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Sensors problems?
by Eduardo Schoedler 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Hi, Today I've received email false alarms. But looking, all values are ok. My debug: Observium 0.15.2.6288 [image: Imagem inline 1] user@edge-xxxxx> show chassis alarms No alarms currently active user@edge-xxxxx> show system alarms No alarms currently active Alarms are ok: [image: Imagem inline 4] Buts alerts are down since last week: [image: Imagem inline 5] Here are my checker: [image: Imagem inline 3] Att, -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Alert checker issue
by Zalewski, Dominik 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Can someone explain to me what is wrong with below alert checker? Status shows zero matches… Entity Type: Port Check Conditions: ifInBitsRate lt 50M ifOutBitsRate lt 50M Device Match: hostname match rtr02* Entity Match ifName ae0.50 Thanks Dominik

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Re: [Observium] How to define graphs used in the Application page?
by Ricardo Meleschi 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Adam, That is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! I’ve been looking for that one line to edit for quite some time. Ricardo Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:18:40 +0000 From: "Adam Armstrong" <adama(a)memetic.org> Of course, what I actually meant was :? $config['app'][$vars['app']]['top'] which is in?includes/definitions/apps.inc.php :D adam. On 17/02/2015 23:07:59, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: You don't seem to have looked very hard! html/pages/device/apps/ Note, though, that these structures are *horrible*, and I'd really like to replace them with something less horrible. adam. On 17/02/2015 21:37:55, Ricardo Meleschi <meleschi(a)gmail.com> wrote: I?ve had no luck figuring out how to define which graphs show up on the main application page when that application is selected from the drop down menu in Observium. Can anyone help to point me in the right direction? Thanks, Ricardo

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How to define graphs used in the Application page?
by Ricardo Meleschi 18 Feb '15

18 Feb '15

Hello Observium Overlords, I’ve gotten an Observium Client working for a new application that we’re running. For some reason, when I click on the Application Name under Apps, only three graphs per server are shown. Additionally, I have not figured out how to tell Observium which graphs I would like to display on this “Application Overview” page. Can someone guide me to the right place? All I’d like to do is select which 4 graphs to show up on my main Application Overview Page. I’m currently running Observium 0.14.11.5987, and am using the MYSQL, BIND, and NTP Observium scripts, in addition to our home grown script as well. Thanks for any assistance, Ricardo

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Poller seems to be deleting my interfaces.....
by Tony Mattke 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

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Little bug in event log
by Sander Steffann 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Hi! I just noticed these entries in my event log after moving a server from one datacenter to another: 16s eth0 IPv6 removed: 2001:9e0:803::30/64 16s eth0 IPv6 removed: 2001:9e0:803::30/64 16s eth0 IPv6 added: 2001:9e0:803::30/64 16s eth0 IPv6 added: 2001:9e0:803::29/64 16s eth0 IPv4 removed: 94.142.242.217/28 16s eth0 IPv4 removed: 94.142.242.210/28 16s eth0 IPv4 added: 83.247.10.30/27 16s eth0 IPv4 added: 83.247.10.29/27 As you can see the IPv4 added and removed lines make sense: remove two addresses from 94.142.242.x/28 and add two addresses in 83.247.10.x/27. The IPv6 addresses are wrong though: It *should* have logged two removals from 2a02:898:148::x/64 and two adds in 2001:9e0:803::x/64, but it logs one of the newly added addresses as removed twice. Here is a diff to fix the bug: --- includes/discovery/ipv6-addresses.inc.php 2015-02-06 18:00:03.498755071 +0100 +++ includes_fixed/discovery/ipv6-addresses.inc.php 2015-02-17 01:30:26.334861137 +0100 @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ { // Delete IP dbDelete('ipv6_addresses', '`ipv6_address_id` = ?', array($entry['ipv6_address_id'])); - log_event("IPv6 removed: $full_compressed", $device, 'port', $port_id); + log_event("IPv6 removed: $full_address", $device, 'port', $port_id); echo('-'); $check_networks[$entry['ipv6_network_id']] = 1; } Cheers! Sander

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how to delete interface no longer on system
by John Brown 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Hi, We removed a card from our router and thus those interfaces don't exist anymore. How do we get rid of them from observium thanks

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Ubiquity not detecting correct os or version
by Simon Smith 17 Feb '15

17 Feb '15

Hi All, I’m having an issue here with a few of our UniFi Access Points and Observium Observium detects most of our AP’s as UniFi but for seem reason two of them as being detected as AirOS ? I have no idea why it is doing this! They all have same Firmware and OS installed so why is it detecting it as AirOS instead of UniFi ? I have even compared snmpwalks and they are both identical (oversally data is different, but names, models, etc all the same!) Also ive noticed the correct ones for UniFi, aren’t detecting the firmware version correctly either ? its showing one point as 3.1.12 when infact I’m on 3.2.10 Any help where I should start looking or even ideas for me, would be very helpful Regards Simon

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alerts on clear text not html?
by Zhenhui Liang 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Hi, Group Is it possible to configure observium to not send html alerts? Seems from today, html SMS won’t be able to go through cell phone providers. I would like some clear text version of alerts like nagios. Thanks. —Zhenhui

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not getting alert email notifications?
by Simon Smith 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Hi All, I have been using the alerts check for all our servers and broadbands fine for months! then outta the blue last week its suddenly stopped sending me emails? the last email i have shows 'Observium Professional 0.14.11.5993' at the bottom of its header and was on the 21st Nov? I can see in the Alert Logging messaging saying Alert Notification sent and Alert_Notify but i never get them? where would be the best place to check or has someone changed a line in the SVN by mistake ??? because i see a few changes related to alerts NOTE: we use a mailcleaner for spam etc… but ive already checked there and the emails don't even hit the server at the time it says it sent in observium? Regards Simon

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Adding hosts in auto-discovery fails
by dorje2007＠seznam.cz 16 Feb '15

