Sharepoint 2010 Backup and Cleanup Scripts with Notifications

Simple scripts that you can automate with the Task Scheduler to backup/cleanup your Sharepoint 2010 farm with email notifications.

Backup Script

try
 {
  $today = (Get-Date -Format dd-MM-yyyy)
 #Location of the Backup Folder
  [IO.Directory]::CreateDirectory("E:BackupDailyFarmBackUp$today")
 # This will actually initiate the SPFarm backup. 
  Backup-SPFarm -Directory E:BackupFullFarmBackup$today -BackupMethod full
 # Backup-SPFarm -Directory E:BackupDailyFarmBackup$today -BackupMethod differential

 # Edit the From Address as per your environment.
  $emailFrom = "SPADMIN@Sharepoint.com"
 # Edit the mail address to which the Notification should be sent.
  $emailTo = "Admin@SharePoint.Com"
 # Subject for the notification email. The + “$today” part will add the date in the subject.
  $subject = "The SharePoint Farm Backup was Successful for "+"$today"
 # Body or the notification email. The + “$today” part will add the date in the subject.
  $body = "The SharePoint Farm Backup was Successful for "+"$today"
  # IP address of your SMTP server. Make sure relay Is enabled for the SharePoint server on your SMTP server
  $smtpServer = "192.168.0.0"
  $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
  $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
 }
Catch
 {
  $ErrorMessage = $_.Exception.Message
  # Configure the below parameters as per the above.
  $emailFrom = "SPADMIN@Sharepoint.com"
  $emailTo = "Admin@SharePoint.Com"
  $subject = "The SharePoint Farm Backup Job failed on "+"$today"
  $body = "The SharePoint Farm Backup Job failed on "+"$today and the reason for failure was $ErrorMessage."
  $smtpServer = "192.168.0.0"
  $smtp = new-object Net.Mail.SmtpClient($smtpServer)
  $smtp.Send($emailFrom, $emailTo, $subject, $body)
 }

Cleanup Script

# Location of spbrtoc.xml
$spbrtoc = "\YOURPATHspbrtoc.xml"

# Days of backup that will be remaining after backup cleanup.
$days = 14

# Load Backup File
[xml]$sp = gc $spbrtoc

# Find the old backups in spbrtoc.xml

$old = $sp.SPBackupRestoreHistory.SPHistoryObject |? { [datetime]$_.SPStartTime -lt ((get-date).adddays(-$days)) }

 if ($old -eq $Null) { write-host "$old and $date - No reports of backups older than $days days found in spbrtoc.xml.`nspbrtoc.xml isn't changed and no files are removed.`n" ; break}
 
 # Delete the old backups from the Sharepoint backup report xml file 
 $old | % { $sp.SPBackupRestoreHistory.RemoveChild($_) } 
 
 # Save the new Sharepoint backup report xml file 
 $sp.Save($spbrtoc) 
 Write-host "Backup(s) entries older than $days days are removed from spbrtoc.xml and harddisc." 
 
 #Check if any error has occured and send an alert email if it did.
if ($error[0])
{
Write-Output "An error has occurred" | Out-File -FilePath C:tempbackupsharepointfarm.log -Append;
for ($i=0; $i -le $error.count; $i++) {Write-Output $error[$i] | Out-File -FilePath C:tempbackupsharepointfarm.log -Append}

###First, the administrator must change the mail message values in this section
$FromAddress = "backupjob@yourserver.com"
$ToAddress = "you@host.com"
$MessageSubject = "Sharepoint Cleanup Failed."
$MessageBody = "The Sharepoint Server Cleanup Failed. Please check."
$SendingServer = "192.168.0.0"

###Create the mail message
$SMTPMessage = New-Object System.Net.Mail.MailMessage $FromAddress, $ToAddress, $MessageSubject, $MessageBody

###Send the message
$SMTPClient = New-Object System.Net.Mail.SMTPClient $SendingServer
$SMTPClient.Send($SMTPMessage)

}