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Delete a Cisco NAM Monitoring Device

Delete a Cisco NAM monitoring device to remove it as a source of response time data. When you delete a Cisco NAM monitoring device, any servers that were pinned to the NAM monitor feed are unpinned, and another monitor feed is automatically assigned. It can take up to 10 minutes to update the monitor feed assignment.

If you have pinned servers to a NAM monitor feed, and you want to continue monitoring server traffic while the monitoring device is temporarily offline, consider the following options:

• Pin the servers to another monitor feed before you delete the monitoring device. When you move the monitoring device back online, pin the appropriate servers to the NAM monitor feed.
• Delete the Cisco NAM monitoring device. Another monitor feed is automatically assigned, but it can take up to 10 minutes to update the monitor feed assignment.

If you delete a Cisco NAM monitoring device, and the Cisco NAM is configured to export response time data, the Cisco NAM will continue to be available as a monitoring device.

Follow these steps:

1. Disable Cisco NAM Metric Agent data export on the Cisco NAM:
   1. Open the NAM Traffic Analyzer console.
   2. Click the Admin tab.

      The Admin tab opens.

   3. Click System.

      System Overview opens.

   4. Click Response Time Export.

      External Response Time Reporting Console Export opens.

   5. Deselect Enable Export and click Apply.
   6. Verify that the Cisco NAM is updating its configuration to disable data export to the management console by clicking Diagnostics on the Admin tab.

      The System Alerts page displays the Cisco NAM logging messages.

2. In the management console, delete the Cisco NAM from the NAM Device List:
   1. Click the Administration page.
   2. Click Data Monitoring, Monitoring Devices in the Show Me menu.
   3. Scroll to the NAM Device List and click to delete a Cisco NAM.
   4. In the Delete Monitoring Device Confirmation, click Continue with Delete to delete the NAM monitoring device.

      The Cisco NAM is removed from the NAM Device list.