Feature request: - Alarm when a media pool free tapes left number is less than 10 or 20

[pankajnp]

Hi Team,
Can we enable the feature specifically for the free tape pool? We should get an alarm when a media pool free tape left number is less than 10 or 20 or below the defined threshold.

Case # 06246536

[Mildur]

Hello Pankaj

Thanks for your request. May I know the use case for the request? Even if there are no free tapes available, the backup server will also use online tapes which are already expired. They won't show up in the free media pool.

May I suggest a workaround over PowerShell?

1) Get all tapes of the free media pool:

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$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name Free
$Tapes = Get-VBRTapeMedium | Where-Object {$_.MediaPoolId -eq $pool.ID} | measure
$Tapes.Count

2) If the value is less than 10, send out a mail.

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If ($Tapes.Count –lt 10) { Send-MailMessage -To 'helpdesk@domain.tld' -From 'backupserver@domain.tld' -Subject 'Not enough tapes available' -Body 'Please add new tapes to media pool' -SmtpServer 'smtp.domain.tld' -Port 587 }

The complete script:

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$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name Free
$Tapes = Get-VBRTapeMedium | Where-Object {$_.MediaPoolId -eq $pool.ID} | measure
$Tapes.Count

If ($Tapes.Count –lt 10) { Send-MailMessage -To 'helpdesk@domain.tkd' -From 'backupserver@domain.tld' -Subject 'Not enough tape available' -Body 'Please add new tapes to media pool' -SmtpServer 'smtp.domain.tld' -Port 587 }

Best,
Fabian

[pankajnp]

Thanks Fabian, I will test the script and let you know.

And below is the Veeam Case ID

Case # 06246536

[pankajnp]

Many thanks, script is working.

Also, could you please help me to display the tape count in the email body

[Mildur]

You're welcome

i changed the order of the script and now I generate the body with the amount of tapes before executing the Send-MailMessage command. Please let me know if it works.

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$pool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name Free
$Tapes = Get-VBRTapeMedium | Where-Object {$_.MediaPoolId -eq $pool.ID} | measure
$Tapes.Count

$Recipient = 'helpdesk@domain.tkd'
$Sender = 'backupserver@domain.tld'
$SMTPServer = 'smtp.domain.tld'
$Subject = 'Not enough tape available'
$Body = 'Please add new tapes to media pool. Only ' + $Tapes.Count + ' tapes are available.' 
$Port = 587

If ($Tapes.Count –lt 10) { Send-MailMessage -To $Recipient -From $Sender -Subject $Subject -Body $Body -SmtpServer $SMTPServer -Port $Port }

Best,
Fabian

[pankajnp]

Many thanks, all set new script is also working.