Backup Scripts forEnterprise Vault & Event IDs with Veeam Post Script

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Backing Up Symantec Enterprise Vault with Veeam Backup & Replication

http://dailyvmtech.wordpress.com/2012/10/23/backing-up-symantec-enterprise-vault-with-veeam-backup-replication/

You should get a 7060 event from Storage Management saying:

'Successfully set Backup Mode on all the Vault Stores that are managed by the Storage Service on this computer.

You then do not need to do the individual vault store groups, or vault stores.  You've done them all in the site, with the one command.

The only thing you haven't done at that level is the Index Locations.

When you bring the site out of backup mode you should see a 7081 event from Storage Management... very similar text to the first one.

So, this is the behaviour you get if you set backup mode more than once. Backup mode is implemented as a counter (so potentially several applications could back up at the same time)

Thus if you enter backup mode twice, but leave it once, you will still be in backup mode.

See if you have multiple events, such as 7058 for entering backup mode. Also, see if backup mode is cleared by re-running the script to clear it.

Regards,

Jeff

...and since you are setting the backup mode on the site (which includes storage groups) and THEN the storage groups, sounds like this is why...

Hello,

I'm doing the Clear-IndexLocationBackupMode on Server and on Site.. and I can see that events are generated for the Clearing from Backup Mode.... Any suggestion?

Events Generated:

7060

7059

7058

7319

Here's my PreScript and my PostScripts;

PostScript:

#Post-job to Clear the Backup Mode on the Enterprise Site and EVServer.

#Clear backup mode from site
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'EV Site' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType Site}"


#Clear backup mode from vault store group
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Staff VSG' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStoreGroup}"

#Clear backup mode from vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Low VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#Clear backup mode from vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Over VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#Clear backup mode from vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Normal VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"


#Clear backup mode from vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'High VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"



#Clear backup mode from indexes in site
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Clear-IndexLocationBackupMode -EVServerName evserver -EVSiteName 'EV Site'}"
 

PreScript:

#Pre-job to set the Symantec Enterprise Server and Site into Backup Mode.

#Site:EV Site
#Set backup mode on site
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe  -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'EV Site' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType Site}"

#VaultStoreGroup: Staff VSG
#Set backup mode on vault store group
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Staff VSG' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStoreGroup}"

#VaultStore: Low VS
#Set backup mode on vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Low VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#VaultStore: Over VS
#Set backup mode on vault store
powershell -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Over VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#VaultStore: Normal VS
#Set backup mode on vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'Normal VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#VaultStore: High VS
#Set backup mode on vault store
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-VaultStoreBackupMode -Name 'High VS' -EVServerName evserver -EVObjectType VaultStore}"

#SiteIndexLocations: RCSI-MUB EV Site
#Set backup mode on indexes in site
c:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -psconsolefile "C:\Program Files (x86)\Enterprise Vault\EVShell.psc1" -command "& {Set-IndexLocationBackupMode -EVServerName evserver -EVSiteName 'EV Site'}"


#Start Veeam Backup Job;
Add-PSSnapin VeeamPSSnapin

# Add the name of the backup jobs to be included here.

$chainedjobs = ("SymantecEV")

foreach ($jobname in $chainedjobs){
$job = Get-VBRJob -name $jobname
$jobtry = 0
start-VBRJob -job $job

$job.GetLastResult()
if($job.GetLastResult() -eq "Failed"){
    do{
        Start-Sleep 480
        Start-VBRJob -job $job -RetryBackup
        $jobtry++
    }
    while(($jobtry -lt 3) -and ($job.GetLastResult() -eq "Failed"))
}
}

Hi Rob,

I Re-Run the All Checks on the Status and didn't give any errors or Warning indicating that the Vaults are still in Backup Modes....

If the Vault are still in Backup Mode as you Said, the All Checks in the Enterprise Console will detect that the Vaults are still in Backup Mode..

Any suggestion?

Thanks,

There is no system status check which says that vault stores are in backup mode, or not.

The only ways to tell are :-

a/ At the database level

b/ By using the vault admin console (probably after an F5 refresh type of thing) and browsing down to the vault stores to see if they are in backup mode, or not.

Also might be worth mentioning your EV version, as I have a feeling this incremental-count thing that Jeff mentioned has changed somewhere along the lines.

Either way if you set backup mode at the site, and index locations at the site, that's all you need to do.

Hello Rob,

Thanks for your advice, I'm using version Symantec Enterprise Vault 9.0.2.1061.

What about IgnoreArchiveBitTrigger.txt. As per this Article http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH35610 Symantec recommends to implement this solution, specially since I;m backing up the Valut with Veeam Backup and not any Backup Software such as Backup Exec..

Thanks,

I guess the ignoretriggerbit is an 'option'.. but I don't (personally) see anything wrong with the way you're trying to do it now - you're just not doing it 100% correctly.  I'd test the suggestion here, and test the IgnoreTriggerBit then you can choose.