Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Deleting multiple actions from multiple workflows and policies

The order in which action is deleted applies when all actions are specified or when all actions inside a policy or all actions inside a workflow are selected. The order of deletion is reverse of the order of "Driven By" chain.

• Deletion of actions when action name is not specified- The nsradmin command iterates through all the actions in a workflow in reverse order. When you specify a particular query, based on matching criteria, it displays all actions that have to be deleted. If the action is independent then it is automatically deleted. If an action becomes independent depending upon the previous delete and it matches the query, then it is deleted. Different attributes can behave differently among actions. Therefore, deletion differs. For example, destination pool differs for backup and clone and action is fetched accordingly. Random deletion of dependent actions fails when no action name is specified. It is recommended that you specify the action name in order to match the query criteria.
• Deletion of actions when action name is specified- The nsradmin command deletes the random dependent actions if it matches the query. When a random action is deleted in a workflow containing a set of actions, then the "driven by" attribute of the deleted action is updated in the"driven" attribute of the action succeeding it.