Manual Detailed Inventory Of Unknown Tapes

Description

Runs detailed inventory on all unknown tapes in all the libraries attached to the specified DPM server. This is for manually running the detailed inventory job. In order to run the inventory on a regular scheduled basis, use Get/Set-MaintenanceJobStartTime and DPM will automatically run the inventory at the specified time. Save this script as a .ps1 file and run it. Usage and examples of scripts can be found by calling them with ‘-?’ or ‘-help’ from inside DPM Management Shell.

This script was contributed by the System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) team. 

Supported Platforms

Script Code

param ([string] $DPMServerName)
if(("-?","-help") -contains $args[0])
{
    Write-Host "Description: This script runs detailed inventory on all unknown tapes in all the libraries attached " `
        "to the specified DPM server."
    Write-Host "Usage: Inventory-UnknownTapes.ps1 [-DPMServerName] <Name of the DPM server>"
    Write-Host "Example: Inventory-UnknownTapes.ps1 mohitc02"
    exit 0
}
if (!$DPMServerName)
{
    $DPMServerName = Read-Host "DPM server name"
    if (!$DPMServerName)
    {
        Write-Error "Dpm server name not specified."
        exit 1
    }
}
if (!(Connect-DPMServer $DPMServerName))
{
    Write-Error "Failed to connect To DPM server $DPMServerName"
    exit 1
}
$libraryList = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName $DPMServerName
foreach ($library in $libraryList)
{
    $unknownTapeList = @(Get-Tape -DPMLibrary $library | 
    ? {$_ -is [Microsoft.Internal.EnterpriseStorage.Dls.UI.ObjectModel.LibraryManagement.ArchiveMedia] `
        -and $_.OmidState -eq "Unknown"})
    if ($unknownTapeList.Length -gt 0)
    {
        Write-Host "Starting detailed inventory on $($library.UserFriendlyName) for $($unknownTapeList.Length) tape(s)."
        Start-DPMLibraryInventory -DPMLibrary $library -DetailedInventory -Tape $unknownTapeList
    }

}

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