Raymond Tuggle wrote:

> Can someone tell me what is the proper procedure for deleting a node so
> it will be re-discovered?  I have tried highlighting the node and
> cutting it from all submaps.  After doing this I will try to ping the
> device.  It never shows up in the maps again.  If I enter ovtopodump -l
> nodename then data is displayed for the node.  Do I have to remove the
> data from this database?  If so how do I do it?  I have tried doing
> ovtopofix -u nodename but it says the node can't be found.
>
> Thanks

Well,

You can't add the node until it is deleted from the database.  For each
map you have, you have to find the object in the map, select it, then
delete object from all submaps - if you choose cut object from all
submaps, it doesn't delete the object from the database.  Once the object
has been deleted from the last map, it should be deleted from the
database.  If it isn't - it is likely because an application has created
fields for the object and these fields must be cleared before the object
can be deleted.  This is usually done by the application.

To get the object back in the maps so you can delete it, do this:
ovtopofix -U <Selection Name>

The selection name is that which is displayed when you ran ovtopodump -l
nodename.


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