---
title: "Start-VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryRebalance"
description: "This cmdlet starts to rebalance data between extents of scale-out backup repositories."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/start-vbrscaleoutbackuprepositoryrebalance.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Backup Infrastructure > Scale-Out Backup Repositories > Working with Scale-Out Backup Repositories > Start-VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryRebalance"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Start-VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryRebalance

## Short Description
Starts to rebalance data of scale-out backup repositories.

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

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

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts to rebalance data between extents of scale-out backup repositories.

## 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">Force</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will starts to rebalance data between extents without showing warnings in the PowerShell console.</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">Repository</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies a scale-out backup repository which extents you want to rebalance.</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).

## Examples

::: example
### Starting Scale-Out Repository Rebalance

This example shows how to start to rebalance data between extents of scale-out backup repositories.

```
$repository = Get-VBRBackupRepository -Name "Veeam Scale-Out Repository" -ScaleOut
Start-VBRScaleOutBackupRepositoryRebalance -Repository $repository
```

Perform the following steps:

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

:::

## Related Commands

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