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5.4.12 Deleting a Server
Use the pddelete command to delete a server. When you delete a server,
you should consider the following:
If the server is a spooler:
• The server must be disabled and all jobs currently on the spooler must
be deleted.
• Supervisors set the associated-queue and printer-associated-
printers attributes to empty on all physical printers associated with
the spooler.
• All associated server objects (queues, logical printers, initial-value-jobs,
and initial-value-documents) are deleted.
• The server exits.
If the server is a supervisor:
• There must be no active jobs on the supervisor and the server must be
disabled.
• The associated spooler removes references to the physical printers from
all mapping attributes to update the affected queues and logical printers.
• All associated physical printer objects and the supervisor database are
deleted.
• The supervisor exits.
The pddelete command has the following syntax:
pddelete -c server server_name
The following examples show how to use the pddelete command to delete
a server:
• To delete spooler blue_spl, all associated logical printers, all associated
queues, and any remaining job, use the following commands:
# pddisable -c server blue_spl
# pdclean -c server blue_spl
# pddelete -c server blue_spl
• To delete a supervisor blue_sup and all of the server’s physical printer
objects.
# pddisable -c server blue_sup
# pddelete -c server blue_sup
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