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Disable-VBRTapeProtection

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    Short Description

    Disables protection set for tapes.

    Applies to

    Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

    Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus

    Syntax

    Disable-VBRTapeProtection -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [-PassThru]  [<CommonParameters>]

    Related Commands

    Get-VBRTapeMedium

    Return Type

    VBRTapeMedium[]

    Detailed Description

    This cmdlet disables protection that was previously enabled for tapes.

    You can disable protection of tapes that are both online or offline. When you disable protection, the tape retention period returns to media pool settings.

    Parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Required

    Position

    Accept
    Pipeline
    Input

    Accept
    Wildcard
    Characters

    Medium

    Specifies the tapes for which you want to disable protection.

    Accepts VBRTapeMedium object, GUID or string type.

    You can assign multiple tapes to this object.

    True

    Named

    True (by Value
    FromPipeline, ValueFromPipeline
    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 about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.

    Example

    This command turns off protections for the tapes named "00140009" and "00140010".

    1. Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape and save it to the $tape variable.
    2. Run Disable-VBRTapeProtection with this variable.

    PS C:\PS> $tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00140009","00140010"

    PS C:\PS> Disable-VBRTapeProtection -Medium $tape