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Short Description
Sets overwrite protection for selected tapes.
Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Enable-VBRTapeProtection -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [-PassThru] [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Return Type
Detailed Description
This cmdlet sets software overwrite protection for selected tapes.
Protection overrides the retention settings of the media pool to set a lifelong retention period for the selected tapes .
You can set protection for both online or offline tapes that contain data.
The protection can be switched off at any time. The retention settings will be changed to the value set for the media pool. Run Disable-VBRTapeProtection to switch off the protection.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Medium | Specifies the tapes for which you want to set protection. Accepts VBRTapeMedium object, GUID or string type. You can assign multiple tapes to this object. | True | Named | True (by Value | 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 sets protections for the tape named "00140009".
- Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape and save it to the $tape variable.
- Run Enable-VBRTapeProtection with this variable.
PS C:\PS> $tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00140009" PS C:\PS> Enable-VBRTapeProtection -Medium $tape -PassThru |