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Roman_Melekh
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May 09, 2023
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Backup F5 BigIP using RestAPI and PowerShell (again?)

Hello! I went through the Forum and I saw a lot of related messages but none of them actually answered my question. The documentation [I found] leaves to be desired and I hope that the community is ...
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Paulius's avatar
Paulius
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May 12, 2023

Roman_Melekh I'm glade this worked for you. You should be able to add onto the end of the script a command that issues a delete of the existing archive file, exactly the same as you did to create the file but in this case a delete. Good luck with the SharePoint piece and if you find that the primary issue has been resolved please mark the comment that solved this for you.

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Roman_Melekh
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May 12, 2023

Yep, the command is here already:

 

function Delete-F5ArchiveFile
{
    param 
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$token,        
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$server,
        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)][string]$UCSFileName        
    )
    
    $headers = @{
        "Content-Type" = "application/json"
        "X-F5-Auth-Token" = "$token"
    }

    $body = @{
        "command" = "run";
        "utilCmdArgs" = " -c `"rm -f /var/local/ucs/$UCSFileName`" "
    } | ConvertTo-Json


    $result = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://$server/mgmt/tm/util/bash" -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body $body
    return $result
}