without disclosing it. Thank you. E-mail including attachments is susceptible to data corruption, interception, unauthorized amendment, tampering and viruses, and we only send and receive emails on the basis that we are not liable for any such corruption, interception, amendment, tampering or viruses or any consequences thereof.

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Feature request
by observium＠istar.net.nz 10 Jan '16

10 Jan '16

Just wondering how hard it would be to implement the following features, please le tme know if these already exist and I've just missed them! 1) Close window button on the hover popups. I think the pop ups are great but I find sometimes they don't disappear, a small X button on the top RH corner would be fantastic! 2) Adding AND and NOT to the Device/Entity filters It would be fantastic to have a little more flexibility in the filters used for Alerts and Groups etc. Would it be easy enough to be able to use AND and NOT statements? Thanks in advanced. SHANE lE <mailto:shanson@istar.net.nz> shanson(a)istar.net.nz lW <https://istar.net.nz/> istar.net.nz lA PO Box 911507, Victoria St West, Auckland lM +64 21 623 903

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Recent update beaks Rancid for Cisco ASAs
by David Wilkinson 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi, We have recently updated our version and the generate rancid script is now using the wrong type for the Cisco ASA devices. The type used for the Cisco ASA should be "cisco", it has recently changed so it sets the type to be "asa" This causes rancid to fail with an unknown type. Can this be corrected? We are using rancid 3.1. Observium: 0.16.1.7396 (rolling) Regards David

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Problem addind Mikrotik device
by Eduardo Schoedler 08 Jan '16

08 Jan '16

Hi, I added a mikrotik device yesterday. Since then, the page of the device show the message "Device not yet discovered", but I ran manually the discovery. [image: Imagem inline 2] Is there a issue? Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Updating Enterprise Edition and Alerts
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

I’m looking at updating to the latest stable release, my current version is 0.15.6406. I updated my staging instance to 0.16.1.7433. When looking at the documentation I didn’t see anything new, but in the change log it looks like some changes have made to alerts, do you have documentation on this? —Jeff

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DB errors
by Eduardo Schoedler 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Updated to revision 7434. ___ _ _ / _ \ | |__ ___ ___ _ __ __ __(_) _ _ _ __ ___ | | | || '_ \ / __| / _ \| '__|\ \ / /| || | | || '_ ` _ \ | |_| || |_) |\__ \| __/| | \ V / | || |_| || | | | | | \___/ |_.__/ |___/ \___||_| \_/ |_| \__,_||_| |_| |_| Observium Professional 0.16.1.7434 http://www.observium.org -- Updating database/file schema 260 -> 261 ... (db) done (5 errors). 261 -> 262 ... (php) -- Done. # cat logs/update-errors.log [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): ====== Schema update 260 -> 261 ============== [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Query: ALTER TABLE `pseudowires` DROP `pwMplsPeerLdpID`; [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Error: (1091) Can't DROP 'pwMplsPeerLdpID'; check that column/key exists [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Query: ALTER TABLE `pseudowires` ADD `pwOutboundLabel` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AFTER `pwID`, ADD `pwInboundLabel` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL AFTER `pwOutboundLabel`; [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Error: (1060) Duplicate column name 'pwOutboundLabel' [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Query: ALTER TABLE `pseudowires` ADD `pwRowStatus` VARCHAR(16) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL DEFAULT '' AFTER `pwRemoteIfString`; [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Error: (1060) Duplicate column name 'pwRowStatus' [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Query: ALTER TABLE `pseudowires` ADD INDEX `row_status` (`device_id`, `pwRowStatus`); [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Error: (1061) Duplicate key name 'row_status' [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Query: CREATE TABLE `pseudowires-state` ( `pseudowire_id` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL , `pwOperStatus` VARCHAR(16) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL , `pwLocalStatus` VARCHAR(16) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL , `pwRemoteStatus` VARCHAR(16) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci NOT NULL , `pwUptime` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL , `event` ENUM('ok','warning','alert','ignore') NOT NULL , `last_change` INT(11) UNSIGNED NOT NULL , PRIMARY KEY (`pseudowire_id`)) ENGINE = InnoDB CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_general_ci; [2016/01/07 17:53:33 -0200] discovery.php(20049): Error: (1050) Table 'pseudowires-state' already exists -- Eduardo Schoedler

