Don't add things by IP address.
Don't make nonsense excuses either. If you have to, use /etc/hosts.
Putting ip addresses into observium is inexcusable in virtually all instances.
Adam.
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On 8 Feb 2017, 20:05, at 20:05, Dan Letkeman danletkeman@gmail.com wrote:
"Devices are identified by hostname"
^^^^ Thats the problem. There is none.
I'm looking for an alternative way to identify the device in observium because they are added by IP address. For many, many reasons we don't use DNS on these devices, which I really don't want to get into. But it looks like that will be the only option at this point.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org wrote:
You are trying to solve a problem which doesn't exist.
Devices are identified by hostname.
sysName is just an ancillary piece of information which is used for
dupe
detection and auto detection. It's not useful for humans, really.
Adam.
Sent from BlueMail http://www.bluemail.me/r On 8 Feb 2017, at 19:21, Dan Letkeman danletkeman@gmail.com wrote:
Because SNMP on these devices is unable to get any identifiable name
such
as Device Name, System Name or Host Name.
On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Adam Armstrong adama@memetic.org wrote:
Why would you want to?
Adam.
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wrote:
We have many Ricoh printers and copiers. Because SNMP is horrible
on
these devices I am unable to set the System Name (sysName). Is
there a way
to set this manually in Observium?
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