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title: "Capacity Tier"
description: "You can use the cmdlets in this topic to perform the following operations:"
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# Capacity Tier

You can use the cmdlets in this topic to perform the following operations:

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      <p>Operation</p>
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      <p><a href="get-vbrcapacityextent.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRCapacityExtent</a></p>
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      <p>Returns the capacity extent of a scale-out backup repository.</p>
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      <p><a href="enable-vbrcapacityextentmaintenancemode.md" class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRCapacityExtentMaintenanceMode</a></p>
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      <p>Enables the Maintenance mode for capacity extents of a scale-out backup repository.</p>
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      <p><a href="disable-vbrcapacityextentmaintenancemode.md" class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRCapacityExtentMaintenanceMode</a></p>
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      <p>Disables the Maintenance mode for capacity extents of a scale-out backup repository.</p>
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      <p><a href="enable-vbrcapacityextentsealedmode.md" class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRCapacityExtentSealedMode</a></p>
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      <p>Enables the <span class="T_Emphasis">Sealed</span> mode for capacity extents of a scale-out backup repository.</p>
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      <p><a href="disable-vbrcapacityextentsealedmode.md" class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRCapacityExtentSealedMode</a></p>
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      <p>Disables the <span class="T_Emphasis">Sealed</span> mode for capacity extents of a scale-out backup repository.</p>
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      <p><a href="start-vbrcapacitytiersync.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBRCapacityTierSync</a></p>
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      <p>Starts to sync data with the capacity extent.</p>
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      <p><a href="start-vbrdownloadbackup.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBRDownloadBackup</a></p>
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      <p>Downloads backup files from the capacity tier to the performance tier.</p>
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