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 a Github 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[]> [<CommonParameters>]

    Get-NetBackupVolume [-PoolName <String>] [-RobotNumber <Int32[]>]
    [<CommonParameters>]


DESCRIPTION
    This function queries the EMM database for volume information (vmquery)


PARAMETERS
    -PoolName <String>
        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

    <CommonParameters>
        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.






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