nagios wmic script to confirm basic status of a shadow copy configuration.
Requires wmic-client in order to function.
Built to suit our needs, using basic nagios practices it's somewhat customizable.
./check_shadowcopies [Hostname] [domain/username] [password] [Min amount of desired copies in MB] [Min count of copies]
Where:
- User; is a WMI permissioned user for the hostmachine.
- Min amount of desired copies; adds all shadow copy volumes to WARN if less files than expected are shadowed.
- Min count of copies; the default number of copies windows stores is 64 per volume. Critical if less than expected.
Outputs Performance data - graphs size of shadow copies over time.