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Custom OID in observium community edition
by Janusz Janik 03 Oct '16

03 Oct '16

Hi, Is there any way to enable _custom oid_ option in observium community edition menu? Or is this option requires subscription version of observium? PS We use observium: > > Version Information > > *Observium CE* 0.16.9.8118 (30th September 2016) > Thank you for your response. Best regards, Janusz Janik -- Pozdrawiam, Janusz Janik

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SLA : Search box/global search?
by Johann Mallet 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Hello, It's possible to activate the SLAs search from the global search box? Another question : Search box in the SLA page is planned in the future? We have 2040 SLA (and many more in the future (>10k)). It's complicated for the support's guys :-) Thanks, Johann

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Custom alerts without using checkers
by Andy Lemin 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Hi, We have many custom scripts, and we would like those scripts to be able to send custom alerts into Observium. What is the best way to do this? We would not be able to use "Alert checks".. Or is there a special trap that we can use for this where we can define the Alert message string in the trap packet? Cheers, Andy.

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Responsive Mode
by chad＠talkjesus.com 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Anyone familiar with any possible mobile friendly, responsive them or even app? I searched intently and found only one app that hasn't been updated in years.

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Wowza MIB
by Matt Vinson 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

How does one go about requesting MIB support? Or alternatively, adding MIB support manually to one's own server? Wowza Streaming Engine just recently added SNMP and developed their own MIB. It would be extremely useful for us to be able to monitor this application in depth. Documentation: https://www.wowza.com/forums/content.php?831-How-to-use-SNMP-in-Wowza-Strea… MIB: https://www.wowza.com/downloads/forums/snmp/WowzaStreamingEngineMIB.zip -- Regards, Matt Vinson TSS Digital Services matt.vinson(a)tssdigital.com 360.915.1100 --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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email alert template tuning
by Boyard Engels 30 Sep '16

30 Sep '16

Hey Team, I am keen to reduce the information that is sent from Observium via the email alerts. Is there any information available on how to tune the alert emails? Thanks!! Bo

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High CPU load on Cisco S500G Small business switches
by Jamie Tynan 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Hi, We've noticed an issue with Cisco SG500 switches and Observium, where if you enable stacking mode (the default on the switch), regardless of if it is in a stack or not, the CPU reports a 50% average. Our investigations show it runs at 95% + for a couple of minutes whilst Observium is polling it, then drops back down to <10% when the query finishes. Turning stacking mode off drops the average CPU to <10% and CPU does not ramp up and down. We raised a case with Cisco TAC, who said this is "expected behaviour": >>> At every 5 min cycle, the CPU rises to 85- 95% temporarily and then drops down. The reason for this is, Observium is checking for interface status. When switch is in standalone mode the interface count database is the max switch capacity. Example 48 ports = 48 ports plus channel ports ~ 60 ports In stack mode the predefined port count in the data base is around 880 ports. While the switch is responding to SNMP get , it is using up resources and that is why the CPU utilization will be high. While I was testing it, I did not see or encountered any network outage or Web access issues. We have already made an enhancement request for this behaviour, to limit the port count to any stack configuration. >>> Has anyone else encountered anything similar? Adam - I realise that Observium is only polling what the switch is reporting, but if Observium can ascertain how many switches are in the stack, would it be possible to limit polling to only query active/connected stack members? Thanks, Jamie

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Alcatel Lucent : Strange "Interface changed: [ifConnectorPresent]" flood
by Johann Mallet 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Hello, I have many Alcatel Lucent routers in my backbone. Since I have add these routers, my eventlog is flooded by "Interface changed: [ifConnectorPresent]": http://img15.hostingpics.net/pics/712223floodalcatel.png I have 1274 eventlog pages for the router in example :-/ Do you have the same problem? Thanks, Johann

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Using Obserivum on server with multiple interfaces/vlan?
by Johann Mallet 29 Sep '16

29 Sep '16

Hello, Simple question : We need upgrade our Observium deployment with multiple networks (public & private). Does Observium have any issue accessing nodes via more than one server interface? Whether two different physical ports or two different vlans on the same port? Some proprietary vendor NMS solutions are somehow locked to one interface only and cause great trouble. :o) Thanks, Johann

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Bandwidth Reporting Off
by Talk Jesus 28 Sep '16

28 Sep '16

I’ve been using Observium for a while and there seems to be some discrepancies between my graphs and the upstream (my data center provides me Ethernet GigE bandwidth). For example, from around 8am to 12pm today it showed overall utilization pretty consistent well above 400Mbps. These switches are actually trunked (2 x 3650 L3 switches). In the graph, it shows the uplink to switch #2 connectivity calculated with the total utilization (VLAN2155). This is definitely not accurate as it shouldn’t do that as far I’m concerned. Total utilization should simply be Drops #1 & #2, which covers all VLANs on both switches. Example: Drop #1 = 40Mbps Drop #2 = 200Mbps Uplink to Switch #2 = 130Mbps Now as a result VLAN2155 (total utilization) is calculating not only #1 and #2 drops from the upstream, but even the trunk port labeled “Uplink to Switch #2”. I disabled polling on that uplink port and the total utilization (VLAN2155) is still far higher than what the output is for the past 24 hours from the upstream provider. They show 187Mbps past 24 hours (95th), 219M In / 202 Out. I show 266M In / 182M Out. Why is it so drastically different? Why is Observium calculating the “uplink” to the trunked 2nd switch in the total utilization graph? This is throwing off accuracy.

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