Start-VBRTapeVerification

Short Description

Starts tape verification jobs.

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

Syntax

Start-VBRTapeVerification -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet starts tape verification jobs.

Parameters

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Type

Required

Position

Accept Pipeline Input

Medium

Specifies an array of tapes. The cmdlet will add this array of tapes to the tape verification job.

Accepts the VBRTapeMedium[] object. To get this object, run the Get-VBRTapeMediumReturns tapes. cmdlet.

VBRTapeMedium[]

True

Named

True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)

<CommonParameters>

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

Output Object

The cmdlet returns the VBRBackupSession object that defines the started tape verification jobs with the following details: Progress, RunManually flag, Log path, CreationTime, EndTime, JobId, Result, State, and the tape session Id.

Examples

Starting Tape Verification Job

This example shows how to start a tape verification job that will check data that is stored on the 0021000C tape.

$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "0021000C"

Start-VBRTapeVerification -Medium $tape

Perform the following steps:

  1. Run the Get-VBRTapeMediumReturns tapes. cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $tape variable.
  2. Run the Start-VBRTapeVerification cmdlet. Set the $tape variable as the Medium parameter value.

Get-VBRTapeMediumReturns tapes.

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