Checking EMC Networker configuration on new Windows Server builds

Background

You have been tasked to find out if EMC Networker is configured properly on your new Windows Server builds. This could be achieved by running an Ansible Playbook coupled with a PowerShell script.

Script

Playbook

#Define list of servers and their respective login details, this could be achieved differently depending on your infrastructure design

- name: capture servers list

hosts: localhost

vars:

- servers: "{{ myhost.split(',') }}"

gather_facts: false

tasks:

- import_tasks: automation-add-group.yml

- name: Check build status for windows

hosts: temp_group

gather_facts: false

tasks:

- name: Check for networker agent

win_shell: if(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | where Name -eq 'Networker') { write-host "Found" } else { write-host "Not Found" }

register: backupagent

failed_when: "'Not Found' in backupagent.stdout"

ignore_errors: true

- name: make sure networker service is running

win_service:

name: nsrexecd

state: started

register: srtbckup

ignore_errors: true

#If networker service is not running

- block:

- name: rename nsr folder

win_file:

path: C:\Program Files\EMC NetWorker\nsr\res\nsrladb

state: absent

- name: make sure network service is running

win_service:

name: nsrexecd

state: started

when: srtbckup is failed

ignore_errors: true

- pause:

seconds: 30

    #Calls the PowerShell script

- name: Check backup configuration

script: backservercheck.ps1

register: backupserver

failed_when: "'Backup client configured properly' not in backupserver.stdout"

ignore_errors: true

PowerShell

In this example, we wanted to check the backup configuration on 2 sites where each site had their own Backup servers. Hence, this script taps on the naming convention of each Windows Server to determine which Backup server it should connect to.

$hostname = $env:COMPUTERNAME

if ($hostname -like '*naming convention 1*') {

$backserverlist = @('backup server 1 - site 1','backup server 2 - site 1')

foreach ($bckupserver in $backserverlist) {

 #Define nsr command

        $command = "echo print type: nsr client; name: $hostname | nsradmin -s $bckupserver -p nsrd"

 #Run nsr command in cmd

        $output = cmd.exe /c $command

if($output -like '*scheduled backup: Enabled*') {

Write-Host "Backup client configured properly"

break

}

}

} elseif ($hostname -like '*naming convention 2*') {

$backserverlist = @('backup server 1 - site 2','backup server 2 - site 2')

foreach ($bckupserver in $backserverlist) {

$command = "echo print type: nsr client; name: $hostname | nsradmin -s $bckupserver -p nsrd"

$output = cmd.exe /c $command

if($output -like '*scheduled backup: Enabled*') {

Write-Host "Backup client configured properly"

break

}

}

}