16 Feb '15

Hi i tried auto-discovery feature, and hosts cannot be added even though they are resolvable and accessed by ping and SNMP. Manually can be added. here is the debug from the discovery log: SQL[[0;33mSELECT `device_id` FROM `devices` WHERE `sysName` = 'STO-3750-OFF 5' OR `hostname` = 'STO-3750-OFF5'[0m] [0m Discovering new host STO-3750-OFF5 through CDP Host STO-3750-OFF5 resolved as 10.x.x.x Host STO-3750-OFF5 (10.x.x.x) founded inside configured nets, try to adding: SQL[[0;33mSELECT D.`hostname` FROM ipv4_addresses AS A LEFT JOIN `ports` AS P ON A.`port_id` = P.`port _id` LEFT JOIN `devices` AS D ON D.`device_id` = P.` device_id` WHERE D.`disabled` = 0 AND A.`ipv4_address` = 'STO- 3750-OFF5'[0m] [0m Trying v2c community public ... CMD[[0;33m/usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c *** -OQUst -m SNMPv2-MIB -M /opt/ observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'STO-3750-OFF5':'161' sysObjectID.0 sysUpTime.0[0m][0m EXITCODE[[0;31m1[0m][0m RUNTIME[[0;32m6.0104s[0m], [0m STDOUT[ ] SNMP_STATUS[[0;31mFALSE[0m][0m No reply on community public using v2c. However when i do the command above alone, it works: /usr/bin/snmpget -v2c -c public -OQUst -m SNMPv2-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/ rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'STO-3750-OFF5':'161' sysObjectID.0 sysUpTime.0 sysObjectID.0 = enterprises.9.1.516 sysUpTime.0 = 4151734310 And also works when i add the device manually: ./add_device.php STO-3750-OFF5 publicv2c Observium CE 0.14.11.6000 Add Device(s) Try to add sto-3750-off5: Trying v2c community OriRead ... Now discovering sto-3750-off5 (id = 22) sto-3750-off5 22 ios (cisco) Ports : Vl1(1)[1463] Vl10( ......... Many thanks Pet

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Auto Discovery without sysNames
by dorje2007＠seznam.cz 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hi I've started you use Observium mand must say I'm very impressed :-). Very useful and comfortable tool I have question regarding the autodiscovery feature. I read the do here , http://www.observium.org/wiki/Device_Autodiscovery, and one of the condition is that sysName and device name must be same, or resolvable. In our scalable design all over the world it is very difficult, cause there are about 80 domains and strong of the domain itself takes about 20 characters, so we use only hostname resolvable via /etc/hosts. We also cannot use DNS, cause AD DNS is processed by the other department ( in Asia :-) , and it would take a weeks to synchronize it. So the question is, how can i workaround the auto discovery without same sysName and the hostname ? As far as get it, sysName only contains the domain extension of the hostname. we have about 300 routers/switches, so we want to discover them automatically. many thanks Pet

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Alert checker for active "Used" memory? Alert for load average?
by Hogan Whittall 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hi all, I'm trying to set up some more proactive alerts for my hosts and either the mempool options for alerting are too generic or the docs are out of date. I want to have an alert checker triggered for active used memory, does that exist yet? I'm not talking about total used memory, which includes buffers and cache and is caught by mempool_perc for Physical Memory, but the active used memory (See "Used" memory in attached screencap). I can't find any way to make that happen and that would be much more useful than having an alert that includes buffers and cache in the tally. If I were to create an alert for mempool_perc >= 90% using "Physical Memory" then pretty much 100% of my hosts would alert because of buffers and cache being included. I'd also like to catch memory utilization issues before systems start to swap out, so I'd like to avoid having swap usage be the trigger. Is that possible currently or perhaps is it on the to-do list? :) Something else that would be great is to alert for load averages. I know someone else was asking about this a few months back and it wasn't possible at the time, so here's another vote to get it added. Sometimes we have processes get stuck in I/O wait and the only way to catch when this becomes a real problem is with a high load average since processes in this state don't drive up CPU. Currently running 0.15.2.6274. Thanks! -Hogan

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[2FB-1C6F952A-0641] how to use observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and more ?
by noc.rodrigo.araujo＠itmnetworks.com.br 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

Hey Colin, Excellent, very thanks for your recomendation. have a great weekend B.Regards, Rodrigo Araujo ITMNETWORKS Brazil

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Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames
by Gert-Jan de Boer 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

I'm guessing he has no rDNS. I would probably make static entries based on their IP address and network segment. For example ap-ams-10-11-12-13. Kind regards, GJ Op 13 feb. 2015 17:56 schreef jorr(a)streamguys.com: Pet, If you have a list of their IPs, you can generate a reverse dns entry of each by doing a NSlookup, take the results and formulate a /etc/hosts entry for each, then pass the rdns names into Observium for discovery of services. The DNS entries to not need to be known in advance this way. Get the names for your hosts file: For ip in ${iplist[@}; do Echo –e –n “$ip\t” Nslookup $ip | grep <fordnsname> } This way you just need their IP addresses (and a functioning rdns entry) to get all of the devices into the software. Sincerely, Jesse From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of dorje2007(a)seznam.cz Sent: Friday, February 13, 2015 8:50 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames Dear Tristan thanks, i know about that. however i was asking for workaround, because once the device is located in the /etc/hosts file, then i do not need to discover it ( in a certain sense ) , cause it is known :-). The point is that i have a hundreds of Cisco AP's and dozen of switches all around the world, that i do not now about their IP's and particular location.. They all have CDP running so i would have to first log to those switches and check their names,neighbors, relations and so on. And this i would like to avoid. Different departments configure devices and not all of them are known ( we operate in 60 countries ). So is there a way to discover them without being known by the DNS or hosts file ? ( there is a netdisco tool, that can manage it , however i prefer Observium cause it is more powerful ) Many Thanks Pet . ---------- Původní zpráva ---------- Od: Tristan Rhodes <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu<mailto:tristanrhodes@weber.edu>> Komu: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org<mailto:observium@observium.org>> Datum: 13. 2. 2015 16:04:15 Předmět: Re: [Observium] Auto Discovery without sysNames Pet, The wiki you linked to has the solution: Alternative: Add lines to the "/etc/hosts" file on Observium that match the hostnames and domains that you have configured in your devices. Tristan Rhodes Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549 [X] On Fri, Feb 13, 2015 at 7:13 AM, <dorje2007(a)seznam.cz<mailto:dorje2007@seznam.cz>> wrote: Hi I've started you use Observium mand must say I'm very impressed :-). Very useful and comfortable tool I have question regarding the autodiscovery feature. I read the do here , http://www.observium.org/wiki/Device_Autodiscovery, and one of the condition is that sysName and device name must be same, or resolvable. In our scalable design all over the world it is very difficult, cause there are about 80 domains and strong of the domain itself takes about 20 characters, so we use only hostname resolvable via /etc/hosts. We also cannot use DNS, cause AD DNS is processed by the other department ( in Asia :-) , and it would take a weeks to synchronize it. So the question is, how can i workaround the auto discovery without same sysName and the hostname ? As far as get it, sysName only contains the domain extension of the hostname. we have about 300 routers/switches, so we want to discover them automatically. many thanks Pet _______________________________________________ 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 = -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content and isbelieved to be clean.

