Removing 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

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.
In IBM Cognos Administration, on the Status tab, click System.
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.

In the Scorecard pane, from the change view menu of the current view, click All servers, All server groups, or All dispatchers. The view you choose depends on which dispatchers you want to unregister.

Table 1. Actions required to achieve unregister goals for dispatchers
Goal	Action
Unregister all dispatchers in system	In the Scorecard, All dispatchers view, 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	In the Scorecard, All servers view, from a server Actions menu, click Unregister dispatchers.
Unregister all dispatchers for a server group	In the Scorecard, All server groups view, from a dispatcher Actions menu, click Unregister dispatchers.
Unregister a specific dispatcher	In the Scorecard, All dispatchers view, from a dispatcher Actions menu, click Unregister.

A dialog box appears to confirms the action.

Click OK.
The dispatcher information is removed from the content store.