Symantec Netbackup NSClient++ NRPE

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Overview

The Plugin Pack Symantec Netbackup works with the Centreon NSClient++ monitoring agent or a NRPE agent on Linux to check Netbackup backup solutions.

Pack assets

Monitored objects

• Veritas Netbackup solutions including:
  • Deduplication
  • Drives
  • Jobs
  • Tapes

Collected metrics

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Prerequisites

NSClient++

To monitor Netbackup software with NRPE, install the Centreon packaged version of the NSClient++ agent. Please follow our official documentation and make sure that the NRPE Server configuration is correct.

NetBackup cli

The NetBackup CLI is available on both Windows and Linux and the Plugin uses it so it has to be installed.

Netbackup on Windows

When using Netbackup on a Windows system, add these options --statefile-concat-cwd --statefile-dir="scripts/centreon/tmp" in the EXTRAOPTIONS Macro within App-Netbackup-Job-Status-NRPE-Custom Service Template.

Use | character in your Centreon Macro definitions is not possible.

Installation

Online License

1. Install the Centreon NRPE Client package on every Poller expected to monitor Symantec NetBackup:

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

2. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack NetBackup from the Configuration > Plugin Packs > Manager page

Offline License

1. Install the Centreon Plugin package on every Poller expected to monitor Symantec NetBackup:

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

2. Install the Centreon Pack RPM on the Central server:

yum install centreon-pack-applications-netbackup-nrpe

3. On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack Symantec Netbackup from the Configuration > Plugin Packs > Manager page

Host configuration

• Log into Centreon and add a new Host through Configuration > Hosts.
• Apply the App-Netbackup-NRPE-custom template and configure all the mandatory Macros:

Mandatory	Name	Description
X	NRPECLIENT	NRPE Plugin binary to use (Default: 'check_centreon_nrpe')
X	NRPEPORT	NRPE Port of the target server (Default: '5666')
X	NRPETIMEOUT	Timeout value (Default: '30')
X	NRPEEXTRAOPTIONS	Extraoptions to use with the NRPE binary (default: '-u -m 8192')