RFE : Request for Remove-RubrikSnapshot

[dewbrik]

Expected Behavior

Currently there is no dedicated cmdlet to remove a Rubrik backup. Invoke-RubrikRESTCall can support this task, but having a cmdlet that can take a pipeline input from cmdlets such as Get-RubrikVM or Get-RubrikFileset and remove a backup(s) would simplify a workflow.

For example, if I want to be able to remove backup of relics that are 30 days or older, I want to be able to do something like this:

Get-RubrikVM TestVM1 | ?{$_.isRelic -eq $true} | Get-RubrikSnapshot | {$_.date -lt (Get-date).adddays(-30).tostring("yyyy-MM-ddTHH:mm:ssZ")} | Remove-RubrikSnapshot

Current Behavior

Currently, we have to produce a snapshot ID and then feed it into Invoke-RubrikRESTCall. It's not impossible, but it's not as intuitive as it would be if a cmdlet to remove a backup that can take a pipeline input were available. For example, my line to invoke the forementioned REST call looked like this:

Invoke-RubrikRESTCall -Endpoint 'vmware/vm/snapshot/d7d8dd59-3e5c-4f23-88aa-b6b5cadb0f4d' -Method DELETE -Query (new-object -typename psobject -property @{'location'='all'})

This is specific to VM backups. I suspect the endpoint path would look different for databases and filesets.

[jaapbrasser]

Hello @dewbrik,

We have started developing the requested feature, our apologies for the delay in picking this up. This functionality will be available within a couple of days.

[shamsway]

Resolved by PR #308