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Set-VBREncryptedTapeMediumPassword

Short Description

Decrypts encrypted backups stored on tapes.

Applies to

Product Edition: Enterprise

Requires Cloud Connect license

Syntax

Set-VBREncryptedTapeMediumPassword -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> -Password <string[]> [-PassThru]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet decrypts selected encrypted backups stored on tapes.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Accept
Wildcard
Characters

Medium

Specifies the tape that contains . the encrypted backup that you want to decrypt.

Accepts the VBRTapeMedium type.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByPropertyName)

False

Password

Specifies the password. Veeam Backup & Replication will use that password to decrypt the backups.

False

Named

True (ByPropertyName)

False

PassThru

Indicates that the command returns the output object to the Windows PowerShell console.

False

Named

False

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 decrypt encrypted backups stored on tapes.

  1. Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape. Save the result to the $tape variable.
  2. Run Set-VBREncryptedTapeMediumPassword with the $tape variable. Use the password parameter to specify the password.

$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00110001"

Set-VBREncryptedTapeMediumPassword -Medium $tape -Password "SecurePassword"

Related Commands

Get-VBRTapeMedium