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Short Description
Removes snapshots of Universal Storage API integrated systems.
Applies to
Platform: VMware
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Storage System: IBM Spectrum Virtualize, INFINIDAT InfiniBox, Pure Storage
Syntax
Detailed Description
This cmdlet permanently removes a selected storage snapshot from your virtual infrastructure.
Parameters
Parameter | Description | Required | Position | Accept | Accept |
Snapshot | Specifies the array of snapshots. The cmdlet will remove these snapshots. | True | Named | True (ByValue, | False |
<CommonParameters>
This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information about common parameters, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?LinkID=113216.
Example
This example shows how to remove snapshots of several volumes.
You will need to perform the following steps:
- Get the volume snapshots you want to remove. To do this, perform the following steps:
- Run Get-StoragePluginHost to get the storage. Save the result to the $storage variable.
- Run Get-StoragePluginVolume with the $storage variable to get the storage volumes. Save each volume to a separate variable: $volume1, $volume2, etc.
- Run Get-StoragePluginSnapshot with the $volume1and $volume2 variables. Save the result to the $snapshot variable.
- Remove the snapshots. Run Remove-StoragePluginSnapshot with the $snapshot variable.
$storage = Get-StoragePluginHost -Name "IBM Spectrum" $volume1 = Get-StoragePluginVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOLUME-01" $volume2 = Get-StoragePluginVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOLUME-02" $snapshot = Get-StoragePluginSnapshot -Volume $volume1, $volume2 Remove-StoragePluginSnapshot -Snapshot $snapshot |
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