Deleting unneeded inventory information from the database is a maintenance task performed as part of regular operations. For more information about deleting unneeded inventory information, see 5.2.1(4) Deleting unneeded inventory information in the manual Administrator's Guide Volume 2.

Notes

• Before you delete unneeded inventory information, stop Remote Install Server service by opening Control Panel, and then choosing Administrative Tools, and Services.
• If you are using Asset Information Manager Subset, stop the Asset Information Manager Subset services in the following order.
  

  World Wide Web Publishing Service or World Wide Web Publishing Commands and tasks of the Asset Information Synchronous Service and Asset Information Manager Subset JP1/Client Security Control - Manager (applicable if JP1/CSC is linked)

  To use Asset Information Manager Subset after you have used the Database Manager, start the services in the reverse order from that listed above.
  
• If a connection pool has been set up in the ODBC database, the connected status will not change from the time that the Asset Information Manager Subset job was stopped until the timeout time set in the connection pool elapses. Therefore, wait for the connected status to change before deleting unneeded inventory information.

To delete unneeded inventory information:

1. In the Welcome dialog box, select Delete unnecessary inventory information from the database, and then click the Next button.
   The Authentication Information of Database dialog box appears.
   
2. In the Authentication Information of Database dialog box, specify the password, and then click the Next button.
   The Deletion of Unnecessary Inventory dialog appears.
   

   Figure 7-25 Deletion of Unnecessary Inventory dialog box

   

3. Click the Execute button.
   Unneeded inventory information is deleted from Embedded RDB. After information has been deleted, the database is automatically reorganized to create free space.