Get tape content via powershell

[hgrams]

Hi, is there a possibility to get the content of the stored data on tape? It is possible to get these information via Veeam shell. What I need is to get this information via script, e.g. to list all backed up files for all tapes of a media pool.

[veremin]

What type of tape job you're using? Backups to tape or files to tape one? Thanks.

[hgrams]

I use "File copy to tape".

[veremin]

Below is what I was able to come up with. The script lists file name, along with its parent folder and current location (backup set name):

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Find-VBRTapeCatalog | select {$_.Parent.Path.Parent.Path}, name, {$_.Versions.location} 

Thanks.

[hgrams]

Thanx for advice. Is it possible to get a relation to the used tape name. I use 30 to 40 different tapes, to looking for the right tape is very difficult. That would be great.

[veremin]

Can you ask why you need this sort of information? For restores? If so, wouldn't it be better to use the "Files" tree? There you can drill down to the required file or folder, right-click on it, go to "Restore Points" tab and see on what mediums the file resides. Thanks.

[hgrams]

It is more for reporting to show the customer which granularity of points in time it's possible to restore and which tapes are neccessary.

[veremin]

You can try to use something like the following and see whether it gives you what you're after:

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Foreach ($TapeCatalog in Find-VBRTapeCatalog)
{
$TapeCatalog.Parent.Path.Parent.Path, $TapeCatalog.name, (Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.mediafamilyitem.id -eq $TapeCatalog.Versions.Parts.backupset.MediaFamilyId} | select barcode)  
}

I've tested it roughly, so, please, double check whether you get correct information (path, file, barcode, etc.).

Thanks.

[hgrams]

Thank you for the input. That is quite similar what I want. The rest is formatting.

[darkhorse]

Afternoon,

Summary of requirement.
I have external group who would like to know What Tapes (in this case VTL's) have certain data on them.
So can I using Powershell maybe list the Tape written to with Date stamps. Like find-vbrtapecatalog but with the Tapes Labels as-well?

ie here it displays backed up source time but not the Tape each is on.

Name Path Created Date Size Restore Points
---- ---- ------------ ---- --------------
test.txt F:\ 1/05/2014 12:55:09 ... 175.9 GB 1
adc-emc1-irmf2014-03-06T150... D:\backup\adc-emc1-irmf 6/03/2014 3:00:33 p.m. 16.1 GB 1
adc-emc1-irmf2014-03-22T220... D:\backup\adc-emc1-irmf 22/03/2014 10:06:54... 16.2 GB 1


Cheers

[veremin]

Hi, Craig,

Kindly, try the script provided above and see whether it answers your requirements.

Thanks.

[CeeAr]

What type of tape job you're using? Backups to tape or files to tape one? Thanks.

Hi,

is there a way to get these file information for "backup to tape" jobs? I'm trying to find a way to get all tapes with latest full.

Thanks
Chris

[veremin]

Hi, Chris,

Do you have Veeam ONE deployed? Have you tried report called "Tape backup" in order to get that information?

Thanks.

[CeeAr]

Hi,

no we don't. So there is no "powershell-way" ? Anyhow Veeam ONE looks promising.

Chris

[veremin]

The script provided above should work fine for both file to tape and backup to tape jobs. You can modify it a bit to make output look a bit better, though:

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foreach ($TapeCatalog in Find-VBRTapeCatalog)
{ 
$Info = ($TapeCatalog | select Name), ((Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.mediafamilyitem.id -eq $TapeCatalog.Versions.Parts.backupset.MediaFamilyId}) | select barcode)  
$Info | Format-Table -Property Name, Barcode
}

Thanks.

[ekisner]

My goal is to extend an existing powershell function, which provides me with the most recent replica, incremental, and full backup point for each VM.

I would like to also know the most recent backup point for a VM stored on my assorted media pools (incremental, weekly, and monthly). The specific values I will end up obtaining will be the backup file name, the tape it is stored on, and when it got on that tape.

After parsing the results into HTML, I've got an at-a-glance view of all of my most recent restore points for each VM, showing me the viability of each method of recovery.

To that effect, I started searching. It looks as though Find-VBRTapeCatalog would be the place to start, however I see that is deprecated with no mention of a new command to use in its place. To make matters worse, it throws an error when I run that command:
No files found in the backup set <UUID> where <UUID> is a nice long alphanumeric

Not really seeking help yet for that error, I have a pretty good idea of what needs to happen there (find the backup set, and remove it if it's harmless - which it probably is).

I'm using a backup-to-tape job.

Does anyone have any suggestions where to start? I'd love for my function to be good past version 8.

[veremin]

If you don't happen to have Veeam ONE deployed, take a look at the scripts provided above and see whether they meet your expectations. Thanks.

[ekisner]

Thanks Vladimir, I did indeed see them. My question was moreso based on what command is replacing Find-VBRTapeCatalog?

[veremin]

Currently, there is no alternative to the said commandlet. It has deprecated label, because the tape PS model has been revised seriously in version 8 and some remnants of obsolete model have been marked as deprecated.

Thanks.

[vash3g]

I am trying to find the correct commands for a post backup script for one of my tape jobs. I created this job for archiving old user profiles to tape so this is just a bunch of zip and pst files to archive. I would like to get a report after it is run to provide me with the tape ID and file contents from that. There is only one tape for that media pool at any time. The file contents would be a huge boon for this.

[veremin]

Check the script provided above and see whether it meets your expectations. Thanks.

[vash3g]

Apparently I have a backup set with no files in it and its throwing an error. How can I check to see what that job has an error with?

[veremin]

Not sure whether I got your question, are you saying that you get an error when running the provided script against your backup server? What particular error you get?

[vash3g]

Find-VBRTapeCatalog : No files found in the backup set a298209f-760a-4fd4-b6ff-07cc5c153988
At line:1 char:26
+ foreach ($TapeCatalog in Find-VBRTapeCatalog)
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Find-VBRTapeCatalog], Exception
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.Exception,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Command.FindVBRTapeCatalog

[veremin]

You can find job with failed session, using the following commandlet:

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foreach ($Job in Get-VBRTapeJob)
{
if ((Get-VBRSession -Job $Job -Result Failed) -ne $Null){$Job.name}
}

However, what happens if you make the mentioned code silently continue if case it comes across an error by adding the corresponding parameter:

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Find-VBRTapeCatalog -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Thanks.

[LeoKurz]

Hello,

I'm trying to find the restore point of a certain VM that can be found on tape. Any idea? VErsion 8 with Update 2

__Leo

[veremin]

Hi, Leo,

Your post has been merged into existing discussion talking about similar matter.

By the way, don't you have a Veeam ONE deployed? If so, kindly, see the Tape Report which should answer your requirements.

Thanks.

[ccatlett1984]

This relates to my other thread:
http://forums.veeam.com/powershell-f26/ ... 31312.html

I haven't been able to find a cmdlet to pull the list of files that were backed up in a tape session.

[veremin]

Check the answers provided above and see whether the script answers your requirements.

[aagrapart]

Hello,

Is there a Find-VBRTapeCatalog cmdlet substitution in the V9 version or is it planned in the v9.5 ?

If it's not planned, is it possible to access to the tape catalog to export it's content list ?

Thanks.