Remove-BackingSource

This PowerShell cmdlet removes the pre-configured backing source providers (Read-through or Write-through) from the cache.

Remove-BackingSource [-CacheName] [-NoLogo] [-Port] -ProviderName [-ReadThru] [-Server] [-Credentials] [-WriteThru]

Examples

Please note that either the ReadThru or WriteThru parameter must be specified when using this cmdlet.

This command removes the pre-configured Read-through provider named MyReader from demoCache.

Remove-BackingSource -CacheName demoCache -ProviderName MyReader –ReadThru

This command removes the pre-configured Write-through provider named MyWriter from demoCache.

Remove-BackingSource -CacheName demoCache -ProviderName MyWriter –WriteThru

This command removes the pre-configured Write-through provider named MyWriter from demoCache existing on server 20.200.20.11.

Remove-BackingSource -CacheName demoCache -ProviderName MyWriter –WriteThru –Server 20.200.20.11

This command removes the pre-configured Read-through provider named MyReader from demoCache using security credentials.

Remove-BackingSource -CacheName demoCache -ProviderName MyReader –ReadThru -Credentials(Get-Credential john_smith)

The parameters with asterisk (*) on their names are the required parameters and the rest are optional.

Parameters	Data Types	Description	Default Value
`-CacheName*`	`<String>`	Specifies the name of the cache for which backing source will be removed.	-
`-NoLogo`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Suppresses display of the logo banner.	False
`-Port`	`<Integer>`	Specifies the port on which NCache Service is running.	8250
`-ProviderName*`	`<String>`	Specifies the provider name.	-
`-ReadThru*`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Specifies if provided backing source is configured for ReadThru.	False
`-Server`	`<String>`	Specifies a server name where the NCache Service is running and a cache registered with the specified cache-name.	Local Machine
`-Credentials`	`<pscredential>`	Specifies the user credentials required to authorize access for the specified operation. These credentials should belong to a user with the appropriate permissions at the node.	-
`-WriteThru*`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Specifies if provided backing source is configured for WriteThru.	False

remove-backingsource [-cachename] [-nologo] [-port] -providername [-readthru] [-server] [-userid] [-password] [-writethru]

Please note that either the readthru or writethru parameter must be specified when using this cmdlet.

This command removes the pre-configured Read-through provider named MyReader from demoCache.

remove-backingsource -cachename demoCache -providername MyReader –readthru

This command removes the pre-configured Write-through provider named MyWriter from demoCache.

remove-backingsource -cachename demoCache -providername MyWriter –writethru

This command removes the pre-configured Write-through provider named MyWriter from demoCache existing on server 20.200.20.11.

remove-backingsource -cachename demoCache -providername MyWriter –writethru –server 20.200.20.11

This command removes the pre-configured Read-through provider named MyReader from demoCache using security credentials.

remove-backingsource -cachename demoCache -providername MyReader –readthru  -userid john_smith -password pass123

The parameters with asterisk (*) on their names are the required parameters and the rest are optional.

Parameters	Data Types	Description	Default Value
`-cachename*`	`<String>`	Specifies the name of the cache for which backing source will be removed.	-
`-nologo`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Suppresses display of the logo banner.	False
`-port`	`<Integer>`	Specifies the port on which NCache Service is running.	8250
`-providername*`	`<String>`	Specifies the provider name.	-
`-readthru*`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Specifies if provided backing source is configured for ReadThru.	False
`-server`	`<String>`	Specifies a server name where the NCache Service is running and a cache registered with the specified cache-name.	Local Machine
`-userid`	`<String>`	Specifies the user id used to authorize the user for this operation. It is required in case security is enabled on Cache Server. This user id must be the active directory user id.	-
`-password`	`<String>`	Specifies the password of the user that is used to authorize the user for this operation. It is required in case security is enabled on Cache Server. This password must be the same as the active directory user password.	-
`-writethru*`	`<SwitchParameter>`	Specifies if provided backing source is configured for WriteThru.	False