check_bareos

Icinga Plugin to check Bareos Backup Director databases

check_bareos

Icinga Monitoring Plugin to check Bareos Backup Director databases

The plugin connects to the Bareos database in order to retrieve data.

Installation

The plugin requires at least Python 3.

Python dependencies:

  • psycopg2-binary

Usage

p check_bareos.py --help
usage: check_bareos.py [-h] -U USER [-p PASSWORD] [-H HOST] [-P PORT] [-d DATABASE] [-v]
                       {job,tape,status} ...

Check Plugin for Bareos Backup Status

positional arguments:
  {job,tape,status}
    job                 Specific checks on a job
    tape                Specific checks on a tapes
    status              Specific status informations

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit

  -U USER, --user USER  user name for the database connections
  -p PASSWORD, --password PASSWORD
                        password for the database connections
  -H HOST, --Host HOST  database host
  -P PORT, --port PORT  database port
  -d DATABASE, --database DATABASE
                        database name
  -v, --version         show program's version number and exit

Job

Check the status of Bareos Jobs.

usage: check_bareos.py job [-h] (-js | -j | -rt) [-n NAME] [-t TIME] [-u {GB,TB,PB}] [-w WARNING]
                           [-c CRITICAL] [-st {A,B,C,D,E,F,I,L,M,R,S,T,W,a,c,d,e,f,i,j,l,m,p,q,s,t}]
                           [-f] [-i] [-d]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -js, --checkJobs      Check how many jobs are in a specific state [default=queued]
  -j, --checkJob        Check the state of a specific job [default=queued]
  -rt, --runTimeJobs    Check if a backup runs longer then n day
  -n NAME, --name NAME  Name of the job
  -t TIME, --time TIME  Time in days (default=7 days)
  -u {GB,TB,PB}, --unit {GB,TB,PB}
                        display unit
  -w WARNING, --warning WARNING
                        Warning value
  -c CRITICAL, --critical CRITICAL
                        Critical value
  -st {A,B,C,D,E,F,I,L,M,R,S,T,W,a,c,d,e,f,i,j,l,m,p,q,s,t}, --state {A,B,C,D,E,F,I,L,M,R,S,T,W,a,c,d,e,f,i,j,l,m,p,q,s,t}
                        Bareos Job State [default=C]
  -f, --full            Backup kind full
  -i, --inc             Backup kind inc
  -d, --diff            Backup kind diff

Examples

Check if a job is runing longar than 7 days (default value):

check_bareos.py job -rt -t 4 -st R  -w 1 -c 4

Check how much jobs are in the wating status:

check_bareos.py job -js -w 50 -c 100

Tape

Check the status of Bareos Tapes.

usage: check_bareos.py tape [-h] (-e | -ts | -ex | -wex | -r) [-w WARNING] [-c CRITICAL] [-m MOUNTS]
                            [-t TIME]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -e, --emptyTapes      Count empty tapes in the storage (Status Purged/Expired)
  -ts, --tapesInStorage
                        Count how much tapes are in the storage
  -ex, --expiredTapes   Count how much tapes are expired
  -wex, --willExpire    Count how much tapes are will expire in n day
  -r, --replaceTapes    Count how much tapes should by replaced
  -w WARNING, --warning WARNING
                        Warning value
  -c CRITICAL, --critical CRITICAL
                        Critical value
  -m MOUNTS, --mounts MOUNTS
                        Amout of allowed mounts for a tape [used for replace tapes]
  -t TIME, --time TIME  Time in days (default=7 days)

Examples

Check how much tapes are empty in the storage:

check_bareos.py tape -e -w 15 -c 10

Check how much tapes are expired:

check_bareos.py tape -ex

Check how much tapes will expire in the next 14 days;

check_bareos.py tape -wex -t 14 -w 10 -c 5

Status

Check the status of various Bareos metrics.

usage: check_bareos.py status [-h] (-b | -e | -o | -fb) [-f] [-i] [-d] [-t TIME] [-w WARNING]
                              [-c CRITICAL] [-s SIZE] [-u {MB,GB,TB,PB,EB}]

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -b, --totalBackupsSize
                        the size of all backups in the database [use time and kind for mor
                        restrictions]
  -e, --emptyBackups    Check if a successful backup have 0 bytes [only wise for full backups]
  -o, --oversizedBackup
                        Check if a backup have more than n TB
  -fb, --failedBackups  Check if a backup failed in the last n day
  -f, --full            Backup kind full
  -i, --inc             Backup kind inc
  -d, --diff            Backup kind diff
  -t TIME, --time TIME  Time in days
  -w WARNING, --warning WARNING
                        Warning value [default=5]
  -c CRITICAL, --critical CRITICAL
                        Critical value [default=10]
  -s SIZE, --size SIZE  Border value for oversized backups [default=2]
  -u {MB,GB,TB,PB,EB}, --unit {MB,GB,TB,PB,EB}
                        display unit [default=TB]

Examples

Check total size of all backups:

check_bareos.py status -b -w 400 -c 500

Check total size of all full backups:

check_bareos.py status -b -f -w 400 -c 500

Check total size of all diff backups:

check_bareos.py status -b -d -w 400 -c 500

Check total size of all inc backups:

check_bareos.py status -b -i -w 400 -c 500

Check if a full backup has 0 Bytes(is Empty) and trigger warning it is at least 1 and trigger ciritcal if more than 5 are empty:

check_bareos.py status -e -f -w 1 -c 5

Check if a diff/inc backup is larger than 2 TB (default value) and trigger warning it is at least 1 and trigger ciritcal if more than 5 are empty:

check_bareos.py status -o -d -i -w 1 -c 5