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How to remove SQL clone agent from a server that is powered down

Hi guys!

As you know, in my environment I use Redgate SQL Clone.

You can check out an older post I have here on what you can do with the SQL Clone application.

Today's post is on how to remove SQL Clone agents from a server.

Let's get started.

I. Remove a clone agent from a server that is still online

Removing a clone agent from a server that is already online is relatively easy.

Just remote desktop into your server > under services, stop the "SQL Clone Agent version#" service.

stop the SQL Clone service









Then under control panel, uninstall "SQL Clone Version#".

Uninstall SQL Clone from the control panel



















II. Remove a clone agent from a server that is offline.

Here's how to remove SQL Clone from a server that has already been shut down.

Note: This method will also work on servers that are still online. Log on to the server and open a powershell window/prompt as administrator. Use the script below.

Inside your powershell prompt enter: Connect-SqlClone -ServerUrl 'http://yourURLserver:URLappPort#' 

Note: You will need to update the URL server and port # to your own URL server and port#.

 Hit Enter.

 Then on the second line, enter: $AgentToDelete = Get-SqlCloneMachine -Name 'machine name'

 Note: you will need to update 'machine name' to the name of your server.

 Hit Enter.

 Then on the third line, enter: $AgentToDelete

 Hit Enter.

Lastly, enter: Remove-SqlCloneMachine -Machine $AgentToDelete

Now you can confirm your agent has been removed from your dashboard [http://yourcloneserver:port#/settings/agents].


If you have any questions related to this post, please put them below.

Thank you and Happy reading,

-marshé hutchinson
#learnSQLwithme
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