BE 2012 Inventory job does not have option to include job log anymore

...I don't remember seeing that as an option in BE.

However, with 15 servers, the CASO option might be worthwhile investigating. This is going to give you a single-pane from which you can monitor your environment.

No reason to log on to 15 different servers, when you can browse them all from the CASO.

Check the links below for further information:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO74432 (Best Practices)

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH178278

I've used it for the past 4 years and it works very well.

Thanks!

Yes I am looking for CASO this year but unfortunately I cannot find trial option. Without trialling software, I don't want to buy it. I will talk to Symantec if I can get the trial option somehow.

Thanks

...if you run through the licensing setup again (where you'd import your *.slf files) you will see the option to install the CASO as a trial.

HOWEVER...you can't invoke the trial after licensing a server. Read the TN below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH179956

My suggestion would be as follows:

1. Either install a spare server (if you have 1) with Wnidows Server 2008 R2 and BE 2012. Don't license anything so that it runs in a trial.

2. INvoke the trial license of BE 2012's Enterprise Option (which includes CASO).

3. Add your currently upgraded BE 2012 server to this CASO and check it out.

You can read up more about CASO below:

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO12279

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO12297

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO11929

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH43297

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO11931

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH60559

The third TN is critical...where you store your data/catalogs has a big impact on things.

Thanks for your reply Craig. I would say this is workaround and not solution. We would like the functionlity of attaching job log back in inventory.I can attach job log in backup job so why not in inventory?

With emails it gives flexibility like checking emails on the fly on mobile and find out if the tape has been inserted or not without being in office but with your work around, I need to login to server all the time which will add work for support staff. Also with the time zone difference in my states and also country (we are spread across few countries) meaning we need to login few times to server.

I don't investigate this so much but wonder either or not, it wouldn't be possible to do something by script using "Submit-BEInventoryJob" powershell command.

May be it should be possible to grab results then send them by mail?

Regards

You can with some Powershell scripting.

I too had noticed this omission of feathure.  Yes, very annoying that you now have to look at the log on the server.  I used to use it as a reminder to staff to chage tapes and also for me to see if the correct days tape had been changed.

Surely it cant be too much to get this amend back into the core program.  I have no wish to start having to use powershell to get back something like this.

Regards
Clifford

Hi Bsingh2001

Glad to hear you gotten a solution.  I agree with your comments, I might even register a call to ask the possibility to replace the feature.

Would you be willing to share your powershell script code? Save having to reinvent the wheel from scratch.

Thanks

Clifford

Hi Clifford,

Here is the script. You need to create batch file which will be scheduled to run on your preferred time.

BackupInventory.Bat

cd/
cd windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0
powershell.exe -command "& 'C:\PATHOFTHEFOLDER\Backup_Inventory.ps1' "

exit

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Here is the Backup_Inventory.ps1 (powershell script). You can change the color in background etc and can do bit more formatting if you want to make it more fancy.

# Import the Backup Exec 2012 PowerShell Module
Import-Module BEMCLI
 
# Inventory the backup tapes in the tape drives:
Get-BETapeDriveDevice |
Submit-BEInventoryJob |
select Name, JobType, Schedule, Storage |
ft –auto

Start-Sleep -s 60

$a = "<style>"
$a = $a + "BODY{background-color:peachpuff;}"
$a = $a + "TABLE{border-width: 1px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;border-collapse: collapse;}"
$a = $a + "TH{border-width: 1px;padding: 0px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;background-color:thistle}"
$a = $a + "TD{border-width: 1px;padding: 0px;border-style: solid;border-color: black;background-color:PaleGoldenrod}"
$a = $a + "</style>"

# Once the inventory completes, retrieve the name of the backup tape in each tape drive:
Get-BETapeDriveDevice | ConvertTo-HTML -head $a -body "<H2> Symantec Backup Exec Inventory Report</H2>" -Name, Media, Status, Device > "C:\PATHToCreateReport\BackupInventory\report.html"

Send-MailMessage -To "Your Email Address" -From "From Email Address" -Subject "Backup Inventory Report" -SmtpServer "smtp server name or IPaddress" -Body "Please find the attached Inventory Report" -Attachments "C:\PathToCreateReport\BackupInventory\report.html"

 Hope this helps. I will be still interested if Symantec puts this job log back in Inventory.