Possible to assign tape in slot to mediapool?

[ercang]

Hi all,

is it possible via PowerShell Script to assign all unrecognized Tapes to special Mediapools based on the Slot the Tape is in?
Example:
Tape 9 is in Slot 2, so i want it to be in the Tuesday Mediapool. All Slot 2 Tapes should be automatically moved in the Tuesday Mediapool.
I´am not so advanced using the Veeam Power Shell and have no idea how or if i can access the Slotinformation of a Tape.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

[veremin]

Hi, Ercan,

So, you want to move tape medium that is present in slot 2 of "Unrecognized" Media Pool to the given media pool, right? I haven't tested the following script in the environment, but, from my perspective, it should do the trick:

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$MediaPool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -name "Unrecognized"
$TargetMediaPool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -name "Name of target media pool"
$MediaPool | Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.location.address -eq "2"} | Move-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $TargetMediaPool

Thanks.

[ercang]

Hi Vladimir,

thank you. I tried you script.
First it seems, that $_.location.address -eq must be one to access the second slot. No problem here.
But when i execute the script i get the following error:

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Move-VBRTapeMedium : Methode nicht gefunden: "Void Veeam.Tape.Core.TapeMedium.C
lean()".
Bei C:\Users\admin\Desktop\move_mediapool.ps1:3 Zeichen:90
+ $MediaPool | Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.location.address -eq "1"} | Move-V
BRTapeMedium <<<<  -MediaPool $TargetMediaPool
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Move-VBRTapeMedium], MissingM
   ethodException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.MissingMethodException,Veeam.Backup.Power
   Shell.Command.MoveVBRTapeMedium

Any suggestions?

Thank you so much

[veremin]

I'm wondering whether you're running the said script under administrator account. Also, the missing parameter/method errors are typically related an outdated Powershell version. So, be sure to update PS to at least 3.0. In addition, sometimes reinstalling PS snap-in helps to get rid of the said issues.

Thanks.

[ercang]

Hi Vladimir,

reinstalling VEEAM Patch did the trick.

Thank you so much.

[veremin]

I haven't had an opportunity to test the script, so, let me know whether it works as expected. Thanks.

[ercang]

Hi Vladimir,

the script works as expected. I´ve made a few changes to assign all tapes from the drive to the defined mediapools after making an tape inventory.

Attached my used example.

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Start-VBRTapeInventory -Library "Name of the Tape Library"
Get-VBRTapeDrive | Eject-VBRTapeDrive

$monday = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -name "Monday"
#Using the first to slots for Monday
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.location.address -eq "0" -or $_.location.address -eq "1"}  
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $monday -Confirm:$false

Thank you so much!

Ercan

[veremin]

Glad to hear my input was helpful. Should any other help be needed, don't hesitate to let me know. Thanks.

[BayanInv]

We have set Slot# 6 as our weekly tape slot, where we add weekly tape to that slot.

It is not possible from v9 to set tapes slots to be used in weekly tape jobs. (it was possible in BackupExec).
Even the support guys wont help us in powershell scripts.

How can I run a script to move tape from slot#6 to free media pool before my weekly job starts.
And can we add scripts in Jobs, So the Job starts as scheduled?

I have modified the script from another thread (powershell-f26/possible-to-assign-tape- ... 21160.html):

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Start-VBRTapeInventory -Library "Name of the Tape Library"
Get-VBRTapeDrive | Eject-VBRTapeDrive

$monday = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -name "Monday"
#Using the first to slots for Monday
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium | where {$_.location.address -eq "0" -or $_.location.address -eq "1"}  
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $monday -Confirm:$false

I am new to the Veeam Backup.

[PTide]

Hi and welcome to the community!

This will move tape from the "Media Pool 1" media pool Slot 6 to the "Free" media pool, please note that you should specify Slot minus 1 in a script as the numeration actually starts from zero:

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$free = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free"
$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Media Pool 1"
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $pool | where {$_.Location.SlotAddress -eq "5"}
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $free

Use pre/post-job script settings in order to start the script before/after the job.

Thanks.

[BayanInv]

This weekly I applied the script, and I got a warning message:
"Pre-job script terminated with exit code 255"

Also I noticed a Tape library discovery job, in running mode but status as idle?

What is this warning about?

[veremin]

Can you test the provided script manually and see whether it generates any error? Thanks.

[BayanInv]

@v.Eremin I tried the manually, and it failed below is the errors:

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PS C:\> . c:\Weekly.ps1
Get-VBRTapeMediaPool : The term 'Get-VBRTapeMediaPool' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script
file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct
and try again.
At C:\Weekly.ps1:1 char:9
+ $free = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free"
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VBRTapeMediaPool:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Get-VBRTapeMediaPool : The term 'Get-VBRTapeMediaPool' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script
file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct
and try again.
At C:\Weekly.ps1:2 char:9
+ $pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Weekly"
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VBRTapeMediaPool:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Get-VBRTapeMedium : The term 'Get-VBRTapeMedium' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or
operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try
again.
At C:\Weekly.ps1:3 char:9
+ $tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $pool | where {$_.Location.SlotAddress -eq  ...
+         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Get-VBRTapeMedium:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

Move-VBRTapeMedium : The term 'Move-VBRTapeMedium' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file,
or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and
try again.
At C:\Weekly.ps1:4 char:1
+ Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $free
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (Move-VBRTapeMedium:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException

[veremin]

In order to get access to VB&R specific commandlets you have to load VB&R snap-in first. Thanks.

[BayanInv]

Do I need to add that

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Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin 

command at the start of the script?

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Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin
$free = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free"
$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Weekly"
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $pool | where {$_.Location.SlotAddress -eq "5"}
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $free

[veremin]

Do I need to add that

Correct. Thanks.

[BayanInv]

This is running me mad. Got another error:

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Error running pre-job script: The specified executable is not a valid application for this OS platform

Do I have to change the file extension to .bat as I used the .ps1 extension.

[veremin]

You can specify the following command as a pre-job activity:

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Powershell.exe -File C:\YourScript.ps1

The script itself should start with "Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin".

Thanks.

[BayanInv]

Thanks,
My pre-job script is now Working Fine. To summarize
Created a script with extension .ps1, and added "Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin"

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Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin
$free = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free"
$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Weekly"
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $pool | where {$_.Location.SlotAddress -eq "5"}
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape -MediaPool $free

At the Job's Advance Setting window - under Job-scripts
enabled Run the following script before the job:

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Powershell.exe -File C:\Weekly.ps1

[veremin]

I've created previously a post describing different ways to use PowerShell scripts as a pre/post-job activity; the suggest approach is mentioned there as well.

Anyway, glad to hear that everything works as expected for you.

Thanks.