I found a nice script from Scott that reports on last successful full backup of Exchange 2007. If you want to do that from Operations Manager 2007 you could modify the power shell script a bit.. The power shell script below checks when last full backup was made, it checks for the presence of storage groups and databases within them. You could store the script at your Exchange mailbox servers, in for example C:\temp\LastBackupReport.ps1, and then call it from a monitor with a vbscript.

$iNomHours = “1” #Enter number of hours since last backup that requires attention

if (-not (Get-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue))
 {Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Exchange.Management.PowerShell.Admin}

function BackupStatus
 {
 param($db)
 $sBackupRunning = “”
 $sCMStatus = $sCheckMark
 #Note if backup is currently running
 If ($db.BackupInProgress -eq $true)
  {$sBackupRunning = “(Backup In Progress)”}
 #Determine if backup has ever completed
 If ($db.LastFullBackup -ne $null)
  {
  $sBackupDay = $db.LastFullBackup.get_DayofWeek()
  $sBackupDateTime = $db.LastFullBackup.ToString(“g”)
  #Flag if last completed backup started over 1 hours ago
  If (($date – $db.LastFullBackup).TotalHours -gt $iNomHours)
   {
   $sLastBackup = “Last Backup Started: ” + $sBackupDay + “, ” + $sBackupDateTime
   $sCMStatus = “”
   $script:bAlert = $true
   }
  Else
   {
   $sLastBackup = “Last Backup Started: ” + $sBackupDay + “, ” + $sBackupDateTime
   }
  }
 Else
  {
  $sLastBackup = “No full backup has completed yet”
  $sCMStatus = “”
  $script:bAlert = $true
  }
 $script:sOutput += “” + $sSpace + $sSpace + $db.Name + ” ” + `
  $sLastBackup + “” + $sCMStatus + ” ” + $sBackupRunning + “”
 }

$date = Get-Date
$sSpace = ” ”
$sOutput = “indicates that no backup started within the configured timeframe, which is ” + $iNomHours + ” hours.”

#Retrieve Exchange servers with mailbox role
$ExServer = Get-ExchangeServer | where {$_.IsMailboxServer -eq $True} | Sort-Object Name
Foreach ($server in $ExServer)
 {
 $sOutput += $server
 #Retrieve storage groups for a given server
 $StorageGroup = $server | Get-StorageGroup | Sort-Object Name
 #Check for absence of any storage groups
 If (($StorageGroup | Measure-Object Name).Count -eq $null)
  {
  $sOutput += $sSpace + “No storage groups present.”
  }
 Else
  {
  Foreach ($sg in $StorageGroup)
   {
   $sOutput += $sSpace + $sg.Name
   #Retrieve mailbox databases for a given storage group
   $MailboxDatabase = $sg | Get-MailboxDatabase -Status | Sort-Object Name
   $PFDatabase = $sg | Get-PublicFolderDatabase -Status
   #Check for absence of any databases in storage group
   $bMdbExist = ($MailboxDatabase | Measure-Object Name).Count -ne $null
   $bPFExist = ($PFDatabase | Measure-Object Name).Count -ne $null
   If ((!$bMdbExist) -and (!$bPFExist))
    {
    $sOutput += $sSpace + $sSpace + “No databases in storage group.”
    }
   Else
    {
    if ($bMdbExist)
     {
      Foreach ($mdb in $MailboxDatabase)
      {
      BackupStatus $mdb
      }
     }
    if ($bPFExist)
     {
     BackupStatus $PFDatabase
     }
    }
   }
  }
 }
$sOutput += “”
If ($bAlert -eq $true)
 {
 Write-host “Attention Required”
 Write-Host $bAlert
 Write-host $sOutput
 }
Else
 {
 Write-host “All ok”
 }
 
 

The VB script below is used in a timed script two state monitor

pscommand = “C:\temp\LastBackupReport.ps1”
cmd = “powershell.exe ” & pscommand
Set shell = createObject(“Wscript.Shell”)
Set executor = shell.exec(cmd)
executor.StdIn.Close
varPSResult = executor.StdOut.ReadAll
varString = InStr(varPSResult, “True”)
Dim oAPI, oBag
Set oAPI = CreateObject(“MOM.ScriptAPI”)
Set oBag = oAPI.CreatePropertyBag()
Call oBag.AddValue(“varPSResult”,varPSResult)
If varString > 1 Then
Call oBag.AddValue(“Backup”,”Error”)
Call oAPI.Return(oBag)
Else
Call oBag.AddValue(“Backup”,”Ok”)
Call oAPI.Return(oBag)
End If

Settings for the monitor (Timed Script Two State Monitor)

• General. Monitor target: Exchange 2007 Standalone Mailbox Role
• Schedule. Run every X hours
• Script. File Name: ExchangeBackup.vbs
• Script. Timeout: 2 Minutes
• Script. Paste the script in
• Unhealthy Expression: Property[@Name=’Backup’] Does not equal Ok
• Healthy Expression: Property[@Name=’Backup’] Equal Ok
• Alerting. check Generate alerts for this monitor
• Alerting. Alert description: $Data/Context/Property[@Name’varPSResult’]$ No backup for the last X hours