Removing and reinstalling the UDDI registry

This task describes the points to consider when you remove a UDDI application, remove a UDDI registry node, or reinstall a UDDI registry node, and describes how to achieve this.

Overview

A UDDI registry node consists of a J2EE application, a store of data (using a relational database management system) referred to as the UDDI database, and a means to connect the application to the data (a data source and related elements). All the data relating to UDDI is stored within the UDDI database and therefore exists irrespective of the UDDI application. With these facts in mind, consider the following options:

• To remove a UDDI registry node from a WebSphere Application Server, you do not need to delete the database. You just need to delete the UDDI application and any associated resources, such as the data source used (and J2C Authentication Data if used), because the data in the UDDI database is separate from the UDDI application.

• To start a new UDDI registry node, you do not need to remove the UDDI application. Instead, you can create a new replacement node by changing the data source that the UDDI application uses to access the new UDDI database.

Procedure

• To remove a UDDI application or to remove a UDDI registry node, see Removing a UDDI Node. Remove the UDDI application if you no longer want a UDDI facility on a particular WebSphere Application Server. You can subsequently move the UDDI registry node to a different WebSphere Application Server.

• To reinstall a UDDI registry node, see Reinstalling the UDDI application. Reinstall the UDDI application if you wish to continue to provide the UDDI facility on a particular WebSphere Application Server.

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