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Re: [Observium] No port names in traffic accounting
by Adam Armstrong 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

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weird mssql polling issue
by Simon Smith 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi All does anyone have an idea why one of our machines is take 182s to do a poll? for some reason its doing a poll for mssql, yet when i look in the config modules its disabled? I’ve attached screenshots showing my issue is the a way i can debug whats going on and why its doing this? i did a manual ./discovery.php -h 43 and that doesn’t seem to show anything about mssql anything else maybe I’m missing? regards Simon

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Alerts and e-mails
by Heironimus, Brian 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hello I have installed the software about 4 months ago. I have not been able to get the alerts to work at all. I do not have any of the alert pages in the drop down menu. In fact the only alert page that exists is http://192.168.1.31/add_alert_check. http://192.168.1.31/alerts, http://192.168.1.31/alert_checks and http://192.168.1.31/alert_Log just take me back to the homepage. I also do not see any of the alert HTML files under /opt/observium/html/pages except for Add_alert_check. I also have not been able to set it up to e-mail. I just update to 0.14.4.5229 this morning. I was on the May or June release. Thanks for the help, Brian Heironimus

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Re: [Observium] confirm cecaf010d71bb02e45468eb5660a71210fd4f6ad
by Dimitar, GlobeIX 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi guys, I just subscribed, I'm reviewing the Demo and wanted to ask: - Does Observium has user/client account login interface, as I was not able to find one? - Does the sub-section "Peering" in "Ports" visualize data collected on a Layer 2 peering switch for example? Best Regards Dimitar On Sep 17, 2014, at 1:46 PM, observium-request(a)observium.org wrote: > Mailing list subscription confirmation notice for mailing list > observium > > We have received a request from 192.168.122.1 for subscription of your > email address, "da(a)globeix.net", to the observium(a)observium.org > mailing list. To confirm that you want to be added to this mailing > list, simply reply to this message, keeping the Subject: header > intact. Or visit this web page: > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/confirm/observium/cecaf010d71bb0… > > > Or include the following line -- and only the following line -- in a > message to observium-request(a)observium.org: > > confirm cecaf010d71bb02e45468eb5660a71210fd4f6ad > > Note that simply sending a `reply' to this message should work from > most mail readers, since that usually leaves the Subject: line in the > right form (additional "Re:" text in the Subject: is okay). > > If you do not wish to be subscribed to this list, please simply > disregard this message. If you think you are being maliciously > subscribed to the list, or have any other questions, send them to > observium-owner(a)observium.org. Dimitar GlobeIX E-Mail: da(a)globeix.net Tel: 1-212-671-0112; Mobile: +1-646-400-1119 Instant Messengers: ICQ: 28348789; MSN: dimitar(a)avramov.com; Skype: (Aeromit) Dimitar Avramov

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Backwards switches
by Ryan McCully 17 Sep '14

17 Sep '14

Hi Everyone My switches are showing inbound traffic as outbound and outbound as inbound on Observium. I suspect it may be something to do with the SNMP in the switches that can't be changed therefore is it possible to swap the two on observium? My router which is also monitored by observium shows inbound and outbound correctly. Thanks Ryan

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Re: [Observium] Problem with the Mail Alerting
by Matt Ladewig 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

New feature would be needed- Individual alert checker email address. That way one alert checker could be setup to match on .us.domain devices and send to the US NOC email address. A second checker then would be created to send .jp.domain devices to the JP NOC email address. Feature requests 876 and 988 would take care of it. Matt -----Original Message----- From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Adam Armstrong Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2014 9:30 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Problem with the Mail Alerting On 2014-09-16 17:15, Chip Pleasants wrote: > Is there a way to set an contact/email per device name scheme? So > lets say I want wanted .us.domain.com [2] names to go to the US NOC > and the jp.domain.com [3] names to go to the Japan NOC? Sounds like > you can set a different email per device, but that real hard to manage > if you have a lot devices. I wouldn't even know where to start doing something like that... :D adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Alerts for down state
by Bruce Reeves 16 Sep '14

16 Sep '14

I have been trying a few combinations of the wiki examples for alerts and most work, but a simple down state keeps eluding me in defining an alert. Does anyone have an example they'd could share of it working? Sent while mobile, please excuse typos.

