---
title: "Validate-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia"
description: "This cmdlet verifies that Veeam Recovery Media was created by Veeam Backup & Replication and can be trusted. To verify a recovery media file, calculate its hash and pass it to the cmdlet."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/validate-vbrdiscoveredcomputerrecoverymedia.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam Agent Management > Managing Protected Computers > Veeam Agent Management Recovery Media > Validate-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# Validate-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia

## Short Description
Verifies that Veeam Recovery Media is valid.

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

## Syntax
```
Validate-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia -Hash <String> [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet verifies that Veeam Recovery Media was created by Veeam Backup & Replication and can be trusted. To verify a recovery media file, calculate its hash and pass it to the cmdlet. If a record with this hash exists, the cmdlet returns audit information about the media.

## Parameters

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      <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">Hash</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the hash calculated over the Veeam Recovery Media file that you want to verify.</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>
    </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 [`VBRRecoveryMediaAudit`](vbrrecoverymediaaudit.md) object that contains audit information about the Veeam Recovery Media.

## Examples

::: example
### Verifying Veeam Recovery Media

This command verifies the Veeam Recovery Media with the specified hash.

```
Validate-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia -Hash "2C26B46B68FFC68FF99B453C1D30413D"
```

:::

## Related Commands

[`Add-VBRDiscoveredComputerRecoveryMedia`](add-vbrdiscoveredcomputerrecoverymedia.md)