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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

We want an alert when a new mac address is added to an access port. I did some more research and I got the switch to send a Mac-Notification-Change trap to the server. Is there an easy way to implement this? I am testing with snmptrapd daemon. I assume once the server receives the trap it can be re-routed to syslog-ng and brought into Observium. Switch --> Server (udp 162) -->Script/Program that re-routes -->Server (udp 514) --> syslog-ng -->Observium instance I was also struggling with the TRAP payload, the mac, port index and vlan weren't part of the message. Do I need the CISCO-MAC-NOTIFICATION-MIB? Thank you.

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My graphs don't work - all values "-NAN"
by Rudolf Hoehler 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Saicom Offers Inbound and Outbound Call Centre Solutions Hello All, Busy playing around with Observium and my graphs don't work. :) Jokes aside, very cool piece of software, but my graphs all display -NAN as values. The snmp walk is working and pulling information and it's displaying fine on the web interface, but the graphs don't display the values - sceenshots: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/1__ssh_and_Observium____-_za-j… https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/13359577/Observium__NAN_Graph.jpg I followed the wiki instructions, double checked my bash history and it seems fine. Running Debian 7 - Debian 3.2.65-1 x86_64 GNU/Linux Server has 16gigs of RAM and 8 CPU cores. On the mailing list people have warned agaistn a 1.5 version of rrdtool, but I am running version 1.4.7. _____________________________________________________________ rrdtool -v RRDtool 1.4.7 Copyright 1997-2012 by Tobias Oetiker <tobi(a)oetiker.ch> Compiled Aug 2 2012 07:02:39 _____________________________________________________________ PHP Version seems fine. _____________________________________________________________ php -v PHP 5.4.41-0+deb7u1 (cli) (built: May 22 2015 12:49:18) _____________________________________________________________ In the MySQL DB, the storage-state table seems fine, but I cannot find any historic data in the database - where should I look for this information? _____________________________________________________________ mysql> select * from `storage-state`; +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | storage_id | storage_polled | storage_size | storage_units | storage_used | storage_free | storage_perc | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ | 1 | 1434541853 | 277800820736 | 4096 | 173082042368 | 104718778368 | 62 | | 2 | 1434541853 | 8341504000 | 4096 | 0 | 8341504000 | 0 | | 3 | 1434541853 | 397803520 | 1024 | 56981504 | 340822016 | 14 | | 4 | 1434541853 | 984341426176 | 4096 | 122228555776 | 862112870400 | 12 | +------------+----------------+--------------+---------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ 4 rows in set (0.00 sec) Thanks for your time folks, appreciate any help. Regards, Rudolf -- Rudolf Hoehler Technical Team Manager Office: 0861 SAICOM (724 266) Direct: 010 140 5104 Support: 010 140 5050 Cell: 083 644 7800 Fax: 010 140 5001 Visit our website: www.saicomvoice.co.za

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Re: [Observium] hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Adam Armstrong 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

If we don't see the sensor returned in the agent output, it'll be removed. If it reappears, it'll be readded. It's likely a timing thing with hddtemp causing that sensor to be occasionally not returned correctly. Adam. On 17 Jun 2015 10:34, Simon Smith <simonsmith5521(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi All, > > hoping someone has seen this issue I’m having > > for some mad reason the HDD temperature sensor on one our of servers keeps disappearing ? > > but whats mad is the event log is showing the Entity as BLANK ? > > and another mad thing I’ve noticed is when it gets re-added or updated the HIGH and LOW keep getting adjusted to 0, so i have to all the time go and manually adjust the values? > > is it possible a problem with hddtemp, observium, or something else I’m just missing? > > I have attached a screenshot showing what I mean > > regards > > Simon >

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hdd temperature sensor keeps vanishing ?
by Simon Smith 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi All, hoping someone has seen this issue I’m having for some mad reason the HDD temperature sensor on one our of servers keeps disappearing ? but whats mad is the event log is showing the Entity as BLANK ? and another mad thing I’ve noticed is when it gets re-added or updated the HIGH and LOW keep getting adjusted to 0, so i have to all the time go and manually adjust the values? is it possible a problem with hddtemp, observium, or something else I’m just missing? I have attached a screenshot showing what I mean regards Simon

