PerformanceCounters/Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory.ps1
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# Copyright 2012 Aaron Jensen # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. function Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory { <# .SYNOPSIS Removes an entire performance counter category. .DESCRIPTION Removes, with extreme prejudice, the performance counter category `CategoryName`. All its performance counters are also deleted. If the performance counter category doesn't exist, nothing happens. I hope you have good backups! .EXAMPLE Uninstall-PerformanceCounterCategory -CategoryName 'ToyotaCamry' Removes the `ToyotaCamry` performance counter category and all its performance counters. So sad! #> [CmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess=$true)] param( [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)] [string] # The performance counter's category name that should be deleted. $CategoryName ) if( (Test-PerformanceCounterCategory -CategoryName $CategoryName) ) { if( $pscmdlet.ShouldProcess( $CategoryName, 'uninstall performance counter category' ) ) { [Diagnostics.PerformanceCounterCategory]::Delete( $CategoryName ) } } } |