Add-BETapeDriveDeviceToRoboticLibraryPartition Help

Synopsis

Adds a tape drive device to a robotic library partition in Backup Exec.

Syntax

Add-BETapeDriveDeviceToRoboticLibraryPartition -InputObject [<BERoboticLibraryPartition[]>] [-TapeDriveDevice] [<BETapeDriveDevice[]>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Adds a tape drive device to a robotic library partition in Backup Exec.

The tape drive device must be attached to the robotic library device that is associated with the robotic library partition.

To create robotic library partitions, use the -SlotsPerPartition and -BERoboticLibraryDevice.

Parameters

-TapeDriveDevice <BETapeDriveDevice[]>

Tape device to add to the robotic library partition. See Get-BETapeDriveDevice.

Required	true
Position	1
Accepts pipeline input	false
Accepts wildcard characters	false

-InputObject <BERoboticLibraryPartition[]>

Specifies one or more robotic library partition objects. Enter a variable that contains the objects, or type a command or expression that gets the objects.

Required	true
Position	Named
Accepts pipeline input	true (ByValue)
Accepts wildcard characters	false

-WhatIf <SwitchParameter>

Describes what happens if you execute the command without actually executing the command.

Required	false
Position	Named
Accepts pipeline input	false
Accepts wildcard characters	false

-Confirm <SwitchParameter>

Prompts you for confirmation before executing the command.

Required	false
Position	Named
Accepts pipeline input	false
Accepts wildcard characters	false

For more information about common parameters, type "Get-Help about_commonparameters".

Input Type

BackupExec.Management.CLI.BERoboticLibraryPartition

You can pipe a Backup Exec robotic library partition object to Add-BETapeDriveDeviceToRoboticLibraryPartition.

Return Value

BackupExec.Management.CLI.BERoboticLibraryPartition

Add-BETapeDriveDeviceToRoboticLibraryPartition outputs a Backup Exec robotic library partition object.

Example

C:\PS> Get-BERoboticLibraryDevice "Robotic library 0001" | Get-BERoboticLibraryPartition -FirstSlotNumber 1 | Add-BETapeDriveDeviceToRoboticLibraryPartition "Tape drive 0001"

These commands add a tape drive device named "Tape drive 0001" to the robotic library partition that starts with slot 1 in the robotic library device named "Robotic library 0001".