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[2FB-1C6F952A-0641] how to use observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and more ?
by noc.rodrigo.araujo＠itmnetworks.com.br 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Hi All, i'm new at here i hope all doing well i have one way using observium to monitoring traceroute, ping, tcp 80 and any another ports ? i need to crate one monitoring for all my IPs, i need to see if have route problems, if have large latency from one to another location, if have null route and more any sugestion about that ? Thanks, Rodrigo Araujo ITMNETWORKS Platinum Internet Services www.itmnetworks.com.br "Mais PODER para seu WebSite" "More POWER for your WebSite" Atendimento: via Chat, via Email, Telefones, FAX Acesse: http://www.itmnetworks.com.br/faleconosco BLOG de Status Operacional Acesse: http://www.itmstatus.com Uptime da Nossa Rede em Real Time Acesse: http://rede.itmstatus.com Canal da ITMNETWORKS no Youtube Video Aulas, Video Tutoriais e Muito Mais Acesse: http://itmnetworks.tv

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tab=perf table layout
by Matt Ladewig 13 Feb '15

13 Feb '15

Devs - Noticed this in the /device/device=*/tab=perf/ page. I checked a few devices and they all appeared the same. The Discovery Times table is formatted below the Total Performance table, instead of directly below the Module Performance table. Formatting is the same in IE, Chrome, and Firefox. Matt [cid:image001.png@01D046B6.0C015330]

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Website Wise ( Top Visit ) graphing
by Tshering DHENDUP 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Dear Team, Can we do graphing to monitor internet accesss patterns of users to see how much % are using GOogle, Youtube , facebook, local contents, etc. Just about top 10 contents. Regards -- Tshering DHENDUP(MR) Systems DrukNet (Internet, Data & Enterprise Services) Bhutan Telecom www.bt.bt

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HP Switches
by Jan Kuiper 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Helo, Is there a way to see in a port aggregation which ports are involved on a HP 5830 switch on a HP 2920 the information is shown in the interface? See the example for a 5830 switch. Bridge-aggregation 103 is using 4 1Gbit ports. [cid:image002.png@01D046CF.9A8DC020] Also is it possible to give me the mysql tables and columns where the information (relations) are stored in, so we can (automatically) update our CMDB with it? 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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OS Definition Change Request
by Kevin Jacobson 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Some changes that would be handy in my environment. Please add them? Observium already supports AXIS Print Servers, Cameras, and Video Servers but doesn't see Video *Encoder*. sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.368 sysDescr*=>*; AXIS P7214; Network Video Encoder; 5.50.4; May 23 2014 12:23; 197.2; 1; fwiw, I don't know if this is useful, but AXIS does publish a Video MIB (which I don't think works with my firmware, ha): http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/video_mib/index.htm ShoreTel makes some ok VOIP equipment that is SNMP enabled, though it is minimal with info... sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.5329.1.1.1 sysDescr*=>*ShoreGear SG-220T1A sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.5329.1.1.1 sysDescr*=>*ShoreGear SA-100 Panasonic makes printers (MFDs) too, but the typical jetdirect toner OID reports -3. sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.258.406.3.1.13 sysDescr*=>*Panasonic DP-8045 sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.258.406.3.1.13 sysDescr*=>*Panasonic DP-8060 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.1 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.2 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.3 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.4 = INTEGER: 1 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.1 = INTEGER: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.2 = INTEGER: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.3 = INTEGER: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.4 = INTEGER: 0 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.1 = INTEGER: 3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.2 = INTEGER: 4 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.3 = INTEGER: 3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.4 = INTEGER: 3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.1 = INTEGER: 3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.2 = INTEGER: 4 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.3 = INTEGER: 10 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.4 = INTEGER: 32 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.1 = STRING: "Toner" SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.2 = STRING: "Toner Waste Container" SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.3 = STRING: "Developer Unit" SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.4 = STRING: "FQ-SS66 Staples" SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.1 = INTEGER: 7 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.2 = INTEGER: 7 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.3 = INTEGER: 7 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.4 = INTEGER: 8 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.1 = INTEGER: 35000 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.2 = INTEGER: 240000 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.3 = INTEGER: 240000 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.4 = INTEGER: 5000 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.1 = INTEGER: -3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.2 = INTEGER: -3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.3 = INTEGER: -3 SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.4 = INTEGER: -3 Thanks! p.s. I am a subscription user.

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Ruckus discovery Segmentation fault
by Eduardo Schoedler 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

root@lin:/opt/observium# ./discovery.php -h new Observium 0.15.2.6237 Discovery ruckus-ap-xxxx-08 51 ruckus Module [ os ] time: 0.0002s Ports : ................................. Module [ ports ] time: 0.0831s Port Stacks: Module [ ports-stack ] time: 0.0167s Processors : hrDevice: Module [ processors ] time: 0.0358s Memory : Module [ mempools ] time: 0.0197s IPv4 Addresses : ... Module [ ipv4-addresses ] time: 0.044s IPv6 Addresses : Module [ ipv6-addresses ] time: 0.0911s Sensors: ENTITY-SENSOR-MIB Module [ sensors ] time: 0.3078s Storage : Module [ storage ] time: 0.0657s Inventory : ENTITY-MIB HOST-RESOURCES-MIB Module [ inventory ] time: 0.0926s Discovery protocols: LLDP-MIB CISCO-CDP-MIB Module [ discovery-protocols ] time: 0.1048s OSPF Neighbours: Module [ ospf-autodiscovery ] time: 0.0192s ARP/NDP Tables : ++ Module [ arp-table ] time: 0.0247s Module [ junose-atm-vp ] time: 0.0003s BGP Sessions: No BGP on host Module [ bgp-peers ] time: 0.0181s VLANs: Q-BRIDGE-MIB Module [ vlans ] time: 0.0522s Module [ mac-accounting ] time: 0.0004s Pseudowires : PW-STD-MIB Module [ pseudowires ] time: 0.0288s Module [ cisco-vrf ] time: 0.0006s Module [ cisco-sla ] time: 0.0003s Module [ vmware-vminfo ] time: 0.0002s Cisco Class-based QoS: QoS not configured. Module [ cisco-cbqos ] time: 0.0908s Module [ libvirt-vminfo ] time: 0.0005s UCD Disk IO : Module [ ucd-diskio ] time: 0.0397s Wifi: RUCKUS-RADIO-MIB ++Segmentation fault (core dumped) Debug here: http://pastebin.com/kSDMQZ17 Thanks, -- Eduardo Schoedler

