functions/clear-axservercacheobjects.ps1
<# .SYNOPSIS Clear AX 2012 AOS Server Cache Objects .DESCRIPTION Remove AX 2012 AOS Server Cache Object files from the file system .PARAMETER ObjectType The type of cache object that you want to remove Valid options are: XppIL Label VSAssemblies .PARAMETER InstanceName Name of the instance that you are working against Default value can be configured with the Set-AxActiveAosConfig cmdlet .PARAMETER ListOnly Instruct the cmdlet to only list the files that matches your selection from the other parameters .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Clear-AxServerCacheObjects -ObjectType "XppIL" -InstanceName "AXTEST" -ListOnly This will list all the XppIL files under the AXTEST AOS Instance location. It will work against the ObjectType "XppIL". It will work againt the InstanceName "AXTEST". It will only list the files and folders, it will NOT delete anything. .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Clear-AxServerCacheObjects -ObjectType "XppIL" -InstanceName "AXTEST" This will delete all the XppIL files under the AXTEST AOS Instance location. It will work against the ObjectType "XppIL". It will work againt the InstanceName "AXTEST". It WILL delete the files without further warning or notification! .EXAMPLE PS C:\> Clear-AxServerCacheObjects -ObjectType "XppIL","Label","VSAssemblies" -InstanceName "AXTEST" This will delete all the XppIL,Label and VSAssemblies files under the AXTEST AOS Instance location. It will work against the ObjectType "XppIL","Label","VSAssemblies". It will work againt the InstanceName "AXTEST". It WILL delete the files without further warning or notification! .NOTES Tags: Client Cache, Cache, Label, XppIL, VSAssemblies Author: Mötz Jensen (@Splaxi) All credits goes to Kenneth Madsen (@KennethGrupp) for providing detailed examples on how to achieve this the best way using powershell #> function Clear-AxServerCacheObjects { [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute("PSUseSingularNouns", "")] [CmdletBinding()] param ( [string[]] $ObjectType, [string] $InstanceName = $Script:ActiveAosInstancename, [switch] $ListOnly ) if ([String]::IsNullOrEmpty($InstanceName)) { $messageString = "Instance name was <c='em'>empty</c>. You either need to supply it with <c='em'>-InstanceName</c> parameter or configure it using the <c='em'>Set-AxActiveAosConfig</c> cmdlet." Write-PSFMessage -Level Host -Message $messageString Stop-PSFFunction -Message "Stopping because of missing instance name parameter." -Exception $([System.Exception]::new($($messageString -replace '<[^>]+>', ''))) return } if ($InstanceName -eq "*") { $messageString = "Instance name cannot be <c='em'>*</c>. You either need to supply an instance name that will only result in <c='em'>one</c> AOS instance." Write-PSFMessage -Level Host -Message $messageString Stop-PSFFunction -Message "Stopping because of missing instance name parameter." -Exception $([System.Exception]::new($($messageString -replace '<[^>]+>', ''))) return } $basePath = (Get-AxAosInstance -InstanceName $InstanceName).BinDirectory $parms = @{} foreach ($item in $ObjectType) { switch ($item.ToUpper()) { "XPPIL" { Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Working against cache object type: `"XppIL`"" $parms.Path = (Join-Path $basePath "XppIL") $parms.Include = "*.*" } "LABEL" { Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Working against cache object type: `"Label`"" $parms.Path = (Join-Path $basePath "Application\appl\standard\ax*.*") } "VSASSEMBLIES" { Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Working against cache object type: `"VSAssemblies`"" $parms.Path = (Join-Path $basePath "VSAssemblies\*.*") } } Write-PSFMessage -Level Verbose -Message "Working against path: $($parms.Path)" -Target $parms.Path if ($ListOnly) { Get-ChildItem @parms -Recurse } else { Remove-Item @parms -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -WarningAction SilentlyContinue } } } |