10-17-2008
Check that backup MX actually does its job
Hey!
I have just configured an backup MX using Mail::Toaster under FreeBSD.
As I'm a novice when it comes to mailservers, I need to ask someone how to check that this backup really does its job.
My primare MX is unfortunately on a Dynamic IP line, but its unsusual for it to change the IP.
So far it has hapend i think 4 or 5 times in a 3 year period.
Allthough, the server will soon be moved and there will be at least a few IP changes, and maybe even some other problems. Hence the backup MX (Either way, having it is good in the future).
But how can I check it? Do I just have to shut down the primary MX for lets say 10 minutes? And if everything works, the mail should be in the queue on the backup machine, waiting to be sent over to the primary machine?
Last edited by noratx; 10-17-2008 at 11:30 AM..
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check_backuppc
check_backuppc(8) System Manager's Manual check_backuppc(8)
NAME
check_backuppc - A Nagios plugin to monitor BackupPC
SYNOPSIS
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 otter
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.
AUTHOR
Seneca Cunningham <tetragon@users.sourceforge.net>
SEE ALSO
sudo(8). backuppc(8).
check_backuppc(8)