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How to Delete a Weblogic Server (WLS) Domain [ID 1068323.1]

Modified: Mar 17, 2012

Type: HOWTO

Status: PUBLISHED

Priority: 3

In this Document
Goal
Solution

Applies to:
Oracle Weblogic Server - Version: 8.1 to 10.3.6
Information in this document applies to any platform.

Goal
What are the steps that need to be performed to delete a WebLogic Server (WLS) domain ?

Solution
If you want to delete a WLS domain , all you need to do is remove the domain directory
<BEA_HOME>/user_projects/domains/<domainDirectory> or <DomainDirectory>.
There is no special tool or script required to delete a domain. A domain is nothing but a configuration in WebLogic
Server, not an installation. So for deleting a domain, uninstall packages are not needed. All the information related to
the domain will be maintained within the domain itself. So when you remove the domain root folder, all the details of
the domain are completely cleaned up.
The entry for the domain which we are deleting should be removed from the domain-registry.xml file from
$MIDDLEWARE_HOME

It is not required to change the Metadata Service (MDS)

Also you need edit the "nodemanager.domains" file under WL_HOME/common/nodemanager to remove domain
information from that file .
The nodemanager.domains file specifies the domains that a Node Manager instance controls, and should contain an
entry specifying the domain directory for each domain the Node Manager instance controls, in this form:
domain-name=domain-directory

Take backup of the "nodemanager.domains" file before editing it

When creating a domain through Configuration Wizard, the domain name should be automatically added to the
nodemanager.domains file.
If in any scenario, we need to add it manually, we should add the line "domain-name=domain-directory" to the same
(nodemanager.domains) file.

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