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General pre-buy questions
by Ryan Milton 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

I am thinking of pushing team to purchase the full version, and even for some support. I have a free version now Questions I have are the following for my managers: 1. Can I alert off of bandwidth utilization? What other types of things can I alert off for the enterprise? 2. Can I alert for jitter across an MPLS? This is a biggie, because we have about 40 circuits. 3. We use WUG, which I hate… how is this better? 4. We use Solarwinds, which is expensive, why is this better? 5. (I know this is bad form, but) why these bars in the graph: Thanks for your awesome answers, and please, give me some reasons that I can use to get team to put money into this. Ryan Milton

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CDR 98th accounting
by Niilo Kajander 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi, I was wondering if there are any plans to add CDR 98th traffic accounting as an option? — Niilo Kajander nk(a)kajander.fi

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Port () Deleted
by Matt Zillmann 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hello, When polling devices, all ports are getting deleted: "Port () deleted" Has anyone seen this or know how to fix this? Everything else is being discovered and polled normally. Thank you, Matt

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Portnames instead of ifAlias for Fabric OS devices
by Ole Hansen 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hello, Observium (as of 0.15.9.6997) displays ifAlias / ifDescr as label for Brocade Fabric OS SAN switches. Brocade, however, uses “portnames”, which can be found at OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.1588.2.1.1.1.6.2.1.36 Is this per design or just because very few have Fabric OS devices in Observium? — Ole Hansen

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Subscription fails
by Svensson Fredrik A 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

I get stuck here: [cid:image001.png@01D11559.9F0088A0] Regards Fredrik

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Re: [Observium] EIGRP
by brokerdavelhr 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

ISIS is indeed the way to go....imho. Versatile, simple, reliable, and highly supported :-) Sent via the Samsung GALAXY S®4, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone -------- Original message -------- From: Adam Armstrong <adama(a)memetic.org> Date: 11/01/2015 5:31 PM (GMT-07:00) To: observium(a)observium.org Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP IS-IS++ adam. On 02/11/2015 00:29:54, Raphael Maunier <raphael.maunier(a)gmail.com> wrote:The original question and answer was not about the igp itself but about the support of it ! He want to move from OSPF to Eigrp and still get the same support from an opensource software. That was clearly the answer : You can expect to have bad or no support using EIGRPChoosing the path to use a protocol that is clearly not supported by all vendor, will almost 100% of the time lead you to a lack of compatibility from the community. And Yes IS-IS is the way go :) Raphael On 02 Nov 2015, at 01:15, Aaron Finney <aaron.finney(a)openx.com> wrote: I would argue that IS-IS also separates the men from the boys, is an open standard, and also happens to be protocol-neutral. I have my own opinions about IGPs, of course, but I agree with Alex on this one...nobody asked for my opinion on using EIGRP, so I'll save it until they do. :) On Sunday, November 1, 2015, Ron Marosko <ron(a)rjr-services.com> wrote: I probably bleed Cisco more than most on this list, something about that two day test 16 years ago. I’ll just say one thing about routing protocols. BGP. Yes, it *is* as good running as an IGP as it is as an EGP. And separates the men from the boys, so to speak. From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Raphael Maunier Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2015 4:47 PM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP If you want good support from any software, you should not use "proprietary" protocols and use something supported by more than one or 2 vendor.Another option, use it and buy expensive software from that vendor. Envoyé de mon iPhone Le 1 nov. 2015 à 23:37, Chard, Alex (RET-SYD) <Alex.Chard(a)Reed-Elsevier.com.au> a écrit :Perhaps we would do better not to tell people how to run their network…We do not know anything about the network in question beyond the fact that it is probably monitored with Observium. Also Cisco released basic EIGRP functionality for other vendors to implement in a RFC.http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/ios-nx-os-software/enh… So the real question is not “why?” but “is this supported in Observium?”.. and the real answer is “no”. Regards,Alex Chard Senior Network Engineer<image001.jpg> 475 Victoria Ave, Chatswood, NSW 2067 (: +61 (02) 8007 0709 <image002.gif>: +61 (04) 03 894 614*: alex.chard(a)reed-elsevier.com.au www.reedelsevier.com From: observium [mailto:observium-bounces@observium.org] On Behalf Of Raphael Maunier Sent: Monday, 2 November 2015 4:07 AM To: Observium Network Observation System Subject: Re: [Observium] EIGRP HuH, The real question is Why ? Ospf can be used with all vendor, eigrp .. not compatible unless you have a cisco network and other clone equipment.Ospf is widely supported and even with software like Observium. You can expect to have bad or no support using EIGRP 2015-11-01 17:45 GMT+01:00 Jason Vanlandingham <van.sjason(a)gmail.com>:I've been running OSPF but am changing to EIGRP. EIGRP isn't showing in the routing section when I look at devices. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium 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. _______________________________________________ observium mailing list observium(a)observium.org http://postman.memetic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/observium -- Aaron Finney | Network Engineer 888 East Walnut Street, 2nd Floor | Pasadena, CA 91101 office: +1 (626) 466-1141 x6035 Watch how we make online advertising simple: http://bit.ly/Ent_vid www.openx.com | follow us on: Twitter Facebook LinkedIn _______________________________________________ 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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Graph errors on OS upgrade
by Roland Hill 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hi list, I'm running CE version 0.15.6.6430, on my non-critical home network. I recently upgraded my server OS from Ubuntu 15.04 to 15.10. This appears to have resulted in some of the graphs in Observium now not drawing. The OS upgraded took rrdtools from version 1.4.8 to 1.5.4, and I suspect this is the root of the issue as I seem to remember this being raised on the list before. I note there was a bugfix committed in August for "Fixed some issues with rrdtool command parsing on newer rrdtool versions". Can you confirm that the draw error's I'm seeing are most likely related to the rrdtool version, and that the next release of CE will probably fix it? An example of the rrdtool error is: RRDTool Output: ERROR: Unused Arguments "" in command : AREA:inbits0#B6D14B:p3p1 Rx: Sorry if this is not enough information. I can provide screenshots if required. -- Regards, Roland PGP Key 0xDA39319B = BCF0 1214 BAE9 5A3D 46FC 21A6 360D 9398 DA39 319B

