=head1 NAME B - Use this command to remove xCAT data object definitions. =head1 SYNOPSIS B [B<-h>|B<--help>] [B<-t> I] B [B<-V>|B<--verbose>] [B<-a>|B<--all>] [B<-t> I] [B<-o> I] [B<-f>|B<--force>] [B<-C>|B<--cleanup>] [I] =head1 DESCRIPTION This command is used to remove xCAT object definitions that are stored in the xCAT database. =head1 OPTIONS =over 10 =item B<-a|--all> Clear the whole xCAT database. A backup of the xCAT definitions should be saved before using this option as the xCAT daemons will no longer work once cleared. To restore: =over 5 =item 1. B and run the B command. or =item 2. Run B which initializes the database the same as when xCAT was installed. =back =item B<-f|--force> Use this with the B<--all> option as an extra indicator that ALL definitions are to be removed. =item B<-h|--help> Display a usage message. =item I A set of comma delimited node names and/or group names. See the "noderange" man page for details on supported formats. =item B<-o> I A set of comma delimited object names. =item B<-t> I A set of comma delimited object types. =item B<-C|--cleanup> Perform additional cleanup by running B, B and B on the objects specified in the I. =item B<-V|--verbose> Verbose mode. =back =head1 RETURN VALUE 0 The command completed successfully. 1 An error has occurred. =head1 EXAMPLES =over 3 =item 1. To remove a range of node definitions. rmdef -t node node1-node4 =item 2. To remove all node definitions for the nodes contained in the group bpcnodes. rmdef -t node -o bpcnodes =item 3. To remove the group called bpcnodes. rmdef -t group -o bpcnodes (This will also update the values of the "groups" attribute of the member nodes.) =back =head1 FILES $XCATROOT/bin/rmdef (The XCATROOT environment variable is set when xCAT is installed. The default value is "/opt/xcat".) =head1 NOTES This command is part of the xCAT software product. =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L