Passive service checks w/ alerts on no update?

[Jeff McCombs]

Gang,

    I'm trying to figure out the best way to monitor our NetBackup systems
via Nagios.

    Right now, I've got it setup so that the netBackup backup_exit_notify,
sends updates to services on a per-client basis via nsca. Each host then has
a list of paths that are backed up as a "service", an example of how things
are configured is below..

define service{
        use                     production-cdc
        register                0
        name                    generic-backup-service
        service_description     generic-backup-service
        is_volatile             1
        check_command           check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts      1
        normal_check_interval   1
        retry_check_interval    1
        active_checks_enabled   0
        passive_checks_enabled  1
        check_period            24x7
        obsess_over_service     0
        notification_period     24x7
        notification_options    w,u,c,r
        notifications_enabled   1
        contact_groups          nics-admin
}

Define service{
        use                     generic-backup-service
        service_description     backup on /var
        host_name               hostA.mydomain.com,hostB.mydomain.com
}

    Problem is, is that I'd like to be able to have a fallback position
incase the backup_exit_notify script ever fails to fire off.

    Is there a way to setup Nagios so that "if passive service last update
was > (seconds|minutes|hours|days|weeks|whatever) ago, then generate an
alert" ?

    Is that how freshness thresholds are supposed to be used, or am I way
off base?

    -Jeff

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Jeff McCombs                 |                                    NIC, Inc
Systems Administrator        |                       http://www.nicusa.com
jeffm at nicusa.com             |                                NASDAQ: EGOV
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