To uninstall a registry

Any of the following conditions require that you manually uninstall application-specific registries:

If you make any changes related to database user authentication in the application RegistrySQL.properties file.

If you change the registry ID or Data Source Name or Connection, as specified in its Properties window.

If you change the Connection Properties of the Data Source.

  1. Open the registry-hub.xml file in a text editor (the path = ${was.install.root}/profiles/${profile}/classes). You can use the Eclipse IDE editor.
  2. Remove the registry from registry-hub.xml and save.
  3. In the WebSphere Administrative Console, click Resources > JDBC > JDBC Providers > MSSQL.
  4. Under Additional Properties, click Data Sources.
  5. Check the box next to the <application name>_RegistryDataSource and click Delete.
  6. Click Security > Secure Administration > Applications > Infrastructure; then to the Java Authentication and Authorization Service; and then J2C Authentication Data.
  7. Under J2C Authentication Data Entries, check the box next to <application name>_RegistryAlias and click Delete.
  8. Click Apply.
  9. Click Save in the console’s main menu to save the configuration changes to the master repository.