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PHP Vulnerabilities on Ubuntu LTS
by Adam Armstrong 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi Guys, Update if you need to : http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/28294/security/flaws-php5-ubuntu.html i.e., if you're using ubuntu! adam.

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Changing Alert checking frequency
by Darian Jimenez 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

I've setup a couple of alerts however I don't see a way to have the alerts email sent out say every 5 minutes or w/e if the alert is triggered. Is there a way to cahnge this? I have a server which triggered an alert and last time alerted is more than 30 minutes ago.

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Monitoring services
by Darian Jimenez 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Is there any way that observium can monitor windows services ? Sent from my iPhone

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postif mailq alerter
by Franjo Posavec 15 Sep '14

15 Sep '14

Hi, what is best way to set alert for postfix mailq? with linux-agent, or via snmp? P.S. Using paid version Best regards, -- Franjo Posavec system administrator entitas d.o.o. T: +385 (0)40 600 002 S: franjo.posavec

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Interface description parser issues
by Chard, Alex (REA-SYD) 14 Sep '14

14 Sep '14

Hi All, Wondering if anyone can help with this... I have Observium setup on about 30 switches and routers. The only feature I haven't been able to get working is the tagging interfaces based on description as Transit, peering etc. As an example, this is one of our Internet transit interfaces: interface GigabitEthernet0/1 description Transit: {14379} (Pipe Networks AS24130) [100Mbit] Observium tells me: Total Graph for ports of type : Transit None found. Any ideas why this might not work? Many thanks, Alex Chard 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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Re: [Observium] f5 bandwidth
by Zhenhui Liang 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

>From switch port side which connect to our f5, I can clearly see traffic is at 500M bps. Just from f5 side, it seems not polling correct at all. Thanks. On 9/12/14, 1:11 PM, "Zhenhui Liang" <ZhenhuiLiang(a)eharmony.com> wrote: >Hi, > >We have several f5 load balancers added. But from observium ui, I saw >they report traffic way lower than what f5¹s own guy replies. The >difference is quite huge. >From observium, each interface shows bandwidth usage like less than 1M >bps. >From f5, it shows several hundreds of mega bps. >Although from f5¹s dashboard, it¹s hard to understand, it doesn¹t say >which interface etc, it simply say out, in client side, server side etc. > >Also from observium, it reports each interface as 10Mbps. > >Do we know if F5 is broken? > >Thanks. > > ‹Zhenhui >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Need assistance adding an application...
by Christopher K. Brown 13 Sep '14

13 Sep '14

Anyone familiar with adding an application? I think I have everything the documentation said to do in place, and I followed the example of a patch (asterix) that added an application, but I cannot get the web GUI to display the new app in the Apps tabs and dropdowns. I have an application that spits out data in the right place...I can telnet to the polling port and the output includes my new data with the proper <<< >>> header. So I'm thinking I may have to add a row to the applications table in the observium database? Is that a necessary step? The php looks like it needs an 'app_id' from somewhere. Thanks for any assistance.

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f5 bandwidth (Zhenhui Liang)
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

I can confirm the behavior. It appears to do the same thing for us. Anyone? -Austin

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Re: [Observium] Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello, how would I disable that module in the config file for only those Switches? It also doesn't seem to be grabbing the port names. All 600+ ports just say "Extreme Networks, Inc. 1000BASE-T RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet Frontpanel Port"

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f5 bandwidth
by Zhenhui Liang 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi, We have several f5 load balancers added. But from observium ui, I saw they report traffic way lower than what f5’s own guy replies. The difference is quite huge. >From observium, each interface shows bandwidth usage like less than 1M bps. >From f5, it shows several hundreds of mega bps. Although from f5’s dashboard, it’s hard to understand, it doesn’t say which interface etc, it simply say out, in client side, server side etc. Also from observium, it reports each interface as 10Mbps. Do we know if F5 is broken? Thanks. —Zhenhui

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Re: [Observium] Real time graphs resets much before
by Tom Laermans 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

In the pro verson the refresh is actually disabled for realtime graph pages :) Tom Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Forced unsubscription
by Adam Armstrong 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi Guys, If you get force unsubscribed to the list directly after this, it's because your mail server is rejecting emails with "naughty" words in them, so you're flooding other users with bounced messages. Please subscribe from an account which doesn't have draconian nanny email policies. (Because we all know it's impossible to change those policies, we don't even suggest you true, just use another account!) Thanks, adam.

