Removing Profiles

You can remove all user-defined profiles or a specified user-defined profile from memory and persistent storage by using the netcfg destroy -a command.

Note - You cannot remove system-defined profiles. System-defined profiles include the Automatic and DefaultFixed NCPs and the NoNet, Automatic, and DefaultFixed Location profiles.

The syntax for the destroy subcommand is as follows:

netcfg destroy [ -a | object-type [ class ] object-name]

For information about the netcfg subcommands, see netcfg Subcommands.

Note - At least one profile must be active on the system at all times. Make sure that you enable the Automatic NCP before using the destroy -a command to avoid in-use errors when removing user-defined profiles.

Example 3-5 Removing a Specific User-Defined Profile by Using netcfg Command-Line Mode

To remove a specific user-defined profile on the system, for example, the NCP named User, type the following command:

$ netcfg destroy ncp User

The destroy subcommand can also be used to remove NCUs from an existing NCP. In the following example, an interface NCU with the name net1 is removed from the user-defined NCP.

$ netcfg "select ncp User; destroy ncu ip net1"

To confirm that a profile has been removed, use the list subcommand, as shown here:

$ netcfg
netcfg> select ncp User
netcfg:ncp:User> list
ncp:User
        management-type    reactive
NCUs:
        phys    net1
netcfg:ncp:User> exit
$

Example 3-6 Removing a Specific User-Defined Profile by Using netcfg Interactive Mode

In the following example, an IP NCU named net2 is removed.

$ netcfg list
NCPs:
        DefaultFixed
        Automatic
        User
Locations:
        Automatic
        NoNet
        test
        test-loc
        DefaultFixed
$ netcfg
netcfg> select ncp User
netcfg:ncp:User> list
ncp:User
        management-type    reactive
NCUs:
        phys    net2
        ip      net2
netcfg:ncp:User> destroy ncu ip net2
Destroyed ncu 'net2'
netcfg:ncp:User> list
ncp:User
        management-type    reactive
NCUs:
        phys    net2
netcfg:ncp:User> end
netcfg> exit
$

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