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Short Description
Ejects tape from drive.
Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Eject-VBRTapeMedium [<CommonParameters>] -OR- Eject-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [<CommonParameters>] -OR- Eject-VBRTapeMedium -Drive <VBRTapeDrive[]> [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Return Type
None
Detailed Description
This cmdlet ejects tape that is located in drive. The ejected tape is moved to a standard library slot.
You can eject a tape that is known to be located in drive, or eject a tape located in a selected drive, or eject tapes in all drives managed by Veeam Backup & Replication. This cmdlet provides three scenarios for each case.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Medium | Specifies the tapes which you want to eject. Accepts VBRTapeMedium object, GUID or string type. You can assign multiple tapes to this object. | True | Named | True (by Value | False |
Drive | Specifies the drive from which you want to eject tape. Accepts VBRTapeDrive object, GUID or string type. You can assign multiple tapes to this object. | True | Named | True (by Value | False |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.
Example
This command ejects tape named "00140009".
- Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape and save it to the $tape variable.
- Run Eject-VBRTapeMedium with this variable.
