NetBackup PowerShell Cmdlets how to use it

Hi Krutons !

I will try to dig into the powershell code....however, is it possible to leverage API calls when I have Netbackup Appliance (Netbackup 8.2). I am on the Windows machine, so I do not know how to make curl command from Windows to use API calls.

JimmyB2, no problem.

Here is a powershell script that you could run to get jobs. You could replace any info that would be specific to your environment. Once you've looked over that, let me know if you have any questions and I'll be happy to help/explain. I personally don't use username/password, I strictly auth with API Keys.

<#
.SYNOPSIS
This sample script demonstrates the use of NetBackup REST API for listing the jobs.
.DESCRIPTION
This script will get a list of netbackup jobs and print the details of the last 10 jobs in a tabular format.
.EXAMPLE
./Get-NB-Jobs.ps1 -nbmaster "nb-master.example.com" -apikey "key"
#>

param (
    [string]$nbmaster = $(throw "Please specify the name of NetBackup master server using -nbmaster parameter."),    
    [string]$apikey = $(throw "Please specify the API Key using the -apikey parameter.")
)

#####################################################################
# Initial Setup
# Note: This allows self-signed certificates and enables TLS v1.2
#####################################################################

function InitialSetup()
{
  # Allow self-signed certificates
  if ([System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy -notlike 'TrustAllCertsPolicy') 
  {
    Add-Type -TypeDefinition @"
    using System.Net;
    using System.Security.Cryptography.X509Certificates;
    public class TrustAllCertsPolicy : ICertificatePolicy {
	    public bool CheckValidationResult(
	        ServicePoint srvPoint, X509Certificate certificate,
	        WebRequest request, int certificateProblem) {
	        return true;
	    }
    }
"@
    [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::CertificatePolicy = New-Object -TypeName TrustAllCertsPolicy

    # Force TLS v1.2
    try {
        if ([Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -notmatch 'Tls12') {
            [Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = ([Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12)
        }
    }
    catch {
        Write-Host $_.Exception.InnerException.Message
    }
  }
}

InitialSetup

#####################################################################
# Global Variables
#####################################################################

$port = 1556
$basepath = "https://" + $nbmaster + ":" + $port + "/netbackup"
$content_type = "application/vnd.netbackup+json;version=1.0"

#####################################################################
# Get NetBackup Jobs
#####################################################################

$uri = $basepath + "/admin/jobs"

$headers = @{
  "Authorization" = $apikey
}

$query_params = @{
#  "page[limit]" = 100                   # This changes the default page size to 100
#  "filter" = "jobType eq 'RESTORE'"     # This adds a filter to only show the restore jobs
}

$response = Invoke-WebRequest                 `
                -Uri $uri                     `
                -Method GET                   `
                -Body $query_params           `
                -ContentType $content_type    `
                -Headers $headers

if ($response.StatusCode -ne 200)
{
    throw "Unable to get the Netbackup jobs!"
}

$content = (ConvertFrom-Json -InputObject $response)

# This prints all the available attributes
#$content.data.attributes | Format-Table -AutoSize

$properties = 
    @{Label = "Job ID"; Expression = { $_.attributes.jobId }},
    @{Label = "Type";   Expression = { $_.attributes.jobType }},
    @{Label = "State";  Expression = { $_.attributes.state }},
    @{Label = "Status"; Expression = { $_.attributes.status }}

$content.data | Format-Table -AutoSize -Property $properties

That's strange, I can copy that code and it works fine. Does it throw an error? If you want you can download the VOX_Test.txt and save it as a .ps1 file and try that.