Force Free Tape with GUI in SCDPM

Hi,

Since my understanding is to select tape library I have included $Library=Get-DPMLibrary | Where-Object {$_.Type -eq "TapeLibrary"} so by doing so only library is being presented. Also included relevant objects to be populated on the second screen selecting the tape (Select-Object -Property Location, CreationDate, TapeBarcode, Label.)

Thank you very much! NICE WORK!!!

August

Hello,

can you please help?

If I run this on out DPM 2012 R2 Server, which has a standalone LTO-5 drive, the following happens:

I can select the Library and the tape (there always is just one of each).
Then it removes all recovery points without an error.
After removing all recovery points it aborts with:

"The selected tapes cannot be marked as free because they belong to protection groups.
You need to stop protection of the associated protection groups before you can mark the tapes as free. The protection group that a tape belongs to is listed in the Protection Group column. (ID: 31116)"

If I look into DPM, all the recovery points, which were deleted by the script, are still there. A new inventory doesn't Change this.

If run the script again, it finds and deletes all points again and then fails with the same error.

What am I doing wrong? 

Also works on Server 2016 and DPM 2016.  Nice work!

thanks

This script is fantastic in every way. Works with all versions of DPM (tested with 2010, 2012, and 2016) and it has a GUI so there is no more guessing the tape or slot (which is a pita if you have a standalone drive).

Thank you very much to the author!!!

thanks

Import-Module DataProtectionManager

$PSPre="3"

if ($Host.Version.Major -ge $PSPre) {
    } else {
    Write-Host "Wrong PS Version, you are running Version: " $Host.Version.Major
    Write-Host "You need PowerShell V3"
    Write-Host "Download PowerShell V3: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34595"
    Write-Host "Press Key to exit...."
    $x=$HOST.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown") 
    exit
    }

$DPMServer=$env:COMPUTERNAME
$Library=Get-DPMLibrary  | Select id,userfriendlyname, DriveCount, SlotCount, ProtectionGroups | Out-GridView -PassThru -Title "Choose Library"
$Library = Get-DPMLibrary | where {$_.id -eq $Library.id}
$Slots=$null
$Slots=Get-DPMTape -DPMLibrary $Library | Out-GridView -PassThru -Title "Choose Tapes" | select Location

if ($Slots) {
    foreach ($Slot in $Slots) {
        Write-Host "Processing tape on"$Slot.Location -ForegroundColor Green
        ForceFree-Tape.ps1 -DPMServerName $DPMServer -LibraryName $Library.userfriendlyname -TapeLocationList $Slot.Location
    }} else {
        Write-Host "No tape selected" -ForegroundColor Magenta
    }

I had to use "Select id" when choosing library.
I also added some eye candy improvements.