Script to start all backup jobs and then wait

[asdok]

Hi there,

I have a requirement to run several Veeam backup jobs and then backup to tape.

At the moment my powershell script runs each Veeam backup job one after the other and then starts a backup exec job to backup the Veeam backup files to tape.

Is it possible to script a mechanism in which all Veeam jobs could be started in parallel and then run the backup exec job only after the last Veeam job completes?

[Damon]

Possible? Yes. Recommended? no.

I wouldn't run all the jobs at once unless you have a very distributed load--multiple proxies/storage locations/hosts.

It would take some coding though. You could check the SQL DB for any entries in Backup.TrackedActions.Locks or for a change in the job status (I forget which table that is in). Set that check for a loop that exits when the check fails and then run the BackupExec tape job.

[Sethbartlett]

This should work for what you need, this will do ALL the jobs, if you need to JUST do backup jobs, let me know.

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Get-VBRJob | Start-VBRJob -RunAsync

$JobList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
foreach($Job in (Get-VBRJob))
{
	$JobList.Add($Job)
}

while($JobList.Count -ne 0)
{
	foreach($Job in $JobList)
	{
		if($Job.IsStopped() -eq $true)
		{
			$JobList.Remove($Job)
		}
	}
}
Run your BackupExec here.

[Sethbartlett]

You will want to add a pause/sleep 10 or so after the if statement, I forgot that!

[Sethbartlett]

Okay, if I could delete my posts, I would, but my mistakes show that I'm human

Here is the revised code:

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$Jobs = Get-VBRJob
$Jobs | Start-VBRJob -RunAsync

$JobList = New-Object System.Collections.ArrayList
foreach($Job in $Jobs)
{
   $JobList.Add($Job)
}

while($JobList.Count -ne 0)
{
   foreach($Job in $Jobs)
   {
      if($Job.IsStopped() -eq $true)
      {
         $JobList.Remove($Job)
      }
	  sleep 10
   }
}
Run your BackupExec here.