Roadmap of Administration Process Requests: Deleting a server or group name [return to the Roadmap Administration Process Requests main article]

You can use the Administration Process to delete a server name or group name throughout the databases in a domain. The Delete Server action automatically deletes the Server document in the Public Address Book, and the Delete Group action automatically deletes the Group document. Then, the following sequence of requests occurs:



Details on deleting a server or group name
Here are details on the "how, why, where, and when" of each request involved with deleting the name of a server or group.

Delete in Address Book
• Triggered by: Choosing "Actions - Delete Server" or "Actions - Delete Group" in the Public Address Book (or clicking the "Delete Server" or "Delete Group" button) and choosing to delay the deletion of the name from the Public Address Book.
• Posted on: The server from which you choose the delete action.
• Carried out on: The administration server for the Public Address Book.
• Carried out: According to the Interval setting for the Administration Process in the Server document.
• Result: The Administration Process removes the name from the Public Address Book except from Person documents.

Delete in Person Documents
• Triggered by: Completion of a "Delete in Address Book" request.
• Posted on: The administration server for the Public Address Book.
• Carried out on: The administration server for the Public Address Book.
• Carried out: According to the "Execute once a day requests at" setting for the Administration Process in the Server document.
• Result: The Administration Process removes the name from Person documents in the Public Address Book.

Delete in Access Control List
• Triggered by: Choosing to immediately delete all occurrences of the name from the Public Address Book when initiating the delete action or the completion of a "Delete in Address Book" request (if you chose to delay deletion of the name from the Public Address Book).
• Posted on: The server from which you chose the delete action (if you chose to immediately delete all occurrences of the name from the Public Address Book) or on the administration server for the Public Address Book (if you chose to delay deletion of the name from the Public Address Book).
• Carried out on: Each server in the domain.
• Carried out: According to the Interval setting for the Administration Process in the Server document.
• Result: Each server in the domain deletes the name from the ACLs of databases for which it is an administration server.

Delete in Reader/Author Fields
• Triggered by: Completion of a "Delete in Access Control List" request on the administration server for the Public Address Book (if you chose to immediately delete occurrences of the name from the Public Address Book) or completion of the "Delete in Person Documents" request (if you chose to delay deletion of the name from the Public Address Book).
• Posted on: The administration server for the Public Address Book.
• Carried out on: Each server in the domain.
• Carried out: According to the "Delayed Request" settings for the Administration Process in the Server document.
• Result: Each server in the domain deletes the name from Reader and Author fields of databases for which it is an administration server and that have the advanced ACL option "Modify all Reader and Author fields" selected.

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