Remove-DbaDbSnapshot

Want to see the source code for this command? Check out Remove-DbaDbSnapshot on GitHub.
Want to see the Bill Of Health for this command? Check out Remove-DbaDbSnapshot.

Synopsis

Removes database snapshots

Description

Removes (drops) database snapshots from the server

Syntax

Remove-DbaDbSnapshot
    [[-SqlInstance] <DbaInstanceParameter[]>]
    [[-SqlCredential] <PSCredential>]
    [[-Database] <String[]>]
    [[-ExcludeDatabase] <String[]>]
    [[-Snapshot] <String[]>]
    [[-InputObject] <Database[]>]
    [-AllSnapshots]
    [-Force]
    [-EnableException]
    [-WhatIf]
    [-Confirm]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Examples

Example: 1

PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -Snapshot HR_snap_20161201, HR_snap_20161101

Removes database snapshots named HR_snap_20161201 and HR_snap_20161101

Example: 2

PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -Database HR, Accounting

Removes all database snapshots having HR and Accounting as base dbs

Example: 3

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -Database HR, Accounting | Remove-DbaDbSnapshot

Removes all database snapshots having HR and Accounting as base dbs

Example: 4

PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -Snapshot HR_snapshot, Accounting_snapshot

Removes HR_snapshot and Accounting_snapshot

Example: 5

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2016 | Where-Object SnapshotOf -like '*dumpsterfire*' | Remove-DbaDbSnapshot

Removes all snapshots associated with databases that have dumpsterfire in the name

Example: 6

PS C:\> Get-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2016 | Out-GridView -PassThru | Remove-DbaDbSnapshot

Allows the selection of snapshots on sql2016 to remove

Example: 7

PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -AllSnapshots

Removes all database snapshots from sql2014

Example: 8

PS C:\> Remove-DbaDbSnapshot -SqlInstance sql2014 -AllSnapshots -Confirm

Removes all database snapshots from sql2014 and prompts for each database

Optional Parameters

-SqlInstance

The target SQL Server instance or instances

-SqlCredential

Login to the target instance using alternative credentials. Accepts PowerShell credentials (Get-Credential).
Windows Authentication, SQL Server Authentication, Active Directory - Password, and Active Directory - Integrated are all supported.
For MFA support, please use Connect-DbaInstance.

-Database

Removes snapshots for only this specific base db

-ExcludeDatabase

Removes snapshots excluding this specific base dbs

-Snapshot

Restores databases from snapshot with this name only

-InputObject

Enables input from Get-DbaDbSnapshot

-AllSnapshots

Specifies that you want to remove all snapshots from the server

-Force

Will forcibly kill all running queries that prevent the drop process.

-EnableException

By default, when something goes wrong we try to catch it, interpret it and give you a friendly warning message.
This avoids overwhelming you with "sea of red" exceptions, but is inconvenient because it basically disables advanced scripting.
Using this switch turns this "nice by default" feature off and enables you to catch exceptions with your own try/catch.

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the command were to run

-Confirm

Prompts for confirmation of every step.