Get-BEJob -Name (Get-BEJobHistory -JobStatus Error -FromStartTime (Get-Date).AddHours(-12) | Re-run the backup jobs that failed due to a status of error in the past 12 hours: Help Get-BEJobHistory –Parameter JobStatus All of the valid values for parameters such as the JobStatus parameter that I used in the previous command are listed in the Help: The Help that is provided with the cmdlets in this module is very thorough.

Get-BEJobHistory -JobStatus Error -FromStartTime (Get-Date).AddHours(-12) | Get a list of the backup jobs that failed with a status of error in the past 12 hours: The Start-BEJob cmdlet doesn’t support wildcard characters, but you can use them with the Get-BEJob cmdlet and then pipe that cmdlet to Start-BEJob. The following command starts both of the overwrite jobs that I’ve defined, which overwrites the backup tape in each tape drive. Perform a quick erase on the backup tape in each of the tape drives: This cmdlet doesn’t return the media (tape) name by default.

When the inventory completes, use the Get-BETapeDriveDevice cmdlet to retrieve the name of the backup tape in each tape drive. Select Name, JobType, Schedule, Storage | Run an inventory to discover what backup tapes are in the tape drives: By default, many of these cmdlets return a lot of items, which makes them output a list instead of a table. You will see me pipe the output of several commands to the Select-Object cmdlet and others to the Out-Null cmdlet to reduce the number of items that are returned or to eliminate the output all together. I am going to walk you through how to perform some basic Backup Exec tasks with Windows PowerShell to give you an idea about how easy it is to manage without a GUI. This blog is not meant to be a deep dive into Windows PowerShell or Backup Exec. Twitter: those of us who use Symantec Backup Exec in our datacenters, there has recently been a revolutionary breakthrough: the 2012 version adds Windows PowerShell support via a BEMCLI PowerShell module. He has over eighteen years of professional experience providing enterprise computing solutions for educational, financial, healthcare, and manufacturing customers. Robbins is an MCITP | Windows PowerShell enthusiast | IT Pro | senior systems engineer who has worked on Windows Server, Hyper-V, SQL Server, Exchange Server, SharePoint, Active Directory, and EqualLogic storage area networks. In this blog, Mike illustrates Windows PowerShell techniques for working with Symantec’s Backup Exec product. Today we have a new guest blogger, Mike F.

Microsoft Scripting Guy, Ed Wilson, is here. Robbins, shows how to use Windows PowerShell to work with Backup Exec.

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