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Cisco ASA 8.3 IPsec Graphing issues
by Michael Poezyn 12 Feb '15

12 Feb '15

Hi I have two ASA's I graph in observium , one running 8.2(5) and the other 8.3. The issue I have is that on 8.2(5) the IPsec tunnel graphs all work 100% and everything is picked up but when trying to query the 8.3 version I get no graphs for the ipsec tunnel graphs. Is there anything specific I need to do to get the 8.3 ipsec tunnel graphs working ? Thanks Mike ############################################################################################# The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Furthermore, the information contained in this message, and any attachments thereto, is for information purposes only and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of the company. #############################################################################################

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php time zone issue
by Aaron Smith 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hi there, I'm having an issue with the time zone settings in PHP that are causing the dates and times to show up like in the screenshot below. [cid:image002.png@01D04603.E5407F80] After searching for a bit I found a thread that mentioned that the time zone needed to be set in the php.ini file (/etc/php5/cli/php.ini). I changed the setting and restarted apache but the date and time are still showing incorrectly in Observium. I even restarted the sever to no aval. Here is a snippet of the php.ini time/date config [Date] ; Defines the default timezone used by the date functions ; http://php.net/date.timezone date.timezone = Australia/Sydney ; http://php.net/date.default-latitude ;date.default_latitude = 31.7667 ; http://php.net/date.default-longitude ;date.default_longitude = 35.2333 ; http://php.net/date.sunrise-zenith ;date.sunrise_zenith = 90.583333 ; http://php.net/date.sunset-zenith ;date.sunset_zenith = 90.583333 Is there anything I have missed? Thanks, Aaron

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Disk IO not graphing?
by Kaya Saman 11 Feb '15

11 Feb '15

Hi, I've got an issue with Observium build: CE 0.14.11.6000 The Disk IO doesn't seem to be graphing any more?? Using snmpwalk I can get the mib for it: HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrSWRunParameters.95709 = STRING: "1.3.6.1.4.1.2021.13.15.1.1.5" It seems that none of my hosts have it working for a while; case for both FreeBSd and Linux. The rest of the graphs are fine and are updating properly! Running the discovery.php manually the output for diskio is: UCD Disk IO : .... Module [ ucd-diskio ] time: 0.0205s The poller shows the diskio is being polled but it seems no data is returned. Has anyone got any suggestions? Config files are same and haven't changed at all... Regards, Kaya

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unknown processor type
by Simon Smith 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

Hi All, Quick question, probably a simple answer to be far I run the discovery.php every 3 hours and all the time i see this in the Event Logs Processor updated: index (NUM), mob hr, descry Unknown Processor Type is the a way of disabling these messages? i currently use WMI to get the processors and os on a few of our windows machines to get the details and stuff, and these are the machines i get these messages with Regards Simon

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Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php
by Robert Hatch 08 Feb '15

08 Feb '15

Dear Mike, This is still not working for me. I have upgraded, polled, unchecked and rechecked the override box but still no joy. This is the line in the config that works perfectly for the snmp devices that correctly report HEX as their location. $config['location_map']['HEX'] = "Harbour Exchange Square, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom"; And this is a screen shot of the node as requested is below. As you can see the location of the device does not then reconcile to the full address following a rediscover. BW rob [cid:image005.png@01D041AA.36987030] From: Mike Stupalov (JIRA) [mailto:jira@observium.org] Sent: 29 January 2015 20:33 To: Robert Hatch Subject: [OBS-JIRA] (OBSERVIUM-1133) Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php [cid:image001.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410] Mike Stupalov<http://jira.observium.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=landy> resolved as Fixed Observium<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM> / [cid:image002.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410] <http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> OBSERVIUM-1133<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> Change By: Mike Stupalov<http://jira.observium.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=landy> Status: Open Resolved Resolution: Fixed [cid:image003.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410]<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133#add-comment> Add Comment<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133#add-comment> This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252-sha1:aa34325) [cid:image004.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410]

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Re: [Observium] [OBS-JIRA] (OBSERVIUM-1133) Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php
by Robert Hatch 06 Feb '15

06 Feb '15

Dear Mike, This is still not working for me. I have upgraded, polled, unchecked and rechecked the override box but still no joy. This is the line in the config that works perfectly for the snmp devices that correctly report HEX as their location. $config['location_map']['HEX'] = "Harbour Exchange Square, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, London, England, United Kingdom"; And this is a screen shot of the node as requested is below. As you can see the location of the device does not then reconcile to the full address following a rediscover. BW rob [cid:image005.png@01D041AA.36987030] From: Mike Stupalov (JIRA) [mailto:jira@observium.org] Sent: 29 January 2015 20:33 To: Robert Hatch Subject: [OBS-JIRA] (OBSERVIUM-1133) Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php [cid:image001.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410] Mike Stupalov<http://jira.observium.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=landy> resolved as Fixed Observium<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM> / [cid:image002.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410] <http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> OBSERVIUM-1133<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> Manual override of location does not then apply the location information in config.php<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133> Change By: Mike Stupalov<http://jira.observium.org/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=landy> Status: Open Resolved Resolution: Fixed [cid:image003.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410]<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133#add-comment> Add Comment<http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-1133#add-comment> This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.2#6252-sha1:aa34325) [cid:image004.png@01D041A9.ED5F0410]

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Swap in alerting
by Teemu Grönqvist 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hello! Does anyone know how could I create an alert check for swap usage? I'd like to alert if something like 10% swap is used, but I have no idea what name swap has in the alerting system. Thank you, Teemu Grönqvist Net9 Oy

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How to setup alerting for Checkpoint Firewall failover
by Michael Poezyn 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hi All I am new to this product and have been playing with trying to setup alerting. The Checkpoint MIB is able to pick up which firewall node is active and standby in an HA cluster and I was wondering if anyone know what the conditions need to be for the Alert Checker to monitor when this state changes ? I have tried a few iterations at the alert checker with no success Any help would be appreciated Thanks Mike ############################################################################################# The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. Furthermore, the information contained in this message, and any attachments thereto, is for information purposes only and may contain the personal views and opinions of the author, which are not necessarily the views and opinions of the company. #############################################################################################

