How can determine Tape Waiting jobs with Veeam 8

[hgrams]

Hi, at a given point in time I check the environment, if there are still running Copy-To-Tape jobs, e.g. because no tape was inserted. In Veeam 7, I do it on this way:

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Get-VBRTapeJob | ? {$_.GetLastState() -like "WaitingTape"}

With Veeam 8, it doesn't work anymore. Neither the property "GetLastState" seems to be existing nor another property hold such information. How can I do that with Veeam 8?

[veremin]

Just out of curiosity - doesn't the mail notification for this situation added in first patch remove the need of using PS code? Thanks.

[hgrams]

This is not the wanted situation. I don't need a notification. The customer should insert a tape in the evening. After that time nobody is there to react on a notification. Next day at 09a.m. should run a script to determine if any active Copy-to-tape jobs are still running. If yes, abort them.

How can I do this with Veeam 8?

[veremin]

Something like this should answer your requirements:

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Get-VBRTapeJob | where {$_.LastState -eq "WaitingTape"}

As LastState is static parameter (not method), some sort of loop might be needed to actualize data.

Thanks.

[hgrams]

Hi Vladimir

At the moment I have 2 running jobs. The Job "Last-VBK-Files Tu - Fr" has the status "WaitingTape" in the Veeam Console.
When I check tho job via PS, then I get this:

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PS C:\Users\Administrator.HA-HO> $TapeJob = Get-VBRTapeJob -name "Last-VBK-Files Tu - Fr"
PS C:\Users\Administrator.HA-HO> $TapeJob


FullBackupPolicy           : Daily
IncrementalBackupPolicy    : Daily
Object                     : {D:\Copy2Tape-Links}
UseVss                     : False
EjectCurrentMedium         : False
ExportCurrentMediaSet      : False
ExportDays                 : {Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday...}
FullBackupMediaPool        : Day
IncrementalBackupMediaPool : Day
UseHardwareCompression     : False
NextRun                    :
Target                     : Day
Type                       : FileToTape
LastResult                 : Success
LastState                  : Stopped
Id                         : 765d97c3-d7c1-4eeb-bfe1-cca34ee5edaa
Name                       : Last-VBK-Files Tu - Fr
Description                : Copy last Veeam Full-Backup-Files to tape (Tuesday to Friday)

"LastState" reports "Stopped". Where stores Veeam the status "WaitingTape", which is diplayed in Veeam console?

[veremin]

Hmm, looks like a bug. I've notified dev.team about that already. For now you can use the following workaround:

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$Job = Get-VBRTapeJob -name "Last-VBK-Files Tu - Fr"
[Veeam.Backup.Core.CBackupJob]::GetLastState($Job.id)

Thanks.

[hgrams]

Thanks, that works

[veremin]

You're welcome. Feel free to reach us, if additional clarification is needed. Thanks.

[bartvdw]

It seems this is still the case after Patch 1 , any news from Dev ?

Thanks

[veremin]

Patch#1 had been released before we found that bug. If everything goes as expected, it should be addressed in Update 2.

Anyway, feel free to use the provided workaround.

Thanks.

[bartvdw]

Thanks for the feedback! Is there an ETA on Patch 2 ? (just asking)

[veremin]

Yep, it's expected to be released by the end of this month.

[veremin]

Just to let you know. Update 2 is now generally available. Both laststate and lastresult parameters should reflect correct values now. Thanks.

[hgrams]

I tested it with Update 2, it works like expected

[veremin]

You're right both lastresult and laststate parameters are now reflecting proper values. Thank you for confirming that; appreciated.