Basic example of management of your Filespace snapshots. List, create, activate, delete your snapshots easily through a PowerShell script when linked to a Filespace as 'root' user.
Activate a snapshot and deactivate your snapshot back to your live Filespace.
Usage:
C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File "managesnapshots.ps1"
Script:
using namespace System.Management.Automation.Host function Menu { [CmdletBinding()] param( [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Title, [Parameter(Mandatory)] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string]$Question ) while ($true) { $list = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&List', 'List snapshots') $create = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&Create', 'Create a new snapshot') $activate = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&Activate', 'Activate a snapshot (deactivates live Filespace)') $filespace = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&Filespace', 'Activates your live Filespace (deactivates a snapshot)') $delete = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&Delete', 'Delete a snapshot') $quit = [ChoiceDescription]::new('&Quit', 'Exit') $options = [ChoiceDescription[]]($list, $create, $activate, $filespace, $delete, $quit) $result = $host.ui.PromptForChoice($Title, $Question, $options, 0) switch ($result) { 0 {List} 1 {Create} 2 {Activate} 3 {Filespace} 4 {Delete} 5 {exit} } } } function List { Lucid.exe snapshot } function Create { $name = Read-Host -Prompt 'Provide snapshot name' Lucid.exe snapshot --create $name } function Activate { Lucid.exe snapshot $id = Read-Host -Prompt 'Activate snapshot with ID' Lucid.exe activate --snapshot $id } function Filespace { Lucid.exe activate } function Delete { Lucid.exe snapshot $id = Read-Host -Prompt 'Delete snapshot by ID' Lucid.exe snapshot --delete $id } Menu -Title 'Manage your Filespace snapshots' -Question 'What would you like to do?'