diff --git a/roles/backup/files/pull_remote_backups.sh b/roles/backup/files/pull_remote_backups.sh
index 24edf1f..2cb728b 100644
--- a/roles/backup/files/pull_remote_backups.sh
+++ b/roles/backup/files/pull_remote_backups.sh
@@ -3,20 +3,47 @@
 #
 #
 
+# Fail fast and be aware of exit codes
+set -euo pipefail
+
 # Define some variables
+DATE=$(date +%F)
+DATE_TIME=$(date +%F_%H:%M)
 REMOTE_SYSTEM_USER=backupuser
 DATABASE_SERVER_IP=$1
 STAGE=$2
 DATABASE_ENGINE=$3
 DEST_DIR=${HOME}/backups/${STAGE}/${DATABASE_ENGINE}
+BACKUP_STATUS_FILE=${DEST_DIR}/${DATE}/backup_finished_${DATE}_*
+METRICS_FILE=${HOME}/backup_status_${DATABASE_ENGINE}.prom
+LOG_FILE=${DEST_DIR}/backup_${DATE_TIME}.log
+
+# Redirect stderr to stdout and save everything to log file
+exec > ${LOG_FILE} 2>&1
 
-# Exit on ${DEST_DIR} not found
-[ ! -d "$DEST_DIR" ] && exit 1
+# Log backup sync start time
+echo "----- Start backup Sync - ${DATE_TIME} -----"
+
+# Create backup directory ${DEST_DIR} if not exist
+mkdir -p ${DEST_DIR}
 
 # Remove files oder than 48h in ${DEST_DIR}
 find $DEST_DIR -type d -mtime +1 -print0 | xargs -I OLD_DIR -0 rm -rf "OLD_DIR"
 [ "$?" != "0" ] && exit 1
 
-# Create backup directory ${DEST_DIR} if not exist and rsync from ${DATABASE_SERVER_IP} to ${DEST_DIR}/
-mkdir -p ${DEST_DIR}
+# Start rsync job from ${DATABASE_SERVER_IP} to ${DEST_DIR}/
 rsync -av --remove-source-files -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" ${REMOTE_SYSTEM_USER}@${DATABASE_SERVER_IP}:/backups/${DATABASE_ENGINE}/ ${DEST_DIR}/
+[ "$?" -eq "0" ] && NIGHTLY_BACKUP_SUCCESSFUL="0" || NIGHTLY_BACKUP_SUCCESSFUL="1"
+
+# Check existence of current ${BACKUP_STATUS_FILE}, which is created by AWX, in case of succesful database backup only.
+[ -f ${BACKUP_STATUS_FILE} ] && NIGHTLY_BACKUP_SUCCESSFUL="0" || NIGHTLY_BACKUP_SUCCESSFUL="1"
+
+# Add backup status to Prometheus metrics file
+cat <<EOF > $METRICS_FILE
+# HELP nightly_backup_successful_${DATABASE_ENGINE}
+# TYPE nightly_backup_successful_${DATABASE_ENGINE} gauge
+nightly_backup_successful_${DATABASE_ENGINE}{stage="$STAGE"} $NIGHTLY_BACKUP_SUCCESSFUL
+EOF
+
+# Log backup sync end time
+echo "----- End backup Sync - ${DATE_TIME} -----"
diff --git a/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml b/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
index 4db1552..aa66181 100644
--- a/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/backup/tasks/main.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     shell: /bin/bash
   register: create_user
 
-
 - name: "Create .ssh dir and backups dir"
   become: yes
   file:
@@ -32,8 +31,6 @@
     lvm_with_hetzner_volumes__volcount: "{{ backup_lvm_hcloudvol_count }}"
     lvm_with_hetzner_volumes__mountpath: "{{ backup_lvm_hcloudvol_mountpath }}"
 
-
-
 - name: "Providing SSH priv.key"
   no_log: true
   become: yes
@@ -64,9 +61,36 @@
     owner: '{{ system_user }}'
     group: '{{ system_user }}'
 
+- name: Touch backup_status_maria.prom if not exists
+  file:
+    path: "/home/{{ system_user }}/backup_status_maria.prom"
+    state: touch
+    mode: '0744'
+    owner: '{{ system_user }}'
+    group: '{{ system_user }}'
+
+- name: Touch backup_status_postgres.prom if not exists
+  file:
+    path: "/home/{{ system_user }}/backup_status_postgres.prom"
+    state: touch
+    mode: '0744'
+    owner: '{{ system_user }}'
+    group: '{{ system_user }}'
+
 - name: Create symbolic link for node_exporter text metrics
   file:
     src: "/home/{{ system_user }}/metrics.prom"
     dest: "/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/offsite-metrics.prom"
     state: link
 
+- name: Create symbolic link for node_exporter text metrics backup_status_maria
+  file:
+    src: "/home/{{ system_user }}/backup_status_maria.prom"
+    dest: "/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/backup_status_maria.prom"
+    state: link
+
+- name: Create symbolic link for node_exporter text metrics backup_status_postgres
+  file:
+    src: "/home/{{ system_user }}/backup_status_postgres.prom"
+    dest: "/var/lib/prometheus/node-exporter/backup_status_postgres.prom"
+    state: link
diff --git a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2 b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
index 12a91a0..4495365 100644
--- a/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
+++ b/templates/prometheus/config/prometheus/alert.rules.j2
@@ -129,6 +129,26 @@ groups:
       summary: "Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> backup failed."
       description: "backup failed."
 
+  - alert: nightly_backup_failed_maria
+    expr: nightly_backup_successful_maria > 0 or absent(nightly_backup_successful_maria)
+    for: 2m
+    labels:
+      severity: critical
+    annotations:
+      identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
+      summary: "Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> nightly backup failed."
+      description: "MariaDB backup failed."
+
+  - alert: nightly_backup_failed_postgres
+    expr: nightly_backup_successful_postgres > 0 or absent(nightly_backup_successful_postgres)
+    for: 2m
+    labels:
+      severity: critical
+    annotations:
+      identifier: '{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}'
+      summary: "Instance <{{ '{{' }} $labels.instance {{ '}}' }}> nightly backup failed."
+      description: "PostgreSQL backup failed."
+
   - alert: megaraid_smart_errors
     expr: megaraid_smart_errors > 1
     for: 2m