check_backup.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Quick and dirty script to check if backup failed, in log we trust.
#
# Usage: check_backup.sh [-l log]
#     -l, --log LOG         Path to backup log
#     -h, --help            Display this screen
#
# (c) 2014, Benjamin Dos Santos <benjamin.dossantos@gmail.com>
# https://github.com/bdossantos/nagios-plugins
#

while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
  case $1 in
  -l | --log)
    backup_log=$2
    shift
    ;;
  --help | -h)
    sed -n '2,8p' "$0" | tr -d '#'
    exit 3
    ;;
  *)
    echo "Unknown argument: $1"
    exec "$0" --help
    exit 3
    ;;
  esac
  shift
done

TODAY=$(date +"%Y/%m/%d")
YESTERDAY=$(date --date="yesterday" +"%Y/%m/%d")

if [[ -z $backup_log ]]; then
  echo "CRITICAL - the path to backup log file is not defined"
  exit 2
fi

if [[ ! -f $backup_log ]]; then
  echo "CRITICAL - ${backup_log} does not exist !"
  exit 2
fi

# Naive approch to check if backup job started today
if [[ -n "$(find "$backup_log" -type f -mtime +1 | head -n 1)" ]]; then
  echo 'WARNING - The backup process seems to have not started today.'
  exit 1
fi

if egrep "$TODAY|$YESTERDAY" "$backup_log" | grep -q -i 'error'; then
  echo "CRITICAL - ${backup_log} contain error(s)"
  exit 2
fi

if egrep "$TODAY|$YESTERDAY" "$backup_log" | grep -q -i 'warn'; then
  echo "WARNING - ${backup_log} contain warning(s)"
  exit 1
fi

echo "OK - ${backup_log} does not contain any error/warning"
exit 0