NetBackup BPList via Powershell

function Get-SqlNetBackups{
    param(
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
        [string]$ServerName,
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
        [DateTime]$Start = (get-date).AddDays(-1),
        [Parameter(Mandatory=$false, ValueFromPipeline=$false)]
        [DateTime]$End = (Get-Date)
    )

    #HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\VERITAS\NetBackup\CurrentVersion
    $installDir = Get-ItemProperty "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\VERITAS\NetBackup\CurrentVersion" | select -expandproperty INSTALLDIR
    if($installDir -eq $null){
        throw "Netbackup is not installed."
    }

    $bpList = "$installDir\NetBackup\bin\bplist.exe"
    if(!(Test-Path $bpList -PathType Leaf)){
        throw "BPList was not found at $bpList.  This cmdlet uses (abuses) BPList to "
    }
    #Push-Location
    sl "$([System.IO.Path]::GetDirectoryName($bpList))"
    $objects = @();

    try{

        $fStart = $Start.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")
        $fEnd = $End.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")
        $type = ""

        $ErrorActionPreference = "stop";
        <#
            -l to show file details, the following is the format with -l.  We can get the size and account, which is nice. When I find the time I'll implement...
            -rw------- SQLAcctSe SQLAcctSe     2949120 Mar 02 00:04 SEAPR1DB0051.MSSQL7.SEAPR1DB0051.trx.p0013510cd7b_620.~.7.001of001.20160302000354..C:\
            -rw------- SQLAcctSe SQLAcctSe           0 Mar 02 00:04 SEAPR1DB0051.MSSQL7.SEAPR1DB0051.trx.p0013510cd7b_620.~.7.001of001.20160302000354..C:\
            -rw------- SQLAcctSe SQLAcctSe           0 Mar 02 00:04 SEAPR1DB0051.MSSQL7.SEAPR1DB0051.trx.p0013510cd7b_620.~.7.001of001.20160302000354..C:\
            -rw------- SQLAcctSe SQLAcctSe           0 Mar 02 00:04 SEAPR1DB0051.MSSQL7.SEAPR1DB0051.trx.p0013510cd7b_620.~.7.001of001.20160302000354..C:\
            -rw------- SQLAcctSe SQLAcctSe           0 Mar 02 00:04 SEAPR1DB0051.MSSQL7.SEAPR1DB0051.trx.p0013510cd7b_620.~.7.001of001.20160302000354..C:\
        #>
        $list = .\bplist -C $ServerName -t 15 -S seaveritas247 -s $fStart -e $fEnd -R \      

        $fmtString = "yyyyMMddHHmmss"
          
        $list -split "`r`n" | select -Unique | %{

            $backupType = ""
            $arr = $_.Split(".");  #the image string...

            switch($arr[3]){  #0-based, so 4th item 1-based...used to tell the backup type...
                "db"{
                    $backupType = "Full"
                }
                "trx"{
                    $backupType = "TranLog"
                }
                "inc"{
                    $backupType = "Diff"
                }
                default{
                    $backupType = "Other"
                }
            }

            $objects += [PSCustomObject]@{
                ServerName = $arr[0]
                DatabaseName = $arr[4] 
                Date = [DateTime]::ParseExact($arr[8], $fmtString, $null)
                Type = $backupType
                Image = $_
            } 
    
        }

        $objects; 
    }
    catch{
        $_ | fl -Force
    }
}