Copy a bunch of Backup Job to New Jobs

[jmc]

hello @,

i have approx. 100 backup jobs and i want to create new once from this existing under new name - might be a new suffix. i need this for changing the backup repository without removing the old backups from database.

i'm searching on a script to take one by one backup job, give it a new name like job-01 as original and job-new-01 after copy.

thanks
jeff

[Sethbartlett]

I will take a look this weekend and see what can be done. Do you need the whole job copied, VMs in the job included, etc?

[jmc]

hello seth,

that would be very nice. YES, everything should be copied. after this copy i will change the backup repository in each job.
ok, the best way would be to define the new repository in this script.

when you have enough waste time
you can define also the compression ratio and the storage optimization.

thanks
jeff

[ThomasMc]

This should be everything apart from renaming the original job, have a play about with it in the lab and if anything needs changed just say the word

Usage;

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#Define job and repo
PS C:\> $job = Get-VBRJob -Name "Backup Job 4"
PS C:\> $repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Offsite Repo"

#Copy Backup Job 4 on Offsite Repo with Best Compression and Wan Target
PS C:\> Copy-vPCViBackupJob $job $repo " Wan Backup" "Best" "Wan"

#Copy Backup Job 4 on Onsite Repo with Optimal Compression and Lan Target
PS C:\> Copy-vPCViBackupJob $job "Onsite Repo" " Lan Backup" "Optimal" "Lan"

#Copy Backup Job 5 on Default Backup Repository with Low Compression and Local Target
PS C:\> Copy-vPCViBackupJob "Backup Job 5" "Default Backup Repository" " Local Backup" "Low" "Local"


Script;

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function Copy-vPCViBackupJob {
   param(
      [PsObject]$job,
      [PsObject]$repo,
      [String]$newString = " Copy",
      [String]$CompressionLevel,
      [String]$StgBlockSize
      )
   Begin {
      # Check the job and repo param, if string then retrive objects
      if($Job.getType().Name -eq [String]){
         $Job = Get-VBRJob -Name $Job
      }
      if ($repo -ne $null) {
         if($repo.getType().Name -eq [String]){
            $repo = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name $Repo
         }
      }
      else {
         $repo = $job.FindTargetRepository()
      }
      # Array to hold the VI Entities we will be adding to the job
      $ViEntities = @()
      # Fetch the job objects we want to clone to the new job
      $jobObjects = $job.GetObjectsInJob()
      $jobOptions = $job.GetOptions()
      if ($CompressionLevel.ToString().Trim() -ne "") {
         if ($CompressionLevel.ToLower() -eq "best") {
            $Compval = 9
         }
         elseif ($CompressionLevel.ToLower() -eq "optimal") {
            $Compval = 6
         }
         elseif ($CompressionLevel.ToLower() -eq "low") {
            $Compval = 4
         }
         elseif ($CompressionLevel.ToLower() -eq "none") {
            $Compval = 0
         }
         
         $jobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.CompressionLevel = $Compval
      }
      if ($StgBlockSize.ToString().Trim() -ne "") {
         if ($StgBlockSize.ToLower() -eq "local") {
            $Stgval = "KbBlockSize1024"
         }
         elseif ($StgBlockSize.ToLower() -eq "lan") {
            $Stgval = "KbBlockSize512"
         }
         elseif ($StgBlockSize.ToLower() -eq "wan") {
            $Stgval = "KbBlockSize256"
         }
         
         $jobOptions.BackupStorageOptions.StgBlockSize = $Stgval
      }
      $jobVSS = $job.GetVssOptions()
      $jobSchedule = $job.GetScheduleOptions()
      # Set the new job name
      $newJobName = $job.Name + $newString
   }
   Process {
      # loop through the job objects and find the ViEntity
      foreach ($vm in $jobObjects) {
         $vmObj = $vm.GetObject().Info
         $viPathAry = $vmObj.Path.Split("\")
         $viServer = Get-VBRServer -Name $viPathAry[0]
         $ViEntities += Find-VBRViEntity -Server $viServer -Name $vm.Name
      }
      # Add the new Vi Backup Job
      Add-VBRViBackupJob -Name $newJobName -BackupRepository $repo -Entity $ViEntities | Out-Null
      # Set the options to the new job
      $newJob = Get-VBRJob -Name $newJobName
      $newJob.SetOptions($jobOptions) | Out-Null
      $newJob.SetVssOptions($jobVSS) | Out-Null
      
      $newJob | Set-VBRJobScheduleOptions -Options $jobSchedule | Out-Null
      

   }
   End {
      # Return the new job
      $newJob
   }
}


*Note: no per VM VSS is copied only the default VSS, V6 only

[jmc]

hello thomas,

great script and VERY usefull. that's exact what i searched.

thx so much.
jeff

[ThomasMc]

Your welcome