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Delete data transfer agents

Delete data transfer agents if you want LiveData Migrator for Azure to handle the data transfer of source data. To delete an agent, first remove it using the Azure Portal or Azure CLI. Then uninstall the agent using the Azure CLI.

Remove an agent in Azure Portal​

To remove an agent, follow these steps:

  1. Select Data Transfer Agents from the LiveData Migrator section of the menu.
  2. Select the agent from the list that you want to remove.
  3. Select Delete from the available commands.

The agent no longer appears in the list.

Remove an agent with the Azure CLI​

To remove an agent using the Azure CLI extension, run the following command:

az agent delete --agent-name <example_agent_name>

for example:

az livedata migrator data-transfer-agent delete -g myResourceGroup \
--migrator-name myMigrator --data-transfer-agent-name myDataTransferAgent

For more information, see the section on data transfer agents in the LiveData extension commands section.

Uninstall an agent​

To uninstall an agent, use one of the following commands:

Uninstall the RPM package (.rpm)
yum remove -y livedata-migrator-data-agent
Uninstall the Debian package (.deb)
apt-get purge -y livedata-migrator-data-agent