Start-TapeDriveCleaning

Start-TapeDriveCleaning

Starts a clean tape drive job.

Syntax

Start-TapeDriveCleaning [-TapeDrive] <Drive> [-JobStateChangedEventHandler <JobStateChangedEventHandler>] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Start-TapeDriveCleaning cmdlet starts a clean tape drive job

Parameters

-TapeDrive

Specifies the tape drive to use.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	true
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Position?	0

-JobStateChangedEventHandler

The JobStateChangedEventHandler is used along with the -Async parameter so that the user can be informed of the status of the operation. This is useful when building a GUI using cmdlets. It is not used when working with the DPM Management Shell.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-CommonParameter

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Input and Return Types

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

Notes

• For more information, type "Get-Help Start-TapeDriveCleaning -detailed".
  For technical information, type "Get-Help Start-TapeDriveCleaning -full".

  Additionally, any updated information about the cmdlet will be available at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=95130.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

$DPMLib = Get-DPMLibrary -DPMServerName "TestingServer" 
$td = Get-TapeDrive -DPMLibrary $DPMLib 
Start-TapeDriveCleaning -TapeDrive $td

This command performs a clean tape drive operation.