ntbackup - run script when finished 1

[bilbonvidia]

Is it possible to run a script once a scheduled backup has finished? I would like to run a batch file once the backup is complete.

 

[markdmac]

You would be better off using a combination of WMI and vbscript. Essentially there is no way to know that the backup is done unless you just take a guess at a safe time and then yes, you could schedule something. If however you were to use the combination I have mentioned, then you could monitor running processes and wait for NTBackup to complete.

Ideally you would have this same script fire off NTBackup, so the process would look like this:

1. Schedule the script to run
2. Script starts NTBackup
3. Script does a Do Until and sleeps for 10 milliseconds waiting for NTBackup to no longer be a process
4. Remaining code gets executed to do whatever you want.

Here are the hard parts you need. You just have to add your code for what to execute inplace of my Wscript.Echo command. You can easily test this script by changing strprocess to look for cmd.exe. Then launch a command prompt and run the script. Close the command prompt and you will see it reports when the process stopped.

You also need to add code at the top to start your backup.

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'==========================================================================
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' NAME: MonitorProcess.vbs
'
' AUTHOR: Mark D. MacLachlan , The Spider's Parlor
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' DATE  : 4/17/2007
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'==========================================================================[/green]


Option Explicit
Dim objWMIService, objProcess, colProcess, pFound, strProcess
Dim strComputer, strList

strComputer = "."
strProcess = "NTBackup.exe"

Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" _ 
& strComputer & "\root\cimv2") 


pFound = "Search"
Do While pFound <> False
	Set colProcess = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
	("Select * from Win32_Process")
	For Each objProcess in colProcess
		If objProcess.Name = strProcess Then
		   pFound = True
		End If
	Next
	If pFound = "Search" Then
		pFound = False
	ElseIf pFound = True Then
		pFound = "Search"
	End If
	WScript.Sleep 10
Loop
WSCript.Echo strProcess & " stopped " & Now
WScript.Quit

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[bilbonvidia]

Thanks for the reply, I have tested as suggested with cmd.exe running but the vbs script reports cmd.exe as stopped straight away even though it is still a process.

Thanks,

Do you know how to copy the newest file in a directory using a dos command?

 

[markdmac]

Did you change this line of the code?

strProcess = "NTBackup.exe"



I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[bilbonvidia]

Apologies, I thought that I had but I can't have saved the file. *red face*. Now working.

Thank you.

 

[bilbonvidia]

I have bodged this together also, what do you think would this do the job also and be okay to have running?:

@echo ON
CD TEST

:START

pslist ntbackup > NUL

IF ERRORLEVEL 1 GOTO END
GOTO START


:END
EXIT

 

[markdmac]

What was wrong with the solution given? You verified it worked and then appear to have dismissed the effort put forward.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[bilbonvidia]

Nothing, your solution was most excellent. However my vbs skills are zero. How would start ntbackup and call a batch file once finished using vbs?

 

[markdmac]

Set WSHShell = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
WSHShell.Run ("CMD.EXE NTBACKUP.EXE")

Replace the NTBACKUP.EXE with the full NTBackup string for your configuration options.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[tfg13]

Nice script Mark! I'm continuing the "Million stars for Mark" campaign!

 

[markdmac]

Thanks TFG

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[SkreeM]

It is a very nice script mark, however i wonder if using wmi is kinda suing a sledgehammer to crack a walnut?

create a new batchfile

@echo off
ntbackup <your commandline for backup job here>
call <your batchfile path & name here>

that will launch the batchfile once the backup is completed

Skr

 

[markdmac]

Skr, using my meathod, it is possible to monitor the processes running on a remote machine. So the example given is more powerful/flexible.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

Check out my scripting solutions at

http://www.thespidersparlor.com/vbscript

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