automagically document the windows backup process
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""" SG Backup Doku
Automagically document the windows backup process
"""
__version__ = "0.0.1"
from pathlib import Path
from datetime import datetime
import Evtx.Evtx as evtx
SCHEMA = "{http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event}"
LEFT_TO_RIGHT_MARK = "\u200e"
LOG_TIME_FORMAT = "%d/%m/%Y %H:%M"
DOC_DATE_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%d"
DOC_DATE_TIME_FORMAT = DOC_DATE_FORMAT + " %H:%M"
def _get_backup_time(record):
"""extract the raw date from an log entry record"""
node = record.lxml()
for item in node.iter(f"{SCHEMA}Data"):
if item.attrib.get("Name") == "ProtectedUpToTime":
if item.text in (None, "NULL"):
return None
raw = item.text.replace(LEFT_TO_RIGHT_MARK, "")
return datetime.strptime(raw, LOG_TIME_FORMAT)
def get_last_backup_time(path):
with evtx.Evtx(path) as log:
time_entries = (_get_backup_time(record) for record in log.records())
backup_times = (entry for entry in time_entries if entry)
return max(backup_times)
def document_last_backup_time(path, last_backup_time):
with open(path, "a") as fh:
now = datetime.now()
now_text = now.strftime(DOC_DATE_FORMAT)
last_backup_text = last_backup_time.strftime(DOC_DATE_TIME_FORMAT)
line = f"{now_text}\tLast successful backup on {last_backup_text}"
fh.write(f"{line}\n")
def windows():
LOG_FILE_PATH = r"C:\Windows\System32\winevt\Logs\Microsoft-Windows-FileHistory-Core%4WHC.evtx" # noqa: E501
OUT_FILE_PATH = (
r"C:\Users\Holgi\Documents\safeguard_backup_documentation.txt"
)
last_backup = get_last_backup_time(Path(LOG_FILE_PATH))
document_last_backup_time(Path(OUT_FILE_PATH), last_backup)