diff --git a/check_backup_one b/check_backup_one
index 90e51288e2502b6ce830f77db67673fd9d7dd639..27ac16d22c32213662c57166b656ffef27988b51 100755
--- a/check_backup_one
+++ b/check_backup_one
@@ -11,33 +11,105 @@
 #
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # 2020-07-27  v0.x  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
+# 2023-12-20  v0.2  <axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch>
 # ======================================================================
 
 
-. `dirname $0`/inc_pluginfunctions
+. $(dirname $0)/inc_pluginfunctions
+export self_APPVERSION=0.2
+
+sInstalldir=/opt/imlbackup/server
+sScript=storage_helper.sh
+sMode=
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# FUNCTIONS
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+function showHelp(){
+    local _self; _self=$(basename $0)
+    cat <<EOF
+$( ph.showImlHelpHeader )
+
+Show status of backup server.
+You can get the count of connections or the status of server backup.
+
+See https://os-docs.iml.unibe.ch/iml-backup-server/
+
+SYNTAX:
+$_self [-d DIRECTORY]
+
+OPTIONS:
+    -h or --help   show this help.
+    -d or --dir    set installation dir of iml deployment to find its check skript
+                   default dir: ${sInstalldir}
+                   script: ${sInstalldir}/${sScript}
+    -m or --mode   mode: set type of result; one of status|backupstatus
+                     backupstatus  status of backup sets of all servers
+                     status        count of connected servers
+
+EXAMPLE:
+$_self -m status 
+$_self -m backupstatus 
+
+EOF
+}
 
-myscript=/opt/imlbackup/server/storage_helper.sh
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 # MAIN
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-if [ ! -x $myscript ]; then
-    ph.abort "UNKNOWN: $myscript is not available / executable."
+# --- check param -h
+while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do case $1 in
+    -h|--help)      showHelp; exit 0;;
+    -d|--dir)       sInstalldir=$2; shift ;shift;;
+    -m|--mode)      sMode=$2;
+                    shift ;shift
+                    if ! grep -E "^(status|backupstatus)$" <<< "$sMode" >/dev/null; then
+                        ph.abort "ERROR: unknown mode [$sMode]."
+                    fi
+                    ;;
+    *) echo "ERROR: Unknown parameter: $1"; showHelp; exit 1;
+esac; done
+
+if [ -z "$sMode" ]; then
+    ph.abort "ERROR: The mode was not set. Use parameter -m."
+fi
+
+myscript="$sInstalldir/$sScript"
+
+if [ ! -x "$myscript" ]; then
+    ph.abort "UNKNOWN: $myscript is not available / executable. Use -d to fix the installation dir."
 fi
 
 # --- read data
-tmpfile=$( mktemp )
-$myscript status > $tmpfile
-typeset -i iRunning=`cat $tmpfile | grep "STATUS" | cut -f 2 -d " "`
-typeset -i iMax=`    cat $tmpfile | grep "STATUS" | cut -f 8 -d " " | tr -d '.'`
+data=$( "$myscript" "$sMode" )
+
+case "$sMode" in
+    "backupstatus")
+        typeset -i iTotal;   iTotal=$(  grep "^total : " <<< "$data" | cut -f 2 -d ":" | awk '{ print $1 }' )
+        typeset -i iErrors;  iErrors=$( grep "^errors: " <<< "$data" | cut -f 2 -d ":")
+
+        if [ $iErrors -gt 0 ]; then
+            ph.setStatus critical
+        fi
+        ph.status "Server Backups - $iTotal server - $iErrors errors"
+        echo "$data"
+        
+        ;;
+    "status")
+        typeset -i iRunning; iRunning=$( grep "STATUS" <<< "$data" | cut -f 2 -d " ")
+        typeset -i iMax;     iMax=$(     grep "STATUS" <<< "$data" | cut -f 8 -d " " | tr -d '.')
+
+        # --- status output
+        ph.status "Backups running: $iRunning (max $iMax)"
+        # echo "$data"
 
-# --- status output
-ph.status "Backups running: $iRunning (max $iMax)"
-cat $tmpfile
-rm -f $tmpfile
+        ph.perfadd "running"   "${iRunning}"   "" "" 0 $iMax
+        ;;
+esac
 
-ph.perfadd "running"   "${iRunning}"   "" "" 0 $iMax
 ph.exit
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/check_deployment b/check_deployment
index 9ee8ee58174582637b902931247f2978caf8b98d..a2334e7a387521c7dada1a9717da77062f9234f3 100755
--- a/check_deployment
+++ b/check_deployment
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ esac; done
 
 sChecker=$sInstalldir/check_deployment.sh
 
-if [ ! -x $sChecker ]; then
+if [ ! -x "$sChecker" ]; then
     ph.abort "$sChecker not found - maybe deployment is not installed here. Use param -d to set the install directory."
 fi