PowerShell - NetBackupPS - Module for Symantec NetBackup

In my previous job, we used Symantec NetBackup to handle backups and restores. To handle some of the reporting, the storage admins were using the Symantec CLI tools (bunch of Exe). Example of usages: Find the scratch tapes in a particular robot… or in a particular site…

I wanted to parse the output and be able to reuse the information for other commands or to report information to the team. I realised that could be a good exercice to improve my parsing skills using PowerShell and decided to work on some more cmdlets and eventually a module.

Module NetBackupPS

The module contains a few Cmdlets which are focus on reporting information from the system. I still have some materials to work on but unfortunately,I don’t have access to NetBackup anymore so I can’t really test further from this point on.

Anyway, I thought sharing the code could be useful to other people.

It is available on the Technet Gallery. I also push my last updates to aGithub Repository,contributors are welcome! so feel free to fork the repo :)

# Using the module After downloading the last version from the repo, unblock and extract the zip in the modules directory, most likely one of those directories: ``` $home\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules ``` ``` $pshome\Modules ``` Then load your module: ``` Import-Module -Name NetBackupPS ``` # Cmdlets available As an example, here is the help from Get-NetBackupVolume which retrieve volumes information. # Get-NetBackupVolume ``` NAME Get-NetBackupVolume SYNOPSIS This function queries the EMM database for volume information (vmquery) SYNTAX Get-NetBackupVolume -MediaID <String[]> [] Get-NetBackupVolume [-PoolName ] [-RobotNumber <Int32[]>] [] DESCRIPTION This function queries the EMM database for volume information (vmquery) PARAMETERS -PoolName Specify the PoolName to query Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -RobotNumber <Int32[]> Specify the RobotNumber to query Required? false Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false -MediaID <String[]> Specify the MediaID(s) to display Required? true Position? named Default value Accept pipeline input? false Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216). INPUTS OUTPUTS -------------------------- EXAMPLE 1 -------------------------- C:\PS>Get-NetBackupVolume -PoolName Scratch This will return all the volumes in the Pool named Scratch VaultName : --- VaultSessionID : --- MacMountsAllowed : --- AssignedDate : --- LastMountedDate : --- FirstMount : --- VolumePool : Scratch (4) MediaDescription : --- VaultSlot : --- ExpirationDate : --- NumberOfMounts : 0 VaultContainerID : - Created : 18/12/2012 4 Barcode : WT0161L3 VaultSentDate : --- RobotType : NONE - Not Robotic (0) VaultReturnDate : --- VolumeGroup : --- MediaType : 1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24) MediaID : WT0161 VaultName : --- VaultSessionID : --- MacMountsAllowed : --- AssignedDate : --- LastMountedDate : --- FirstMount : --- VolumePool : Scratch (4) MediaDescription : --- VaultSlot : --- ExpirationDate : --- NumberOfMounts : 0 VaultContainerID : - Created : 19/12/2012 4 Barcode : WT0166L3 VaultSentDate : --- RobotType : NONE - Not Robotic (0) VaultReturnDate : --- VolumeGroup : --- MediaType : 1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24) MediaID : WT0166 VaultName : --- VaultSessionID : --- MacMountsAllowed : --- AssignedDate : --- LastMountedDate : --- FirstMount : --- VolumePool : Scratch (4) MediaDescription : --- VaultSlot : --- ExpirationDate : --- NumberOfMounts : 0 VaultContainerID : - Created : 16/04/2013 3 Barcode : WT0191L3 VaultSentDate : --- RobotType : NONE - Not Robotic (0) VaultReturnDate : --- VolumeGroup : --- MediaType : 1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24) MediaID : WT0191 -------------------------- EXAMPLE 2 -------------------------- C:\PS>Get-NetBackupVolume -MediaID CC0002,DD0005 This will display information for the tapes CC0002,DD0005 VaultName : fx1 VaultSessionID : 169 MacMountsAllowed : --- AssignedDate : --- LastMounted : 30/03/2013 4 VolumePool : Scratch (4) MediaDescription : --- VaultSlot : 34 ExpirationDate : --- NumberOfMounts : 17 VaultContainerID : - CreatedDate : 10/01/2013 1 Barcode : CC0002L5 VaultSentDate : 02/04/2013 12 RobotType : NONE - Not Robotic (0) VaultReturnDate : --- VolumeGroup : fx1_offsite MediaType : 1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24) FirstMount : 15/01/2013 6 MediaID : CC0002 VaultName : tapedepot VaultSessionID : 497 MacMountsAllowed : --- AssignedDate : --- LastMounted : 08/01/2014 2 VolumePool : Scratch (4) MediaDescription : --- VaultSlot : 341 ExpirationDate : --- NumberOfMounts : 11 VaultContainerID : - CreatedDate : 09/10/2013 8 Barcode : DD0005L3 VaultSentDate : 08/01/2014 4 RobotType : NONE - Not Robotic (0) VaultReturnDate : 22/02/2014 6 VolumeGroup : fx1_offsite MediaType : 1/2" cartridge tape 3 (24) FirstMount : 14/10/2013 2 MediaID : DD0005 -------------------------- EXAMPLE 3 -------------------------- C:\PS>Get-NetBackupVolume -RobotNumber 23 -Poolname Scratch This will return the volumes in the PoolName 'Scratch' for the RobotNumber 23. -------------------------- EXAMPLE 4 -------------------------- C:\PS>Get-NetBackupVolume -RobotNumber 23,19 -Poolname Scratch -Verbose This will return the volumes in the PoolName 'Scratch' for the RobotNumber 23 and 19. It will additionally show the verbose messages/comments. RELATED LINKS ```