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Rsyslog after upgrade from 13.10.4585 to 14.4.XX
by Koen Claes 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello, I am currently using an installation of Observium that works very well. I installed rsyslog according to this link : http://www.observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server I tried upgrading it for the first time to the most recent version, and everything seemed to work fine, but after a few hours syslogs stopped showing in the web interface. They do still arrive to the machine according to tcpdump. I rolled back the server and it worked again, even for a week now. After upgrading it again it does the same, works for a while and then stops. So I have 2 questions: 1: Where are syslogs saved? In the mysql database? 2: Did anything change regarding to syslog in the major version? I did notice a new logs folder. Thanks This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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A same rsyslog config for observium + remote logging
by Jason Lixfeld 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

I was working on trying to get my rsyslog configuration working with observium as well as preserving my configuration for logging inbound logs to files based on the sender’s hostname so Splunk could eat them. It was a bit of a pain, so I thought I’d share incase anyone else found it useful: # /etc/rsyslog.d/30-remote.conf # # Based on a default rsyslog.conf file from Debian Jessie (8) # module(load="omprog") module(load="imtcp") module(load="imudp”) template(name="observium" type="string" string="%fromhost%||%syslogfacility%||%syslogpriority%||%syslogseverity%||%syslogtag%||%$year%-%$month%-%$day% %timereported:8:25%||%msg%||%programname%\n") template(name="hostname" type="string" string="/var/log/remote/%HOSTNAME%.log”) ruleset(name="remote"){ action(type="omprog" binary="/opt/observium/syslog.php" template="observium") action(type="omfile" dynafile="hostname") } input(type="imtcp" port="601" ruleset="remote") input(type="imudp" port="514" ruleset="remote”) #<EOF>

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Alert to monitor cisco ARP table
by Lambert, Benoit 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hello Observium team, Is there a way for an alert checker to check for a new ARP entry in the arp table? Thanks.

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MySQLi extension at r6455 (professional edition).
by Mike Stupalov 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Hi, today added a new feature with ability to use modern php mysqli extension for db connections. It will not add new ponies in your piggy bank, but will give us opportunity to refuse in the future from obsolete php mysql extension. Currently new code will work ONLY if you manually add in config.php option: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; Also now added some new configurable options for db connections: $config['db_extension'] = 'mysqli'; // The PHP MySQL extension to use ('mysql' or 'mysqli') #$config['db_port'] = ''; // MySQL port (leave blank for default port: 3306) #$config['db_socket'] = ''; // Path to the socket (leave blank for default socket) #$config['db_persistent'] = FALSE; // Whether persistent connections should be used or not. WARNING use at own risk! #$config['db_compress'] = FALSE; // Use compressed protocol for the MySQL connection Please test new options and especially mysqli extension and report here (or in jira) about your success story ;) -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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SNMPv3 with AES256
by Thiedek, Vic 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Greetings! Does Observium support AES256 for SNMPv3 for Cisco Devices? Testing with SHA / AES128 SNMPv3 Authentication Successful Testing with SHA / AES256 SNMPv3 Authentication Fails I would use AES128, but the environment (750+ devices) was already setup for AES256. Thanks in advance! Vic

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Location to request to add a MIB?
by Jason Lixfeld 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I understand fully that MIB addition are on a best effort basis, especially for the obscure ones that might only matter to one person out of Observium’s entire install base :) So, where would I submit such a request for a MIB to be added? Here or JIRA? Elsewhere? Thanks!

