DELETE

SMFD Control Statement Reference › DELETE

DELETE

This control statement removes configurations from the SCDS. DELETE removes any history information for the indicated system or stream, and removes all configuration information as well.

To DELETE a stream or a full system configuration, run a BACKUP of the SCDS after the last time data was dumped. If there are not any dumps for a configuration, the configuration can be deleted without running the BACKUP. If a BACKUP has not been run before the DELETE, the DELETE terminates in error. This termination can be overridden with PARM=FORCE. However, overriding the termination is not recommended because once the configuration and history archive information is erased it cannot be recovered.

Statement Format:

DELETE

►►─ DELETE ─ SID(sid) ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────►
                             ├─ LSNAME(logstream name───┤
                             └─ SUBNAME(substream name) ┘

Operands and Descriptions:

SID(sid): Specifies the SMF ID for the history-file index. This operand is the four character identifier that appears in the SMF data. If this operand is specified alone, all history file archive records and configuration information are removed for the entire SMF ID. This removal includes all streams and their information.
LSNAME(logstream name): Deletes the specified logstream. The LSNAME and SUBNAME operands are mutually exclusive.
SUBNAME(substream name): Deletes the specified substream. The LSNAME and SUBNAME operands are mutually exclusive.

Sample DELETE Statement:

DELETE SID(XE44) .

The DELETE statement output:

1CA HERNDON AUDIT TRAIL REPORT SMFD PAGE 1 CA SMF Director r12.7 XAD1 22 AUG yyyy 9:39:58 DELETE SID(XAD1) . CAF0723I DELETE ACCEPTED FOR PROCESSING CAF0726I SID XAD1 DELETED CAF0530I CONTROL DATA SET LIVMI02.SMFR127.SCDS IS ON VOLUME PMA001 CAF2900I RUN COMPLETE