CheckTaskSched

Check status of your scheduled jobs.

List of commands

A list of all available queries (check commands)

Command	Description
check_tasksched	Check status of scheduled jobs.
checktasksched	Legacy version of check_tasksched

Queries

A quick reference for all available queries (check commands) in the CheckTaskSched module.

check_tasksched

Check status of scheduled jobs.

Usage

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Default check via NRPE::

check_nrpe --host 192.168.56.103 --command check_tasksched
/test: 1 != 0|'test'=1;0;0

Usage

Option	Default Value	Description
filter	enabled = 1	Filter which marks interesting items.
warning	exit_code != 0	Filter which marks items which generates a warning state.
warn		Short alias for warning
critical	exit_code < 0	Filter which marks items which generates a critical state.
crit		Short alias for critical.
ok		Filter which marks items which generates an ok state.
debug	N/A	Show debugging information in the log
show-all	N/A	Show details for all matches regardless of status (normally details are only showed for warnings and criticals).
empty-state	warning	Return status to use when nothing matched filter.
perf-config		Performance data generation configuration
escape-html	N/A	Escape any < and > characters to prevent HTML encoding
help	N/A	Show help screen (this screen)
help-pb	N/A	Show help screen as a protocol buffer payload
show-default	N/A	Show default values for a given command
help-short	N/A	Show help screen (short format).
top-syntax	${status}: ${problem_list}	Top level syntax.
ok-syntax	%(status): All tasks are ok	ok syntax.
empty-syntax	%(status): No tasks found	Empty syntax.
detail-syntax	${folder}/${title}: ${exit_code} != 0	Detail level syntax.
perf-syntax	${title}	Performance alias syntax.
force-old	N/A	The name of the computer that you want to connect to.
computer		The name of the computer that you want to connect to.
user		The user name that is used during the connection to the computer.
domain		The domain of the user specified in the user parameter.
password		The password that is used to connect to the computer. If the user name and password are not specified, then the current token is used.
folder		The folder in which the tasks to check reside.
recursive		Recurse sub folder (defaults to true).

### filter

Deafult Value: enabled = 1

Description: Filter which marks interesting items. Interesting items are items which will be included in the check. They do not denote warning or critical state instead it defines which items are relevant and you can remove unwanted items. Available options :

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### warning

Deafult Value: exit_code != 0

Description: Filter which marks items which generates a warning state. If anything matches this filter the return status will be escalated to warning. Available options :

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### warn

Description: Short alias for warning

### critical

Deafult Value: exit_code < 0

Description: Filter which marks items which generates a critical state. If anything matches this filter the return status will be escalated to critical. Available options :

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### crit

Description: Short alias for critical.

### ok

Description: Filter which marks items which generates an ok state. If anything matches this any previous state for this item will be reset to ok. Available options :

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### debug

Description: Show debugging information in the log

### show-all

Description: Show details for all matches regardless of status (normally details are only showed for warnings and criticals).

### empty-state

Deafult Value: warning

Description: Return status to use when nothing matched filter. If no filter is specified this will never happen unless the file is empty.

### perf-config

Description: Performance data generation configuration TODO: obj ( key: value; key: value) obj (key:valuer;key:value)

### escape-html

Description: Escape any < and > characters to prevent HTML encoding

### help

Description: Show help screen (this screen)

### help-pb

Description: Show help screen as a protocol buffer payload

### show-default

Description: Show default values for a given command

### help-short

Description: Show help screen (short format).

### top-syntax

Deafult Value: ${status}: ${problem_list}

Description: Top level syntax. Used to format the message to return can include text as well as special keywords which will include information from the checks. To add a keyword to the message you can use two syntaxes either ${keyword} or %(keyword) (there is no difference between them apart from ${} can be difficult to excpae on linux). The available keywords are:

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.

### ok-syntax

Deafult Value: %(status): All tasks are ok

Description: ok syntax. DEPRECATED! This is the syntax for when an ok result is returned. This value will not be used if your syntax contains %(list) or %(count).

### empty-syntax

Deafult Value: %(status): No tasks found

Description: Empty syntax. DEPRECATED! This is the syntax for when nothing matches the filter. Possible values are:

Key	Value
count	Number of items matching the filter. Common option for all checks.
total	Total number of items. Common option for all checks.
ok_count	Number of items matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_count	Number of items matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_count	Number of items matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_count	Number of items matched either warning or critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
list	A list of all items which matched the filter. Common option for all checks.
ok_list	A list of all items which matched the ok criteria. Common option for all checks.
warn_list	A list of all items which matched the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
crit_list	A list of all items which matched the critical criteria. Common option for all checks.
problem_list	A list of all items which matched either the critical or the warning criteria. Common option for all checks.
detail_list	A special list with critical, then warning and finally ok. Common option for all checks.
status	The returned status (OK/WARN/CRIT/UNKNOWN). Common option for all checks.

### detail-syntax

Deafult Value: ${folder}/${title}: ${exit_code} != 0

Description: Detail level syntax. Used to format each resulting item in the message. %(list) will be replaced with all the items formated by this syntax string in the top-syntax. To add a keyword to the message you can use two syntaxes either ${keyword} or %(keyword) (there is no difference between them apart from ${} can be difficult to excpae on linux). The available keywords are:

Key	Value
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### perf-syntax

Deafult Value: ${title}

Description: Performance alias syntax. This is the syntax for the base names of the performance data. Possible values are:

Key	Value
application	Retrieves the name of the application that the task is associated with.
comment	Retrieves the comment or description for the work item.
creator	Retrieves the creator of the work item.
enabled	TODO.
exit_code	Retrieves the work item's last exit code.
folder	The task folder
has_run	True if the task has ever executed.
max_run_time	Retrieves the maximum length of time the task can run.
most_recent_run_time	Retrieves the most recent time the work item began running.
parameters	Retrieves the command-line parameters of a task.
priority	Retrieves the priority for the task.
task_status	Retrieves the status of the work item.
title	The task title
working_directory	Retrieves the working directory of the task.

### force-old

Description: The name of the computer that you want to connect to.

### computer

Description: The name of the computer that you want to connect to.

### user

Description: The user name that is used during the connection to the computer.

### domain

Description: The domain of the user specified in the user parameter.

### password

Description: The password that is used to connect to the computer. If the user name and password are not specified, then the current token is used.

### folder

Description: The folder in which the tasks to check reside.

### recursive

Description: Recurse sub folder (defaults to true).

checktasksched

Legacy version of check_tasksched

Usage

Option	Default Value	Description
help	N/A	Show help screen (this screen)
help-pb	N/A	Show help screen as a protocol buffer payload
show-default	N/A	Show default values for a given command
help-short	N/A	Show help screen (short format).
warn		Warning bounds.
crit		Critical bounds.
MaxWarn		Maximum value before a warning is returned.
MaxCrit		Maximum value before a critical is returned.
MinWarn		Minimum value before a warning is returned.
MinCrit		Minimum value before a critical is returned.
Counter		The time to check
truncate		Deprecated option
syntax		Syntax (same as detail-syntax in the check_tasksched check)
master-syntax		Master Syntax (same as top-syntax in the check_tasksched check)
filter		Filter (same as filter in the check_tasksched check)
debug	N/A	Filter (same as filter in the check_tasksched check)