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rrdtool 1.5.3 not working
by Simon Smith 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

Hi All, I’ve just updated to new RRDTool 1.5.3, but for some reason I’m getting a Draw Error BUT only looking at network traffic graphs, not temperatures, CPU, etc… the Performance & Output is showing RRDTool Output: ERROR: Unused Arguments "" in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:ether01-efm Rx: Total time: 0.026 | RRDtool time: 0.012s any ideas? regards Simon

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Missing graph data
by Jason Vanlandingham 15 Jun '15

15 Jun '15

I had a problem with the machine Observium is running on. The CPU fan/heatsink fell off. After I got the machine up again on the evening of 11 June, the CPU Temp graph showed normal temps in the 30-45 range for months, then a big spike up to 115. (eek!) But at least the server came back to life, and I still had all my data. Everything still seems to be running OK, but all of a sudden there is now no data at all in the CPU temp graph before ~1:00AM 12 June. From this machine I get temp readings for CPU temp, Motherboard temp, and 4 other "temp#" listings. "Temp1" and "Temp3" still seem to have the data they should, but the others are missing. One thing I did change after the recovery: I noticed the time zone on the server was set to US Eastern, and I changed it to US Central. I would think if that was the cause of my problem it would hit a lot more of the data.

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Roadmap for further alerting features?
by Jason Lixfeld 14 Jun '15

14 Jun '15

Hi, Curious whether or not there is a roadmap to support alerting on syslog messages or SNMP traps? I have these really ugly syslog power supply alerts from Splunk that I’d love to get rid of :) Thanks!

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Observium with Mikrotik SNMPv3
by Eduardo Schoedler 13 Jun '15

13 Jun '15

Hi, Is someone using observium with mikrotik snmpv3? Could you send me the config of both, please? Thanks! -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Adding Custom Information
by Daniel Kasen 11 Jun '15

11 Jun '15

Is there a way to add custom strings to a device? Ie. I want to add the current version of some linux software that wasn't an RPM install to an object. I have created extended snmp info, but can't find any way to attach that to the polling agent. Ideally this would be a table layout and not a graph as it's simply a key:pair like apache: "2.4.10" *~ Daniel *

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Alerts Triggering even when disabled
by Johnston, Tom 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

* Cisco 2960-X (24 Ports PoE) running c2960x-universalk9-mz.150-2a.EX5.bin * Observium 0.15.6.6446 * Alert Check * Check Conditions * ifAdminStatus eq up * ifOperStatus ne up * Associations * Device Match * os eq ios * Entity Match * ifType equals ethernetCsmacd I have Both Polling and Alerting Disabled on the interfaces which are not up on this switch, (they are not admin down just no link). So the issue is even though I have them set not to poll nor to alert, they still are doing so. What can I look at to see why that would be? I’ve tried deleting and re-adding the device but the same behavior applies. Thanks in advance for any advice. [cid:2E4D1B6E-4174-4130-BED4-825EC44D8342] [cid:3DFA6513-B87A-4CD8-8EAD-CD62E44447CB]

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Re: [Observium] No Network Ports Discovered
by ron＠rjr-services.com 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

discover.php -d -h <hostname> As always, sanitize before you post/attach/pastebin the output to the list. Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Stephen Bateman <stephen(a)thebritishgeek.co.uk> wrote: -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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No Network Ports Discovered
by Stephen Bateman 10 Jun '15

10 Jun '15

I have just added a 2 new devices to as normal a VMWare Host & Linux VM machine, however for some reason there are no Ports discovered when it got polled. Any pointers on how debug this issue ?

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Deleting sensors and graphs from a device
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi all, I have added an extremely pared down copy of a device to Observium and am using it strictly to be able to monitor BGP sessions inside a VRF context. I have disabled all sensors, modules, graphs, etc from the device configuration, but it seems that any sensors and graphs that were created before these settings were disabled are still present on the device’s page. How can I turf all the graphs and sensors and all that stuff from these devices? Thanks!