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Unable to send email from Observium CE
by George Philip 01 Nov '15

01 Nov '15

Hi, I have installed the Observium CE on the centOS and the mail is not working for me.Can someone please in finding the issue ? Below are the mail config info from config.php : // Set up a default alerter (email to a single address) $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['descr'] = "Network Alert"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['type'] = "mail"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['contact'] = "network1_alert(a)abc.com"; $config['alerts']['alerter']['default']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email']['enable'] = TRUE; $config['email']['default'] = "network1_alert(a)abc.com"; $config['email']['default_only'] = TRUE; $config['email']['from'] = "Observium<observium(a)abrrad100.abc.com>"; $config['email']['backend'] = 'mail'; $config['email']['smtp_host'] = 'abrsmtp1001.abc.com'; $config['email']['smtp_port'] = 25; $config['email']['smtp_timeout'] = 20; $config['email']['smtp_secure'] = FALSE; $config['email']['smtp_auth'] = FALSE; $config['email']['smtp_username'] = NULL; $config['email']['smtp_password'] = NULL; $config['email']['sendmail_path'] = '/usr/sbin/sendmail'; Also,when I run the below command, I get the following error: [root@abrrad1001 observium]# php test_mail.php -h abcd.tor.fd01.01.01.42PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined function mres() in /opt/observium/test_mail.php on line 41 Thanks,George

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IP SLA Cisco not repoerted
by Federico Olivieri 31 Oct '15

31 Oct '15

Hi All, I have just enabled IP SLA on my cisco router but I don't see any graph in my OBSERVIUM. There is any particular procedure that I have to follow? snmp-server enable traps ipsla Thanks Federico

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NetApp OnTap 8 OIDs
by Daniel Steig 31 Oct '15

31 Oct '15

Hi at all, does anyone by chance came any further by finding the new OIDs to monitor the netapps Disk I/O. I tried my best but can't get the graphs working. Thank you very much in advance and have a nice day, Daniel Daniel Steig System Engineer URL: www.fyber.com -- *Daniel Steig* System Engineer Skype: d.steig-fyber URL: www.fyber.com

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