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Re: [Observium] Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems (Adam Armstrong)
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello Adam, it appears to hang on the following for any of the Chassis Series switches. "Discoverying protocols: LLDP-MIB DEBUG : SMNP Auth options = -v2c -c '<CN>' /usr/bin/snmpbulkwalk -v2c -c '<CN>' -OQUs -m /LLDP-MIB -M /opt/observium/mibs/rfc:/opt/observium/mibs/net-snmp 'udp':'<HOSTNAME>':'161' lldpRemoteSystemData

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Problem with the Mail Alerting
by SCHEIN David 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello, Since lot of days I tried to configure the email alert in observium but it's impossible to receive some alert emails.... :( you can see there, a part of my config.php // Mailer backend Settings $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; // Enable/Disable email globally $config['email']['from'] = '"OBSERVIUM Network Monitor" <observium(a)s****.fr>'; // Mail from. Default: "Observium" <observium@`hostname`> $config['email']['default'] = "d*****(a)gmail.com"; // Default alert recipient $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; // Only use default recipient (all alerts send to default recipient) $config['email']['backend'] = 'sendmail'; // Mail backend. Allowed: "mail" (PHP's built-in), "sendmail", "smtp". // sendmail backend specific options $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; // The location of the sendmail program. // smtp backend specific options $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'localhost'; // Outgoing SMTP server name. $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 25; // The port to connect. $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 10; // SMTP connection timeout in seconds. $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = NULL; // Enable encryption. Use 'tls' or 'ssl' $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; // Whether or not to use SMTP authentication. $config['email']['smtp_username'] = NULL; // SMTP username. $config['email']['smtp_password'] = NULL; // Password for SMTP authentication. // Alerting Settings $config['poller-wrapper']['alerter'] = TRUE; $config['alerts']['bgp']['whitelist'] = NULL; // Populate as an array() with ASNs to alert on. $config['alerts']['port']['ifdown'] = TRUE; // Generate alerts for ports that go down $config['alerts']['port']['ifdown_types'] = array('core', 'transit', 'peering'); // Port bandwidth threshold percentage %age utilisation above this will cause an alert $config['alerts']['port_util_alert'] = FALSE; // Disabled as default //$config['alerts']['port_util_alert'] = TRUE; // Disabled as default $config['alerts']['port_util_perc'] = 85; // %age above which to alert $config['uptime_warning'] = "60"; // Time in seconds to display a "Device Rebooted" Alert. 0 to disable warnings. I tried different config, but nothing is working and with this config when I do a test, I receive the e-mail in my gmail box, but nothing about port down or bgp session down... php ./test_mail.php -d -h sto-rtr-edge-*****.lan CMD[/bin/hostname -f] RUNTIME[0.0302s] OUTPUT[ pu1-webnoc.s****.lan ] Observium v0.14.9.5798 Test E-mail Configuration My Hostname: pu1-webnoc.s****.lan E-mails ENABLED globally E-mails use SENDMAIL backend sendmail path: [/usr/sbin/sendmail] E-mails send only to default email E-mails use these default recipient(s): d*****(a)gmail.com E-mails send from: observium(a)s****.fr SQL[SELECT * FROM `devices` WHERE `hostname` LIKE 'sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan'] Try send test notification for sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan to these email(s): d*****(a)gmail.com SQL[SELECT attrib_value FROM devices_attribs WHERE `device_id` = '35' AND `attrib_type` = 'disable_notify'] SQL[SELECT DISTINCT `contact_method` FROM `alert_contacts` WHERE `contact_disabled` = 0 AND `contact_id` IN (SELECT `alert_contact_id` FROM `alert_contacts_assoc` WHERE `alert_checker_id` = '');] Notification for sto-rtr-edge-a****.s****.lan SENT. And I didn't see anything in /var/log/mail.log, I see only my test. Thanks for your time David

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Enterasys Chassis Switches polling\discovery problems
by Austin Spencer 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hello all, I've been trying to find out some more information. I'm in the testing run of trying to migrate from Cacti to Observium. Enterasys standalone switches seem to poll data okay (other then memory and CPU) but the Chassis series like the S8 or N7's seem to be giving me a problem. The polling and discovery of these devices appear to hang. Looking at the polling\discovery history from the WebUI just shows 999.99s. Are there any tweaks I can do to get these devices to pull correctly? -Austin

