Administration Console Online Help

You cannot delete a server that is currently active; therefore, you cannot use the Administration Console to delete the current Administration Server. (The Administration Console runs on the Administration Server.) To delete the server instance that you are using as an Administration Server, use the WebLogic Scripting Tool.

If you have not already done so, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Lock & Edit (see Use the Change Center).
Shut down all Managed Server instances in the domain. See Start and stop servers.
Invoke the WebLogic Scripting Tool. See Invoking WLST.

Using WLST online, change the AdminServerName attribute.

connect()

edit()

startEdit()

cmo.setAdminServerName("newAdmin")

activate()

Shutdown the Administration Server.
```
shutdown()
```
Backup and move the Administration Server data to the new Administration Server. See Backup and Recovery Scenarios for Oracle WebLogic Server: 10.3.
From the command line, set the new Administration Server name and start the server instance as the Administration Server with the startWebLogic script.
```
DOMAIN_HOME > set SERVER_NAME=newAdmin
```
```
DOMAIN_HOME > startWebLogic.cmd
```
See Starting an Administration Server with a Startup Script.
Start the Administration Console for the newly-started server.
Use the Administration Console to delete the server instance that you were previously using as the Administration Server. See Delete Managed Servers.
To activate these changes, in the Change Center of the Administration Console, click Activate Changes.
Not all changes take effect immediately—some require a restart (see Use the Change Center).

Administration Console Online Help

Delete the Administration Server