Ron, Yes you can. I've added and deleted many devices. Just make sure that the device in question is not in use at the time you do the DTCCNTRL. If it's a printer, stopspool it and make sure nothing opens it hot. John Zoltak North American Mfg Co > -----Original Message----- > From: Ron Burnett [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Monday, February 15, 1999 7:39 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [HP3000-L] Dynamic Configuration (of DTCs) > > > Hi Guys, > > Anyone know if you can dynamically DELETE a class name > from a DTC profile? > > HELP DYNCONF from within NMMGR indicates that you > can dynamically ADD a device class name, but does not > explicitly state that you can DELETE one. > > I need to do this, because I am converting a couple of devices > from UNISPOOL control to network printers and want to > preserve the class names so I don't have to change any application > software (i.e., all that I should have to do is delete the UNISPOOL > configuration entries, delete the class names in NMMGR, create > new devices with IOCONFIG using the same class names that > I have just deleted in NMMGR, and then add their entries to > the NPCONFIG file). > > Anyone done this? I don't want to risk a sys failure or force a > reboot on a **VERY** busy production system. > > Ron Burnett (being a bit wimpish in Melbourne) > [log in to unmask] >