How to Remove a Patch Stream

Last updated on July 28, 2021.

Last Reviewed and Approved on PENDING REVIEW

Introduction

This document describes the step by step instructions for removing a Patch Stream.

How to Remove a Patch Stream in the RPS GUI

  1. Launch the RPS GUI and navigate to any of the Patch Stream management pages then select the 'Approvals' Tab.

  2. Click on the Delete button of the Patch Stream under 'Pending Approval'

    Figure 1: Remove Patch Stream Button Figure 1: Remove Patch Stream Button.

  3. A prompt will appear confirming that you want to delete the patch stream and will list the patches that will be deleted with the stream.

    Figure 2: Remove Patch Stream Confirmation Figure 2: Remove Patch Stream Confirmation.

  4. Once you click 'Delete' the patch stream will be deleted along with the patches listed in the prompt.

How to Remove a Patch Stream with cmdlet

Note

This will not remove the Patches from the Content Delivery Network (CDN) or remove any assignments, you can only remove a Patch Stream in the "Pending" State*

  1. Open a PowerShell window

  2. Change your directory to the RPS ContentStore. For example:

    cd C:\ContentStore
    Note

    The directory for the ContentStore is able to be changed and may be different. User (Get-RpsLocalNode).ContentPath PowerShell Commmand to get the ContentStore directory

  3. Import the RPS API module

    Import-Module C:\ContentStore\Modules\Rps-Api
    Note

    The directory for the ContentStore is able to be changed and may be different. User (Get-RpsLocalNode).ContentPath PowerShell Commmand to get the ContentStore directory

  4. Remove the Patch Stream using the Remove-RpsPatchStream cmdlet

    • Options for the Remove-RpsPatchStream cmdlet

      Parameter Name Type Description
      Name string Name of the Patch
      Patch string The Patch object
      Force Switch Skips the user feedback required to complete the task

    • Example:

      Remove-RpsPatchStream -Name MyPatchStream1

  5. You will be prompted with what patches will be removed along with the patch stream

    Figure 1: Confirm or Deny to continue removing the Patch Stream

    1. Enter 'Y' or any of the options above to continue