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define service {
    host_name               backup-server
    service_description     ArcServe Backup Job
    active_checks_enabled   0                   ; active checks are NOT enabled
    passive_checks_enabled  1                   ; passive checks are enabled (this is how results are reported)
    check_freshness         1
    freshness_threshold     93600               ; 26 hour threshold, since backups may not always finish at the same time
    check_command           no-backup-report    ; this command is run only if the service results are "stale"
    other options ...
}

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define command {
    command_name    no-backup-report
    command_line    /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_dummy 2 "CRITICAL: Results of backup job were not reported!"
}