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+#!/usr/bin/env ksh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) check_hpux_drd_status.sh
+#******************************************************************************
+# @(#) Copyright (C) 2018 by KUDOS BVBA (info@kudos.be).  All rights reserved.
+#
+# This program is a free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the same terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+# ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+# FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details
+#******************************************************************************
+#
+# DOCUMENTATION (MAIN)
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# @(#) MAIN: check_hpux_drd_status
+# DOES: see _show_usage()
+# EXPECTS: see _show_usage()
+# REQUIRES: data_space2comma(), data_get_lvalue_from_config(), data_date2epoch(),
+#           data_lc(), data_strip_space(), data_strip_outer_space(),
+#           dump_logs(), init_hc(), log_hc(), warn()
+#
+# @(#) HISTORY:
+# @(#) 2018-05-11: initial version [Patrick Van der Veken]
+# @(#) 2018-05-20: added dump_logs() [Patrick Van der Veken]
+# @(#) 2018-10-18: changed boot status [Patrick Van der Veken]
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# DO NOT CHANGE THIS FILE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!
+#******************************************************************************
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function check_hpux_drd_status
+{
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION starts here -------------------------
+typeset _CONFIG_FILE="${CONFIG_DIR}/$0.conf"
+typeset _DRD_BIN="/opt/drd/bin/drd"
+typeset _VERSION="2018-10-18"                           # YYYY-MM-DD
+typeset _SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS="HP-UX"                    # uname -s match
+# ------------------------- CONFIGURATION ends here ---------------------------
+
+# set defaults
+(( ARG_DEBUG != 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && set ${DEBUG_OPTS}
+init_hc "$0" "${_SUPPORTED_PLATFORMS}" "${_VERSION}"
+typeset _ARGS=$(data_space2comma "$*")
+typeset _ARG=""
+typeset _MSG=""
+typeset _STC=0
+typeset _RC=0
+typeset _CHECK_CLONE=""
+typeset _CHECK_SYNC=""
+typeset _CLONE_MAX_AGE=30
+typeset _SYNC_MAX_AGE=30
+typeset _CLONE_DISK=""
+typeset _ORIGINAL_DISK=""
+typeset _ACTIVE_DISK=""
+typeset _BOOTED_DISK=""
+typeset _NOW_EPOCH=""
+typeset _EFI_CLONE=""
+typeset _EFI_ORIGINAL=""
+typeset _CLONE_DATE=""
+typeset _CLONE_YEAR=""
+typeset _CLONE_MONTH=""
+typeset _CLONE_DAY=""
+typeset _CLONE_HOUR=""
+typeset _CLONE_MINUTE=""
+typeset _CLONE_SECOND=""
+typeset _CLONE_EPOCH=""
+typeset _SYNC_DATE=""
+typeset _SYNC_YEAR=""
+typeset _SYNC_MONTH=""
+typeset _SYNC_DAY=""
+typeset _SYNC_HOUR=""
+typeset _SYNC_MINUTE=""
+typeset _SYNC_SECOND=""
+typeset _SYNC_EPOCH=""
+
+# handle arguments (originally comma-separated)
+for _ARG in ${_ARGS}
+do
+    case "${_ARG}" in
+        help)
+            _show_usage $0 ${_VERSION} ${_CONFIG_FILE} && return 0
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+# handle configuration file
+[[ -n "${ARG_CONFIG_FILE}" ]] && _CONFIG_FILE="${ARG_CONFIG_FILE}"
+if [[ ! -r ${_CONFIG_FILE} ]]
+then
+    warn "unable to read configuration file at ${_CONFIG_FILE}"
+    return 1
+fi
+# read required configuration values
+_CHECK_CLONE=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'check_clone')
+if [[ -z "${_CHECK_CLONE}" ]]
+then
+    # default
+    _CHECK_CLONE="yes"
+fi
+_CLONE_MAX_AGE=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'clone_age')
+_CHECK_SYNC=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'check_sync')
+if [[ -z "${_CHECK_SYNC}" ]]
+then
+    # default
+    _CHECK_SYNC="yes"
+fi
+_SYNC_MAX_AGE=$(_CONFIG_FILE="${_CONFIG_FILE}" data_get_lvalue_from_config 'sync_age')
+
+# get drd status
+if [[ ! -x ${_DRD_BIN} ]]
+then
+    warn "${_DRD_BIN} is not installed here"
+    return 1
+else
+    log "executing {${_DRD_BIN}} ..."
