This is included just for the “blast from the past” factor. This is a Windows NT/DOS shell batch file I wrote a decade ago to automate EMC Symmetrix TimeFinder operations. Good thing TimeFinder is much, much easier to use now! This demonstrates the true value of Microsoft’s VSS API!
@echo off REM EMCBCV.BAT V. 1.23 REM REM Usage: REM "EMCBCV.BAT [est|split|verify] " REM REM EMCBCV.BAT is a wrapper for the TimeFinder-CLI for Windows NT command, REM BCV.EXE. It verifies input, logs use, and uses standard TF-CLI device REM files. REM REM History: REM 12/28/1999 - SLF - V1.0 REM 12/29/1999 - SLF - V1.1 - Added errorlevel checking REM 01/28/2000 - SLF - V1.2 - Added logging, comments REM 05/26/2000 - SLF - V1.23 - Updated slightly, no functional changes REM COMMAND is the first command line option set COMMAND=%1 REM GROUP is the second command line option set GROUP=%2 REM EMCBASE is the base directory for the following REM set EMCBASE=C:Program FilesEMC set EMCBASE=D:TEMP REM BCVBIN is the location of the EMC TF-CLI binaries set BCVBIN="%EMCBASE%Symclibinariesbcv.exe" REM SCRIPTSDIR is the location of this script and the device files set SCRIPTSDIR="%EMCBASE%scripts" REM LOGFILE is the log file set LOGFILE="%EMCBASE%scriptsemcbcv.log" REM Save old value of BCV_GK_FILE for restoring later set OLD_GK_FILE=%BCV_GK_FILE% REM Date and time stamp the log file echo. | date | find "current" >> %LOGFILE% echo. | time | find "current" >> %LOGFILE% echo Starting EMCBCV.BAT with COMMAND=%COMMAND% and GROUP=%GROUP% >> %LOGFILE% REM Verify COMMAND if "%COMMAND%"=="restore" goto restore if "%COMMAND%"=="est" goto est if "%COMMAND%"=="establish" goto est if "%COMMAND%"=="split" goto split if "%COMMAND%"=="verify" goto verify if "%COMMAND%"=="help" goto help REM Unrecognized COMMAND echo Error: Incorrect or null command echo Error: Incorrect or null command (COMMAND=%COMMAND%) >> %LOGFILE% :help REM Print usage message echo Usage: "EMCBCV.BAT [est|split|verify] " goto end :restore REM COMMAND is "restore" echo This batch file does not allow the restore command to be specified. echo It must be run manually. View the batch file source for details. echo Usage: "EMCBCV.BAT [est|split|verify] " echo Attempted to perform a BCV restore. Denied. >> %LOGFILE% goto end :est REM COMMAND is "est" or "establish" REM FLAGS=-i means incremental establish, null FLAGS means full establish set FLAGS=-i echo Attempting to perform a BCV establish echo Attempting to perform a BCV establish (FLAGS=%FLAGS%) >> %LOGFILE% goto next1 :split REM COMMAND is "split" echo Attempting to perform a BCV split echo Attempting to perform a BCV split >> %LOGFILE% goto next1 :verify echo Attempting to perform a BCV verify echo Attempting to perform a BCV verify >> %LOGFILE% goto next1 :next1 REM Verify GROUP if "%GROUP%"=="arev1gm" goto arev1gm if "%GROUP%"=="fibshr1g" goto fibshr1g if "%GROUP%"=="fibshr1s" goto fibshr1s REM Unrecognized GROUP echo Error: Incorrect or null group echo Error: Incorrect or null group (GROUP=%GROUP%) >> %LOGFILE% goto end :arev1gm REM For each GROUP, assign required variables echo Using group %group% REM BCV_GK_FILE is a file pointing to a gatekeeper device for the desired Symmetrix set BCV_GK_FILE=C:Program FilesEMCscriptsbox3_gatekeeper REM PAIRS is the device file for this group set PAIRS="%SCRIPTSDIR%%group%_pairs" goto next2 :fibshr1g echo Using group %group% set BCV_GK_FILE=C:Program FilesEMCscriptsbox3_gatekeeper set PAIRS="%SCRIPTSDIR%%group%_pairs" goto next2 :fibshr1s echo Using group %group% set BCV_GK_FILE=C:Program FilesEMCscriptsbox3_gatekeeper set PAIRS="%SCRIPTSDIR%%group%_pairs" goto next2 :next2 REM This is the actual command execution echo Executing the following command: echo %BCVBIN% %command% -f %PAIRS% %FLAGS% echo Executing the following command: >> %LOGFILE% echo %BCVBIN% %command% -f %PAIRS% %FLAGS% >> %LOGFILE% %BCVBIN% %command% -f %PAIRS% %FLAGS% REM Check errolevels for BCV.EXE if %errorlevel% EQU 5 goto split if %errorlevel% EQU 4 goto progress if %errorlevel% EQU 1 goto established if %errorlevel% EQU 0 goto success REM Unknown errorlevel echo BCV.EXE reports: Unknown errorlevel: errorlevel=%errorlevel% echo BCV.EXE reports: Unknown errorlevel: errorlevel=%errorlevel% >> %LOGFILE% :success if %COMMAND%=="verify" goto established if %COMMAND%=="split" goto split if %COMMAND%=="est" goto progress if %COMMAND%=="establish" goto progress echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV command was successful echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV command was successful (errorlevel=%errorlevel%) >> %LOGFILE% goto end :established echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV devices are established echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV devices are established (errorlevel=%errorlevel%) >> %LOGFILE% goto end :progress echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV split in progress echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV split in progress (errorlevel=%errorlevel%) >> %LOGFILE% goto end :split echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV devices not established echo BCV.EXE reports: BCV devices not established (errorlevel=%errorlevel%) >> %LOGFILE% goto end :end REM Date and time stamp the log file echo. | date | find "current" >> %LOGFILE% echo. | time | find "current" >> %LOGFILE% echo Finished EMCBCV.BAT with COMMAND=%COMMAND% and GROUP=%GROUP% >> %LOGFILE% REM Restore old BCV_GK_FILE value set BCV_GK_FILE=%OLD_GK_FILE% REM Clean up environment variables set FLAGS= set COMMAND= set GROUP= set BCVBIN= set SCRIPTSDIR= set LOGFILE= set OLD_GK_FILE= REM BCV Restore Procedure: REM REM WARNING: This completely overwrites the Standard volumes with the contents REM of the BCV volumes. If you are not completely sure, DO NOT DO THIS! REM REM This batch file does not allow the restore command to be specified. It REM must be run manually. REM REM To restore the contents of the BCV volumes to the Standard volumes, REM follow this procedure: REM REM 1) Note which Symmetrix contains the Standard and BCV volumes. Set the REM value of BCV_GK_FILE to point to a file containing a gatekeeper for REM that Symmetrix. (this may not be necessary) REM 2) Locate a device file containing the desired Standard and BCV volume REM serial numbers. REM 3) Locate the TF-CLI executables and CD to that directory. REM 4) run "BCV.EXE restore -f " where is the file REM identified in step 2 above.
