Creating ZenDMD Tip - Delete List Of Locations
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This is the approved revision of this page, as well as being the most recent.
Initiated from http://community.zenoss.org/message/73758#73758
Lets say you have a large (or small I suppose) list of locations that you want to delete. The Web UI is less than desirable for this so you can use zendmd to pull this off.
loc_names_to_delete = ("Location1", "Location2") for loc in dmd.Locations: if loc in loc_names_to_delete: dmd.Locations.manage_deleteOrganizer(loc)
For the skeptics in the audience, here you can see it in action.
Welcome to the Zenoss dmd command shell! 'dmd' is bound to the DataRoot. 'zhelp()' to get a list of commands. Use TAB-TAB to see a list of zendmd related commands. Tab completion also works for objects -- hit tab after an object name and '.' (eg dmd. + tab-key). >>> # Show current Locations >>> print dmd.Locations.getOrganizerNames() ['/', '/Location1', '/Location2', '/Location3'] >>> >>> # Now define the locations you want to delete >>> loc_names_to_delete = ("Location1", "Location2") >>> >>> # Now loop through the locations and delete the ones >>> # you no longer want >>> for loc in dmd.Locations: ... if loc in loc_names_to_delete: ... dmd.Locations.manage_deleteOrganizer(loc) ... >>> # Now display your locations >>> print dmd.Locations.getOrganizerNames() ['/', '/Location3'] >>> >>> # And finally commit your deletes >>> commit() >>> >>>