Microsoft KB Archive/268844

= How to use the LINKCFG command line utility to remove Link Services =

Article ID: 268844

Article Last Modified on 12/4/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0
 * Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Service Pack 4
 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2000 Service Pack 1
 * Microsoft Host Integration Server 2004 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q268844



SUMMARY
LINKCFG is a command-line utility that lets you install the Microsoft SNA Server and Microsoft Host Integration Server Link Services, such as the DLC 802.2 Link Service, the Distributed Link Service (DLS), and the DEMO Link Service, and other services. You can use Linkcfg.exe to remove an existing link service. This feature is included in SNA Server 3.0 Service Pack 2 (SP2) and later, in SNA Server 4.0 and later, and in Host Integration Server. Currently, the LINKCFG command-line Help does not document the /DELETE switch.

Note Before you use the LINKCFG delete switch, use the Snacfg.exe command line utility to remove the existing link service entry from the SNA or Host Integration Server Configuration (Com.cfg) file, and then proceed to delete the link service with LINKCFG.



MORE INFORMATION
For example, to delete an existing SNA or Host Integration Server Link Service, such as the DLC 802.2 Link Service, use the following command line syntax at the command prompt:

SNACFG #[path to configuration file] LINK [Server Name]:SnaDlc1 /DELETE

When you have successfully removed the link service entry from the configuration, proceed to the next command as follows:

LINKCFG LINKSVC &quot;DLC 802.2 Link Service #1&quot; /SERVER:[Server Name] /LSTYPE:&quot;DLC 802.2 Link Service&quot; /DELETE

You can use combinations of SNACFG and LINKCFG in a command line batch file to remove an existing link service, create a new link service, and then re-assign the existing connection to the new link service. For example:

REM Delete the previous link service-- SNACFG #[path to configuration file] link &quot;Server Name&quot;:SnaDlc1 /DELETE (without the quotation marks)

LINKCFG LINKSVC &quot;DLC 802.2 Link Service #1&quot; /SERVER:[Server Name] /LSTYPE:&quot;DLC 802.2 Link Service&quot; /DELETE

REM Add the new link service-- LINKCFG LINKSVC &quot;Created by Linkcnfg.exe&quot; /SERVER:[Server Name] /LSTYPE:&quot;DLC 802.2 Link Service&quot; /ADAPTERTYPE:EL901X /DISTRIBUTABLE:NO /USEFIXEDSAP:NO

REM Configure the link service for the existing connection-- SNACFG #[path to configuration file] link &quot;Server Name&quot;:SnaDlc1 /ADD /LINKTYPE:Ether (without the quotation marks) SNACFG #[path to configuration file] connection &quot;Connection Name&quot; /LINKSERVICE:SnaDlc1 (without the quotation marks)

