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Veeam Backup Check - Via Event Logs

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Current Version
1.0
Last Release Date
2015-05-06
Compatible With
  • Nagios 4.x
  • Nagios XI
Owner
sicoirdh
Twitter Handle
@oneoffdallas
Download URL
github.com/oneoffdallas/nagios_scripts/blob/master/check_vee...
License
GPL
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Files:
FileDescription
veeam_backup.pngExample output for a successful backup job
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Veeam Backup Check - Via Event Logs
Check_veeam_eventlogs is a PowerShell script to check if Veeam jobs ran properly. If you have the Endpoint version of Veeam, use the check_veeam_endpoint_eventlogs script instead. Note: This uses built-in Windows event logs to check for Veeam backup codes and it does *not* utilize the Veeam PowerShell snap-in because I had far too many issues on far too many systems. Yes, I also realize Veeam has the built-in capability to email, but that doesn't scale well with any significant number of machines. And if you choose to only send email on failure, what happens if email isn't working -- spam blocks, authentication failures, etc? Too many possibilities to assume email notifications are even remotely reliable and Nagios is able to consolidate all alerts to a centralized location.
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The examples in the script itself were recently updated to reflect changes to the plugins API location/syntax in newer versions of NCPA.
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I have tested this extensively using NCPA, although NRPE and other agents would likely work. If you have issues with it, please let me know and I will make changes as necessary. The script is heavily commented and very readable with numerous usage examples in the script itself. Enjoy!
Reviews (5)
Replication Job always shows failed
byrcoultas, April 6, 2021
I am attempting to get this check working with Veeam VBR 11 on Windows 2019. I have a single replication job that completed successfully in the last hour. Running the script from the shell on the Veeam server always shows::

Backup failed: backup job CoreReplication has not run in last 240 hours

Backup failed: backup job CoreReplication has not run in last 240 hours |'BackupNotRun'=1

Looking in Event Viewer, I can see Event ID 190 in the last hour, and the name matches exactly.
Need Help
byPremium, June 30, 2020
hello
What do I have to change in the NSCLIENT ++ .ini to make it work ?

Thanks a lot
Error
bypkrauss28, August 6, 2019
Hallo,

i got an Error
Get-WinEvent : Falscher Parameter
In C:Program FilesNSClient++scriptscheck_veeam_endpoint_eventlogs.ps1:43 Zeichen:15
+ ... ogEntries = Get-WinEvent -MaxEvents $ArgMaxEntries -FilterHashtable $ ...
+

Could you fix this?
problem nrpe
byslayder66, May 4, 2018
hello, I have 2.8.22 centreon and nsclient ++, in my nsclient.ini I have:
check_veeam_eventlogs = check_veeam_eventlogs.ps1 'Backup X3v7 4vm SRVBACKUP' 24

and the answer on centreon is:
Command line usage: check_veeam_eventlogs.ps1
Nagios NCPA usage: agent / plugin / check_veeam_eventlogs.ps1 / /

while command-line powershell directly execute on the server in question, the command:
check_veeam_eventlogs.ps1 'Backup X3v7 4vm SRVBACKUP' 24
works very well.

I feel that nsclient ++ does not approve of ' or space in my job?

thank you
Backup failed: backup job X has not run
byytaborda17, March 21, 2018
0 of 2 people found this review helpful
I tried the plugin and it works fine, but it I try to use the seccond argument it always returns the same output "Backup failed: backup job X has not run in last 9999 hours".

How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance!
Owner's reply

I just tried it and it worked ok. Please make sure you are following the examples in the script comments. I also updated the script to reflect recent changes in the NCPA plugins syntax.