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Class names under CBQoS?
by Chip Pleasants 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi all, I don't see class names under the CBQoS section of the interface. I'm running 0.14.9.5798, which I believe is the latest for the commercial version. Is this in the works or should I be able to see them in this version? Thanks, Chip

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Re: [Observium] professional edition and supported distributions?
by Pablo Escobar Lopez 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

thanks for your reply. We will go for debian then. best, Pablo. 2014-09-12 10:58 GMT+02:00 Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net>: > Debian and Ubuntu are the only supported distributions. CE or Pro > doesn't make a difference. > > Regards, > > SG > > On 9/12/2014 2:28 AM, Pablo Escobar Lopez wrote: > > Hi, > > > > We have been testing observium and now we are considering the > > possibility to upgrade to the professional version. > > > > Is CentOS supported under the professional license or should we stay > > using ubuntu or debian? > > > > thanks for your help. > > Pablo. > > > > > > -- > > Pablo Escobar López > > HPC systems engineer > > Biozentrum, University of Basel > > Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB > > Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch <mailto:pablo.escobarlopez@unibas.ch > > > > Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 > > http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > observium mailing list > > observium(a)observium.org > > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > -- Pablo Escobar López HPC systems engineer Biozentrum, University of Basel Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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professional edition and supported distributions?
by Pablo Escobar Lopez 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi, We have been testing observium and now we are considering the possibility to upgrade to the professional version. Is CentOS supported under the professional license or should we stay using ubuntu or debian? thanks for your help. Pablo. -- Pablo Escobar López HPC systems engineer Biozentrum, University of Basel Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics SIB Email: pablo.escobarlopez(a)unibas.ch Phone: +41 61 267 15 82 http://www.biozentrum.unibas.ch

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keepalived
by Stefan 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

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June Changelog
by Adam Armstrong 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi Guys, June Changelog! http://www.observium.org/wiki/Changelog#June_2014 Mike was away last month, and it shows. No Rusglish! :D Thanks, adam.

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Manually edit the port name / description
by Anthony Polselli 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

We have a Zyxel DSLAM ADSL switch and Observium is polling fine, but it doesn't pull the customer name field. Is there a way (if I can figure out the OID) to add that to the polling or manual set a description for each ADSL port? [cid:image001.jpg@01CFCDA3.30938010] __________________________________________ Anthony Polselli, Chief Technology Officer Natural Networks, Inc. 10225 Barnes Canyon Rd. Suite A105 San Diego, CA 92121 anthony(a)naturalnetworks.com<mailto:anthony@naturalnetworks.com> http://www.naturalnetworks.com<http://www.naturalnetworks.com/> (619) 222-3232 office (858) 202-0301 fax

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Real time graphs resets much before
by Arya, Renuka [BSD] - MED 12 Sep '14

