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Get-VBREncryptedTapeMediumHint

Short Description

Returns password hints for encrypted backups stored on tapes.

Applies to

Product Edition: Enterprise

Requires Cloud Connect license

Syntax

Get-VBREncryptedTapeMediumHint -Medium <VBRTapeMedium>  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet returns password hints for encrypted backups stored on tapes.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Medium

Specifies the tape. The cmdlet will return the password hints for the media pool that contains this tape.

Accepts the VBRTapeMedium type.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByPropertyName)

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see the About CommonParameters section of Microsoft Docs.

Return Type

Example

This example shows how to get the password hints for encrypted backups from the selected tape.

  1. Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape. Save the result to the $tape variable.
  2. Run Get-VBREncryptedTapeMediumHint with the $tape variable.

$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00110001"

Get-VBREncryptedTapeMediumHint -Medium $tape

Related Commands

Get-VBRTapeMedium