DELETE MACHINE (Delete machine information)

Use this command to delete machine description information. To replace existing information, issue this command and then issue an INSERT MACHINE command.

Privilege class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege.

Syntax


>>-DELete MACHine--machine_name--------------------------------->

   .-Type--=--All----------------------.   
>--+-----------------------------------+-----------------------><
   '-Type--=--+-All------------------+-'   
              +-RECOVERYInstructions-+     
              '-CHaracteristics------'

Parameters

machine_name (Required)

Specifies the name of the machine whose information is to be deleted.

Type

Specifies the type of machine information. This parameter is optional. The default is ALL. Possible values are:

All: Specifies all information.
RECOVERYInstructions: Specifies the recovery instructions.
CHaracteristics: Specifies the machine characteristics.

Example: Delete a specific machine's information

Delete the machine characteristics associated with the DISTRICT5 machine.

delete machine district5 type=characteristics

Related commands

Table 1. Commands related to DELETE MACHINE
Command	Description
DEFINE MACHINE	Defines a machine for DRM.
INSERT MACHINE	Inserts machine characteristics or recovery instructions into the Tivoli® Storage Manager database.
QUERY MACHINE	Displays information about machines.
QUERY RECOVERYMEDIA	Displays media available for machine recovery.
UPDATE MACHINE	Changes the information for a machine.