How to Tell When Azure Remove-AzureStorageShare Is Done In PowerShell - azure-blob-storage

Question

I am trying to perform a scheduled operation where I create a file share in Azure and copy some files in it. Before I begin doing so, I would like to cleanup the previous job if it did not cleanup on the prior run. To do so, I found the handy-dandy Remove-AzureStorageShare method. My problem is that after I call this method, it takes Azure sometimes up to 2 minutes to complete the task. I have a wait in PowerShell, but I'm unable to check Azure for the share without throwing an exception and then continue. So basically, I want the following operations to happen:
1] Check for Share in Azure, delete if it exists
2] Once Azure is done deleting, re-create it
3] Copy my files into the new Share
Here is what I have and it doesn't work:
Write-Host "STEP 6 : Removing existing Azure Share...";
# THIS NEXT LINE THROWS AN ERROR IF THE SHARE DOESN'T EXIST
If ((Get-AzureStorageShare -Name $azureShareName -Context $context) {
Remove-AzureStorageShare
-Context $context
-Name $azureShareName
-Force
-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
}
$removed = $false;
While(!$removed) {
Try {
# THIS LINE SHOULD THROW AN EXCEPTION SINCE IT'S BEING DELETED
If ((Get-AzureStorageShare -Name $azureShareName -Context $context) -eq $null) {
$removed = $true;
}
}
Catch
{
# SINCE THE EXCEPTION IS THROWN, WE WILL SLEEP FOR A FEW...
Write-Host "STEP 6a : Waiting...still removing.";
Start-Sleep -s 10;
}
}
When I attempt to create the share again, I get the following error:
New-AzureStorageShare : The remote server returned an error: (409) Conflict. HTTP Status Code: 409 - HTTP Error Message: The specified share is being deleted. Try operation later.

Answer 1

Thank you for your question.
I think we can use this PowerShell to check for share in Azure:
Write-Host "STEP 6 : Removing existing Azure Share...";
# THIS NEXT LINE THROWS AN ERROR IF THE SHARE DOESN'T EXIST
If ((Get-AzureStorageShare -Name $azureShareName -Context $ctx)) {
Remove-AzureStorageShare `
-Context $ctx `
-Name $azureShareName `
-Force `
-ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null
}
$removed = $false;
While(!$removed) {
Try {
# THIS LINE SHOULD THROW AN EXCEPTION SINCE IT'S BEING DELETED
If ((Get-AzureStorageShare -Name $azureShareName -Context $ctx) -eq $null) {
$removed = $true;
}
else {
Write-Host "STEP 6a : Waiting...still removing.";
Start-Sleep -s 5;
}
}
Catch
{
# SINCE THE EXCEPTION IS THROWN, WE WILL SLEEP FOR A FEW...
Write-Host "STEP 6b : Waiting...still removing.";
Start-Sleep -s 5;
}
}
If the Share existing the PowerShell will show: waiting…still removing, else the PowerShell will show error 404:
If you still have questions, welcome to post back here. Thanks.