topic Re: Removing SMSAP profile from SMSAP repository, after host is gone in Data Protection https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Removing-SMSAP-profile-from-SMSAP-repository-after-host-is-gone/m-p/22415#M6896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jedrzej,</P><P></P><P>It is possible to do this, but it takes a little manipulation. SMSAP will&nbsp; check to see that the host where the profile resided is still available. If it does not ping, then the operation will fail. So if the host is not up and running, simply put an entry in the /etc/hosts file with the hostname for the old server and an IP address of any machine that is running.</P><P></P><P>After those are available, you can delete the profiles without a problem.</P><P><BR />Cheers,<BR />Craig</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:19:18 GMT craigs 2012-04-13T13:19:18Z Removing SMSAP profile from SMSAP repository, after host is gone https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Removing-SMSAP-profile-from-SMSAP-repository-after-host-is-gone/m-p/22410#M6895 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi,</P><P></P><P>Is there a possibility to remove smsap profile after the host have been cleared down? I have some hosts in my smsap profile that have been teared down, and now I'm left with obsolete profiles.</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:29:59 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Removing-SMSAP-profile-from-SMSAP-repository-after-host-is-gone/m-p/22410#M6895 jedrzej_lisowski 2025-06-05T06:29:59Z Re: Removing SMSAP profile from SMSAP repository, after host is gone https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Removing-SMSAP-profile-from-SMSAP-repository-after-host-is-gone/m-p/22415#M6896 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi Jedrzej,</P><P></P><P>It is possible to do this, but it takes a little manipulation. SMSAP will&nbsp; check to see that the host where the profile resided is still available. If it does not ping, then the operation will fail. So if the host is not up and running, simply put an entry in the /etc/hosts file with the hostname for the old server and an IP address of any machine that is running.</P><P></P><P>After those are available, you can delete the profiles without a problem.</P><P><BR />Cheers,<BR />Craig</P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:19:18 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Data-Protection/Removing-SMSAP-profile-from-SMSAP-repository-after-host-is-gone/m-p/22415#M6896 craigs 2012-04-13T13:19:18Z