check_backuppc(8)
A Nagios plugin to monitor BackupPC
SYNOPSIS
check_backuppc
[options]
DESCRIPTION
check_backuppc
is a nagios plugin that reports on the status of BackupPC. By default, it
monitors both archive and backup hosts for errors.
OPTIONS
- -a, --archive-only
-
Only check the status of archive hosts.
- -b, --backup-only
-
Only check the status of non-archive hosts.
- -s, --status-only
-
Only check the status of the backups, omit connection failures that are less
than $Conf{FullPeriod} old.
- -H, --hostname hostname
-
Only check the specified host. Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to
use, can be specified multiple times.
- -x, --exclude hostname
-
Do not check the specified host. Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to
use, can be specified multiple times.
- -w, --warning age
-
The days old at which a failure is considered a warning, default 1.
- -c, --critical age
-
The days old at which a failure is considered critical, default 8.
- -r, --reduce count
-
The maximum number of failed hosts for which to reduce reported severity,
default 0.
- -h, --help
-
Show summary of options.
NOTES
This plugin must be run on the same host and as the same user as BackupPC.
An archive host only takes on a reported type of archive after its first archive
run.
EXAMPLES
-
-
/usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_backuppc -r1 -w3 -c8 -b -x otter
Check the status of all backup hosts except "otter". Warn if a failed backup
is older than three days old, return critical if a failure is older than eight
days old unless there is only a single failure. In that case, warn if the
single failed backup is older than eight days.
