Deleting a Server from a BizTalk Group

Only one server can be associated with a BizTalk group. Only one BizTalk group can be associated with a server. You must remove a server from a BizTalk group before you add it to a different BizTalk group. You must remove a server from a BizTalk group before you add a different server to the BizTalk group.

For information about moving a server from one BizTalk group to another, see Moving a Server from One BizTalk Group to Another. For information about adding a server to a BizTalk group, see Adding a Server to a BizTalk Group.

Before deleting a server, you must delete all host instances in that server. For information about deleting a host instance from a server, see Deleting a Host Instance in the BizTalk Administration Console.

Note  If a server in a BizTalk group has stopped working, you can remove that computer from the group in the BizTalk Administration Console. For more information, download Microsoft KnowledgeBase article 883375 from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=52265.

To delete a server from a BizTalk group

  1. On the computer that you want to delete from the BizTalk group, from a command prompt, browse to the BizTalk Server 2004 installation directory (the default location is <system drive>:\Program Files\Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004\).
  2. Type ConfigFramework.exe /u, and then press ENTER to remove the server from the current BizTalk group.

    The Configuration Wizard appears.

  3. On the Welcome to BizTalk Server 2004 Configuration Wizard page, click Finish.

See Also

Managing the BizTalk Group

About the BizTalk Group

Adding a Server to a BizTalk Group

Moving a Server from One BizTalk Group to Another

Modifying BizTalk Group Properties

To download updated BizTalk Server 2004 Help from www.microsoft.com, go to http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=20616.

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