How to Delete a Host

Deleting a host is permanent and cannot be undone. Deleting a host might also be time consuming.

This procedure describes how to delete hosts by using the browser interface. You can also delete hosts by using the following command.

• hdb.h.del – Deletes a host.

For a detailed description of this command, see Chapter 7, hdb: CLI Commands for Managing Hosts, in Sun N1 Service Provisioning System 5.1 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.

If the host that you want to delete was created by a targetable component, see How to Delete a Host Created by a Targetable Component.

Before You Begin

You cannot delete a host that is referenced by one of the following objects.

• A comparison

• A resource

• A snapshot

• A Remote Agent, Local Distributor, or CLI application

• A targetable component

  A host created by a targetable component cannot be deleted while the targetable component is still installed. However, if the parent host that contains the targetable component host is deleted, the targetable component host is also deleted.

To delete a host, you must belong to a user group that has Create, Edit, Delete permission on hosts.

Steps

1. Go to the Details page of the host that you plan to delete.

   See How to View Hosts.

2. Click the Delete button to delete the selected host.

   You are asked to verify that you want to delete the host.

3. Click the Continue to Delete button.

   After the host has been deleted, the Hosts table no longer displays the host.