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title: "Managing Tapes"
description: "You can use the cmdlets from this section to perform the following operations with tapes:"
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# Managing Tapes

You can use the cmdlets from this section to perform the following operations with tapes:

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      <p>Cmdlet</p>
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      <p>Operation</p>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="disable-vbrtapeprotection.md" class="T_Filenames">Disable-VBRTapeProtection</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Disables overwrite protection.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="eject-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Eject-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Ejects a tape from a drive.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="enable-vbrtapeprotection.md" class="T_Filenames">Enable-VBRTapeProtection</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Enables overwrite protection.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="erase-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Erase-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Erases tapes.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="export-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Export-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Exports tapes to mail slot.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="get-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Returns tapes.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="import-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Import-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Imports new tapes.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="move-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Move-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Moves tapes to media pool or vault.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="remove-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Remove-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Removes tapes.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="set-vbrtapemedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Set-VBRTapeMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Modifies tapes properties.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="get-vbrtapecopydependentmedium.md" class="T_Filenames">Get-VBRTapeCopyDependentMedium</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Returns dependent tapes.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="start-vbrtapeverification.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBRTapeVerification</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Starts tape verification jobs.</p>
    </td>
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    <td>
      <p><a href="start-vbrtapecopy.md" class="T_Filenames">Start-VBRTapeCopy</a></p>
    </td>
    <td>
      <p>Starts tape copy jobs.</p>
    </td>
  </tr>
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