timemachine - Time Machine backup status

This plugin check when the most recent backup has been made with Apple Time Machine. It uses the tmutil utility, so the igor user must have the right access privileges to run that.

The following parameters are accepted:

  • name: name of the service (string). This is used as the name of the element in services. Default backup.
  • remoteHost: hostname or ip-address where tmutil is run, using ssh. Default is to run locally.

The status of the backup (including any error messages) is stored in /data/status/services/_name_.

User Interface

There is a user interface page index.html that allows adding of Time Machine service watchers and deleting them again.