+    # drd outputs on STDERR
+    ${_DRD_BIN} status >${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>&1
+    _RC=$?
+fi
+
+# check drd status
+if (( _RC == 0 )) && (( $(grep -c -E -e ".*Information succeeded.*" ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null) > 0 ))
+then
+    # convert NOW to epoch (pass date values as unquoted parameters)
+    #_NOW_EPOCH=$(data_date2epoch "$(date '+%Y')" "$(date '+%m')" "$(date '+%d')" "$(date '+%H')" "$(date '+%M')" "$(date '+%S')")
+    _NOW_EPOCH=$(data_date2epoch $(date '+%Y %m %d %H %M %S'))
+
+    # get devices
+    _ORIGINAL_DISK=$(data_strip_space "$(grep "Original Disk:" ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')")
+    _CLONE_DISK=$(data_strip_space "$(grep 'Clone Disk:' ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')")
+
+    _BOOTED_DISK=$(grep "Booted Disk:" ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d'(' | cut -f1 -d ')')
+    _ACTIVE_DISK=$(grep "Activated Disk:" ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d'(' | cut -f1 -d ')')
+
+    # check boot status: after a fresh clone -> booted == activated == original
+    if [[ "${_ORIGINAL_DISK}" = "${_BOOTED_DISK}" ]] &&
+        [[ "${_ORIGINAL_DISK}" = "${_ACTIVE_DISK}" ]] &&
+        [[ "${_BOOTED_DISK}"  = "${_ACTIVE_DISK}" ]]
+    then
+        _MSG="host was booted from original disk (${_ACTIVE_DISK})"
+        log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+    else
+        _MSG="host was booted from clone disk (${_ACTIVE_DISK})"
+        log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+    fi
+
+    # check EFI status
+    _EFI_CLONE=$(data_strip_outer_space "$(grep 'Clone EFI Partition:' ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')")
+    if [[ "${_EFI_CLONE}" = "AUTO file present, Boot loader present" ]]
+    then
+        _MSG="clone disk ${_CLONE_DISK} has a bootable EFI partition"
+        log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+    else
+        _MSG="clone disk ${_CLONE_DISK} does not have a bootable EFI partition"
+        log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+    fi
+    _EFI_ORIGINAL=$(data_strip_outer_space "$(grep 'Original EFI Partition:' ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')")
+    if [[ "${_EFI_ORIGINAL}" = "AUTO file present, Boot loader present" ]]
+    then
+        _MSG="original disk ${_ORIGINAL_DISK} has a bootable EFI partition"
+        log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+    else
+        _MSG="original disk ${_ORIGINAL_DISK} does not have a bootable EFI partition"
+        log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+    fi
+
+    # check clone age
+    if [[ $(data_lc "${_CHECK_CLONE}") = "yes" ]]
+    then
+        # e.g.: 05/10/18 16:52:21 METDST (always in US format)
+        _CLONE_DATE=$(data_strip_outer_space "$(grep 'Clone Creation Date:' ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2- -d':')")
+
+        if [[ "${_CLONE_DATE}" != "None" ]]
+        then
+            # split into year/month/day/hour/minute/second
+            _CLONE_YEAR=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f3 -d'/')
+            _CLONE_MONTH=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 -d'/')
+            _CLONE_DAY=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d'/')
+
+            _CLONE_HOUR=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 -d':')
+            _CLONE_MINUTE=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')
+            _CLONE_SECOND=$(print "${_CLONE_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f3 -d':')
