Feature Request: Separate Email Notification for Tape Jobs

[cbrasga]

I am the system admin for the company so I receive all of the emails for the backups via the global email notification settings under File > Options. I have a IT support tech that pulls the tapes each day that I would like to get just the tape notifications because the report includes the useful information of which tapes were used, so he can easily pull them.

Currently, he will have to get all of the backup & replication notifications in order to get the tape backup job notifications. Please allow for a separate notification setting on the tape jobs as well.

Thanks,

Cazi

[veremin]

Hi,Cazi,

As a potential workaround, you can write and schedule a custom PS script that will initiate a start of tape jobs and send to given addresses an email with required information, once the tape job is finished.

Thanks.

[Speights]

I second that we have managed customers who delegate a user to change tapes and they need an individual notification relating only to the tape backup. Looks like I will have to go back to BE until we get this facility.

Gutted cause the tape backup works really well.

Thanks,

[veremin]

As mentioned above, for now you can put into use a custom PS script scheduled via Windows Scheduler. This script will start a given tape job, form a required mail and send it to the said address.

Additionally, we consider adding this functionality in one of the next product releases.

Thanks.

[bplancic]

Hi,

I wrote PS script that triggers on event in event viewer, checks if it is tape backup and sends mail saying that the tape must be changed (and with which tape).

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<#
Script activates on specific event in Event viewer, and sends email if specific text is found in event body. 
When sending email script translates day from english to croatian, checks which week is it and which month.
#>

$x = (get-eventlog "Veeam Backup" | where {$_.timegenerated -gt $(get-date).addminutes(-1)}).Message #checks events in event log "Veeam Backup" older than 1 minute
$datum = get-date #2/9/2013 Todays date
$dan = ($datum).DayOfWeek 
$tjedan = ($datum).Day
switch ($dan) #Determines day of the week and transletes it from english to croatian
   {
   "Monday" {        #Determines if monday is first monday of month and which month
        if (($tjedan -ge 1) -and ($tjedan -lt 8))
        {$dan = $datum.Month
        switch ($dan)
        {
        "1" {$dan = "Siječanj"}
        "2" {$dan = "Veljača"}
        "3" {$dan = "Ožujak"}
        "4" {$dan = "Travanj"}
        "5" {$dan = "Svibanj"}
        "6" {$dan = "Lipanj"}
        "7" {$dan = "Srpanj"}
        "8" {$dan = "Kolovoz"}
        "9" {$dan = "Rujan"}
        "10" {$dan = "Listopad"}
        "11" {$dan = "Studeni"}
        "12" {$dan = "Prosinac"}
        }
        }
        else {$dan = "Ponedjeljak"}
   }
   "Tuesday" {$dan = "Utorak"}
   "Wednesday" {$dan = "Srijeda"}
   "Thursday" {$dan = "Četvrtak"}
   "Saturday" {$dan = "Ponedjeljak"}
   "Sunday" {$dan = "Ponedjeljak"}
   "Friday"{        #Determines which week of the month is it on friday
        if ($tjedan -le 7)
        {$dan = "1. tjedan"}
        elseif (($tjedan -gt 7) -and ($tjedan -le 14))
        {$dan = "2.tjedan"}
        elseif (($tjedan -gt 14) -and ($tjedan -le 21))
        {$dan = "3.tjedan"}
        elseif (($tjedan -gt 21) -and ($tjedan -le 28))
        {$dan = "4.tjedan"}
        else {$dan = "5.tjedan"}
   }
   }
   
if ($x -eq "Session Traka has been completed.") #Text in event body we are looking for
{
Send-MailMessage -To your_mail@your.domain -From TAPE_VEEAM@your.domain -Subject "Text in mail subject" -bodyashtml -encoding unicode -body "<font face=Arial>Text in message body.<br><br> Put tape <font color=red><b>$dan</b></font>" -smtpserver your_mail_server_FQDN
}
else {
break}