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Short Description
Removes Dell EMC VNX storage snapshots.
Applies to
Platform: VMware
Product Edition: Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus
Storage System: Dell EMC VNX
Syntax
Detailed Description
This cmdlet permanently removes a selected Dell EMC VNX 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 Dell EMC VNX storage volumes.
You will need to perform the following steps:
- Get the volume snapshots you want to remove.
- Run Get-VNXHost to get the storage. Save the result to the $storage variable.
- Run Get-VNXVolume with the $storage variable to get the storage volumes. Save each volume to a separate variable: $volume1, $volume2, etc.
- Run Get-VNXSnapshot with the $volume1 and $volume2 variables. Save the result to the $snapshot variable.
- Remove the snapshots. Run Remove-VNXSnapshot with the $snapshot variable.
$storage = Get-VNXHost -Name "VNX Storage" $volume1 = Get-VNXVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOLUME1" $volume2 = Get-VNXVolume -Host $storage -Name "VOLUME2" $snapshot = Get-VNXSnapshot -Volume $volume1, $volume2 Remove-VNXSnapshot -Snapshot $snapshot |
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