Remove Dispatchers from the Environment

You can remove a dispatcher if you no longer need it in the IBM® Cognos® environment.

You can stop the IBM Cognos service using IBM Cognos Configuration. This will stop the dispatcher as well. If you delete a dispatcher without stopping the IBM Cognos service first, the dispatcher will automatically be reinstated in 30 seconds.

Before you begin

To remove a dispatcher, you must first stop the dispatcher from the computer where it is installed. After stopping the dispatcher, you must then remove the dispatcher from the content store by unregistering it in IBM Cognos Administration.

You must have the required permissions to access IBM Cognos Administration functionality. See Secured Functions and Features.

Procedure

  1. Stop the IBM Cognos service using IBM Cognos Configuration.

    This also stops the dispatcher. For information about stopping the IBM Cognos service, see the IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Installation and Configuration Guide.

  2. Start IBM Cognos Connection.
  3. In the upper-right corner, click Launch, IBM Cognos Administration.
  4. Click the Status tab, and then click System.
  5. Determine the dispatchers that you want to unregister. You can unregister all dispatchers in the system, unregister all dispatchers for a server, or unregister all dispatchers for a server group.
  6. In the upper-left corner of the Scorecard pane, click the arrow to view the Change view menu. Depending on the dispatchers you want to unregister, click All servers, All server groups, or All dispatchers.

    Goal

    Action

    Unregister all dispatchers in system

    With all dispatchers displayed, in the upper-right corner of the Scorecard pane, click the arrow to view the Group actions menu, and then click Unregister dispatchers.

    Tip: To apply an action to only some entries, select check boxes for one or more entries and then click the action that you want.

    Unregister all dispatchers for a server

    With all servers displayed, click the arrow next to a server to view the Actions menu, and then click Unregister dispatchers.

    Unregister all dispatchers for a server group

    With all server groups displayed, click the arrow next to a dispatcher to view the Actions menu, and then click Unregister dispatchers.

    Unregister a specific dispatcher

    With all dispatchers displayed, click the arrow next to a dispatcher to view the Actions menu, and then click Unregister.

    A dialog box appears to confirms the action.

  7. Click OK.

    The dispatcher information is removed from the content store.

Parent topic: Dispatchers and Services