Deleting a profile

You can specify the D (Delete) line command to delete a backup profile.

About this task

You can delete profiles that you created, regardless of the value assigned to the Update option field on the Enter New Backup Profile Options panel. You can also delete a profile created by another user if the Update option field on the Enter New Backup Profile Options panel was set to U (Update) when the profile was created.

Note: If you delete a backup profile, you will also delete all backups associated with the profile.

Procedure

  1. Access the System Backup Profile Display panel.
  2. Specify D on the Cmd line next to the profile you want to delete, and press Enter.
    Figure 1. Confirm Deletion of Profile panel (BSY$PRFD)
                    Confirm Deletion of Profile             
     BSY$PRFD                                                         
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      ****                                                     ****   
      **** Warning Deleting this Profile will also delete all  ****   
      **** Backups associated with this profile.               ****   
      ****                                                     ****   
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        Confirm delete of profile PDMONA.PDMONA                       
                                                                      
                        Delete  N  (Yes/No)                           

  3. On the Confirm Deletion of Profile panel, you can confirm profile deletion. To delete the profile, specify Y in the Delete field and press Enter.
    A message is displayed to confirm deletion. To cancel deletion, press PF3.