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SFP sensor alerts
by Martin 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi All, What is the best way to suppress alerts for Transceiver TX Power generated when a port is admin-down? cisco-entity-sensor mib has a default minimum value of 1mA, which is a perfectly valid minimum value under normal "up/up" conditions, but if the port is admin-shut it will switch off tx power, which is ok for admin-shut. Same situation for RX-power. Is there a way to take the admin status of the port in account for this kind of sensor readings? (ASR9k, IOS-XR) Thanks, Martin

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Port Errors Showing for Alert-Disabled ports
by Robert Williams 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi, Not sure when it started, but we now seem to get “Port Error” alerts on the main page for ports which are set to have their Alerts disabled, for example: [cid:image001.jpg@01D1494E.A318C000] On the device in question, they are indeed ‘No’ under the Alerts toggle: [cid:image002.jpg@01D1494E.A318C000] There are a large number of ports like this on our network with IP PDUs and similar, all of which have 10M/Half links and exist in a state of near-constant input errors as a result. This is of no concern at all and should be ignored (hence the toggle). Any suggestions? Is the Alerts toggle broken (for this feature on the main page) or is there another way to shush these, it’s kind of making the main page list a bit defunct ☺ Cheers all! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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upgrade community version to paid version
by Ankit Dubey 07 Jan '16

07 Jan '16

Hi, I have installed community version and wish to upgrade it to paid version. I have gone through the link http://www.observium.org/docs/updating/#migrate-an-existing-community-editi… Please let me know - Do I need to pay and subscribe in advance on different system and install it on that system and transfer old config.php to new setup Or Do I need to provide internet connectivity to my existing server and need to put below mentioned command on this already running system - but when I will be prompted for payment? cd /opt mv observium observium-old svn co http://svn.observium.org/svn/observium/branches/stable observium cp observium-old/config.php observium mv observium-old/rrd observium-old/logs observium cd observium ./discovery.php -u Please provide contact detail of any sales person, with whom I can chat in detail regarding this as I need to procure two licenses on urgent basis. Best regards Ankit Dubey Lead, Packet Core Planning Division Network, CORPORATE CENTER -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2015 9:36 AM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 64, Issue 133 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. MySQL application (Geoff Johnson) 2. Re: MySQL application (Spencer Ryan) 3. upgrade community version to paid version (Ankit Dubey) 4. Re: upgrade community version to paid version (Adam Armstrong) 5. Re: upgrade community version to paid version (Cody Cook) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 16:43:48 -0800 From: Geoff Johnson <geoff.johnson(a)coanda.ca> To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: [Observium] MySQL application Message-ID: <CAB5X9BuAbNupewAXc=w7hymJPvx_WrAHFY8--YvLF9CW61=HAg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" The instructions for configuring the MySQL application at https://observium.org/w/Application/MySQL are unclear about where the database user must be created. Do the user create steps need to be done on every host running MySQL that you want to monitor, or just once on the Observium server? I assume that it's the former, just looking for clarification. Thanks, Geoff

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On the "Ports" page, can I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting?
by Taylor Cassidy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi All, On the "Ports" page, how do I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting? Thanks very much, Taylor C.

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test_alerts.php should not be called statically
by Simon Smith 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi All. having a strange issue, my HipChat Notifications stopped working, so be trying to debug them - I just keep getting 400 Bad Request but i’ve noticed something else weird, after i run the test_alerts.php with -dd I’m seeing o Notifying [email] Simon: simon(a)hestor.com Load class 'Mail_mime' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Mail/mime.php': OK Load class 'Mail' from '/opt/observium/libs/pear/Mail/Mail.php': OK PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method Mail::factory() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 153 Strict Standards: Non-static method Mail::factory() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 153 PHP Strict Standards: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 157 Strict Standards: Non-static method PEAR::isError() should not be called statically in /opt/observium/includes/alerting/email.inc.php on line 157 I haven’t changed anything apart from weekly svn up’s could this error be affecting the hipchat? I’m setting the contact as room_id::ROOMID||from::FROMOBSERVIUMEMAILACCOUNT||token::VERYLONGTOKENHERE||url::https://URLOFHIPCHATSERVERWITHSSL am i missing something or has something changed? regards Simon

