Scripting the - Run script before and after the job

[dcd62]

I have a Powershell script to create my replication jobs and want to run another powershell script before and after the job is run. I can manually edit the jobs and select the option and provide the path the scripts.

I would rather add the commands to select the run before and after scripts (and provide the path) to my initial script instead of manually editing each job . Is that a possible option to script in Powershell? I could not find any examples.

[veremin]

You can modify the post job settings of given job, using this code:

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$Job = Get-VBRJob -name "Job Name"
$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
$Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.Enabled = "True"
$Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.CommandLine = "Your command"
$Job.SetOptions($Options)

Thanks.

[dcd62]

Hi, I'm just getting to test this out.
I added the script below to my job creation script and it gave an error when trying to create the post job option. The errors were on the "enabled" and "command line" property

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[b]Script[/b]
   	#Set Pre Job Options to convert templates to virtual machines
   	$Job = Get-VBRJob -name $CreateJobName
	$Options = $Job.GetOptions()
	$Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.Enabled = "True"
	$Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.CommandLine = "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe D:\Scripts\Templates\Working\TemplateRep2VM.ps1"
	$Job.SetOptions($Options)

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[b]ERROR:[/b]
The property 'Enabled' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At D:\Scripts\Templates\Working\BuildTemplateCreate_vmrep_Job.ps1:371 char:2
+     $Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.Enabled = "True"
+     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

The property 'CommandLine' cannot be found on this object. Verify that the property exists and can be set.
At D:\Scripts\Templates\Working\BuildTemplateCreate_vmrep_Job.ps1:372 char:2
+     $Options.Options.RootNode.PostJobCommand.CommandLine = "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\Win ...
+    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PropertyNotFound

[veremin]

What product version you're using? What is PS version?

[dcd62]

Veeam Backup and Recovery v8 and PowerShell v4.0

[dcd62]

I was able to get it working with the following:

$Options.JobScriptCommand.PostScriptEnabled = "true"
$Options.JobScriptCommand.PostScriptCommandLine = "C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe "my command"

thanks

[veremin]

As far as I know, post job command can be configured in several ways: either through .rootnode or through .jobscriptcommand. Not sure why the former approach didn't work for you.

But I'm glad to hear that you've nailed it.

Thanks.