Under certain circumstances, the ISMF Library Management DELETE line operator will not work. To get around this problem the FORCE parameter is used. To cause deletion of an optical library or optical disk drive when the standard DELETE line operator does not work, enter DELETE FORCE.

Remember, deleting an optical library or optical drive has no effect on the OAM configuration database. Instead, when you delete an optical library or an optical disk drive, the definition for that deleted device is unavailable to the system when the SCDS is reactivated. Therefore, once the record in the SCDS is removed, you can redefine the record using the values found in the OAM configuration database. Make sure you save the names of the optical libraries, optical disk drives, or both so they can be redefined.