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UNIX agent Postgres versions
by Attila Nagy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Hi everyone! I was in the process of configuring the UNIX agent and I found (as written in the documentation too) that the script only supports Postgres version 9. But after experimenting a little bit I realized that the script works perfectly with the 8.4 version. I was able to test with an 8.3 which was working as well. So maybe the script should be changed to enable any 8.X version. Anyway I created a patch and attached it. If some of you find it helpful then maybe post the version which was working, so we can update the version string. Regards, Tylla

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Re: [Observium] How to aggregate multiple graphs
by ChanTy 06 Jan '16

06 Jan '16

Any comment ? From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> on behalf of apple <ty.chan(a)corp.mekongnet.com.kh> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Date: Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 9:09 AM To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: [Observium] How to aggregate multiple graphs Hi, Is it possible to aggregate multiple graphs into a single graph ? If yes, please help to provide me the steps. Regards, chanty _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393
by Roland Schwingel 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi... Yesterday I upgraded my Observium to Version 0.16.1.7393 via svn. The "svn up" did follow an immediate "./discovery.php -u" and a flush of the browser cache. But when I try to add a device I get a somewhat incomplete screen. See attached screenshot. Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? Thanks for your help, Roland

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Re: [Observium] Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393
by Roland Schwingel 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi Adam... Thanks for your reply... I tried deleting the html folder plus svn up but it did not help... I am using FF43 and Chrome 47. I can reproduce it with both browsers... But I found a way now on getting the panel back! I reduced the browser window width to at least the half of my screen (I do have 1980x1200 resolution). Then bling it popus up. As soon as I make it wider than 50% it goes away. Reproduced it with FF and Chrome on windows. Looks indeed like a CSS issue. Roland "observium" <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> wrote on 05.01.2016 15:31:48: > From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> > To: "" <observium(a)observium.org>, > Date: 05.01.2016 15:34 > Subject: Re: [Observium] Problem adding devices after upgrading to 0.16.1.7393 > Sent by: "observium" <observium-bounces(a)observium.org> > > What browsers? > > Did you already try : > > rm -rf html > svn up > > ? > > I've just re-synced stable to current, but there are no relevant > changes in there. I suspect something to do with CSS, since it looks > like the form is hidden under the box-header div. Very odd. Removing > html/ and svn up'ing should fix it. > > adam. > On 05/01/2016 14:03:31, Tom Laermans <tom.laermans(a)powersource.cx> wrote: > I assume you're both running the stable train? Adam, I think a merge may > be in order.. this works fine on trunk. > > Tom > > On 2016-01-05 14:56, Lyndon Labuschagne wrote: > > I have the same issue > > > > On 2016/01/05, 10:08, "observium on behalf of Roland Schwingel" > > > > roland.schwingel(a)onevision.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi... > >> > >> Yesterday I upgraded my Observium to Version 0.16.1.7393 via svn. > >> The "svn up" did follow an immediate "./discovery.php -u" and a flush of > >> the browser cache. But when I try to add a device I get a somewhat > >> incomplete screen. See attached screenshot. > >> > >> Is this a bug or did I do something wrong? > >> > >> Thanks for your help, > >> > >> Roland

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Mikrotik discovery problem
by Eduardo Schoedler 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi, Since last updates, some sensors were deleted from Mikrotik and licence is flapping. 2016-01-05 12:34:32 mk-01 Neighbours: 14 added. 2016-01-05 12:34:31 Sensor deleted: voltage routeros 0 System 0 2016-01-05 12:34:31 Sensor deleted: temperature routeros 0 System 0 2016-01-05 01:56:56 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2016-01-05 01:52:02 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-29 00:05:45 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-28 23:58:26 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-15 08:18:40 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-15 08:13:42 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-12 01:23:06 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-12 01:18:08 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-10 01:08:03 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-10 01:03:35 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-12-05 19:48:19 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-12-05 19:43:39 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-11-20 11:57:48 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-11-20 11:53:18 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 2015-11-19 06:28:12 mk-01 Features -> Level 6 2015-11-19 06:22:45 mk-01 Features -> Level 0 Thank you. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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corrupt file ?
by Daniel Rolfe 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi all, I suspect a corrupt file, I'm running the paid version but my subscription has currently lapsed *Observium*0.15.12.7265 (15th December 2015) [image: Inline image 1] Could someone please send me a copy of bandwidth-graph.php for the above observium version Regards, Daniel

