Initialize-BEUnconfiguredDiskCartridgeDevice Help

Synopsis

Configures an unconfigured disk cartridge device so that it can be used with Backup Exec.

Syntax

Initialize-BEUnconfiguredDiskCartridgeDevice -InputObject [<BEDiskCartridgeDevice[]>] [-Confirm [<SwitchParameter>]] [-WhatIf [<SwitchParameter>]] [<CommonParameters>]

Description

Configures an unconfigured disk cartridge device so that it can be used with Backup Exec.

Use this command with Get-BEDiskCartridgeDevice and -Unconfigured to get the unconfigured disk cartridge devices.

You can use this command to configure unconfigured local disk storage devices that do not have drive letters associated with them. To configure local disk storage devices that have drive letters associated with them, use New-BEDiskCartridgeDevice.

Parameters

-InputObject <BEDiskCartridgeDevice[]>

Specifies one or more disk cartridge device 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.BEDiskCartridgeDevice

You can pipe a Backup Exec disk cartridge device object to Initialize-BEUnconfiguredDiskCartridgeDevice.

Return Value

BackupExec.Management.CLI.BEDiskCartridgeDevice

Initialize-BEUnconfiguredDiskCartridgeDevice outputs a BEDiskCartridgeDevice object.

Example

C:\PS> Get-BEDiskCartridgeDevice -Unconfigured | Select-Object -First 1 | Initialize-BEUnconfiguredDiskCartridgeDevice

These commands configure the first unconfigured disk cartridge device returned from Get-BEDiskCartridgeDevice.