Get-VBRTapeJob

[rchugha]

HI Guys,

i have powershell script which helps me to enable and disable Tape job based on date

Example:

i have 3 tape jobs: 1)Daily 2)weekly 3) Monthly and my powershell script enable or disable them based on date (if it is between Mon to Thursday ) it will enable Daily job and disable weekly and monthly

i was using cmd: Get-VBRTapeJob which you to get Tape job name since version 8 it does not work.

can any one assist me?

getting below error:
+ Get-VBRTapeJob | where {$_.name -eq "Tape Job - Weekly"}| Enable-VBRJob
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VBRTapeJob], ArgumentNullException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentNullException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.GetVBRTapeJob

thanks

[veremin]

Hi, Ricky,

I've just checked and this example seems to have worked in my case:

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Get-VBRTapeJob -Name "Name of your tape job" | Enable-VBRJob

Thanks.

[rccrwwv]

Hello guys,

Not sure if anyone else has seen any issues with this cmdlet but I'm also getting an error message while trying to use get-vbrtapejob in version 8. I'm new to VBR Powershell but I believe this simple command should work just like get-vbrjob.

PS C:\scripts\vbr> get-vbrjob

Job Name Type State Last Result Description
-------- ---- ----- ----------- -----------
Prod Backup for Utilit... VMware Backup Stopped Success Created by SMC-AD\rlc at 10/16/2014 12:20:34 PM.
Prod Backup for Tier 1... VMware Backup Stopped Success Created by SMC-AD\rlc at 9/26/2014 4:22:11 PM.


PS C:\scripts\vbr> get-vbrtapejob
Get-VBRTapeJob : Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: incrementalBackupMediaPool
At line:1 char:15
+ get-vbrtapejob <<<<
+ CategoryInfo : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-VBRTapeJob], ArgumentNullException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentNullException,Veeam.Backup.PowerShell.Cmdlets.GetVBRTapeJob

PS C:\scripts\vbr>


Thanks

[justind]

I too have experienced this issue since upgrading to v8.

Upon investigation I have found the following behaviour:

Fails:
Get-VBRTapeJob | where {$_.name -eq "Name of your tape job"}| Enable-VBRJob

Works ok:
Get-VBRTapeJob -Name "Name of your tape job" | Enable-VBRJob

Unfortunately this means that using a wildcard job name doesn't work anymore

[nefes]

Have you tried using wildcard characters in -Name parameter (especially *)?

[veremin]

Also, I'm wondering whether your issue is exactly the same as the one described by previous author. Did you get "Value cannot be null" error while trying to use where portion? Thanks.

[justind]

That is correct. If I use the where function I get the "ArgumentNullException" regardless of whether I use the -eq or -like operator.

[veremin]

As I'm currently out of the office, I've passed this information to dev team. Let's wait and see whether they'll be able to confirm that. Thanks.

[veremin]

This problem will be addressed in the first patch. Thanks.