Start-DPMTapeDriveCleaning

Start-DPMTapeDriveCleaning

Starts a job to clean a tape drive.

Syntax

Parameter Set: Default
Start-DPMTapeDriveCleaning [-TapeDrive] <Drive[]> [-JobStateChangedEventHandler <JobStateChangedEventHandler> ] [-Confirm] [-WhatIf] [ <CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Start-DPMTapeDriveCleaning cmdlet starts a job to clean a tape drive.

Parameters

-JobStateChangedEventHandler<JobStateChangedEventHandler>

Specifies an event handler for Job.StateChanged events. Use this parameter to build a graphical user interface based on cmdlets. Do not use this parameter in the DPM Management Shell.

-TapeDrive<Drive[]>

Specifies an array of tape drives. This cmdlet cleans the drives that this parameter specifies.

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

-WhatIf

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

<CommonParameters>

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).

Inputs

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

Outputs

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

• Job

Examples

Example 1: Clean a tape drive

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 tape drives in the library, and the stores the result in the $DpmTapeDrive variable.

The third command uses the Start-DPMTapeDriveCleaning cmdlet to clean the tape drive.

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

Related topics

Get-DPMLibrary