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delete—Delete Images from the OSIM Database

This action deletes the specified images from the OSIM database and the possible related SD packages too.

The syntax of the action is as follows:

image	action=delete

{[images=image_identifier,...]}
[sep=separator_sign]

images

Specifies the name of an image to be deleted from the OSIM database. With the removal of the image from OSIM also a possible SD registration of the related package is deleted too. The option can be coded more than once to specify a list.

The image identifier has the following structure:

{«image name» | («image name»«separator sign»{bootImage | osImage})}

If neither bootImage nor osImage is coded then osImage is assumed. The separator sign is a dot by default but can be redefined by the sep argument. The separator sign should not appear in the image names.

sep

Specifies an alternate separator used with the image identifiers. The separator should not be part of the image names.

Note: You should be aware of the following:

• An OS image is not deleted if it is assigned to any OSIM configuration. The error BMSAPI_IMAGE_INUSE – “Image in use” is reported. Use action listConfigs for determining the configurations in that it is used.

  Boot images are deleted in any way.

• The deletion process does not check whether an image is deployed at a boot server or not. When it is deployed then it is reported as detected later on.
• For deleting an image the current user owning the session needs delete permissions for this image.