Disable-DPMTapeDrive

Disables a tape drive in the DPM library.

Parameter Set: Default
Disable-DPMTapeDrive [-TapeDrive] <Drive[]> [-PassThru] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

The Disable-DPMTapeDrive cmdlet disables a tape drive in the System Center 2012 – Data Protection Manager (DPM) library.

Returns an object representing the item with which you are working. By default, this cmdlet does not generate any output.

Specifies an array of tape drives that this cmdlet disables.

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Verbose, -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -OutBuffer, and -OutVariable. For more information, see    about_CommonParameters (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216).

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet.

The output type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

The first command uses the Get-DPMLibrary cmdlet to retrieve the library, and then stores it in the $DpmLibrary variable.

The second command uses the Get-DPMTapeDrive cmdlet to retrieve the tapes in the library, and then stores them in the $DpmTapeDrive variable.

The third command disables the tape drives in $DpmTapeDrive.

PS C:\> $DpmLibrary = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName "Contoso-DPMServer"
PS C:\> $DpmTapeDrive = Get-DPMTapeDrive -DPMLibrary $DpmLibrary
PS C:\> Disable-DPMTapeDrive -TapeDrive $DpmTapeDrive

Enable-DPMTapeDrive

Get-DPMLibrary

Get-DPMTapeDrive