Veeam NSClient++ NRPE

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Overview

The Plugin Pack Veeam works with the Centreon NSClient++ monitoring agent and Powershell to check operating status of a Veeam Server.

Pack assets

Monitored objects

• Veeam Servers:
  • Jobs
  • Tapes

Collected metrics

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Prerequisites

Centreon NSClient++

To monitor Veeam backup solution through 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.

Powershell

Powershell and the Veeam.Backup.PowerShell snap-in must be installed on the target Server.

Starting with Veeam 11, the Plugin will try to find the most recent version of the VeeamPSSnapin.

Installation

Online License

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

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

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

Offline License

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

yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin

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

yum install centreon-pack-applications-veeam-nrpe

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

Host configuration

• Log into Centreon and add a new Host through "Configuration > Hosts".
• Apply the App-Veeam-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')