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.
Note: When you delete a collector instance, be sure to delete the instance from the Historian Administrator client.

Procedure

  1. Run Command Prompt as an administrator.
  2. Run the AzureCloudHistorianConfigurationUtility.exe file. It is provided along with the collectors installer. After you install collectors, it will be available in the C:\Program Files\GE Digital\Historian Cloud Config folder by default.
  3. Enter the number corresponding to deleting a collector instance.
    A list of collector types appears.
  4. Enter the number corresponding to the collector type whose instance you want to delete.
  5. Enter the interface name of the collector instance that you want to delete.
    Tip: To find the interface name of a collector, access Windows services; each collector instance runs as a service.
    The collector instance is deleted.