09-05-2015 10:47 PM
09-06-2015 03:09 AM
09-06-2015 06:23 AM
I want to loop on the folders/files to get the names of the files that were backuped
Then, I need to validate their MD5 before deleting content in database. (We don't delete files rom database until we are 100% sure they were written to tape). We use WORM tapes
So any way to retrieve the list of files that were backuped would be great, I thought I could rely on the xml report, but from what I see, the report doesn't yet exist in the post command section.
I'm wondering if we could retrieve the list from the SQL database of Backup Exec (if it's possible and if it's a "supported" way). That could be an alternative.
Thanks
09-06-2015 08:54 AM
09-07-2015 01:59 AM
Pre and post commands count as part of the job operation and their success or failure should also be written to the job log - hence creating the job logs is the very last operation performed when a job runs. The post command is therefore run after the end of data processing within the job, but not after the end of all job operations
For you to do what you want, you will need to schedule your script for after the job completely finishes (which means it cannot be schueld as part of the job configuration and you will probably have to use task scheduler or possibly some external utility triggered by, perhaps, something like a job sucessful SNMP alert if you have such a capability.)
Note: There is actually a related problem with the pre commands as they have to start within the job as one of the job operations, which usually means you cannot run tape utility jobs as pre-commands as the main job will already have been allocated access and reserved the tape devices. resulting in the utility job being queued.
09-07-2015 05:51 AM
Ok thanks, That is what I thought based on experiences.
I think I'll use your suggestion and recover the JOBID from the post command to create a scheduled job
The scheduled job will then have access to the xml report and will be able to create a restore job to restore, validate and delete the files.
Thanks everyone for your help.