12 Sep '14

Hi Team, I was doing some "real time graphs" for interfaces on one of our switch devices. I ran the tests for 15 seconds of Polling interval. The page says the "graph shows last 3600 (60 mins)" but it seems they get resets in 4-5 mins and restarts itself. Has anyone see anything similar before? Version of Observium : CE 14.4.5229 Thanks! Regards Renuka ________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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Re: [Observium] observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 45
by Dudu 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi All. Thank you for the reply. I do agree that this information is not published via snmp. Maybe it will be the first system to use telnet or ssh and do some text parsing. Its also a lot more reliable. That can be a great thing. Thanks again David. Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone. -------- Original message -------- From: observium-request(a)observium.org Date:11/09/2014 19:32 (GMT+02:00) To: observium(a)observium.org Cc: Subject: observium Digest, Vol 50, Issue 45 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: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Spencer Gaw) 2. Re: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Tristan Rhodes) 3. Re: Maybe I got it Wrong. (Tristan Rhodes) 4. Manually edit the port name / description (Anthony Polselli) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 08:18:54 -0600 From: Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Maybe I got it Wrong. Message-ID: <5411AF4E.7080506(a)frii.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed You might want to read up on SNMP and how it operates. Observium does not run commands on any device - it merely reports the data it gathers via SNMP. Regards, SG On 9/11/2014 4:31 AM, Dudu wrote: > Hi All, > I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the > neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks > like show ip arp > > Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac > address-table > > So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which > port. That could help to find VM's as well. > > Many Thanks > David. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:06:18 -0600 From: Tristan Rhodes <tristanrhodes(a)weber.edu> To: Observium Network Observation System <observium(a)observium.org> Subject: Re: [Observium] Maybe I got it Wrong. Message-ID: <CALeA1nfH+R-g7JdeQ4UD9nbtv6cN87-1UVDhcxSAveJ4WHC3ZQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" David, I think you had the same confusion as me, regarding how to find MAC addresses of nodes (computers). 1) Start by clicking on the name of a device. (You can search for it on the top right) 2) Click on the "Ports" tab. 3) If this is a router, there will be a tab called "ARP/NDP Table", this is IPv4 and IPv6 mapping of MAC address to IP address. If this device was only a layer-2 switch, then this tab would not be displayed. 4) There is a tab called "FDB Table", this is the mapping of MAC address to switchport. (I have always called this the CAM table). Due to the functionality of broadcasts, this will show every device in the same VLAN (the MAC address is seen on switch uplinks) However, I wish there was a node lookup tool that showed which switchport a computer was plugged into. We should be able to identify the interface closest to the computer by removing all interfaces that are CDP/LLDP neighbors with another known network device. Does this make sense? Cheers, Tristan *Tristan Rhodes* Network Engineer Weber State University 801.626.8549 On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 8:18 AM, Spencer Gaw <spencerg(a)frii.net> wrote: > You might want to read up on SNMP and how it operates. Observium does not > run commands on any device - it merely reports the data it gathers via SNMP. > > Regards, > > SG > > > On 9/11/2014 4:31 AM, Dudu wrote: > >> Hi All, >> I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the >> neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks like >> show ip arp >> >> Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac >> address-table >> >> So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which port. >> That could help to find VM's as well. >> >> Many Thanks >> David. >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> observium mailing list >> observium(a)observium.org >> http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >> > > _______________________________________________ > observium mailing list > observium(a)observium.org > http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium >

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Maybe I got it Wrong.
by Dudu 11 Sep '14

11 Sep '14

Hi All, I'm new here and I'm not sure about the port view. I can see the neighbours and computers on the vlan on right side , the command looks like show ip arp Maybe it's better to map the computer to the port itself? sh mac address-table So out of the box we will know which server is connected to which port. That could help to find VM's as well. Many Thanks David.

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Re: [Observium] how to make observium not to poll certain mibs
by Zhenhui Liang 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

