Get-WBDisk

Module:
windowsserverbackup
Gets a list of internal and external disks that are online for the local computer.

Syntax 

Get-WBDisk []

Description

The Get-WBDisk cmdlet gets a list of internal and external disks that are online for the local computer. You can add these disks to a WBPolicy object that contains a backup policy by using the New-WBBackupTarget cmdlet to specify online disks as backup storage locations.

To use this cmdlet, you must be a member of the Administrators group or Backup Operators group.

Examples

Example 1: Get a list of disks for the local computer 

PS C:\> $Disks = Get-WBDisk

This command gets a list of the disks that are on the system. You can then use the WBDisk object in the variable named $Disks to specify a WBBackupTarget object, and use the WBBackupTarget object to specify where to store backups for a WBPolicy object that contains a backup policy.

Inputs

None

Outputs

WBDisk[]

This cmdlet returns an array of WBDisk objects for the hard disks that the cmdlet detects on the local computer.