Remove-RecoveryPoint

Remove-RecoveryPoint

Removes a recovery point from tape or disk.

Syntax

Remove-RecoveryPoint [-RecoveryPoint] <RecoverySource> [-Confirm] [-ForceDeletion] [<CommonParameters>]

Detailed Description

The Remove-RecoveryPoint removes a recovery point from tape or disk.

If a recovery point exists in multiple location, for e.g. on disk and tape, or two tapes, then use the Get-RecoveryPointLocation to get the location of the recovery point.

Parameters

-RecoveryPoint

The recovery point to use.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	true
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	true (ByValue)
Position?	0

-Confirm

Asks the user to confirm the action.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-ForceDeletion

Indicates that the data source will be pruned even if a backup job is currently running.

Attributes

Name	Value
Required?	false
Accept wildcard characters?	false
Accept Pipeline Input?	false
Position?	named

-CommonParameter

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable, OutBuffer, and OutVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

Input and Return Types

The input type is the type of the objects that you can pipe to the cmdlet. The return type is the type of the objects that the cmdlet emits.

Notes

• For more information, type "Get-Help Remove-RecoveryPoint -detailed".
  For technical information, type "Get-Help Remove-RecoveryPoint -full".

  Additionally, any updated information about the cmdlet will be available at https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=95130.

Examples

EXAMPLE 1

$pg = Get-ProtectionGroup -DPMServerName TestingServer 
$ds = Get-Datasource -ProtectionGroup $pg 
$rp = Get-RecoveryPoint -Datasource $ds 
Remove-RecoveryPoint -RecoveryPoint $rp

This command removes all the recovery points for a datasource.