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Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups

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After failback, delete special backups taken during failover.

Syntax

Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups [-AppObjectId]  <>  [-AppObjectId]  <>  [-BackupNames]  <>  [-AppObjectId]  <>  [-Primary]  <>

Detailed Description

After failback, delete special backups taken during failover.

Parameters

Name Description Required? Pipeline Input Default Value

AppObjectId

Specifies the application object identifier of an SQL database.

true

true (ByPropertyName)

BackupNames

Specifies one or more backups of an application object to delete.

false

true (ByPropertyName)

BackupIds

Specifies one or more backups of an application object to delete.

false

true (ByPropertyName)

Primary

Specifies to delete backups from the primary storage.

false

true (ByPropertyName)

Examples

Example 1: Delete all special backups of the SQL resources after failback from secondary

 Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups -AppObjectId Host1\Inst\DB1

This example syntax deletes all the special backup of the resource from the storage where the backup was taken (secondary storage).

		Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups
		Are you sure you want to remove the backups?
		[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): yes
		Result   : SMCoreContracts.SMResult
		TotalCount   : 0
		DisplayCount : 0
		Context  :
		Job  : SMCoreContracts.SmJob

Example 2: Delete few special backups of the SQL resource after failback

 Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups -AppObjectId Host1\Inst\DB1 -BackupNames Backup1,Backup2

This example syntax deletes the specified special backups from the storage where the backup was taken (secondary storage).

		Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups
		Are you sure you want to remove the backups?
		[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): yes
		Result   : SMCoreContracts.SMResult
		TotalCount   : 0
		DisplayCount : 0
		Context  :
		Job  : SMCoreContracts.SmJob

Example 3: Delete all special backups of the SQL resources after failback from the secondary and the primary.

 Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups -AppObjectId Host1\Inst\DB1 -Primary

This example syntax removes all the resource backups taken during failover from the secondary and the primary storage. For SnapMirror relationship, during subsequent SnapMirror update, deleted backups in the primary storage will be reflected in the secondary storage.

		Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups
		Are you sure you want to remove the backups?
		[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): yes
		Result   : SMCoreContracts.SMResult
		TotalCount   : 0
		DisplayCount : 0
		Context  :
		Job  : SMCoreContracts.SmJob

Example 4: Delete few special backups of the SQL resources after failback from the secondary and the primary.

 Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups -AppObjectId Host1\Inst\DB1 -BackupNames Backup1,Backup2 -Primary

This example syntax removes all the resource backups taken during failover from the secondary and the primary storage. For SnapMirror relationship, during subsequent SnapMirror update, deleted backups in the primary storage will be reflected in the secondary storage.

		Remove-SmDRFailoverBackups
		Are you sure you want to remove the backups?
		[Y] Yes  [A] Yes to All  [N] No  [L] No to All  [S] Suspend  [?] Help (default is "Y"): yes
		Result   : SMCoreContracts.SMResult
		TotalCount   : 0
		DisplayCount : 0
		Context  :
		Job  : SMCoreContracts.SmJob