Move-VBRTapeMedium

Short Description

Moves a tape to media pool or vault.

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

Syntax

This cmdlet provides the following parameter sets:

MediaPool

Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> -MediaPool <VBRTapeMediaPoolBase>

[-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
Vault

Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> -Vault <VBRTapeVault>

[-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

This cmdlet moves selected tapes to another media pool or media vault.

Important

When you move a tape to any media pool, Veeam Backup & Replication marks this tape as free.

You can configure automatic moving offline tapes to a vault in the media pool settings. Run the Set-VBRTapeMediaPool cmdlet to edit media pool configuration.

Parameters

Parameters
Parameter	Description	Type	Required	Position	Accept Pipeline Input
MediaPool	Specifies the media pool to which you want to move the tapes. Accepts the `VBRTapeMediaPool` object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRTapeMediaPool` cmdlet.	`VBRTapeMediaPoolBase`	True	Named	False
Medium	Specifies the array of tapes you want to move. Accepts the `VBRTapeMedium[]` object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRTapeMedium` cmdlet.	`VBRTapeMedium[]`	True	Named	True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Vault	Specifies the media vault to which you want to move the tapes. Accepts the `VBRTapeVault` object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the `Get-VBRTapeVault` cmdlet.	`VBRTapeVault`	True	Named	False
Confirm	Defines whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue. Note: Microsoft PowerShell enables the `Confirm` parameter for this cmdlet by default. To disable this option, set the parameter value to `$false`. That is, `Confirm:$false`.	`SwitchParameter`	False	Named	False
WhatIf	Defines whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.	`SwitchParameter`	False	Named	False

<CommonParameters>

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

Examples

Move-VBRTapeMedium Example 1. Moving Tape to Media Pool [Using Pipeline]

This example shows how to move the 0014001H tape to the File Backup Media Pool media pool.

$mediapool = Get-VBRTapeMediaPool -Name "File Backup Media Pool"

Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name 0014001H | Move-VBRTapeMedium -MediaPool $mediapool

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRTapeMediaPool cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $mediapool variable.
Run the Get-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value.
Pipe the cmdlet output to the Move-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Set the $mediapool variable as the MediaPool parameter value.

Move-VBRTapeMedium Example 2. Moving Tape to Vault [Using Variable]

This example shows how to move the 0014001H tape to the Sydney Remote Vault vault.

$medium = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name 0014001H

$vault = Get-VBRTapeVault -Name "Sydney Remote Vault"

Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium $medium -Vault $vault

Perform the following steps:

Run the Get-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $medium variable.
Run the Get-VBRTapeVault cmdlet. Specify the Name parameter value. Save the result to the $vault variable.
Run the Move-VBRTapeMedium cmdlet. Set the $medium variable as the Medium parameter value. Set the $vault variable as the Vault parameter value.