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  3. Section XVI. System Administration
  4. Automating Host Group Management
  5. Delete host group

Delete host group

Description

There are some occasions where you may wish to remove the entire contents of a host group, including any sub-groups within this group and any clients under the hierarchy. This utility allows administrators to perform this type of delete operation.

Note:

CAUTION: IF YOU USE THIS COMMAND TO REMOVE A HOST GROUP, AND IF CLIENTS UNDER THE HOST GROUP HIERARCHY DO NOT EXIST IN ANY OTHER GROUP, THE CLIENTS AND ALL OF THEIR ASSOCIATED CONFIGURATIONS WILL BE PERMANENTLY REMOVED FROM THE DATABASE.

Usage

execute server_group_package.deleteEntireGroupContents
(100, <parent_group_id>, <group_to_remove_id>);

Where:

parent_group_id is the group id of the parent group which contains the group to be deleted.

group_to_remove_id is the group id of the group to be deleted.

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