6.8 Deleting Products from RIS Server Areas
To delete one or more of the current products in a RIS area, invoke the ris
utility and choose the option to delete products. The utility asks you to choose
a RIS area and then guides you through the procedure to delete products.
1. Log in as root or use the su command to gain superuser privileges.
2. Start the ris utility:
# /usr/sbin/ris
You see the RIS Utility Main Menu:
*** RIS Utility Main Menu ***
Choices without key letters are not available.
a) ADD a client
d) DELETE software products
i) INSTALL software products
l) LIST registered clients
m) MODIFY a client
r) REMOVE a client
s) SHOW software products in remote installation environments
x) EXIT
Enter your choice:
3. Enter d to select DELETE software products. You see a prompt
similar to the following:
Select the remote installation environment:
1) /usr/var/adm/ris/ris0.alpha
’Product 01’
’Product 02’
2) /usr/var/adm/ris/ris1.alpha
’Product 03’
’Product 04’
Enter your choice or press RETURN to quit:
4. Enter the number of the RIS area you want, for example: 2. You see a
prompt similar to the following:
Select one or more products to delete from
/usr/var/adm/ris/ris1.alpha:
Product Description
1 ’Product 03’
2 ’Product 04’
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