Consider the following when deleting dependent objects when using
generic MASK filtering:
- If you specify a base CLUSTER mask pattern, the command will delete
all associated AIXs and PATHs. Any subsequent AIX® or PATH specification via MASK will
result in a CC=8 not found because the objects have already
been deleted.
- If you specify an AIX mask
pattern on your DELETE, it will delete all PATHs associated
between this AIX and its base
CLUSTER. Any subsequent PATH specified in a generic delete results
in a CC=8 because the PATH has been deleted already.
- When deleting objects with dependent objects, consider the sequence
of DELETE commands carefully.
Based on these considerations, we recommend the following:
- To DELETE all CLUSTER objects, restrict the MASK pattern to
CLUSTER objects, which deletes all associated AIX and PATH objects as well.
- If you want to DELETE just the PATH objects, restrict the MASK
pattern to the PATH subtype. Any subsequent AIX or CLUSTER MASK DELETE will then successfully
delete AIX and CLUSTER objects.
- To DELETE AIXs after deleting PATH objects, restrict
the MASK pattern to the AIX subtype.