Export-VBRTapeMedium

Short Description

Moves tapes to Import and Export slot.

Applies to

Platform: VMware, Hyper-V

Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

Syntax

Export-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [-Wait]  [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet exports selected tapes to the Import and Export slot. You need to to run the exporting procedure if you want to take the tapes out of the tape library.

Export-VBRTapeMedium Note:

Import and export commands are available only for the devices that support corresponding operations and include I/E slot.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept
Pipeline
Input

Medium

Specifies the array of tapes. The cmdlet will export these tapes.

Accepts the VBRTapeMedium[] object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the Get-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet.

True

Named

True (ByValue,
ByProperty
Name)

Wait

Defines that the command waits for the import sessions to complete before accepting more input.

SwitchParameter

False

Named

False

<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see Microsoft Docs.

Output Object

VBRBackupSession

Examples

Exporting Selected Tape

This example shows how to export the 00170008 tape.

$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00170008"

Export-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $tape variable.
  2. Run the Export-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Set the $tape variable as the Medium parameter value.

Related Commands

Get-VBRTapeMedium

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