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Problem with Ruckus AP
by Eduardo Schoedler 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi, Since the big update (I think is because the new community edition), our observium is having problems with an Ruckus AP: [image: Imagem inline 1] What can be causing this? Thanks. -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO)
by Einar Storeng 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi. After trying to upgrade to Community Edition version 0.15.6 i cant update the database. root@observium /# /opt/observium/discovery.php -h all MySQL Error: Access denied for user 'root'@'localhost' (using password: NO) Have done this regularly, but it seems it lost its config on root permisions on the DB I have different passwords on my root and root for MySQL I have no problem logging in to the web admin for PHPMyAdmin with my Mysql password for root. Any clues? Is there a scipt for roolback? Best regards Einar

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Port alerts that dont exist
by Chard, Alex (RET-SYD) 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi All, I'm still having this issue where there are 2 ports that show as down on the dashboard, but no alerts are present when you click the "2 down" link. [cid:image001.png@01D08DDD.1C78EC00] Is there a mysql query I could run to diagnose which ports are causing this? There does appear to be some disconnect between the port down count query on the dashboard and the query for the Port Alerts page: /ports/state=down/ Thanks, Alex Chard Senior Network Engineer [cid:image001.jpg@01CF2EF8.D871AF90] 475 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW 2067 *: +61 (02) 9422 2226 [mobile]: +61 (04) 03 894 614 *: alex.chard(a)reed-elsevier.com.au<mailto:alex.chard@reed-elsevier.com.au> www.reedelsevier.com<http://www.reedelsevier.com/> This e-mail is for the use of the intended recipient(s) only. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately and then delete it. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not use, disclose or distribute this e-mail without the author's permission. We have taken precautions to minimise the risk of transmitting software viruses, but we advise you to carry out your own virus checks on any attachment to this e-mail. We cannot accept liability for any loss or damage caused by software viruses.

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PHP strict errors running poller.php -dd
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

I’ve been running poller.php in -dd mode to try and troubleshoot somethings and came across many, many multiples of these errors in the output: Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /opt/observium/includes/common.inc.php on line 624 PHP Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference in /opt/observium/includes/common.inc.php on line 625 My google-fu hasn’t helped me figure out why these are showing up or how to turn them off. Anyone here have any ideas? Thanks in advance! Platform information below: root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# cat /etc/os-release PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)" NAME="Debian GNU/Linux" VERSION_ID="8" VERSION="8 (jessie)" ID=debian HOME_URL="http://www.debian.org/" SUPPORT_URL="http://www.debian.org/support/" BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/" root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# uname -a Linux monitor 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1 (2015-04-24) x86_64 GNU/Linux root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs# dpkg -l | egrep "php|mysql" ii libapache2-mod-php5 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (Apache 2 module) ii libdbd-mysql-perl 4.028-2+b1 amd64 Perl5 database interface to the MySQL database ii libmysqlclient18:amd64 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database client library ii mysql-client 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database client (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-client-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database client binaries ii mysql-common 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database common files, e.g. /etc/mysql/my.cnf ii mysql-server 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 all MySQL database server (metapackage depending on the latest version) ii mysql-server-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database server binaries and system database setup ii mysql-server-core-5.5 5.5.43-0+deb8u1 amd64 MySQL database server binaries ii php-pear 5.6.7+dfsg-1 all PEAR - PHP Extension and Application Repository ii php5 5.6.7+dfsg-1 all server-side, HTML-embedded scripting language (metapackage) ii php5-cli 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 command-line interpreter for the php5 scripting language ii php5-common 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 Common files for packages built from the php5 source ii php5-gd 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 GD module for php5 ii php5-json 1.3.6-1 amd64 JSON module for php5 ii php5-mcrypt 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 MCrypt module for php5 ii php5-mysql 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 MySQL module for php5 ii php5-readline 5.6.7+dfsg-1 amd64 Readline module for php5 ii php5-xcache 3.2.0-1 amd64 Fast, stable PHP opcode cacher ii python-mysqldb 1.2.3-2.1 amd64 Python interface to MySQL root@monitor:/opt/observium/logs#

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IOS XR snmp-server context for monitoring BGP sessions inside a VRF
by Jason Lixfeld 09 Jun '15

09 Jun '15

Hi, I understand that the current BGP MIB doesn’t support VRF contexts for pulling BGP session info for sessions that exist inside a VRF. I have IOS XR boxes that house my vrf BGP sessions, and apparently there is an snmp-context command that has proven to be able to work around the MIB limitations. My question is whether or not anyone within the Observium community has tried to do this. From what I gather, it requires a separate SNMP community on the IOS XR box to perform the context mapping, but that would seem to imply that one needs to duplicates the node in question in Observium with the new community. I haven’t actually tried any of this yet...