I tried that. But seems only a few module are listed there. I think if I disable any of them, a big class of monitors would be disabled with it. I am looking for a way to disable certain mib/objects. Thanks a lot. Would removing/commenting out those objects from the mib file help? On 9/9/14, 2:19 PM, "Pedersen, Sean" <spedersen(a)io.com> wrote: >On the device's page in Observium, there is a small gear icon on the far >right hand side of the screen. Click on that. Then click on the MIBs link >in the Edit bar. You should see a list of MIBs associated with that >device. From there you can disable individual MIBs from being polled. > >-----Original Message----- >From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of >Zhenhui Liang >Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2014 2:11 PM >To: Observium Network Observation System >Subject: [Observium] how to make observium not to poll certain mibs > >Hi, Sorry if this has been answered. But I didn't find the answer in >doing search. > >So we have a router bug of memory leak core-dump which was caused by >observium trying to do snmpwalk against a certain mib. Vendor advise us >to upgrade the code to latest, which we can't do without significant >amount of coordination. So I am trying to figure out how to make >observium not to poll it. didn't find from gui. >If I delete the mib definition from the mibs/ sub dir, would that be >enough? > >Thanks a lot. >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium > > >Founded in 2007, IO is a worldwide leader in software defined data center >technology, services and solutions that enable businesses and governments >to intelligently control their information. > >The communication contained in this e-mail is confidential and is >intended only for the named recipient(s) and may contain information that >is privileged, proprietary, attorney work product or exempt from >disclosure under applicable law. If you have received this message in >error, or are not the named recipient(s), please note that any form of >distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in >it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please immediately notify >the sender of the error, and delete this communication including any >attached files from your system. Thank you for your cooperation. >_______________________________________________ >observium mailing list >observium(a)observium.org >http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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The ports on the switches doesn't seems to display correct network throughput
by Arya, Renuka [BSD] - MED 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi Team, I installed Observium recently. It seems to be working just fine. However, I do see discrepancies in the throughput result. When I run a network performance tool (Nuttcp) on one of the server and monitor the corresponding port on the switch through observium. I observe that the the server is generating around 9.8 Gbps data. If I check the ports directly on the switch I see same thing (~9.8 Gbps) but when I see in through observium on the corresponding port , I see frequent spikes to 12 - 15 Gbps. I am not sure why I am seeing these high value because the NICs on servers are having a 10 G NICs and I never see anything higher than 10 Gbps on server or on the port on the switch. But the real time graphs on Observium shows the spikes of around 12 - 15 Gbps. I would be really glad if you help me on this. I really like the tool but the discrepancy in the throughput result is kind of driving me crazy. Thanks! Regards Renuka ________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date
by Tomasz Karczewski 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Ok i've changed in php.ini date.timezone value to Europe/Warsaw and now is fine :) Tnx for the advice. Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Tomasz Karczewski Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:22 PM To: 'Observium Network Observation System' Subject: Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date SELECT TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP); +--------------------------------+ | TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP) | +--------------------------------+ | 02:00:00 | +--------------------------------+ 1 row in set (1.18 sec) php -i | grep timezone PHP Warning: Unknown: It is not safe to rely on the system's timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone 'UTC' for now, but please set date.timezone to select your timezone. in Unknown on line 0 Default timezone => UTC date.timezone => no value => no value date +%::z +02:00:00 Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Mike Stupalov Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 1:00 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] Eventlog time and date Hi, On 10.09.2014 13:07, Tomasz Karczewski wrote: Hi there, I've got one question. Fresh eventlogs and syslogs have format <https://observium.man.olsztyn.pl/> -1y -1d -2h . How to change it? pls show some info for your server: 1. mysql timezone, from console: $ mysql SELECT TIMEDIFF(NOW(), UTC_TIMESTAMP); 2. php timezone: $ php -i | grep timezone 3. system timezone: $ date +%::z Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie _______________________________________________ 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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Eventlog time and date
by Tomasz Karczewski 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi there, I've got one question. Fresh eventlogs and syslogs have format <https://observium.man.olsztyn.pl/> -1y -1d -2h . How to change it? Tomasz Karczewski Administrator Sieci tkarczewski(a)man.olsztyn.pl http://www.man.olsztyn.pl http://www.uwm.edu.pl tel. (89) 523 45 55 fax. (89) 523 43 47 Ośrodek Eksploatacji i Zarządzania Miejską Siecią Komputerową OLMAN w Olsztynie Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie

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email alerts
by Zhenhui Liang 10 Sep '14

10 Sep '14

Hi, All I tired many ways to make email working. But seems to be out of luck. >From linux command line, mail prove to be work on either local sendmail/postfix or via external smtp server. Php test email works either way as well. But observium seems not able to generate any alert email. A tcpdump session would not capture any email data as well when my configured alert checker fires off an alert. Seems from config.php, I need to configure $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Observium Email Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "email"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = “zliang(a)xxxx.com"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email_from'] = “observium(a)xxxxxx.com"; $config['email_backend'] = "mail"; $config['email_smtp_host'] = 'localhost’; Also tried $config['email']['from'] = “observium(a)xxx.com"; $config['email']['backend'] = "mail"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'localhost'; $config['email']['default_only'] = 'true'; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = 'false’; And $config['email']['from'] = “observium(a)mydomain.com"; $config['email']['backend'] = “smtp"; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = ’smtp.mydomain.com'; $config['email']['default_only'] = 'true'; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = 'false’; None of those combination of configs works. It looks like we are deprecate old format of $config['email_from’] to $config[‘email’]['from’] style? With later format, from global settings, I could see my change taking effect. But using the old format, some values got updated, some not. But nevertheless, email were never sent out. Please advise. I am using code version of Observium 0.14.9.5798 Apache 2.2.15 (CentOS) PHP 5.3.3 MySQL 5.1.66 SNMP NET-SNMP version: 5.5 RRDtool 1.3.8

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how to make observium not to poll certain mibs
by Zhenhui Liang 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi, Sorry if this has been answered. But I didn’t find the answer in doing search. So we have a router bug of memory leak core-dump which was caused by observium trying to do snmpwalk against a certain mib. Vendor advise us to upgrade the code to latest, which we can’t do without significant amount of coordination. So I am trying to figure out how to make observium not to poll it. didn’t find from gui. If I delete the mib definition from the mibs/ sub dir, would that be enough? Thanks a lot.

