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Backup.FormatMedia Property

Gets or sets a Boolean property value that determines whether a tape is formatted as the first step of the backup operation.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended (in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtended.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Property FormatMedia As Boolean 
    Get 
    Set
'Usage
Dim instance As Backup 
Dim value As Boolean 

value = instance.FormatMedia

instance.FormatMedia = value
public bool FormatMedia { get; set; }
public:
property bool FormatMedia {
    bool get ();
    void set (bool value);
}
member FormatMedia : bool with get, set
function get FormatMedia () : boolean 
function set FormatMedia (value : boolean)

Property Value

Type: System.Boolean
A Boolean value that specifies whether the tape will be formatted.If True, the Microsoft SQL Server backup operation attempts to format the tape as the initial step.If False (default), the SQL Server backup operation does not attempt to format the tape.

Remarks

The FormatMedia property applies only when the backup medium is tape. The property has no meaning for device, file, or pipe media.

Examples

Backing Up and Restoring Databases and Transaction Logs

See Also

Reference

Backup Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

BACKUP (Transact-SQL)

Backing Up and Restoring Databases and Transaction Logs