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 55, Issue 19
by Michael Poezyn 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Thanks for the reply but the image unfortunately didn't come through ? -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of observium-request(a)observium.org Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2015 9:59 AM To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: observium Digest, Vol 55, Issue 19 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: OS Definition Change Request (Mike Stupalov) 2. Re: How to setup alerting for Checkpoint Firewall failover (?ukasz Sztukowski) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 11:26:42 +0400 From: Mike Stupalov <mike(a)observium.org> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] OS Definition Change Request Message-ID: <CAL9uo4jtz7xjh8NSDZN2yU1undshcGptXqwOhXQmm4nUVVmV=A(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Basic OS detection added in r6248. On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 1:36 AM, Kevin Jacobson <kevin(a)kjake.net> wrote: > Some changes that would be handy in my environment. Please add them? > > Observium already supports AXIS Print Servers, Cameras, and Video > Servers but doesn't see Video *Encoder*. > > sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.368 > sysDescr*=>*; AXIS P7214; Network Video Encoder; 5.50.4; May 23 2014 > 12:23; 197.2; 1; > > fwiw, I don't know if this is useful, but AXIS does publish a Video > MIB (which I don't think works with my firmware, ha): > http://www.axis.com/techsup/software/video_mib/index.htm > > > ShoreTel makes some ok VOIP equipment that is SNMP enabled, though it > is minimal with info... > > sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.5329.1.1.1 > sysDescr*=>*ShoreGear SG-220T1A > > sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.5329.1.1.1 > sysDescr*=>*ShoreGear SA-100 > > Panasonic makes printers (MFDs) too, but the typical jetdirect toner > OID reports -3. > > sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.258.406.3.1.13 > sysDescr*=>*Panasonic DP-8045 > > sysObjectID*=>*.1.3.6.1.4.1.258.406.3.1.13 > sysDescr*=>*Panasonic DP-8060 > > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.1 = INTEGER: 1 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.2 = INTEGER: 1 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.3 = INTEGER: 1 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.2.1.4 = INTEGER: 1 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.1 = INTEGER: 0 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.2 = INTEGER: 0 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.3 = INTEGER: 0 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.3.1.4 = INTEGER: 0 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.1 = INTEGER: 3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.2 = INTEGER: 4 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.3 = INTEGER: 3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.4.1.4 = INTEGER: 3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.1 = INTEGER: 3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.2 = INTEGER: 4 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.3 = INTEGER: 10 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.5.1.4 = INTEGER: 32 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.1 = STRING: "Toner" > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.2 = STRING: "Toner Waste Container" > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.3 = STRING: "Developer Unit" > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.6.1.4 = STRING: "FQ-SS66 Staples" > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.1 = INTEGER: 7 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.2 = INTEGER: 7 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.3 = INTEGER: 7 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.7.1.4 = INTEGER: 8 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.1 = INTEGER: 35000 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.2 = INTEGER: 240000 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.3 = INTEGER: 240000 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.8.1.4 = INTEGER: 5000 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.1 = INTEGER: -3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.2 = INTEGER: -3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.3 = INTEGER: -3 > SNMPv2-SMI::mib-2.43.11.1.1.9.1.4 = INTEGER: -3 > > > Thanks! > > p.s. I am a subscription user. > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > -- Mike Stupalov http://observium.org/

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Alert Checks - color coding
by David Roush 05 Feb '15

05 Feb '15

Hello, I was just wondering if someone could explain the grey field in the "entities" column on the Alert Checks page. Are these entities that match the alert check filters and simply aren't polled for whatever reason? For example: [cid:image001.png@01D04055.D8744240] What is the "138" number representing in this case? Thanks, Dave

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by Talk Jesus 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Talk Jesus Forums www.talkjesus.com From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:36 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Checks - color coding Good point! Didn't think of that [yet]. We should store or check that somewhere so we can alert people on it using the alert thing in the bottom bar. Tom On 02/04/2015 05:34 PM, Adam Armstrong wrote: This is probably caused by insufficient mysql heap space. Adam. Sent with AquaMail for Android http://www.aqua-mail.com On 4 February 2015 10:14:37 David Roush <mailto:DRoush@denovo-us.com> <DRoush(a)denovo-us.com> wrote: Thanks Tom. There are a large number of disabled ports which would explain the huge numbers I see for checks like "Interface utilization". Here are a few that don't pertain to interfaces: What does this indicate to you? Is there any other information that I can provide would be relevant? Thanks, Dave From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 9:03 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Checks - color coding David, It shouldn't be. Either there's a bug, or perhaps you disabled/ignored some ports in Observium? In that case, the poller won't send metrics to the alerter. Tom On 02/04/2015 04:52 PM, David Roush wrote: Thanks for the quick response Tom. These numbers stay pretty solid across all of the alert checks, I assume this indicates a potential resource limitation? Dave From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tom Laermans Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2015 8:47 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Alert Checks - color coding Dave, Indeed - status unknown / not polled (yet). Tom On 02/04/2015 04:41 PM, David Roush wrote: Hello, I was just wondering if someone could explain the grey field in the "entities" column on the Alert Checks page. Are these entities that match the alert check filters and simply aren't polled for whatever reason? For example: What is the "138" number representing in this case? Thanks, Dave _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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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Storage usage with RAID
by Cyrill Matenaers 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Hi all, in my Observium the storage usage of an hardware or software RAID 5 (megaraid or mdadm) device is shown as for example -5277% free at hosts overview page. df -h shows the correct 16% used. Any ideas how to correct this? Regards, Cyrill

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no messages in event log for 2 days
by Simon Smith 04 Feb '15

04 Feb '15

Hi All Ive had no Messages appear in my Event Logs panel for the past 2 days? where would be the best place to start checking if ive got a code problem or maybe an SVN update has goofed it up? Only reason I ask this is because we have had a few devices today go on and off alot and there are no entries in the Event Log Panel of them going off and on but yet ive been getting the email alerts? Regards Simon

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An interesting issue with Cisco 2960Cs...
by Richard Kuhns 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Hi all, This is just on the order of a 'watch out' notice. We're currently on 0.15.1.6206, but had the same issue with earlier versions and with the CE. We have 5 Cisco 2960Cs that we monitor, and all were taking horrible amounts of time to poll. Always at least 200 seconds, and often over 300. After some experiment, we discovered that they apparently don't care to talk about CEF (Cisco Express Forwarding). If Observium asks them about it, the CPU usage climbs above 60% and stays there for quite a while. If I go to the device --> edit --> Modules and disable cicso-cef, everything is fine. The CPU drops under 5%, and the poll time is 5 seconds or less. I'm pretty sure we're not losing any useful info, since I don't believe the 2960Cs support CEF in the first place. As I said, this is just a heads up. Observium is a great tool. Thanks! -- Richard Kuhns <rjk(a)wintek.com> Main Number: 765-742-8428 Wintek Corporation Direct: 765-269-8541 427 N 6th Street Internet Support: 765-269-8503 Lafayette, IN 47901-2211 Consulting: 765-269-8504

