Get Recover Point Expiration Date in DPM Management Shell

Question

Hello,
I am currently using DPM 2010 and am trying to retrieve the Expiration Dates for individual Recovery Points using the DPM Management shell. I know I can
retrieve this information by viewing the tape contents in the DPM console but, I would like to be able to utilize the information in scripts if possible.
I have seen
THIS POST. However, the provided solution has been unsuccessful in my attempts. I am assuming by "get-rps" they meant "get-recoverypoint" which makes sense but, I dont
see any methods with a similar name or apparent function to get-expirydate.
I find it hard to believe you cannot retrieve this information from the DPM Shell but, by the silence of my search results, it just might be.
I look forward to Reading your responses, even if they are telling me it can't be done, or that i missed something in my searches. 

Answer 1

Hi,
Try this new version of the script. It is pretty much the same script I just added an entry that if you do supply a switch label, it will output the label of the tape instead of the tape barcode. Example: if the script is named duetape.ps1 you just run like
this:
.\duetape.ps1 label
# This script will parse all active protection group that is configured for long term #
# protection to tape #
# It will parse all tapes which are already set as offsite ready #
# It will list all expiration date of these tapes. Currently it will list a tape even if it is #
# set to expire months or years in advance. #
# Author : Wilson Souza #
# Script Name : wilson-duetape.ps1 #
# Date Created : 06/26/2011 #
# Last modified : 03/13/2012 #
# Version : 1.3 #
# Change log #
# ========== #
# Ver 1.3 - Added option to show output with Tape Label instead of Barcode #
# To switch to Label just enter the script name followed by word label #
# Example: .\duetape.ps1 label #
# Ver 1.2 - Output now is saved on file duetape.txt #
# Ver 1.1 - Expire date/time information was masked to only show the date but not the #
# time. Took mask out so now we return date and time. #
# This version of the script was only tested on DPM 2010 #
param([string] $barcode)
if ($barcode.toupper() -ne 'LABEL') { $barcode = 'barcode' }
$confirmpreference = "None"
cls
$dpmserver = connect-dpmserver (&hostname)
$pg = @(get-protectiongroup (&hostname) | where { $_.protectionmethod -like "*Long-term using tape*"})
out-file duetape.txt -encoding ASCII
foreach ($pg1 in $pg)
$rp = @()
write-host "Protection Group" $pg1.friendlyname "has tape protection" -foreground white
$ds = @(get-datasource $pg1)
foreach ($ds1 in $ds)
if ((get-recoverypoint $ds1 | where { $_.datalocation -eq "Media"}) -ne $null)
$rp = $rp + (get-recoverypoint $ds1 | where { $_.datalocation -eq "Media"})
$tp = @(get-tape -protectiongroup $pg1)
foreach ($tp1 in $tp)
if ($tp1.Isoffsiteready -eq $true)
$expire = get-date
write-host "Recovery Points present on tape with" $barcode $tp1.$barcode
foreach ($rp1 in $rp)
if ($tp1.id -eq $rp1.RecoverySourceLocations[0].mediamaplist[$rp1.RecoverySourceLocations[0].mediamaplist.count-1].mediaid)
write-host $rp1.RecoverySourceLocations[0].creationdatetime " - " $rp1.RecoverySourceLocations[0].expirydate " - " $tp1.$barcode "-" $rp1.recoverysourcelocations[0].generation -foreground red
if ($expire -lt $rp1.RecoverySourceLocations[0].expirydate)
$expire = ($rp1.recoverysourcelocations[0].expirydate)
if ($tp1.location.isoffline)
write-host "Offsite Tape with" $barcode $tp1.$barcode "is due back to Library on" $expire "`n" -foreground yellow
"Offsite Tape with " + $barcode + " " + $tp1.$barcode + " is due back to Library on " + $expire | out-file duetape.txt -encoding ASCII -append
else
write-host "Tape in" $tp1.location.name "-" $tp1.location.id "expires on" $expire "`n" -foreground green
"Tape in " + $tp1.location.name + "-" + $tp1.location.id +" expires on " + $expire | out-file duetape.txt -encoding ASCII -append
Let me know if worked
Thanks, Wilson Souza - MSFT This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights