Hi,
When I set an expired tape as free when running
Set-Tape -Tape $expiredTape_ -Free
Does DPM also removes the recovery points related to that tape from disc ?
I`m working on a script that sets free all the expired tapes in online library(s) (Yes I know DPM will mark them as free by itself when time comes but ...) , when looking at ForceFree-Tape.ps1 I
see it does loop for the recovery points in the tape and removes them by :
Remove-RecoveryPoint -RecoveryPoint $rp -ForceDeletion -Confirm:$false
So I wonder if I also need to remove the recovery points for the expired tapes.
Thank you .
here is the script I`m working on:
#Save your script (somefilename.ps1) without spaces in the name before running it
#Run on your DPM server or specify Server name to connect to in $DPMServerName
#Change $Exported_csv and $Transcript_Path according to your needs
#Set $Simulate_only = $false if you want the script to make any changes
$Exported_csv = "C:\Install\Expiredtapes-report.csv"
$Transcript_Path = "C:\Install\Expiredtapes-report.log"
$Simulate_only = $true
if($Host.Version.Major -lt 3){
Write-Error "Requires at least PowerShell v3, your version is : $($Host.Version)"
exit 1
}
If ($psISE) {
Write-Host '\*Openning console*\'
Start-Process -FilePath 'Powershell.exe' -ArgumentList "-File $PSCommandPath"
return
} else {
Write-Host '\*In console*\'
}
$sw = [Diagnostics.Stopwatch]::StartNew()
Import-Module DataProtectionManager
$DPMServerName = Get-Content env:computername
if (!(Connect-DPMServer $DPMServerName))
{
Write-Error "Failed to connect To DPM server $DPMServerName"
exit 1
}
Start-Transcript -Path $Transcript_Path
$anim=@("|","/","-","\","|")
$libraryList = @()
$libraryList = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName $DPMServerName | where {$_.Status -eq 'Enabled'}
foreach ($library in $libraryList)
{
write-host
write-host Starting inventory for library $library.UserFriendlyName
$result = Start-DPMLibraryInventory -DPMLibrary $library -DetailedInventory
write-host "This operation can take a long time, please be patient..."
while (!$result.HasCompleted)
{
$anim | % {
Write-Host "`b$_" -NoNewline -ForegroundColor Yellow
Start-Sleep -m 50
}
}
write-host
write-host Inventory complete for library $library.UserFriendlyName
write-host
$expiredTapeList = @(Get-Tape -DPMLibrary $library | ? {$_ -is [Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.UI.ObjectModel.LibraryManagement.ArchiveMedia] -and $_.DatasetState -eq "Recyclable"})
if ($expiredTapeList.Length -gt 0)
{
$expiredTapeList | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation -Encoding UTF8 -Path $Exported_csv -Force -Append
Write-Host "Marking $($expiredTapeList.Length) tape(s) as free in $($library.UserFriendlyName)."
foreach ($expiredTape_ in $expiredTapeList)
{
$rps = @(Get-RecoveryPoint -Tape $expiredTape_)
if ($rps.Length -eq 0){Write-host "`r`nCould not retrieve Recovery Points for tape $($expiredTape_.Barcode) in $($expiredTape_.Location)`r`n" -ForegroundColor Red}
foreach ($rp in $rps)
{
Write-host "Removing recovery point created at $($rp.RepresentedPointInTime) for tape in $($expiredTape_.Location) with expiration date $($rp.RecoverySourceLocations[0].expirydate) , DatasetLifeStatus is $($expiredTape_.getDatasetLifeStatus())."
if($Simulate_only){Write-host "`r`nSimulation Only`r`n" -ForegroundColor Green}
Else{
Get-RecoveryPoint -Datasource $rp.Datasource | Out-Null
Remove-RecoveryPoint -RecoveryPoint $rp -ForceDeletion -Confirm:$false}
}
Write-host "Setting tape in $($expiredTape_.Location) as free."
if($Simulate_only){Write-host "`r`nSimulation Only`r`n" -ForegroundColor Green}
Else{Set-Tape -Tape $expiredTape_ -Free}
}
} else {Write-Host "No Expired Tapes were Found in Library $($library.UserFriendlyName)" -ForegroundColor Red}
}
$sw.Stop()
Write-Host "`r`n Total job running time ...." $sw.Elapsed
Stop-Transcript
$a = Get-Content $Transcript_Path
$a > $Transcript_Path