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Per-user timezone settings
by Steve Costaras 03 Feb '15

03 Feb '15

Been playing w/ observium CE 14.11.6000. We have people in several timezones, currently I have the observium system configured itself for UTC, but it would be better if there was a way to have each user account have their own 'local' timezone setting so that the graphs would show up in their local timezone. Is there any way to accomplish this? Thanks, Steve

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OT: GMail (WAS: RE: Not Receiving Alerts ??)
by Phillip Baker 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Off topic rant: In case this wasn’t already obvious from this symptom, nobody should use Gmail for anything important. Some of our customers (one a google apps “partner” or whatever) have seen it silently drop mails including invoice mails etc (despite aligned SPF, DKIM, DMARC, reverse dns, and no current reputational issue). Even if anything is wrong with the message, they shouldn’t be silently dropping mail on the floor. It’s unbelievably broken as a model for handling “spam” which is what I presume they think they’re doing. It’s just about adequate for a personal searchable mailing list archive. That’s about it. Phil From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Torsten-Sven Urbas Sent: 02 February 2015 07:12 To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Not Receiving Alerts ?? Thats interesting. We do see the same issue with google mail. Basically, only recoveries make it through, i barely see a single alert in my mailbox. /Torsten 2015-01-31 3:21 GMT+01:00 Michael Loftis <mloftis(a)wgops.com<mailto:mloftis@wgops.com>>: Gmail randomly eats mail nowadays. I have had an ongoing g issue with it discarding (not flagging as spam) alerts from observium. Specifically my port down alerts. Recovery for the same port comes through just fine. Other alerts and recoveries are all fine. -- Torsten-Sven Urbas ==== Bitte beachten Sie unsere neuen Rufnummern ==== ProfitBricks GmbH • Greifswalder Str. 207 • D - 10405 Berlin Tel: +49 (30) 57700 8234 • Mobile: +49 (170) 77 38 251 • Fax: +49 (30) 57700 8296 www.profitbricks.de<http://www.profitbricks.de/> • torsten-sven.urbas(a)profitbricks.com<mailto:torsten-sven.urbas@profitbricks.com> Sitz der Gesellschaft: Berlin. Registergericht: Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 125506 B. Geschäftsführer: Andreas Gauger, Achim Weiss. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Speed up graph rendering
by Louis Bailleul 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi, I am currently using Observium on 149 switches with a total of 10173 ports. I can't say that anything is wrong with it, but the web interface seems a bit slow especially when you want to display pages with a lot of graphs. Observium is currently running in a VM with 4 xeon E5-2650 cores and 3Gb of ram. It's virtual disks are on a local raid5 composed of 10K SAS disks. Observium report that it's VM use on average 25% of its CPUs with spikes at 40% when the web interface is heavily used. The disk I/O doesn't go past 150 ops OUT and rare spikes at 50 IN. Anyone could advise on what kind of hardware or software tweaking could help speed up the thing ? Are they special requirements/tunnings for the rrd storage or the mysql database ? Best regards, Louis

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Not Receiving Alerts ??
by Andres P 02 Feb '15

02 Feb '15

Hi Observium Team! Since 14 Jan I'm not receiving Alerts It seems to be a problem of the mail server. I did the following test, and not receive it. Any idea? root@Observium:/opt/observium# ./test_mail.php -h rcn-rou-01 Observium 0.15.1.6218 Test E-mail Configuration See mail backend options here: http://www.observium.org/wiki/Configuration_Options#Email_backend_settings My Hostname: Observium.Observium.cabase.org.ar E-mails ENABLED globally ($config['email']['enable']) E-mails use PHP-builtin MAIL backend ($config['email']['backend']) E-mails use these default recipient(s) ($config['email']['default']): noc(a)cabase.org.ar E-mails send from ($config['email']['from']): "Observium" <observium(a)Observium.Observium.cabase.org.ar> E-mails send to recipients based on default recipient from config and/or device sysContact. Try send test notification for rcn-rou-01 to these email(s): noc(a)cabase.org.ar Notification for rcn-rou-01 SENT.

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Re: [Observium] Java JVM Monitoring
by Jurasovic Kresimir 01 Feb '15

01 Feb '15

Hi Tom, Thank you for the feeedback. I will look into code for shoutcast and memcached for implementation details. Right now I am trying to cover as much as information as possible. Code it already publicly available on Bitbucket. I am willing to share the results when I complete all the graphs I need and make some usefull tutorial. Will send all the info when I am done. Best regards, Krešimir === Heya, That sounds very interesting! I hope you'll share the result with us. Our app system is a bit basic, but it supports application "instances". I've never actually implemented something with those myself, but things like shoutcast or memcached can support multiple installs on a machine. I think that's the direction you need, but I have no practical information.. check their observium-side code to see how to use, feel free to sollicit feedback either by this list or on IRC. Tom On 23/01/2015 22:18, Kresimir Jurasovic wrote: > Hi, > > I am in the beginning phase of using Observium. I have everything > set-up and working. No problems so far. > > One feature I am missing is Java JVM Monitoring. In your Bug Tracker I > found the following ticket: > > http://jira.observium.org/browse/OBSERVIUM-554?jql=text%20~%20%22JVM%22 > > In it you mention that this should be implemented using unix-agent. > This is perfectly fine by me. > I have implemented a Java application which is run by unix-agent and > retrieves data from the JVM using the JMX protocol. I have graphs > set-up and so far every is running ok. > > There is only one feature I cannot figure out how to implement. This > feature is very important for me. In most cases there will be more > then one JVM on a single machine. From monitoring perspective this > should be treated as separate application but handled by the same > agent. Is this even possible on Observium? If it is can you please > point me to the right code so I can see how this is done. > > Thanks, > Kre?imir > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Monitoring Logs
by Constantinos Coudounaris 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hello everyone, I'm trying to setup observium to monitor logs but i'm having some issues. I've configured rsyslog and i've followed the instructions at http://www.observium.org/wiki/Rsyslog_Syslog_Server however I get the following error in observium. I've configured the following files: /etc/rsyslog.conf - added forwarding rule to observium rule aswell as the following. The spool files get created successfully. $WorkDirectory /var/lib/rsyslog # where to place spool files $ActionQueueFileName fwdRule1 # unique name prefix for spool files $ActionQueueMaxDiskSpace 1g # 1gb space limit (use as much as possible) $ActionQueueSaveOnShutdown on # save messages to disk on shutdown $ActionQueueType LinkedList # run asynchronously $ActionResumeRetryCount -1 # infinite retries if host is down /etc/rsyslog.d/30-observium.conf - added as per observium documentation Error Message I get in Observium: No syslog entries found! This device does not have any syslog entries. Check that the syslog daemon and Observium configuration options are set correctly, that this device is configured to send syslog to Observium and that there are no firewalls blocking the messages. Thank you. -- Constantinos Coudounaris

