---
title: "Eject-VBRTapeMedium"
description: "This cmdlet ejects the tape that is located in drive. The ejected tape is moved to a standard library slot."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/eject-vbrtapemedium.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Tape Devices > Managing Tapes > Eject-VBRTapeMedium"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Eject-VBRTapeMedium

## Short Description
Ejects tapes from drive.

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

## Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>AllParameterSets (Default)</code></p>

```
Eject-VBRTapeMedium [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Medium</code></p>

```
Eject-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Drive</code></p>

```
Eject-VBRTapeMedium -Drive <VBRTapeDrive[]> [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet ejects the tape that is located in drive. The ejected tape is moved to a standard library slot.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Drive</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of drives. The cmdlet will eject tapes from these drives.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapedrive.md"><code>VBRTapeDrive[]</code></a> object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrtapedrive.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeDrive</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrtapedrive.md"><code>VBRTapeDrive[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Medium</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the array of tapes. The cmdlet will eject these tapes.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapemedium.md"><code>VBRTapeMedium[]</code></a> object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrtapemedium.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeMedium</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrtapemedium.md"><code>VBRTapeMedium[]</code></a></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Examples

::: example
### Ejecting Selected Tape

This example shows how to eject tape named `00140009`.

```
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "00140009"
Eject-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $tape
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save it to the `$tape` variable.
2. Run the `Eject-VBRTapeMedium` cmdlet. Set the `$tape` variable as the `Medium` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md)
- [`Get-VBRTapeDrive`](get-vbrtapedrive.md)