Deleting an instance with the command-line utility

Use the idsidrop command to delete an existing instance.

Before you begin

To delete an instance with the command-line utility, you must meet the following conditions:

An instance with the same version of the command-line utility must exist.
Stop the directory server and the administration server of the instance. See Starting or stopping a directory server and an administration server with command-line utilities.

Log in as root user on AIX® or Linux™, and as an administrator member on Windows™.
Change the current working directory to the sbin subdirectory in the IBM® Verify Directory installation location.

To delete an instance, instance_name, choose one of the following options:

Substitute the instance_name variable with your instance name.

Task to complete	Command to run:
To delete a directory server instance and to retain the associated database instance	`idsidrop -I instance_name`
To delete a directory server instance and to delete the associated database instance	`idsidrop -I instance_name -r`
To unconfigure the associated database instance without deleting the directory server instance	`idsidrop -I instance_name -R`

For more information about the idsidrop command, see Command Reference.