6.1.5 Deleting found hosts from system configuration information

You can delete hosts from the system configuration information after searching for them in the System Configuration window. Note that you cannot delete an agent from a computer that also functions as a relay system.

When you delete an agent computer from the system configuration information, that agent is also deleted from any host groups and ID groups to which it belongs. However, the device information for the computer is not deleted.

If you have enabled the function that links system configuration information and ID group information on relay systems, you can delete the computers under a relay system from the manager. In this case, the deleted computers are deleted not only from the system configuration information managed by the relay system, but also from host groups and ID groups. For details about the operation of systems in which system configuration information is linked with ID groups, see 5.4 Linking system configuration information with ID group information.

Note on deleting large numbers of computers

Before you delete a large number of computers, back up the system configuration information, host groups, and ID groups. This will allow you to recover the original configuration if a problem occurs. For details about how to output this information to files, see 5.1.4 Updating system configuration information output to a file, 5.2.3 Creating host groups from a file, and 5.3.3(2)(c) Outputting ID groups to a file.

Organization of this subsection

(1) Deleting computers
(2) Viewing information about deleted computers

(1) Deleting computers

To delete a computer found in a search from the system configuration information:

In the Find dialog box, specify search conditions and search for hosts.
In the search results, right-click the computer you want to delete, and from the context menu, select Delete from System Configuration Information.
Click OK in the confirmation dialog box.

The specified computer is deleted from the system configuration information, host groups, and ID groups.

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(2) Viewing information about deleted computers

The system outputs information about deleted computers to log files. A maximum of nine log files are stored in the directory JP1/IT Desktop Management 2 - Manager-installation-directory\mgr\rmtins\gui.

The name of the log file is rimfindn.log, where n is a numeral from 1 to 9. Each time you delete a computer, the number is incremented by one, giving the file names rimfind1, rimfind2, rimfind3, and so on. After the file rimfind9 is created, the existing log files are overwritten in order from the oldest.

The search conditions are output to the beginning of the log file. Then, information about the deleted computer is listed in the same format as in the system configuration information file. Refer to this information as needed.

The following figure shows an example of a log file:

Figure 6‒5: Log file output example

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