.TH check_backuppc 8 
.SH NAME
check_backuppc \- A Nagios plugin to monitor BackupPC
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B check_backuppc
.I [options]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B check_backuppc
is a nagios plugin that reports on the status of BackupPC.  By default, it
monitors both archive and backup hosts for errors.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-a, \-\-archive\-only
Only check the status of archive hosts.
.TP
.B \-b, \-\-backup\-only
Only check the status of non-archive hosts.
.TP
.B \-s, \-\-status\-only
Only check the status of the backups, omit connection failures that are less
than $Conf{FullPeriod} old.
.TP
.B \-H, \-\-hostname hostname
Only check the specified host.  Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to
use, can be specified multiple times.
.TP
.B \-x, \-\-exclude hostname
Do not check the specified host.  Uses hostnames that BackupPC is configured to
use, can be specified multiple times.
.TP
.B \-w, \-\-warning age
The days old at which a failure is considered a warning, default 1.
.TP
.B \-c, \-\-critical age
The days old at which a failure is considered critical, default 8.
.TP
.B \-r, \-\-reduce count
The maximum number of failed hosts for which to reduce reported severity, 
default 0.
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Show summary of options.
.SH 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.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.EX
/usr/local/lib/nagios/plugins/check_backuppc -r1 -w3 -c8 -b -x otter
.EE
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.
.SH AUTHOR
Seneca Cunningham <tetragon@users.sourceforge.net>
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.\" Always quote multiple words for .SH
.BR sudo (8).
.BR backuppc (8).