Application aware + Pre-freeze script?

[masonit]

Hi

I am a bit confused.. Is it possible to have Required success on application aware and also run Pre-freeze script on the same vm? Looks like you are forced to quiescence if you want to run Pre-freeze script?
I want to run a script before backup starts that check DAG cluster status (placement of DAG databases). If placement is not as it should the backup should fail.

\Masonit

[foggy]

Magnus, you should probably use these scripts.

[masonit]

Yes it is thoose I am referring to...

Is it possible to combine Veeam application aware backup (Exchange VSS) with Pre-freeze script on same VM?

[Vitaliy S.]

Yes, that's possible. The scripts we are discussing are triggered by Veeam itself and do not depend on VMware Tools Quiescence (it has its own scripts too though).

[masonit]

Ok thanks!

Any reason why you don't support powershell script?

\Masonit

[masonit]

Really struggeling combining cmd with powershell and exit code. I am just doing some tests that checks if notepad is started or not.

This one works as expected. Job fails because exit code is 2.

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@ECHO OFF
set veeamtest=2
EXIT /B %veeamtest%

This one does not work correctly. It always returns 0. Even though notepad is not started in vm.

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@ECHO OFF
set veeamtest=(powershell -Command "& {$check = Get-Process -Name notepad -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if($check) ` {0} ` else ` {1};}")
EXIT /B %veeamtest%

If I run the command manually inside vm they work:

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C:\Users\Administrator>set veeamtest=(powershell -Command "& {$check = Get-Proce
ss -Name notepad -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue; if($check) ` {0} ` else ` {1};}"
)

C:\Users\Administrator>%veeamtest%
1

Maybe I am approaching it the wrong way, help..

\Masonit

[Vitaliy S.]

Any reason why you don't support powershell script?

Don't know technical details on this, but maybe there were just a handful of requests for that.

If I run the command manually inside vm they work

Maybe there is an issue with an account (permissions) under which these scripts are triggered? Does AAP account specified in the job settings have permissions to launch these scripts?

[masonit]

Account is local administrator. (builtin administrator)

\Masonit

[Vitaliy S.]

Can you try to launch some simple script like opening Paint to verify that this is not a permission issue and then proceed with your own script?