Meta Data associated with a Host Item

[fmrapid]

For Host "Cisco3750-A"
For Item "Interface 1/0/1"

How do I attach meta data to the Item such as :
Interface description
Interface speed
Interface tags/keywords
If the interface configuration matches what is documented
etc.

How do I attach this information from the web interface and can this also be done via the command-line utility to do dynamic updates of the meta-data based on information from discovery scripts or RANCID SVN scripts.

Thank you for reading this and hopefully someone will have the answer.

fmrapid
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[fmrapid]

Data attached to an itemor host

As noted above, Zabbix seems to be lacking in the department of meta data associated with an item or host.

Does anyone know of ways to do this, or should I open a request for this.

I remember setting up cricket which would display the item, with the title and description, but each item could also be displayed with additional data about the item. Speed, duplex, alternate description, custom tags, customer name, etc.

Cheers,

fmrapid

[fmrapid]

I have created a feature request for meta-data associated with items and potentially hosts:

https://support.zabbix.com/browse/ZBXNEXT-577

Vote for it if you think this is a good thing that should be prioritized.

Thank you,

fmrapid

[zalex_ua]

See http://www.zabbix.com/wiki/doc/screenshots#section19

Read http://www.zabbix.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19769 at "Low level discovery" point.

And vote for my today request

[fmrapid]

Zalex_ua,

The request you have put forward is very interesting. It ties directly into ZBXNEXT-577. Additional values to the item table can contain things like: interface description, tags, group identifiers, etc..

All these additional fields need to be updated using: API, Low level discovery(LLD), scripts exporting XML or manually.

The mechanism you propose is one method that should use the additional table items. As the single field available today, item description, cannot be used to store anything and everything!

Please update your description and put a pointer to ZBXNEXT-577 so the devs understand where everything fits together.

Cheers,

You have my vote, for having an intelligent lookup method for figuring things out concerning SNMP interface descriptions(ifalias, ifdescr, vendor specific oids). Ideally this should be configurable, with a LLD template. ex: For system description X use ifalias/ifdescr, for system description Y use ifdesr/ifalias/OIDX.

fmrapid

[fmrapid]

Here are the fields I suggest creating.

Pre-defined text fields:

Sub-Description-1: Text 255 chars
Sub-Description-2: Text 255 chars

A priority field that could be used in LLD, filters, triggers, maps and actions.
Priority : Drop down with values 1 to 4

Tag - Select from drop down list (like tags in iphoto or google mail)
Tag - Select from drop down list
Tag - Select from drop down list
Tag -Select from drop down list

Tags would be created in another php page and could used everywhere in Zabbix.

What do you think? If this makes sense please v for the feature request.

Do you see any additional fields that most items or hosts would benefit from.

fmrapid