I'm comfortable with basic powershell having written some disk space monitoring and file processing scripts at $dayjob. I also just found an article at Redmondmag.com that touches on wbadmin's exposure in powershell 2. I'll have a look in this direction and see where it leads.
http://redmondmag.com/articles/2010/04/01/backup-basics-in-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx <http://redmondmag.com/articles/2010/04/01/backup-basics-in-windows-server-2008-r2.aspx>Thanks for the help. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:29 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]>wrote: > Well, it’s pretty easy to write a small powershell wrapper to send email, > and if you were using powershell already, I’d recommend it. > > > > But blat is easy to use, proven, and simple to integrate into the type of > process you want. > > > > Wbadmin doesn’t allow for pre- or post-backup tasks, at least as far as I > know. > > > > So…. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:26 PM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Hyper-v backup question > > > > I had considered something like that. I guess I was hoping for some way to > do it all natively. > > > > Thanks > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael B. Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Put wbadmin into a script/batch file and schedule that script batch file. > Use blat to email the log file to you. > > > > Regards, > > > > Michael B. Smith > > Consultant and Exchange MVP > > http://TheEssentialExchange.com > > > > *From:* Richard Stovall [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 29, 2010 2:03 PM > > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > > *Subject:* Hyper-v backup question > > > > I do pro bono work for a small, non-profit K-8 school. They wish to > finally install their first server for the next school year, and I've set > them up with a Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 host (the free OS) with guest machines > doing the actual work. I've got everything working just fine, but I would > like to know if there is a convenient and free way to monitor the nightly > backups. I've created a backup schedule using wbadmin to write out to a > second disk, but since I'm not on site every day it would be ideal to have a > copy of the backup report emailed at the completion of each day's job. I > know I can grab the contents of the log from > C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup in a separate scheduled task, but it > would be great to have it all tied up neatly in a single process. > > > > Anyone have any methods for accomplishing this? > > > > Thanks, > > RS > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
