Symantec Netbackup NSClient++ NRPE
Overviewβ
The Monitoring Connector Symantec Netbackup works with the Centreon NSClient++ monitoring agent or a NRPE agent on Linux to check Netbackup backup solutions.
Pack assetsβ
Monitored objectsβ
- Veritas Netbackup solutions including:
- Deduplication
- Drives
- Jobs
- Tapes
Collected metricsβ
Coming soon
Prerequisitesβ
NSClient++β
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 cliβ
The NetBackup CLI is available on both Windows and Linux and the Plugin uses it so it has to be installed.
Netbackup on Windowsβ
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.
Installationβ
- Online License
- Offline License
- Install the Centreon NRPE Client package on every Poller expected to monitor Symantec NetBackup:
yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin
- On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack NetBackup from the Configuration > Monitoring Connectors Manager page
- Install the Centreon package on every Poller expected to monitor Symantec NetBackup:
yum install centreon-nrpe-plugin
- Install the Centreon Pack RPM on the Central server:
yum install centreon-pack-applications-netbackup-nrpe
- On the Centreon Web interface, install the Centreon Pack Symantec Netbackup from the Configuration > Monitoring Connectors Manager page
Host configurationβ
- 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') |