Importing tapes from library I/O slots

[martynuk]

I have an HP MSL4048 tape library with the 3 I/O ports enabled. Veeam 7 sees the library and I have successfully inventoried the tapes. All looks good so far, except...

There is an Export feature in Veeam 7 to move a tape from the library to an I/O slot. Veeam 7 then shows the tape as "Offline", which is what I would expect. Maybe I'm missing the obvious, but how do I import a tape from an I/O slot back into the library so that it is "Online" and can be used by Veeam? Is there an option to do this from the B&R web interface? I am trying to restore files from the tape, and the restore task is asking for the tape to be loaded.

[foggy]

Martin, there is the Import command that allows to load a tape from I/O slot into a standard slot. The command is available on the library's shortcut menu under the Backup Infrastructure > Tape node. Thanks.

[martynuk]

Excellent. Thanks for the info.

[jazzoberoi]

Hi, can some one please list the script / command to import the tapes in the mail slot of a MSL2024 before the start of a new Tape backup job.. Thanks

We're using ver 8 enterprise, Patch 1

[jazzoberoi]

Ok so after a bit of digging, i found the command we need :

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Get-VBRTapeLibrary -Name "HP MSL G3 Series 6.20" | Import-VBRTapeMedium

However, the pre-job scripts does not accept a .ps1 file, it expects only a .cmd / .bat / .exe file.

Where to from here ?

[Vitaliy S.]

You can still specify a batch script that will trigger the required PowerShell script.

[jazzoberoi]

Hi vitaliy,

Could you please specify the contents of the batch file?

[Vitaliy S.]

Try to use something like this:

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powershell.exe -file c:\scripts\YOU_POWERSHELL_SCRIPT.ps1