Can remove broken symbolic link ../../../sparv9/disk_ata

we found a broken symbolic link /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/sparv9/disk_ata
this is on a V440, Solaris 9
would like to ask, any issue if we remove this link, think it should not be a problem, but this is a live server.
Thanks!

This is also surprising the fact that your server is a SunFire V440 means
it should only be using SCSI harddisks. This is really weird.
Anyway, since it is a broken link, you could actually delete for security reasons.
But since you are worried ( I don't blame you, coz I will feel the same way),
the best way is to keep a record of this broken link in a file where you could
access it in the future. So my final advise is, record the broken link (comlete path ) into a file
( you can do a cut and paste ) then secure the file ( chmod 400 filename)
and then delete your broken link. Do you agree ?

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