---
title: "Start-VBRArchiveTierSync"
description: "Starts the archiving job. Product Edition: Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet starts the archiving job that moves data from the capacity tier to the archive tier."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/start-vbrarchivetiersync.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Scale-Out Backup Repositories > Archive Tier > Start-VBRArchiveTierSync"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Start-VBRArchiveTierSync

## Short Description
Starts the archiving job.

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

## Syntax
```
Start-VBRArchiveTierSync -Repository <VBRScaleOutBackupRepository> [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts the archiving job that moves data from the capacity tier to the archive tier.

## 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">Repository</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a scale-out backup repository. The cmdlet will return the performance extents added to this repository.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrscaleoutbackuprepository.md"><code>VBRScaleOutBackupRepository</code></a> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrbackuprepository.md"><code>Get-VBRBackupRepository</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><a href="vbrscaleoutbackuprepository.md"><code>VBRScaleOutBackupRepository</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">RunAsync</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the command returns immediately without waiting for the task to complete.</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).

## Output Object
The cmdlet returns the `VBRArchiveTierSync` object that contains details on the archiving job.

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Archiving Job

This example shows how to start an archiving job.

```
$repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -ScaleOut
Start-VBRArchiveTierSync -Repository $repository
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackupRepository`](get-vbrbackuprepository.md) cmdlet. Provide the `ScaleOut` parameter. Save the result to the `$repository` variable.
2. Run the `Start-VBRArchiveTierSync` cmdlet. Set the `$repository` variable as the `Repository` parameter value.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRBackupRepository`](get-vbrbackuprepository.md)