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Short Description
Moves tape to Import/Export slot.
Applies to
Platform: VMware, Hyper-V
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Syntax
Export-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [-Wait] [<CommonParameters>] |
Related Commands
Return Type
Detailed Description
This cmdlet exports selected tapes to the Import/Export slot. You need to to run the exporting procedure if you want to take the tapes out of the tape library.
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Import/export commands are available only for the devices that support corresponding operations and include I/E slot. |
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Medium | Specifies the tapes which you want to export. Accepts VBRTapeMedium object, GUID or string type. You can assign multiple tapes to this object. | True | Named | True (by Value | False |
Wait | Indicates that the command waits for the import session(s) to complete before accepting more input. | 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 exports tape named "00170008".
- Run Get-VBRTapeMedium to get the tape and save it to the $tape variable.
- Run Export-VBRTapeMedium with this variable.
PS C:\PS> $tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00170008" PS C:\PS> Export-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape |