Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk

Removes a virtual floppy disk object from VMM.

Description

The Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk cmdlet removes a virtual floppy disk object from the System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) library and deletes the corresponding virtual floppy disk file (a Windows-based .vfd file or a VMware-based .flp file) from the library server. 

If the virtual floppy disk is attached to a virtual machine, template, or hardware profile (and if you do not use the Force parameter), VMM lists the container that contains the virtual floppy disk and prompts you to confirm that you want to remove the virtual floppy disk:

- If you reply Yes, VMM removes the association between the virtual 
  floppy disk and the container to which it is attached, and then 
  deletes the virtual floppy disk object from VMM.

- If you reply No, the operation is cancelled.

This cmdlet returns the object upon success (with the property MarkedForDeletion set to TRUE) or returns an error message upon failure.

For more information about Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk, type: "Get-Help Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -online".

Parameters

VirtualFloppyDisk

Required? true
Accept Pipeline Input? true (ByValue)
Position? 0
Specifies a virtual floppy disk object. 

Confirm

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Prompts for confirmation before running the command.

Force

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Forces the operation to complete. 

For example:
- Remove-SCSCVMHost -Force
  Forces the removal of a host object from the VMM database.

- Stop-SCVirtualMachine -Force
  Stops a virtual machine.

JobVariable

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies that job progress is tracked and stored in the variable named by this parameter. 

PROTipID

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Specifies the ID of the PRO tip that triggered this action. This allows for auditing of PRO tips.

RunAsynchronously

Required? false
Accept Pipeline Input? false
Position? named
Indicates that the job runs asynchronously so that control returns to the command shell immediately. 
Requires a Virtual Machine Manager virtual floppy disk object, which can be retrieved by using the Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk cmdlet.

Examples

1: Remove a virtual floppy disk object from the library and delete the corresponding file.
PS C:\> $VFD = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com"  | where { $_.Name -eq “BootFloppy.vfd” -and $_.LibraryServer.Name -eq “LibraryServer01.Contoso.com” }
PS C:\> Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VirtualFloppyDisk $VFD
The first command gets the virtual floppy disk file object named BootFloppy.vfd stored on LibraryServer01, and then stores the virtual floppy disk object in the $VFD variable.

The second command removes the floppy disk object stored in $VFD from the library and deletes the corresponding virtual floppy disk file from the library server.
2: Remove multiple virtual floppy disks and their files.
PS C:\> $VFDs = Get-SCVirtualFloppyDisk -VMMServer "VMMServer01.Contoso.com" | where { $_.Name -match “Boot” }
PS C:\> $VFDs | Remove-SCVirtualFloppyDisk
The first command gets all virtual floppy disk objects whose names include the string “Boot” and stores these objects in the array named $VFDs.

The second command passes each virtual floppy disk object in $VFDs to the Remove-VirtualFloppyDisk cmdlet, which removes each virtual floppy disk object from the library. The command also deletes each corresponding file from the library server on which that virtual floppy disk is stored. 

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