Deleting a Replication Agent Instance Using Administrator

Use the Administrator GUI to remove a Replication Agent instance.

Prerequisites
Note: If you delete a Replication Agent instance, Replication Agent does not unmark any primary database objects marked for replication, nor does it delete its transaction log objects. Before you shut down and delete a Replication Agent instance, unmark primary database objects and deinitialize the Replication Agent so that it removes the objects it created in the primary database.
Task
  1. Select the Replication Agent instance or instances you want to delete.
  2. Click Delete, then click Yes to confirm.

    Administrator deletes the instance from the instance list. However, if the instance you selected is running, Administrator returns an error.

To delete an instance that is running, you must first shut the instance down by logging in to its administrative port and using the shutdown command. Then, delete the instance.

Related concepts
Replication Agent Instance Shutdown
Related tasks
Preparing to Use the Utilities