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Environmental monitoring on an APC Smart-UPS
by Vincent Aniello 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

I have an APC Smart-UPS 1500 with a network management card that includes environmental monitoring. When Observium discovers the device the battery temperature is displayed, but not the temperature from the probe connected to the management card. Does Observium have the ability to show the temperature from the probe on the management card? Thanks. --Vincent

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- not able to install mysql database
by Paolo De Michele 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

hi there, I following your tutorial with observium CE I have ubuntu 14.04 but when I try to install the mysql db, this is the error I have installed all requirements and I used a lot your monitoring system so, right now: root@abee:/opt/observium/includes# php update/update.php PHP Warning: include(includes/defaults.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 16 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/defaults.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 16 PHP Warning: include(config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 17 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'config.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 17 PHP Warning: include(includes/definitions.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 18 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/definitions.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 18 PHP Warning: include(includes/functions.inc.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 19 PHP Warning: include(): Failed opening 'includes/functions.inc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/share/php:/usr/share/pear') in /opt/observium/includes/update/update.php on line 19 if I try: root@abee:/opt/observium/# php includes/update/update.php headed back without returning errors what is the problem? how can I fix it? thanks in advance

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Re: [Observium] Environmental monitoring on an APC Smart-UPS
by ron＠rjr-services.com 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Speaking from my perspective, the discovery script found the multiple temperature sensors and properly added them into the display. I would expect that the developers are going to want to see the debug results of the discovery script run against your UPS, so that would be a good next step. Use discover.php with the -d flag running against the device, capture and sanitize appropriately, and post or put on pastebin or something like that. ...Ron Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID Vincent Aniello <VAniello(a)portware.com> wrote: -- This message has been scanned by E.F.A. Project and is believed to be clean.

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reset password + CBQOS Multiport
by Chen Reshef 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi, 1. I think there is a problem with reset my account password on the client area. 2. Is there easy way to add Multiport CBQOS feature to the Observium ? Thanks! Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail message may contain confidential, commercial and privileged information or data that constitute proprietary information of Cellcom Israel Ltd. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any use of this information or data by any other person is absolutely prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete all copies. Thank You. http://www.cellcom.co.il

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Observium Routing Tab - OSPF
by Serghei Golipad 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi All, Has anyone had an issue where not all devices running OSPF appeared in the "Routing" tab? I have 5 Nexus 7K switches which are all identically configured but only 3 are showing in OSPF tab (all are neighbours). Is there any debug I can run to find out why this isn't working? Also some devices appear with status of "disabled" under OSPF tab. 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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New Community Edition 0.15.6
by Adam Armstrong 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

New Community Edition version 0.15.06 released based on SVN revision 6430. 430 new commits since the previous release. http://www.observium.org/wiki/Upgrading#Upgrade_to_latest_Major_release http://www.observium.org/observium-community-0.15.6.tar.gz Thanks, adam.

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Discrepancy between host-resources-mib and df
by Jason Lixfeld 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Hi, I found report on this issue, as I’m running up against it as well (http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1062) Does anyone have a workaround that they’ve found works, other than trying to carve a certain percentage off of the alert threshold? Thanks in advance!

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Question about feature
by Remy Lambert 06 Jun '15

06 Jun '15

Is it possible to send email report of the weekly bandwidth utilization not just an alert? How can I select the ports I want to show under each device cause I don't want to monitor all the interface of my device. Is it possible to create custom device template cause I would like to add custom OID? Rémy Lambert Administrateur réseau Département informatique (819) 523-2765 poste 3313 Gestion Rémabec Inc. 1053, Boul. Ducharmes La Tuque (Québec) G9X 3C3 remy.lambert(a)remabec.com<mailto:remy.lambert@remabec.com> ________________________________ Le présent message (ainsi que ses éventuelles pièces jointes) peut contenir des informations confidentielles. Étant établi à l'intention de son destinataire, son utilisation ou sa diffusion non autorisée est interdite. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de m'en aviser immédiatement. Please note : This e-mail, including any and all attachments, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may include confidential information. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended Recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete this e-mail immediately.

