Oracle WebLogic Server 11g Administration Handbook

Deleting Servers

On occasion, you may need to delete an Admin Server and replace it with a different Admin Server with a different name. You can do this using the Administration Console and WLST together, as I explain here:

1. Click Lock & Edit in the Administration Console's Change Center.

2. Shut down all Managed Servers. The Admin Server must be running.

3. Invoke WLST:

  C:\MyOra\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\samples\domains\medrec>java weblogic.WLST

4. Run the following series of commands:

     connect()
   edit()
   startEdit()
   cmo.setAdminServerName("newAdminServer")
   activate()

   shutdown()
   exit()

5. Copy the Admin Server data to the new Admin Server. For example, if the original Admin Server was called MedRecServer and you renamed it to newAdminServer, ...