You can delete a profile using the manageprofiles command.
If the command fails, you can delete the profile using operating system
commands.
Before you begin
If a node within a profile is
federated to a deployment manager, before you delete the profile,
stop the node and remove the node from the deployment manager. Otherwise,
an orphan node is left in the deployment manager.
You cannot
delete a profile using the Profile Management Tool.
About this task
The following example attempts to delete a profile using
the manageprofiles command, and then using operating system commands.
Procedure
- Issue the manageprofiles command to delete a profile.
Substitute your profile name for the profile_name value
in the following commands.
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./manageprofiles.sh -delete
-profileName profile_name
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manageprofiles.bat -delete
-profileName profile_name
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./manageprofiles -delete
-profileName profile_name
If the command is successful, you have completed the
task and can skip the remaining steps. If the command is partially
successful or unsuccessful, proceed to the next step to delete the
profile manually. If you receive the INSTCONFFAILED: Cannot
delete profile. message, the command was unsuccessful. If
the deletion is partially successful, you could receive message information
similar to the following wording: INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS: The profiles no longer exist, but errors occurred.
For more information, consult
app_server_root/logs/manageprofiles/deleteAll.log.
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or
The current user does not have sufficient permissions to detect or
remove services. If a service does exist, then an administrative or root user has
to remove it. If a service does not exist, then no further action is
required.
- Issue operating system commands to delete the profile directory.
- Issue the following command to remove references in the
registry to deleted profiles:
Results
You have now deleted a profile.
What to do next
You can delete other profiles using
this procedure, or create other profiles using the manageprofiles
command.
You can delete other profiles using
this procedure, or create other profiles using the manageprofiles
command or the Profile Management Tool.