[PCA] How to Delete a Network via pca-admin When it has been Wrong Deleted from OVM Manager (Doc ID 2760215.1)

Last updated on MAY 18, 2022

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Symptoms

Delete a custom network via pca-admin CLI fails.

PCA> remove network custom_network_bkp ovcacn29r1
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WARNING !!! THIS IS A DESTRUCTIVE OPERATION.
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Are you sure [y/N]:y
Status: Failure
Error Message: Error (NETWORK_001): Exception while trying to remove network custom_network_bkp from compute node ovcacn29r1: OBJECT_NOT_FOUND_001: Network: <custom_network>, not found in ovcacn29r1.

But "show network" is still able to see the network

PCA> show network <custom_network>
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Network_Name <custom_network>
Trunkmode None
Description None
Ports ['1:3', '1:4']
vNICs None
Status ready
Network_Type external_network
Compute_Nodes ovcacn13r1, ovcacn14r1, ovcacn28r1, ovcacn10r1, ovcacn11r1, ovcacn09r1, ovcacn08r1, ovcacn07r1, ovcacn12r1, ovcacn29r1
Prefix None
Netmask None
Route_Destination None
Route_Gateway None
Storage_IP None

Use "--force" option in ""remove network" could not fix this issue.

Cause

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