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wnetobr's avatar
wnetobr
Level 3
11 years ago

Need a script to do an specific schedule job

Hi all! I have a Sym Backup Exec System Recovery 2010 and I´m trying to run a job at a specific time on the 1st Tuesday of each month.

Well, turns out that it is not possible to do such selection in the program scheduler. So I´m thinking that it may be possible to do by a script (vbs or batch file), but I can´t think in a way of doing it by a batch file and I don´t know how to build a vbs script.

The job is already created, lets call it “Tuesdayjob”, and it is programed to create a single image of the whole system in “c:\backup\”.

Is there a way to do this?

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  • Markus_Koestler's avatar
    Markus_Koestler
    11 years ago

    This should do the trick: Just replace YOURJOBNAME with the job name of your specific job as it is displayed in the SSR console.

     

     

    '''''RunBESRjob.vbs''''''''''
     
    Option Explicit
     
    Dim oV2iAuto
     Dim oNet
     Dim oCurrentJob
     Dim oImageJob
     Dim sJobID
     Dim sJobName

     sJobName="YOURJOBNAME"
     
    '
     ' Step 1: Create a VProRecovery automation object
     '
     Set oV2iAuto = CreateObject("Symantec.ProtectorAuto")
     
    '
     ' Step 2: Connect to the local agent
     '
     WScript.Echo "Connecting..."
     Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
     Call oV2iAuto.Connect(oNet.ComputerName)
     
    '
     ' Find the image job ID
     '
     For Each oCurrentJob In oV2iAuto.ImageJobs

      if oCurrentJob.DisplayName = sJobName then

       sJobID = oCurrentJob.ID
       WScript.Echo "Job ID is: " & sJobID
       Set oImageJob = oCurrentJob
       WScript.Sleep 500 ' allow console time to refresh if it's running

     end if
     
     Next
     
    'Run the image job Now
     
    Call oV2iAuto.DoImageJob(oImageJob.ID, oImageJob.Constants.ImageTypeFull)

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  • Markus_Koestler's avatar
    Markus_Koestler
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    yep: You could have a look at the Docs\Automation\PowershellScripts Folder on the product CD. Here you will find RunJobNow.ps1 !

  • wnetobr's avatar
    wnetobr
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    The thing is that the 2010 version doesn´t have support for porwershell nor this file in the product CD.

    :(

    I´ve found that windows task scheduler actually can program a task to do exactly as I want, but I still need a vbs or batch to do the job.

     

  • Markus_Koestler's avatar
    Markus_Koestler
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    '''''RunBESRjob.vbs''''''''''

    Option Explicit

    Dim oV2iAuto
    Dim oNet
    Dim oCurrentJob
    Dim oImageJob
    Dim sJobID

    '
    ' Step 1: Create a VProRecovery automation object
    '
    Set oV2iAuto = CreateObject("Symantec.ProtectorAuto")

    '
    ' Step 2: Connect to the local agent
    '
    WScript.Echo "Connecting..."
    Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
    Call oV2iAuto.Connect(oNet.ComputerName)

    '
    ' Find the image job ID
    '
    For Each oCurrentJob In oV2iAuto.ImageJobs
    sJobID = oCurrentJob.ID
    WScript.Echo "Job ID is: " & sJobID
    Set oImageJob = oCurrentJob
    WScript.Sleep 500 ' allow console time to refresh if it's running
    Next

    'Run the image job Now

    Call oV2iAuto.DoImageJob(oImageJob.ID, oImageJob.Constants.ImageTypeFull)

     

    Source: https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/running-besr-8x-script-minimized-or-silent-mode

  • wnetobr's avatar
    wnetobr
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    Thank you Koestler!

    As I´m a newby in vbs, I´ll need some help with the line codes. If you don´t mind...

    Which of these are the variables that I have to substitute? And, I notice that I´m going to need the jobID, how can I find the job ID that I want to be trigger?

    Thanks again!

  • wnetobr's avatar
    wnetobr
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    I´ve tried! It works but did the wrong job or call all the jobs and queued (I didn´t wait to see, it started the wrong job anyway).

    So, the next step is tell the program to do just one specific job.

    But, how to do that?

     

  • Markus_Koestler's avatar
    Markus_Koestler
    Moderator
    11 years ago

    This should do the trick: Just replace YOURJOBNAME with the job name of your specific job as it is displayed in the SSR console.

     

     

    '''''RunBESRjob.vbs''''''''''
     
    Option Explicit
     
    Dim oV2iAuto
     Dim oNet
     Dim oCurrentJob
     Dim oImageJob
     Dim sJobID
     Dim sJobName

     sJobName="YOURJOBNAME"
     
    '
     ' Step 1: Create a VProRecovery automation object
     '
     Set oV2iAuto = CreateObject("Symantec.ProtectorAuto")
     
    '
     ' Step 2: Connect to the local agent
     '
     WScript.Echo "Connecting..."
     Set oNet = CreateObject("Wscript.Network")
     Call oV2iAuto.Connect(oNet.ComputerName)
     
    '
     ' Find the image job ID
     '
     For Each oCurrentJob In oV2iAuto.ImageJobs

      if oCurrentJob.DisplayName = sJobName then

       sJobID = oCurrentJob.ID
       WScript.Echo "Job ID is: " & sJobID
       Set oImageJob = oCurrentJob
       WScript.Sleep 500 ' allow console time to refresh if it's running

     end if
     
     Next
     
    'Run the image job Now
     
    Call oV2iAuto.DoImageJob(oImageJob.ID, oImageJob.Constants.ImageTypeFull)

  • wnetobr's avatar
    wnetobr
    Level 3
    11 years ago

    Koestler, YOU ARE THE MAN!

    Works perfect!

    Thank you very much!