Re: [Observium] Set System Name

9 Feb 2017

      Delete device
Re add device
Realise why your suggestion is the most annoying thing on earth.
Adam.
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On 8 Feb 2017, 23:23, at 23:23, Jeff Meyers Jeff.Meyers@gmx.net wrote:
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Hi Adam,
since this bothered me more than once: why don't you just use e.g. 
device_49 as the folder name instead of the device' hostname? This
would 
make renaming in the panel possible since folder names are not
connected 
anymore to the hostname.
Jeff
Am 08.02.2017 um 22:20 schrieb Adam Armstrong:
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There's a CLI script which will rename hosts.
Needs to be done on CLI to rename the rrd directory.
Adam.
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On 8 Feb 2017, at 21:14, Philippe Laurent <pbl@ideos.com
mailto:pbl@ideos.com> wrote:
Can the IP addresses be changed to resolvable names, or is the
strategy to nuke the entry and start over? I've made the same
bonehead move for several entries.

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 4:05 PM, Dan Letkeman

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    I guess its too late, because I already added them and made

the
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    excuses.  Now I have something to fix. :)

    On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 2:51 PM, Adam Armstrong
    <adama@memetic.org <mailto:adama@memetic.org>> wrote:

        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, at 20:05, Dan Letkeman

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            "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
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            point.

            On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 1:35 PM, Adam Armstrong
            <adama@memetic.org <mailto:adama@memetic.org>> wrote:

                You are trying to solve a problem which doesn't

exist.
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                Devices are identified by hostname.

                sysName is just an ancillary piece of information
                which is used for dupe detection and auto

detection.
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                It's not useful for humans, really.

                Adam.

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                On 8 Feb 2017, at 19:21, Dan Letkeman
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                    Because SNMP on these devices is unable to

get
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                    any identifiable name such as Device Name,
                    System Name or Host Name.

                    On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 12:52 PM, Adam

Armstrong
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                    wrote:

                        Why would you want to?

                        Adam.

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                        On 8 Feb 2017, at 18:50, Dan Letkeman
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                            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
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                            to set this manually in Observium?

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