Running BackupExec tasks from command line

Written by Kokei's Blog
Posted Sep 6, 2013 at 11:21 AM

BackupExec offers a command line executable which is especially useful when we want to manage the BackupExec tasks through applications or scripts.

Start Service
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o502

Stop Service
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o503

Tape Format
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o114 -d"IBMLTO4" -pr:Medium –w
** IBMLTO4 is device name

Tape Erase
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o111 -s -d"IBMLTO4" -e:1 -pr:Medium –w
** IBMLTO4 is device name

Inventory
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o117 -d"IBMLTO4" -pr:Medium –w
** IBMLTO4 is device name

Start Daily backup
c:\"Program Files\Symantec\Backup Exec"\bemcmd -o1 -jDaily_Backup -pr:Medium -w
** Daily_Backup is the backup job name