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DELETE DEVCLASS (Delete a Device Class)

Use this command to delete a device class.

To use this command, you must first delete all storage pools assigned to the specified device class and, if necessary, cancel any database dump, export, or import processes that are using the device class.

You cannot delete the device class DISK, which is predefined at installation, but you can delete any device classes defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator.

Privilege Class

To issue this command, you must have system privilege or unrestricted storage privilege.

Syntax

>>-DELete DEVclass--device_class_name--------------------------><
 
 

Parameters

device_class_name (Required)
Specifies the name of the device class to be deleted.

Examples

Task

Delete the device class named MYTAPE. There are no storage pools assigned to the device class.

Command:
delete devclass mytape

Related Commands

Table 98. Commands Related to DELETE DEVCLASS

Command Description
DEFINE DEVCLASS Defines a device class.
QUERY DEVCLASS Displays information about device classes.
UPDATE DEVCLASS Changes the attributes of a device class.


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