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User rights: Bill disappears after some hours
by Basile Bluntschli 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

Hi Team I have several customers which have their own login to see their particular bill. Since a few days I can add a Bill to a User and it persists. But if I check again in the morning, the User does not have this permission anymore. However access to interfaces still works. Thanks Basile

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Radius authentication not work
by ChanTy 05 Jan '16

05 Jan '16

I am following this http://www.observium.org/docs/authentication to do Radius authentication for user to login to Observium. Radius already allow Observium to connect to Php-radius already install Configuration on Observium is done as the guideline But Login still failed using user from Radius Any comment?

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On the "Ports" page, can I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting?
by Taylor Cassidy 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi All, On the "Ports" page, how do I set the "Quick Filters" option "Hide DOWN" as a default setting? Thanks very much, Taylor C.

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Re: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

So after looking at this more this interface is a back plane connected to an ASA firewall module, and snmp just reports these things improperly :/ What is the best way to ignore this interface for traffic usage alert checks? Note that because this is a back plane interface there is not way to set a description :/ (because Cisco) —Jeff From: observium <observium-bounces(a)observium.org<mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org>> on behalf of Tony Marquardt <tomarquardt(a)kern.org<mailto:tomarquardt@kern.org>> Reply-To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Date: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 at 1:05 PM To: 'Observium Network Observation System' <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Subject: Re: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g This will happen is you have a 1gbps SFP / connection. It will show actual connection speed. Verify at the device you actually have 10gbps connection. Thank you, Tony Marquardt Network Operations Coordinator Kern County Superintendent of Schools V: 661-636-4545 E: tomarquardt(a)kern.org<mailto:tomarquardt@kern.org> From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Jeffrey d'Ambly Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2015 1:03 PM To: observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org> Subject: [Observium] TenG port shows up as 1g [cid:image001.png@01D14302.BF729C50] I’m using Observium Enterprise and it seems to think this port is 1g (port speed is displayed as 1Gbps) , clicking on the data button shows the following for int speed, and int hight speed. Are these the right values for a 10g port? fSpeed=>1000000000 ifHighSpeed=>1000

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Re: [Observium] Fortinet Fortigate wireless support
by Michael Cushard 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

Hi, Fortinet Fortigates are currently supported in Observium. However, the wireless controller functionality of the Fortigates is currently not graphed. Walking the MIBs show all the wireless data (Access points, clients, errors, bandwidth, S/N ratios) to have corresponding OIDs. Can this be information be implemented and graphed within Observium? Regards, Michael

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VMware ESXI 6 - False Errors
by Daniel Bray 04 Jan '16

04 Jan '16

We have recently upgraded our test environment from VMware ESXi 5.5 to 6.0. After the upgrade, we are seeing an issue where errors are getting reported on the vmk1 - vmk5 (VMkernel) ports that are connected to distributed switches for SAN access. However, there are no errors (none reported in vSphere nor the SAN). It seems to be a SNMP issue, possibly. We have a near identical production environment that is still running VMware ESXI 5.5, and the similar ESXi hosts are not showing these errors in Observium. This is a completely separate network, with a different Observium server, however both are running similar installs, and patched to the latest Professional version. We have verified using normal snmp commands that everything seems to be working as expected. We have deleted and re-added the ESXi hosts. Issue remains, but only on the vmk ports that are connected to distributed switches. The normal vmnic (vSwitch for management VLAN) show no errors. I've checked the mailing list and Googled this issue for a bit, but not finding anything similar to our issue. Anybody else running Observium with ESXi 6.0 and notice an issue with false Error reports on vmk ports? Any suggestions on what else to try? We have compared everything in the working production environment to the broken test environment, and the only thing we can come up with is that it is an issue with ESXi 6.0 and how it is responding to the Observium SNMP requests. Any guidance or direction would be appreciated. Thanks, -DB

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