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Chapter 3 Managing the Device Inventory
Working with the Device Inventory
Tip When you select a device group, you are deleting only the devices in the group, you are not
deleting the group itself. For information on deleting device groups, see Deleting Device Groups
or Group Types, page3-60.
Step 2 You are asked to confirm that you want to delete the devices.
Security Manager then validates whether the device can be deleted. If problems or potential problems
are identified, they are listed in the Device Delete Validation Dialog Box, page 3-56. This dialog box
shows errors (indicating devices that cannot be deleted) as well as warnings and informational messages.
You can elect to confirm the deletion of devices that have warnings or informational messages if you
accept the consequences described in the message. The dialog box has an OK button if you can continue
deleting all selected devices, or a Continue button if there are any error messages. If you click Continue,
you are deleting only those devices without error conditions. You are asked to confirm.
Device Delete Validation Dialog Box
Use the Device Delete Validation dialog box to view error, warning, and informational messages during
device deletion. For detailed information on deleting devices, see Deleting Devices from the Security
Manager Inventory, page 3-55.
Each row represents a device for which a validation issue arises when trying to delete it. Displayed are
the message severity icon, device display name, and the result of validation, which indicates the reason
why you cannot delete the device, or warnings or information about the perhaps unexpected
consequences of deleting the device. If there are no messages for a device, it is not listed.
Double-click a row or select it and click the Details button to read longer messages. The information is
displayed in the Device Delete Validation Details dialog box in a more readable format.
The message severity can be one of the following.
•Error—A problem was detected that will prevent you from deleting the device. For example, another
user has a lock on a device.
•Warning—Proceed with caution. For example, deleting the device will invalidate a VPN topology,
and if you continue, the VPN topology will also be deleted.
•Information—A minor problem exists. For example, deleting the device will delete it from a VPN.
To proceed with the device deletion, click the OK or Continue button, which is actually the same button:
•If the text says OK, then when you click it, all devices you selected for deletion are deleted.
•If the text says Continue, then there are errors for some of the devices you selected. If you click
Continue, you will delete only those devices that do not have errors.
If all selected devices have errors, the button is greyed out and you must click Cancel. Resolve any errors
before attempting to delete the devices.
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This dialog box appears only if you try to delete devices and Security Manager determines that there are
problems with the deletion.