Deleting Nodes Using XML

To delete nodes or groups, use the deletenodes command.

sgms> deletenodes xml_file

Syntax

Table 99. Syntax

xml_file

XML file that contains nodes to delete.

Usage Guidelines

The XML file should contain the following:

<? Xml version ="1.0" >

<Sgmscommand>

: <DeleteNodes>

: <DeleteNode displayname="displayname" viewname="viewname" deleteSAs="0" />

: </DeleteNodes>

</Sgmscommand>

 

Table 100. Usage guidelines

displayname	Required. Specifies the name of the node. If you specify group parameters, all nodes that belong to the groups will be deleted.
viewname	Required. Specifies the name of a view in which the node appears.
deleteSAs	Specifies whether the node’s SAs are deleted. To delete the SAs, enter 1. To save the SAs, enter 0.

Example

In the following example, “Palo Alto 4” and all nodes within the specified groups are deleted:

sgms> activationcode node-delete.xml

The following is the content of node-delete.xml.

<? Xml version ="1.0" >

<Sgmscommand>

: <DeleteNodes>

: <DeleteNode displayname="Country=USA:State=California:Department=Engineering:Company=
: Silicon Valley" viewname="View All" deleteSAs="1" />

: <DeleteNode displayname="Palo Alto 4" viewname="View All" deleteSAs="0" />

: </DeleteNodes>

</Sgmscommand>