check_bacula_client is a Nagios plugin to check Bacula client backups. It will warn or indicate a critical state if the last successful backup for a client is older than a specified period. It uses the bconsole program to interact with the Bacula Director and therefore is independent of the client and the database used by the Bacula Director.

• Python >= 2.4 < 3.0
• pexpect

check_bacula_client assumes that the bconsole program can connect automatically without requiring a username or password. You may need to edit bconsole.conf to acheive this and add the nagios user to the bacula group. To test this, try running: # su -s which bconsole nagios This should drop you into the bconsole shell. If it does not, check the permissions on bconsole.conf and the Bacula management password.

$ ./check_bacula_client -H isdc1101.isdc.unige.ch-fd -B isdc1101.isdc.unige.ch-backup -w 12h -c 1d
WARNING: Incr, 1493 files, 42.20MB, 2010-02-08 23:01:00 (14.4 hours ago)

• -H FD_NAME client file director name
• -B BACKUP_NAME backup job name
• -w PERIOD generate warning if last successful backup older than PERIOD
• -c PERIOD generate critical if last successful backup older than PERIOD
• -b PATH path to bconsole

PERIOD is an floating point number followed by m for minutes, h for hours, d for days, or w for weeks.