---
title: "Move-VBRTapeMedium"
description: "This cmdlet moves selected tapes to another media pool or media vault. 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."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/move-vbrtapemedium.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Tape Devices > Managing Tapes > Move-VBRTapeMedium"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# 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:

<ul class="syntax-sets">
  <li>
    <p><code>MediaPool</code></p>

```
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> -MediaPool <VBRTapeMediaPoolBase>
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
  <li>
    <p><code>Vault</code></p>

```
Move-VBRTapeMedium -Medium <VBRTapeMedium[]> -Vault <VBRTapeVault>
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]
```
  </li>
</ul>

## 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`](set-vbrtapemediapool.md) cmdlet to edit media pool configuration.

## 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">MediaPool</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the media pool to which you want to move the tapes.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapemediapool.md"><code>VBRTapeMediaPool</code></a> object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrtapemediapool.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeMediaPool</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrtapemediapoolbase.md"><code>VBRTapeMediaPoolBase</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>False</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 you want to move.</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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Vault</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the media vault to which you want to move the tapes.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapevault.md"><code>VBRTapeVault</code></a> object, GUID or string. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrtapevault.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeVault</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrtapevault.md"><code>VBRTapeVault</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>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Confirm</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines whether the cmdlet displays a prompt that asks if the user is sure that they want to continue.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: Microsoft PowerShell enables the <code>Confirm</code> parameter for this cmdlet by default. To disable this option, set the parameter value to <code>$false</code>. That is, <code>Confirm:$false</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">WhatIf</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines whether the cmdlet writes a message that describes the effects of running the cmdlet without actually performing any action.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</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
### 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:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeMediaPool`](get-vbrtapemediapool.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$mediapool` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value.
3. Pipe the cmdlet output to the `Move-VBRTapeMedium` cmdlet. Set the `$mediapool` variable as the `MediaPool` parameter value.

:::

::: example
### 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:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$medium` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeVault`](get-vbrtapevault.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$vault` variable.
3. Run the `Move-VBRTapeMedium` cmdlet. Set the `$medium` variable as the `Medium` parameter value. Set the `$vault` variable as the `Vault` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

- [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md)
- [`Get-VBRTapeMediaPool`](get-vbrtapemediapool.md)
- [`Get-VBRTapeVault`](get-vbrtapevault.md)