+
+            # convert _CLONE_DATE to epoch
+            _CLONE_EPOCH=$(data_date2epoch "20${_CLONE_YEAR}" "${_CLONE_MONTH}" "${_CLONE_DAY}" "${_CLONE_HOUR}" "${_CLONE_MINUTE}" "${_CLONE_SECOND}")
+
+            # check age
+            if (( _CLONE_EPOCH > (_NOW_EPOCH - (_CLONE_MAX_AGE * 24 * 60 * 60)) ))
+            then
+                _MSG="clone age is younger than ${_CLONE_MAX_AGE} days [${_CLONE_DATE}]"
+                log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+            else
+                _MSG="clone age is older than ${_CLONE_MAX_AGE} days [${_CLONE_DATE}]"
+                log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+            fi
+        else
+            _MSG="clone has not yet been created"
+            log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+        fi
+    else
+        log "not checking age of clone (see ${_CONFIG_FILE})"
+    fi
+
+    # check sync age
+    if [[ $(data_lc "${_CHECK_SYNC}") = "yes" ]]
+    then
+        # e.g.: 05/10/18 16:52:21 METDST (always in US format)
+        _SYNC_DATE=$(data_strip_outer_space "$(grep 'Last Sync Date:' ${HC_STDOUT_LOG} 2>/dev/null | cut -f2- -d':')")
+
+        if [[ "${_SYNC_DATE}" != "None" ]]
+        then
+            # split into year/month/day/hour/minute/second
+            _SYNC_YEAR=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f3 -d'/')
+            _SYNC_MONTH=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 -d'/')
+            _SYNC_DAY=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $1 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d'/')
+
+            _SYNC_HOUR=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f1 -d':')
+            _SYNC_MINUTE=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f2 -d':')
+            _SYNC_SECOND=$(print "${_SYNC_DATE}" | awk '{ print $2 }' 2>/dev/null | cut -f3 -d':')
+
+            # convert _SYNC_DATE to epoch
+            _SYNC_EPOCH=$(data_date2epoch "20${_SYNC_YEAR}" "${_SYNC_MONTH}" "${_SYNC_DAY}" "${_SYNC_HOUR}" "${_SYNC_MINUTE}" "${_SYNC_SECOND}")
+
+            # check age
+            if (( _SYNC_EPOCH > (_NOW_EPOCH - (_SYNC_MAX_AGE * 24 * 60 * 60)) ))
+            then
+                _MSG="sync age is younger than ${_SYNC_MAX_AGE} days [${_SYNC_DATE}]"
+                log_hc "$0" 0 "${_MSG}"
+            else
+                _MSG="sync age is older than ${_SYNC_MAX_AGE} days [${_SYNC_DATE}]"
+                log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+            fi
+        else
+            _MSG="sync has not yet been executed"
+            log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+        fi
+    else
+        log "not checking age of sync (see ${_CONFIG_FILE})"
+    fi
+else
+    _MSG="unable to run command: {${_DRD_BIN}}"
+    log_hc "$0" 1 "${_MSG}"
+    # dump debug info
+    (( ARG_DEBUG != 0 && ARG_DEBUG_LEVEL > 0 )) && dump_logs
+    return 1
+fi
+
+return 0
+}
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function _show_usage
+{
+cat <<- EOT
+NAME    : $1
+VERSION : $2
+CONFIG  : $3 with:
+            check_clone=<yes|no>
+            clone_age=<max_age_of_clone_in_days>
+            check_sync=<yes|no>
+            sync_age=<max_age_of_sync_in_days>
+PURPOSE : Checks whether the DRD clone was correctly created
+          Checks for correct EFI partitions
+          Checks the age of the DRD clone and/or sync
+
+EOT
+
+return 0
+}
+
+#******************************************************************************
+# END of script
+#******************************************************************************