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rrdcached worked for me! (Or "How to solve gaps in your graphs")
by Tristan Rhodes 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

I was seeing gaps in my Observium graphs, so I knew that something was wrong with my system. The output from the Observium "poller-wrapper.py" cron job has statistics on how long it takes to complete each polling cycle. These are scheduled every 5 minutes (300 seconds). Here is what I found: "INFO: poller-wrapper polled 312 devices in 1142 seconds with 20 workers WARNING: the process took more than 5 minutes to finish, you need faster hardware or more threads INFO: in sequential style polling the elapsed time would have been: 21663 seconds WARNING: Consider setting a minimum of 77 threads. (This does not constitute professional advice!)" I tried increasing threads on the poller-wrapper.py cron job, but this did not speed things up. The "top" command showed me that this system was always waiting for disk I/O, which is indicated by a high value for "wa". I decided to give rrdcached a try, after reading this blog: http://blog.best-practice.se/2014/10/using-rrdcached-with-observium.html With rrdcached enabled, I am finally completing my polls with 5-minutes! INFO: poller-wrapper polled 312 devices in 51 seconds with 20 workers Yes, it went from 1142 seconds to 51 seconds, over 22 times faster! I know people have said the web interface would be slower, but from my perspective it is loading much faster now that rrdcached is saving some disk IOPS for Apache. (Disclaimer: I have compiled and installed rrdtool 1.4.9 to try to maximize speed on the web-interface) I hope this help people who are bottle-necked on IOPS from their disks, like I was. Cheers, Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549

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Slow polling for ports.inc.php module
by Jaynee Shah 31 Jan '15

31 Jan '15

Hi, We have heavily loaded Brocade MLXe routers, and polling time is very high for these devices. The same is seen for few Arista switches (at longer distances) as well. This certainly is related to IF-MIB, trying to poll lots of data statistics for all interfaces, resulting in ports.inc.php module run time of ~150sec+. Ideally, we want to reduce this polling time to <60sec. time /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -Cr60 -v2c -c 'jtv' -OQUs -m IF-MIB -M /home/jtv/observium//mibs/rfc:/home/jtv/observium//mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'br02.lhr02':'161' ifEntry real 0m57.616s user 0m0.044s sys 0m0.012s time /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -Cr60 -v2c -c 'jtv' -OQUs -m IF-MIB -M /home/jtv/observium//mibs/rfc:/home/jtv/observium//mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'br02.lhr02':'161' ifXEntry real 0m52.763s user 0m0.032s sys 0m0.024s We do not care about some of the interface statistics, for example, mtu, speed, duplex, promiscuous mode, trunk, vlan, etc. We only want interface traffic in/out and error statistics. Is there a way to selectively modify any discovery/polling/MIB files, and only keep the statistics we are interested in? Thanks, Jaynee

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Not Receiving Alerts ??
by Andres P 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

Hi Observium Team, >From last two weeks I left to receive my Alerts. I did a test

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Re: [Observium] mysql
by Rob VanHooren 30 Jan '15