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Demo
by Remy Lambert 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

Is it possible to have a complete trial of the subscription version ? Also, I would like to know if observium can be configure so I can just put an IP address when adding a device instead of a hostname? Thanks in advance! Rémy Lambert Administrateur réseau Département informatique (819) 523-2765 poste 3313 Gestion Rémabec Inc. 1053, Boul. Ducharmes La Tuque (Québec) G9X 3C3 remy.lambert(a)remabec.com<mailto:remy.lambert@remabec.com> ________________________________ Le présent message (ainsi que ses éventuelles pièces jointes) peut contenir des informations confidentielles. Étant établi à l'intention de son destinataire, son utilisation ou sa diffusion non autorisée est interdite. Si vous recevez ce message par erreur, merci de m'en aviser immédiatement. Please note : This e-mail, including any and all attachments, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may include confidential information. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended Recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete this e-mail immediately.

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Fail to add Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 in Observium
by Aurélien PERRODY 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

Hi all, Considering my observium server with the local IP address 192.168.1.37, my community named h31n3k3n in read only. The redhat server have a kernel version Linux 2.6.32-431.23.3.el6.x86_64 SNMPd is running. Conf file look like this: com2sec observium 192.168.1.37 h31n3k3n group ReadOnly v2c observium group ReadOnly v1 observium view all included .1 80 access ReadOnly "" any noauth exact systeminfo none none syslocation "Neyron, FR" syscontact lxxxxs(a)xxxxxxxx.com What's wrong with the conf ? Thanks Best Aurélien

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Graph errors and units
by Robin Cook 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

Hello, I am hoping someone can help me understand/confirm my thoughts on what some of the numbers actually mean in the errors graph. For example I have an interface which is showing Packets/sec Now Avg Min Max Errors Rx 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Tx 3.22m 898.64u 0.00 3.23m Discards Rx 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Tx 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Am I right in saying this interface is not discarding any packets, but is encountering errors when transmitting? As for the values of 3.22m and 898.64u are these absolute values, e.g. 3.22 errors a second? Or because of the m is it 0.00322 errors a second? Being a 10−3 many thanks, Robin --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE READ: The information contained in this e-mail is confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. It is subject to important terms and conditions available at http://www.mdsl.com/emaildisclaimer. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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MIB for LAN CONTROLLER HW2.0
by chott＠praha1.net 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

Hello, We use for monitoring this HW - http://tinycontrol.ats.pl/en/kontroler,lan-controller,167,363 Is there any option how we can read Temperature info Obserivum? Tomas Chott

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Problems after SVN upgrade
by Curtis Langford 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

We are currently running: Observium 0.14.11.6003 Apache 2.2.22 (Ubuntu) PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.15 MySQL 5.5.40-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 SNMP NET-SNMP 5.4.3 RRDtool 1.4.7 I navigated to the /opt/observium directory and ran: svn update This succeed then I proceeded to run: root@observium:/opt/observium# ./discovery.php -u Observium 0.14.11.6003 Discovery PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function print_obsolete_config() in /opt/observium/discovery.php on line 48 At this point everything seemed fine so far as logging in, the graphing etc. I then rebooted the server for good measure. When it came back up, I could hit the login screen and authenticate, but beyond that, a blank screen. Any ideas?

