= Bacula Storage Daemon statistics = == About == The [source:bacula_sd] plugin allows the [http://munin.projects.linpro.no/ munin] monitor to graph statistics of the [http://www.bacula.org Bacula] backup system. The bacula_sd plugin specifically charts the write throughput of the configured bacula-sd devices. The plugin works by calling the bconsole program and screen scraping the output. == Screenshot == [[Image(Images:bacula_sd-day.png, nolink)]] == Download == [https://trac.bawue.org/munin/browser/bacula_sd?format=txt bacula_sd] == Installation == 1. Make sure the bconsole binary is accessible in your path and the status command works as expected. 1. Copy or link the bacula_sd script into your munin-node plugin directory, usually {{{/etc/munin/plugins}}}. 1. Configure the munin-node to run the bacula_sd plugin as user root or another user able to execute bconsole and connect to the director: {{{ [bacula_*] user root }}} 1. If you want the munin plugin to output the hostname of the storage daemon, set the munin environment variable report_hostname to yes: {{{ [bacula_*] user root env.report_hostname yes }}} 1. Test the plugin by calling {{{munin-run bacula_sd config}}} and by executing {{{munin-run bacula_sd}}}. Both commands should output sensible data without failing. == Notes == * The plugin is best run on the same system as the director. This way, no network latency is introduced into the measurement as the connection is considered to be local. * Due to the nature of bconsole, the reported write speed at the beginning and the end of a backup job might be a bit off. In reality however, the monitored speed matches up nicely with the write throughput reported by bacula at the end of a spooling run. * Due to the same design limit and the low sampling accurace tape changes will introduce a certain impreciseness. For system monitoring purposes however this should be negligible. == Author == The munin plugin was written by Andreas Thienemann for [http://www.bawue.net bawue.net]. == License == The code is available as free software under the [wiki:GPL2 GPL Version 2]. == Bugs and Contact == In case of bugs, please either [https://trac.bawue.org/munin/newticket open a ticket] in this Trac instance or write to .