This section explains how to delete NS Appliances.
Confirm that the NS Appliance to be deleted is not being used on the L-Platform.
Execute the rcxadm netdevice show command. If the line for "AllocatedResources[XXX]:" is blank, the corresponding NS Appliance is not being used on the L-Platform.
When the NS Appliance is being used, request release of the L-Platform by the tenant administrator or the tenant user using the target L-Platform.
The tenant administrator or tenant user requests release of the L-Platform, and after infrastructure administrator approves the request the L-Platform can be released.
For details on the rcxadm netdevice show command, refer to "3.8 rcxadm netdevice" in the "Reference Guide (Command/XML) CE".
Unregister the network device resource for the NS Appliance from the network pool.
For details on how to unregister network devices for NS Appliances from a network pool, refer to "19.4 Unregistration" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Unregister the network device resource for NS Appliance from a resource pool using the rcxnetworkservice unregister command.
Stop the NS Appliance using the rcxnetworkservice stop command.
Delete the NS Appliance using the rcxnetworkservice delete command.