---
title: "Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent"
description: "Starts restoring all content of the specified tapes. Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet starts restoring all content of the specified tapes."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/start-vbrtaperestoreallcontent.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Tape Devices > Tape Jobs > Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent

## Short Description
Starts restoring all content of the specified tapes.

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

## Syntax
```
Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent -TapeMedium <VBRTapeMedium[]> [-DependentTapeMedium <VBRTapeMedium[]>]
 [-SkipDependencyCheck] [-AddDependentMediumAutomatically] -Server <CHost> -Path <String> [-Security]
 [-RunAsync] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet starts restoring all content of the specified tapes.

## 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">AddDependentMediumAutomatically</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the cmdlet will automatically add tapes that are dependent on the media added to tape restore job.</p><p>If you do not provide this parameter and you have dependent tapes, the cmdlet will not be able to copy files written to dependent tapes and will return a warning.</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">DependentTapeMedium</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of dependent tapes. The cmdlet will add this array of dependent tapes to the entire tape restore job.</p><p>When a backup file does not fit on one tape, it is divided into parts and written to several tapes. These tapes are considered dependent.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: If you do not specify the <code>DependentTapeMedium</code> and <code>SkipDependencyCheck</code> parameters, but dependent media exist, you will get a warning. If you want to restore all content of the the tapes included into the tape restore job including file parts stored on dependent tapes, confirm addition of the missing dependent tapes to the job. If dependent tapes are unavailable, for example, they are physically destroyed, you can try to restore data stored only on the specified tapes. In this case, do not confirm addition of dependent tapes to the job.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapemedium.md"><code>VBRTapeMedium</code></a>object. To get this object, run the <a href="get-vbrtapecopydependentmedium.md"><code>Get-VBRTapeCopyDependentMedium</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>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">Path</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the path to the folder. The cmdlet will restore the content of the tapes to this folder.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></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">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>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Security</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the files will be restored with the original security settings. Otherwise the file/folder security settings will be inherited from the parent item.</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">Server</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the target server. The cmdlet will restore the content of the tapes to this server.</p><p>Accepts the <code>CHost</code> object. To create this object, run the <a href="get-vbrserver.md"><code>Get-VBRServer</code></a> cmdlet.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>CHost</code></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">SkipDependencyCheck</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that the existence of dependent tapes is not checked.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: If you do not specify the <code>DependentTapeMedium</code> and <code>SkipDependencyCheck</code> parameters, but dependent media exist, you will get a warning. If you want to restore all content of the the tapes included into the tape restore job including file parts stored on dependent tapes, confirm addition of the missing dependent tapes to the job. If dependent tapes are unavailable, for example, they are physically destroyed, you can try to restore data stored only on the specified tapes. In this case, do not confirm addition of dependent tapes to the job.</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">TapeMedium</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies an array of tapes. The cmdlet will add this array of tapes to the tape restore job.</p><p>Accepts the <a href="vbrtapemedium.md"><code>VBRTapeMedium</code></a><code>[]</code>object. 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>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 `CRestoreSession` object that contains the following details on the started tape restore session: `Restore Type`, `State`, `Start Time`, `End Time`, `Description`.

## Examples

::: example
### Restoring All Tape Content

This example shows how to start a tape job for restoring all content of the tape with the following settings:

- The tape restore job will process data that is stored on the `0021000C` tape and all dependent tapes. Dependent tapes will be found and added to the job automatically.
- The tape restore job will restore the entire tape content to `qa10.tech.local` server and will store it at `C:\Restored Backup\Tapes` path.
- The tape restore job will apply security settings of the original content to the restored content.
- The copy job will run with the enabled hardware compression option.

```
$tape = Get-VBRTapeMedium -Name "0021000C"
Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent -TapeMedium $tape -Server "qa10.tech.local" -Path "C:\Restored Backup\Tapes" -AddDependentMediumAutomatically -Security
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$tape` variable.
2. Run the `Start-VBRTapeRestoreAllContent` cmdlet. Specify the following settings:

   - Set the `$tape` variable as the `TapeMedium` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Server` parameter value.
   - Specify the `Path` parameter value.
   - Provide the `AddDependentMediumAutomatically` parameter.
   - Provide the `Security` parameter.

:::

## Related Commands

[`Get-VBRTapeMedium`](get-vbrtapemedium.md)