Deleting an instance of the CDC Replication Engine for PostgreSQL (UNIX and Linux®)

You can delete an instance of CDC Replication.

About this task

Remove all subscriptions before you remove the CDC Replication Engine for PostgreSQL instance. It the subscriptions are not removed, you must drop all associated replication slots manually in the PostgreSQL database. A warning message is displayed during instance deletion.

Procedure

  1. Stop CDC Replication.
  2. At the command prompt, launch the configuration tool by issuing the following command from the <CDC Replication installation directory>/bin directory:

    ./dmconfigurets

  3. Enter 1 and press Enter to list the installed instances of CDC Replication. Record the name of the instance you want to delete.
  4. Enter 4 and press Enter to delete an instance of CDC Replication.
  5. Enter the instance name that you want to delete and press Enter.