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Draw Error - php/rrd?
by Clark Smith 03 Jun '15

03 Jun '15

Hi, I am experiencing the "red" draw errors for all of my devices/nodes/entries. It would seem that apache/php is not parsing the rrd command correctly? The RRDs are being populated with the polling scripts: - No errors when poller.php is run (poller.php -h 5 -d | grep ERROR) - Real, recent data inside the rrd (rrdtool info <rrd file>) The RRDs are erroring on the php page, for example: - Performance and Output RRDTool Output: ERROR: Unused Arguments "" in command : AREA:usage_cdef0#FFC344:Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz : Total time: 0.013 | RRDtool time: 0.012s - RRDTool Command rrdtool graph /tmp/rVDiXfJ3oeTNxmbX.png -g --lower-limit 0 --upper-limit 100 --start 1433201153 --end 1433287553 --width 1159 --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:'DejaVuSansMono' --font AXIS:7:'DejaVuSansMono' --font-render-mode normal -E COMMENT:'Load % Now Min Max Avg' COMMENT:'\l' DEF:usage0=/opt/observium/rrd/node.domain.com/processor-hr-196608.rrd:usage… DEF:usage0min=/opt/observium/rrd/node.domain.com/processor-hr-196608.rrd:us… DEF:usage0max=/opt/observium/rrd/node.domain.com/processor-hr-196608.rrd:us… CDEF:usage_cdef0=usage0,1,/ CDEF:usage_cdef0min=usage0min,1,/ CDEF:usage_cdef0max=usage0max,1,/ AREA:usage_cdef0#FFC344:'Intel Core i3-4010U @ 1.70GHz ': GPRINT:usage0:LAST:%5.1lf%s GPRINT:usage0min:MIN:%5.1lf%s GPRINT:usage0max:MAX:%5.1lf%s GPRINT:usage0:AVERAGE:%5.1lf%s'\n' COMMENT:'\n' HRULE:0#555555 RRD processes leftover in running memory: http 4205 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 09:25 0:00 [rrdtool] <defunct> http 4216 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 09:25 0:00 [rrdtool] <defunct> http 4280 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z 09:26 0:00 [rrdtool] <defunct> Software versions: Observium CE 0.14.11.6000 Apache 2.4.12 (Unix) PHP/5.6.9 PHP 5.6.9 RRDtool 1.5.3 Any ideas? or help to further diagnostic would be appreciated. Thanks

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Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi Phillip, Thanks for the information, and I'll keep a copy of this mail for your offer. I'll get in touch with my purchasing department and see what they can offer, not holding my breath!. Thanks Andy From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Phillip Baker Sent: 02 June 2015 17:12 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question Hi Andy, The trust we most recently used to supply services to had a purchasing card; if your trust really doesn't have one I don't *think* observium can be acquired on purchase order. I can resell your trust a licence on purchase order basis I suppose, but there would be a small markup involved for the processing & 42-60 days credit your purchasing department will invariably want. It might be worth pointing out this route will cost more - that seemed to be the requisite incantation for purchasing to fess up to having a card last time I did this dance. Regards, Phillip Baker Technical Director LCHost (Netcalibre Ltd) Sent from my mobile device, please excuse any abbreviations, typos, lack of pleasantries etc. E&OE On 2 Jun 2015, at 14:57, Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) <Andy.Franks(a)sath.nhs.uk> wrote: Hi David, Um, thanks. Expenses in the nhs - not an easy option, especially since we're after this every year. Is there another way? J From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of David Hulth Sent: 02 June 2015 12:11 To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question I think the easiest approach would be for you to just buy it with your credit card and then write an expense for it :P David Hulth Lab Technician Procera Networks AB On 06/01/2015 09:54 AM, Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) wrote: I want to purchase a sub for Observium, but being public sector we have some weird ways of paying for things. Who should the purchasing department contact? _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi David, Um, thanks. Expenses in the nhs - not an easy option, especially since we're after this every year. Is there another way? J From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of David Hulth Sent: 02 June 2015 12:11 To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question I think the easiest approach would be for you to just buy it with your credit card and then write an expense for it :P David Hulth Lab Technician Procera Networks AB On 06/01/2015 09:54 AM, Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) wrote: I want to purchase a sub for Observium, but being public sector we have some weird ways of paying for things. Who should the purchasing department contact?