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FW: FTOS 9.4 not working properly with Observium whereas 8.3.12.0 for Force10 switches
by Arya, Renuka [BSD] - MED 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi Team, I recently installed Obervium I am in process of adding my switch devices to Observium network monitoring tool. It seems that my Force10 S4810 switch with FTOS 8.3.12.0 displays correct graphs whereas the Force10 S4810 switches with FTOS 9.4 doesn't display graphs correctly.It works partially, but doesn't display a lot of other information. The website http://www.observium.org/wiki/Supported_Devices says they have tested FTOS till 8.2.1.2 and I can see it works fine at least till 8.3.12.0. So Iam not sure what should be expected for higher version of FTOS. It works just fine with Arista OS 4.13.6F I'll be really glad if you can look into this. Thanks! Regards Renuka Arya University of Chicago ________________________________ This email is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this email message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and destroy/delete all copies of the transmittal. Thank you.

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alert checker based on a specific mib value?
by Zhenhui Liang 09 Sep '14

09 Sep '14

Hi, I am trying the enterprise observium version now for the alert checkers. I understand that we could add checkers based on existing conditions and metics listed on http://www.observium.org/wiki/Alerting_Metrics_and_Attributes But say, if I want to alert on another mib value not listed here, is there currently a way to do so? for instance, I have this mib listed under mibs/PAN-MIB-MODULES panSessionActive OBJECT-TYPE SYNTAX Integer32 MAX-ACCESS read-only STATUS current DESCRIPTION "Total number of active sessions." ::= { panSession 3 } Can I add an alert checker to put condition as panSessionActive gt 100000 ? I tried, but seems not able to. Is there a special way to do so? Thanks a lot. —Zhenhui Liang

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Email Alert setup
by Darian Jimenez 08 Sep '14

08 Sep '14

Hello, I was able to get some alert checks going but email doesn't seem to be working. When I try the test_mail.php script it eventually times out giving me the following. ./test_mail.php -h fwtec.sup.domain.local Sending test notification for fwtec.sup.domain.local...Mailer Error: Failed to connect to myemailserverl.protection.outook.com:25 [SMTP: Failed to connect socket: Connection timed out (code: -1, response: )] done. my config.php has the following for email settings. $config['alerts']['email']['default'] = "xxx@mydomain"; $config['email_from'] = "Observium <observium(a)mydomain.com>"; $config['email_backend'] = "smtp"; $config['email_smtp_host'] = 'mymaildoman.protection.outook.com'; $config['email_smtp_port'] = 25; $config['alerts']['email']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email_smtp_auth'] = TRUE; $config['email_smtp_username'] = 'xxx@mydomain'; $config['email_smtp_password'] = 'xxxx'; $config['email_smtp_timeout'] = 10; I am able to successfully telnet to my email server on port 25 but can't seem to send. What am i Missing?

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Port errors
by Darian Jimenez 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

I just saw I had a warning on port errors and looked at it. It is monitoring a Juniper switch interface. From the legend I can't tell what the "m" stand for for the y axis. would this be resource errors from the switch interface stats? Errors: 275, Drops: 0, Framing errors: 275, Runts: 0, Policed discards: 0, L3 incompletes: 0, L2 channel errors: 0, L2 mismatch timeouts: 0, FIFO errors: 0, Resource errors: 11740453 Thanks, Darian

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Empty graphs
by Joel 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi all, just installed Observium CE 0.14.4.5229 on a CentOS 6.5 64bits in VMware Workstation 9 environment : no problem thanks to well done install procedure (http://www.observium.org/wiki/RHEL_Installation); added manually network devices via following commands with no errors : ./add_device.php xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx ./discovery.php -h all ./poller.php -h all crontab updated as stated in install procedure ; Everything seems OK during all these steps ; When looking at the results via web interface, I can see all (CISCO here) devices with all their discovered characteristics (type/model, soft version, interfaces, % RAM, % CPU, thruput figures on interfaces, ...) but no graph is drawn at all (even after 4 hours) ; by the way, the graphs legends are correclty, and the grids too, but no curve drawn; when looking at /opt/observium/rrd directory, I can see a sub-dir created per each disvovered device and inside each of them, 1 RRD file created for each collected variable ; (each device RRD subdir is about 40MB after a while, RRD files inside are not empty) Any idea to investigate more about those empty graphs ? thanks for any help