30 Jan '15

theres a perl script that's pretty common, go hit mysqltuner.com and grok the results against your db also works with maria R. Typogaphical errors courtesy of iPhone > On Jan 29, 2015, at 11:37, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > > 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: webpage no longer loads or takes forever (Ron Marosko) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 10:37:32 -0600 > From: "Ron Marosko" <ron(a)rjr-services.com> > To: "'Observium Network Observation System'" <observium(a)observium.org> > Subject: Re: [Observium] webpage no longer loads or takes forever > Message-ID: <001801d03be1$e1db2420$a5916c60$(a)rjr-services.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I had this same issue once we upped our device count to roughly 600 devices. Edited the my.cnf with > > max_connections = 512 > > And restarted, and no more problems. > > > > Agree with Tristan, that?s something that needs to be added to the wiki. > > > > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Jerome Jenkins > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 10:26 AM > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] webpage no longer loads or takes forever > > > > Thanks. Looks like my max_connections setting is commented out. I?ll uncomment it and change it to 500 and see if that helps. > > > > Below are the settings in the Fine Tuning section of the my.cnf on my box: > > > > # * Fine Tuning > > # > > key_buffer = 16M > > max_allowed_packet = 16M > > thread_stack = 192K > > thread_cache_size = 8 > > # This replaces the startup script and checks MyISAM tables if needed > > # the first time they are touched > > myisam-recover = BACKUP > > #max_connections = 100 > > #table_cache = 64 > > #thread_concurrency = 10 > > # > > # * Query Cache Configuration > > # > > query_cache_limit = 1M > > query_cache_size = 16M > > > > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tristan Rhodes > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 11:21 AM > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] webpage no longer loads or takes forever > > > > Sorry! I was mixing this up with another error. The heap size fix above is for when you search "/var/log/mysql/error.log" and find: > > > > [ERROR] /usr/sbin/mysqld: The table 'alert_table-state' is full > > > > > > On the other hand, if you get the ?MySQL Error: Too many connections? in the web-page, then you need to increase the number of connections in "/etc/mysql/my.cnf": > > > > max_connections = 500 > > (I think the default is 151) > > > > I will try to add these common issues to the Observium wiki. > > > > Good luck! > > > > > Tristan Rhodes > Network Engineer > > Weber State University > > 801.626.8549 > > <http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/brand/templates/emailsig_sig1.jpg> > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 9:01 AM, Tristan Rhodes <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> wrote: > > Jerome, > > > > I ran into this problem too. I think it is common for anyone with a few hundred devices, using the default MYSQL settings. > > > > Edit "/etc/mysql/my.cnf " and add this setting: > > > > max_heap_table_size = 512M > > > > I was told the default is 16M, so you can pick any larger number you want (512M might be over-kill). > > > > Cheers, > > > > Tristan > > > > > Tristan Rhodes > Network Engineer > > Weber State University > > 801.626.8549 > > <http://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/brand/templates/emailsig_sig1.jpg> > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2015 at 7:37 AM, Jerome Jenkins <JJENKINS(a)wpahs.org> wrote: > > I was able to gather the stats shortly after rebooting by holding the power button. After running for about 30mins now?.the webpage now gives the error: > > > > ?MySQL Error: Too many connections? > > > > From: Jerome Jenkins > Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2015 9:10 AM > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: RE: [Observium] webpage no longer loads or takes forever > > > > Appologies for lack of info: > > > > Shows total of 1027 devices, NOT 1200 (original list was 1200 but not all of it imported) > > > > Observium is stored on /opt (which is a raid-array of (6) 146GB drives) > > > > root@observium:~# df -h > > Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on > > /dev/mapper/root-root 9.7G 2.4G 6.8G 27% / > > none 4.0K 0 4.0K 0% /sys/fs/cgroup > > udev 12G 4.0K 12G 1% /dev > > tmpfs 2.4G 612K 2.4G 1% /run > > none 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/lock > > none 12G 0 12G 0% /run/shm > > none 100M 0 100M 0% /run/user > > /dev/mapper/observium--data-data 684G 195G 455G 30% /opt > > > > > > (2) Quad-core processors: > > > > cpu family : 6 > > model : 23 > > model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU L5420 @ 2.50GHz > > stepping : 10 > > microcode : 0xa07 > > cpu MHz : 2499.803 > > cache size : 6144 KB > > > > > > > > Meminfo: > > > > MemTotal: 24689672 kB > > MemFree: 19383548 kB > > Buffers: 124572 kB > > Cached: 3489096 kB > > SwapCached: 0 kB > > Active: 1476312 kB > > Inactive: 3352276 kB > > Active(anon): 1220624 kB > > Inactive(anon): 23092 kB > > Active(file): 255688 kB > > Inactive(file): 3329184 kB > > Unevictable: 0 kB > > Mlocked: 0 kB > > SwapTotal: 25161724 kB > > SwapFree: 25161724 kB > > Dirty: 353976 kB > > Writeback: 2704 kB > > AnonPages: 1214728 kB > > Mapped: 56804 kB > > Shmem: 28796 kB > > Slab: 210032 kB > > SReclaimable: 178204 kB > > SUnreclaim: 31828 kB > > KernelStack: 3552 kB > > PageTables: 30896 kB > > NFS_Unstable: 0 kB > > Bounce: 0 kB > > WritebackTmp: 0 kB > > CommitLimit: 37506560 kB > > Committed_AS: 2858996 kB > > VmallocTotal: 34359738367 kB > > VmallocUsed: 328028 kB > > VmallocChunk: 34359404252 kB > > HardwareCorrupted: 0 kB > > AnonHugePages: 106496 kB > > HugePages_Total: 0 > > HugePages_Free: 0 > > HugePages_Rsvd: 0 > > HugePages_Surp: 0 > > Hugepagesize: 2048 kB > > DirectMap4k: 59728 kB > > DirectMap2M: 25104384 kB > > > > > > > > From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong > Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2015 5:18 PM > To: Observium Network Observation System > Subject: Re: [Observium] webpage no longer loads or takes forever > > > > Nice that you told us what ram and CPU you have. Less nice that you didn't tell us what storage you're using. > > Thus, insufficient information... > > Adam. > > Sent with AquaMail for Android > http://www.aqua-mail.com > > On 27 January 2015 13:56:17 Jerome Jenkins <JJENKINS(a)wpahs.org> wrote: > > Running on Ubuntu Server LTS 14.0.1 > > > > Server is 8 cores with 24GB of memory > > > > Was working perfectly during initial install of the software. Once I let it discover all of our routers and switches (approx. 1200 devices) things went downhill. Login to the cli of the server takes very long and most times will time-out. Webpage never loads. Only way to fix is to reboot the server and once it begins polling everything again?nothing is accessible. I changed the setting for php to use 3GB of memory and change the poller instances per the performance tuning guide for observium to > > > > */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 10 >> /dev/null 2>&1 > > > > Seems that the memory and processor are probably being consumed by the poller? > > > > Jerome S. Jenkins, Sr. > > Sr. Network Engineer > > jjenkins(a)wpahs.org > > > > ************************************************************************* > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message and any attachments are > intended solely for the individual or individuals designated above. It may > contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to > confidentiality protections. If you are not the intended recipient, you > are not authorized to read, copy, retain or distribute this message. If > you receive this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail > and delete this message. 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webpage no longer loads or takes forever
by Jerome Jenkins 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Running on Ubuntu Server LTS 14.0.1 Server is 8 cores with 24GB of memory Was working perfectly during initial install of the software. Once I let it discover all of our routers and switches (approx. 1200 devices) things went downhill. Login to the cli of the server takes very long and most times will time-out. Webpage never loads. Only way to fix is to reboot the server and once it begins polling everything again...nothing is accessible. I changed the setting for php to use 3GB of memory and change the poller instances per the performance tuning guide for observium to */5 * * * * root /opt/observium/poller-wrapper.py 10 >> /dev/null 2>&1 Seems that the memory and processor are probably being consumed by the poller? Jerome S. Jenkins, Sr. Sr. Network Engineer jjenkins(a)wpahs.org ************************************************************************* Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message and any attachments are intended solely for the individual or individuals designated above. It may contain confidential or proprietary information and may be subject to confidentiality protections. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to read, copy, retain or distribute this message. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message. The sender does not waive any privilege or right of privacy or confidentiality that may attach to this communication. Thank you. *************************************************************************

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Device alerts for ignored devices
by Robert Williams 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Hi, There seems to be a potential issue starting with r6211 which causes ignored ports and ignored devices to show in the “Device Alerts” list. If I roll back to r6210 then it is ok again, but anything after that causes them all to pop up in the list again. Any ideas? Cheers! Robert Williams Custodian Data Centre Email: Robert(a)CustodianDC.com http://www.CustodianDC.com

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change log
by Zach Underwood 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

I would normally go to http://fisheye.observium.org/changelog/Observium to see all of the updates but it seems that it is no longer working. -- Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) greenvilletowers.com My website <http://zachunderwood.me>

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L2TP ports
by Teemu Grönqvist 29 Jan '15

29 Jan '15

Hello, How are L2TP ports defined? I have a few L2TP ports on a MikroTik as seen here: http://puu.sh/eRKAR/78df1434a9.png Observium however won't add these to Ports -> L2TP list. How does Observium decide which ports end up on this list and which don't? Thank you, Teemu Grönqvist Net9 Oy

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