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| check_backuppc(8) | System Manager's Manual | check_backuppc(8) |
NAME¶
check_backuppc - A Nagios plugin to monitor BackupPCSYNOPSIS¶
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 otterCheck 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.