Re: Added LDAP and now users can't see events
Nice, I can now see the events the way scott describes (adding the / device class to administered objects).However the events window stays blank.
View ArticleTransform variable error
Sorry for my ignorance but I am working on a transform for a paticular type of device and I am trying to change the summary to the content of one of the fields in the trap information. The issue that...
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ZenSyslog Question-Please assist
Hi Guys, Thank you for taking the time to read this. I have taken two days to go through the forum and to search for solutions so this is my last resort. Please note that my knowledge of Zenoss is...
View ArticleMonitoring/Graphing SNMP Tables in Zenoss 4.x
I'm still on Zenoss 3.0.3, and feature-wise, it pretty much just works for my organization. However, one big frustration is the inability to feed the OID of an snmp table into Zenoss and retrieve the...
View ArticleRe: Transform variable error
I do this kind of thing all the time. First thing to note is that if you are using Zenoss Core4 your attributes have moved to 'evt.details' try this. evt.summary = getattr('evt.details',...
View ArticleRe: Event console in Zenoss 4 sometimes does not respond
I can +1 this problem. Generally I need to logout and log back in for things to become responsive again. I an also confirm that I mainly see this when selecting multiple events. Interestingly, there...
View ArticleRe: Added LDAP and now users can't see events
Looking at the documentation and the GUI the only thing I can give groups permission to (that I can use to influence what events they can see) are deviceclasses. Personally, I would like to see a...
View ArticleRe: Zenoss for monitoring HVAC units
I do this with some APC enviromental cards. I use the card inputs for high water, alarm event (Liebert has a terminal that will open close upon an alarm) temperature and humidity. I put an addtional...
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Re: Showing MAX available bandwidth on rrd interface graphs
This is no problem for Zenoss, what you need to do is modify your ethernet Monitoring Templates. Click "Advanced"Now "Monitoring Templates"Now select /Device under one of the ethernet templates treeIn...
View ArticleHow to create ZenPack egg not from the Zenoss GUI?
This is a newbie question:Is there a way to create an egg file, when I'm on Windows and I have the ZenPack structure (e.g., an egg that was un-archived to the Windows file system)?This question assumes...
View ArticleEvent Views in Core 4
Hello All, Does anyone know if the event view functionality in Zenoss 3 made it into Core 4? Im thinking I might have to create views in another dashboard (https://www.leftronic.com/ for example) using...
View ArticleRe: How to set zProperties
jmp242, thank you & I agree - the new interface is $%^#$%^#$%
View ArticleRe: Transform to change device
I should update this. In the scenario where the device where the actual trap is comming from is being monitorded by zenoss, you will need to set both evt.device and evt.ipAddress or this technique...
View ArticleRe: ZenSyslog Question-Please assist
Hi Jane, I located the file in /opt/zenoss/log/origsyslog.log and opened it in windows but there is nothing in it. PS: Not sure how to open it in centos as you can probably gather.... ;( What does it...
View ArticleRe: Unable to read processes on device xxxxx; Timeout on device
It would appear that Zenoss is trying to use SNMP to query a device, but the query is timing out. So I guess some simple things to check are: Is SNMP correctly configured and running on the device in...
View ArticleRe: Managing user roles in Zenoss
I think you're on the right track there, as I've been trying to do the same thing. I created a new user role and then used the ZenUser and ZenOperator users as a guide. So I selected the following:...
View ArticleRe: ZenSyslog Question-Please assist
Hmm - sounds like there are no syslog events arriving. If you change directory to $ZENHOME/log and do a ls -l on the file, when was it last updated? Might it have been when you changed the logorig...
View ArticleUse zenpack to overwrite zenoss base files
Hi, What is the best approach for using a zenpack to overwrite zenoss base files? For example I want to use a zenpack to customize...
View ArticleRe: Monitor System Daemons with changing parameters
Sir Often what is written can be misunderstood, it was not intended as a threat it was more an observation. Zenoss has been a brilliant system for us in education; we only use the community edition as...
View ArticleRe: OpenVZ - venet - SMTP errors
Since I'm a "noob" with ZenOss I usually just use the /Server/Linux template for all our Linux servers and maybe add Apache and MySQL ZenPacs if necessery. I spent about a half an hour trying to...
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