Windows PowerShell command on Get-command Get-BitLockerVolume

NAME

Get-BitLockerVolume

SYNOPSIS

Gets information about volumes that BitLocker can protect.

SYNTAX

Get-BitLockerVolume [[-MountPoint] ] []

DESCRIPTION

The Get-BitLockerVolume cmdlet gets information about volumes that BitLocker Drive Encryption can protect. You can

specify a BitLocker volume by drive letter, followed by a colon (C:, E:). If you do not specify a drive letter, this cmdlet gets all volumes for the current computer.

You can use this cmdlet to get BitLocker volumes to use with other cmdlets, such as the Enable-BitLocker cmdlet or

the Add-BitLockerKeyProtector cmdlet. You can also use this cmdlet to view the following information about a

BitLocker volume:

-- VolumeType. Data or Operating System.

-- Mount Point. Drive letter.

-- CapacityGB. Size of drive.

-- VolumeStatus. Whether BitLocker currently protects some, all, or none of the data on the volume.

-- Encryption Percentage. Percent of the volume protected by BitLocker.

-- KeyProtector. Type of key protector or protectors.

-- AutoUnlock Enabled. Whether BitLocker uses automatic unlocking for the volume.

-- Protection Status. Whether BitLocker currently uses a key protector to encrypt the volume encryption key.

For an overview of BitLocker, see BitLocker Drive Encryption Overview

(http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732774.aspx) on TechNet.

PARAMETERS

-MountPoint

Specifies an array of drive letters. This cmdlet gets these BitLocker volumes. Required? false Position? 1 Default value

Accept pipeline input? True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).

INPUTS

BitLockerVolume[], String[]

OUTPUTS

BitLockerVolume[]

Example 1: Get all BitLocker volumes

PS C:\> Get-BitLockerVolume

VolumeType Mount CapacityGB VolumeStatus Encryption KeyProtector AutoUnlock Protection Point Percentage Enabled Status

---------- ----- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- ----------

Data D: 931.51 EncryptionInProgress 1 {RecoveryPassword, Pas... Off Data E: 928.83 FullyDecrypted 0 {} Off OperatingSystem C: 232.54 FullyDecrypted 0 {Tpm} Off Data F: 0.98 FullyDecrypted 0 {} Off Data G: 1.70 FullyDecrypted 0 {} Off This command gets all the BitLocker volumes for the current computer.

Example 2: Get a specific BitLocker volume

PS C:\> Get-BitLockerVolume -MountPoint "E:"

VolumeType Mount CapacityGB VolumeStatus Encryption KeyProtector AutoUnlock Protection Point Percentage Enabled Status

---------- ----- ---------- ------------ ---------- ------------ ---------- ----------

Data E: 928.83 FullyDecrypted 0 {} Off This command gets the specified BitLocker volume.