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Nieuwenhuis
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Tape inventory and move to pool

Post by Nieuwenhuis »

Hello

Browsing this site i found multiple ps scripts to inventory a tape drive and move media to a mediapool.
i can not get them to work i keep getting errors this might be because the scripts are for previous versions.
can someone assist me with a script that does a inventory and moves media from unrecognized to free media.
We need this since we are moving from backupexec to veeam with our tape drive.
this is the script i have found but it gives errors.

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Write-host “Prepare Tape for Veeam backup”
Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin
Get-VBRTapeDrive | Start-VBRTapeInventory
$MediaPool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Unrecognized"
$FreeMediaPool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "Free"
$Mediums = $MediaPool | Get-VBRTapeMedium
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $Mediums -MediaPool $MediaPool -Confirm:$false
Thank u
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Re: Tape inventory and move to pool

Post by veremin »

On a surface the script looks OK, can you provide exact issues you came across? Thanks.
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Re: Tape inventory and move to pool

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If i run the script i get the following

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PS C:\beheer> .\VeeamInventoryTape.ps1
Prepare Tape for Veeam backup


Progress     : 0
RunManually  : True
Log          : {}
CreationTime : 22-6-2017 13:19:59
EndTime      : 1-1-1900 0:00:00
JobId        : a144fa2f-8a63-4588-af1b-e36d33808730
Result       : None
State        : Starting
Id           : bcee622d-6e79-4617-8658-3da50acb4083

Get-VBRTapeMedium : A tape medium the specified name does not exist: Unrecognized
At C:\beheer\VeeamInventoryTape.ps1:6 char:25
+ $Mediums = $MediaPool | Get-VBRTapeMedium
+                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (:) [Get-VBRTapeMedium], Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : GetTapeMediumErrorId,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.GetVBRTapeMedium

Move-VBRTapeMedium : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Medium'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for th
e argument, and then try running the command again.
At C:\beheer\VeeamInventoryTape.ps1:7 char:28
+ Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $Mediums -MediaPool $MediaPool -Confirm:$false
+                            ~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Move-VBRTapeMedium], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.MoveVBRTapeMedium

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Re: Tape inventory and move to pool

Post by veremin »

Try to declare $Medias variable differently:

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$MediaPool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -name "Unrecognized"
$Mediums = Get-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $MediaPool
Also, it worth checking whether all variables get assigned properly (just input variables one by one):

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$Mediapool
$Mediums
$FreeMediaPool
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Re: Tape inventory and move to pool

Post by Nieuwenhuis »

Made the corrections u said.
$mediapool , lists stuff
$freemediapool , lists stuff
$mediums , gives no reply !

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Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $Mediums -MediaPool $MediaPool -Confirm:$false
Gives the following error

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PS C:\beheer> $Mediums
PS C:\beheer> Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $Mediums -MediaPool $MediaPool -Confirm:$false
Move-VBRTapeMedium : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Medium'. The argument is null. Provide a valid value for th
e argument, and then try running the command again.
At line:1 char:28
+ Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $Mediums -MediaPool $MediaPool -Confirm:$false
+                            ~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Move-VBRTapeMedium], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.MoveVBRTapeMedium
As said i want to run this before a job since we are moving from backup exec to veeam
i would like that media in unrecognized Pool gets moved to Free pool, so that veeam will use this tape and overwrite the old backupexec data with veeam data.
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Re: Tape inventory and move to pool

Post by veremin »

If $Mediums variable returns nothing, it means that there are no tapes in Unrecognized media pool. Can you provide screenshots, if possible?
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