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Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi Arthur, That's really useful - thanks. I'll give it a try. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Arthur Bommele (DataByte) Sent: 01 June 2015 17:30 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question Hi, WMI stuff works for Exchange (2010). But you need to compile your own wmic on your Observium server and copy it to /usr/bin. Example: http://techedemic.com/2014/09/17/installing-wmic-in-ubuntu-14-04-lts-64- bit/ Set some config parameters in /opt/observium/config.php. $config['wmic'] = "/usr/bin/wmic"; $config['wmi']['domain'] = "DOMAIN"; $config['wmi']['user'] = "USER"; $config['wmi']['pass'] = "PASSWORD"; Edit the exchange_trans_smtp.inc.php script perhaps. See: http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1259 Manually enable the wmi module under device settings under the tab modules in Observium, and under the wmi tab enable Exchange. As well as make the WMI user account (same one as specified in config.php) available on the Exchange server. See: http://observium.org:8080/browse/OBSERVIUM-518 (and the attachment PDF there) Do notice the warning there: use at own risk! Cheers, Arthur Van: Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) [mailto:Andy.Franks@sath.nhs.uk] Verzonden: maandag 1 juni 2015 9:55 Aan: observium(a)observium.org Onderwerp: [Observium] Contact for subscription and another question Hi, Just a quick couple of questions. I've been off the list for a bit. - I want to purchase a sub for Observium, but being public sector we have some weird ways of paying for things. Who should the purchasing department contact? - Does the WMI stuff work for exchange? I send a mail about it a while back, and it certainly would be useful to us, or at least pointers to how the wmi framework function would be good so I can do some scripting myself. Any ideas if the wmi scripts work for 2010 exchange - I've only seen anything done via powershell there.. Thanks Andy

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Contact for subscription and another question
by Franks Andy (IT Technical Architecture Manager) 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi, Just a quick couple of questions. I've been off the list for a bit. - I want to purchase a sub for Observium, but being public sector we have some weird ways of paying for things. Who should the purchasing department contact? - Does the WMI stuff work for exchange? I send a mail about it a while back, and it certainly would be useful to us, or at least pointers to how the wmi framework function would be good so I can do some scripting myself. Any ideas if the wmi scripts work for 2010 exchange - I've only seen anything done via powershell there.. Thanks Andy

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nfsen
by Farshid Abediny 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi, for integrate nfsen with observium we should install nfsen on same node then follow http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#NfSen ? thanks,

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nfsen
by Farshid Abediny 02 Jun '15

02 Jun '15

Hi, for integrate nfsen with observium we should install nfsen on same server and then http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#NfSen for integration? thanks,

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IP SLA
by Jeffrey d'Ambly 31 May '15

31 May '15

Hello, I am using the observium professional edition and I’ve been looking into configuring IP SLA on all my cisco devices to monitor our WAN. I have the following config on two devices to just test the waters Destination device config ip sla responder source device config ip sla 1 udp-jitter 10.34.36.2 16384 source-ip 10.34.36.1 frequency 300 ip sla schedule 1 start-time now My question is what does the community do as a best practice for IP SAL configurations. As I have it configure now it’s send 10 packets every 5 minutes. This seems like a bad idea because what if there was a network blip between the 5 minute run time? If there was packet loss I would like observium to detect it, and send out an alert. Do I need to configure the ip sla service to constantly run? And if so how do I make sure all that data is there when observium polls it next. —Jeff

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Captcha on jira registration does not seemt to work
by Richard Müller 31 May '15

31 May '15

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run script wehn host is down
by Farshid Abediny 30 May '15

30 May '15

Hi, i want know can observium run a script when host linux server is down (not pinging)? thanks

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Exportable Reporting (Customer Traffic)
by Serghei Golipad 29 May '15

29 May '15

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Grouping devices by location
by Vincent Aniello 29 May '15

29 May '15

Is it possible to create a Group in Observium based on the location of a device? I don't see location as one of the attributes available to associate the device. Thanks. --Vincent

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Fahrenheit
by Johnson, Edward A. 28 May '15

28 May '15

Is there any way to change the temperature readings to display in fahrenheit rather than celsius? I know we Americans should have moved to the metric system 40 years ago but this is a request from management.

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