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.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
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.\" Always quote multiple words for .SH
.BR sudo (8).
.BR backuppc (8).
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