Delete a Collector Instance

About this task

If you no longer want to use a collector instance to collect data, you can delete it. When you delete a collector instance, the Windows service for the collector, the Registry folder, and the buffer files are deleted as well.
This topic describes how to delete a collector instance using Configuration Hub. You can also delete a collector instance using the RemoteCollectorConfigurator utility, which does not require you to install Web-based Clients.
Note: When you delete an offline collector instance, the corresponding configuration file is not deleted. However, if another collector instance of the same interface name is created, the existing configuration file is replaced by a template configuration file.

Procedure

  1. Access Configuration Hub.
  2. In the NAVIGATION section, select Collectors.
    A list of collectors appears.
    Tip: You can filter the collectors by the system name.

  3. Right-click the collector instance that you want to delete (or select ), and then select Delete.
    A message appears, asking you to confirm that you want to delete the collector instance.
  4. If you want to delete the tags as well, select the Delete associated tags check box.
  5. Select Delete.
    The collector instance is deleted.