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wrong post
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

sorry for previous post about netdisco; my mistake

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(no subject)
by Joel Guillerm 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hello Chris, thanks for your feedback; in the meantime, I had downloaded and tested the netdisco demo VMware appliance and got some problems ; I posted the following mail on the netdisco mailing list but did not get any feedback yet; if you have any ideas, thanks in advance Joel ************************************************* newbie in netdisco, just downloaded and tested netdisco demo VMWare package (V1.0 netdisco version ... a bit too old maybe, even for a test) To run a quick test, 1) I just edited community values and uncomment "discover_only =" statement followed by a comma-separated list of IP routers to be discovered in /usr/local/netdisco/netdisco. conf ; I let "#discover_no =" statement untouched ; 2) then, I restart netdisco via : ./netdisco -p restart ==> OK after a few minutes, I still did not see any IP routers added on the discover_only list shown via web interface; nothing shown in /usr/local/netdisco/data/logs apart from messages related to "netdisco starting" 3) so, I tested the 2 manual commands below via SSH : ./netdisco -d xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (for 1 single IP) ./netdisco -r xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx,yyy.yyy.yyy. yyy, zzz.zzz.zzz.zzz, .... for my list of IPs routers Both commands work successfully and results are OK via web interface Questions : a) what else should I do to avoid having to issue the manual commands and let netdisco do its job ? b) with recent netdisco versions, is there a function that allows to export resulting infos (such as the Devices List with their discovered ard/soft infos) as a CSV file for example ? thanks for any help *************************************************

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Accounting for electricity
by Simon Schmitz 05 Sep '14

05 Sep '14

Hi, what do you think of an accounting for electricity, the same as the network port on a switch only here of a PDU switch. Simon

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Alerts for Network devices›
by Darian Jimenez 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, I just need basics on alerting if device is down or maybe if VPN interface is down etc. Attached I set an alert to just try and find devices that are currently "up" to see if it discovers them with the names starting as fw*. Once it works I will change to check for devices that are “down” What am I doing wrong here since it isn't finding anything.

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Re: [Observium] Alerts for Network devices›
by Adam Armstrong 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

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How to limit Discovery/Polling to infos visible on the main Device panel ?
by Joel Guillerm 04 Sep '14

04 Sep '14

Hello, newbie in Observium ; is it possible to configure Observium to limit its job to get only the informations available on the main Devices panel ? i.e. Device/Location, Platform, Operating System, Uptime/Sysname so, nothing about interfaces, CP, RAM, ... This would be for quick and basic Device inventory purpose only for some environments The idea is to reduce the total discovery/polling time to the minimum for this basic inventory, otherwise, this could last very long time in case of 100's of devices to deal with. thanks for any advice

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Re: [Observium] Google Maps not showing
by Christian Gerbrandt 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

I have this in my config: $config['geocoding']['api'] = 'google'; And is working fine. Where can I find information about this config changes? On Sep 01, 2014, at 05:02 PM, Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> wrote: On 2014-09-01 16:23, Sebastian Pitei wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First, congrats ot the devs for making such a nice piece of software. > Simple, to the point, perfect! > > Second, my issue: I'm trying to change the maps engine to Google Maps. > I've change the engine to "google" in config.php but unfortunately > nothing is happening. Any ideas? google-mc is the default, and the only one currently expected to work. The old API map was kinda messy, and no one really uses it anymore. adam. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium

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Observium Draw errors
by Adriaan Smuts 03 Sep '14

03 Sep '14

Hi Guys, For some reason Observium is giving Draw Errors on all of our graphs. This started happening after the latest svn update. We have this error on our live observium and our staging/testing one. Does anyone know how to fix this? Please see screenshot below: [cid:image001.png@01CFC769.4007A4D0] Regards Adriaan Smuts Systems Administrator - Windows [file:///C:\Users\adriaan\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Signatures\WebAfrica_Files\signature_logo.jpg] ________________________________ Direct Line +27 21 464 9565 Reception 086 000 9500 Website www.webafrica.co.za<http://www.webafrica.co.za/>

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