Manually uninstalling the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers

You can manually uninstall the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers (Remote Agent).

To manually uninstall the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers

  1. Use a terminal session to connect to the Linux or UNIX server as the root user.

  2. Change to the following directory:

    /opt/VRTSralus/bin

    For example:

    cd /opt/VRTSralus/bin

  3. Delete the following line if it is found in the /etc/inittab file:

    /opt/VRTSralus/bin/VRTSralus.init

    For example:

    rm -r /opt/VRTSralus/bin/VRTSralus.init

  4. Stop the Remote Agent daemon.

    See Stopping the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers daemon.

  5. Remove the Remote Agent package from the Linux or UNIX server.

    For example:


    Debian GNU/Linux, Ubuntu dpkg -r VRTSralus
    Linux rpm -e VRTSralus
    Sun Solaris pkgrm VRTSralus
  6. Change back to the root directory.

    For example:

    cd /

  7. Remove the following files:

    /etc/VRTSralus

    /opt/VRTSralus

    /var/VRTSralus

    For example:

    rm -r /etc/VRTSralus /opt/VRTSralus /van/VRTSralus

  8. Type y if you are prompted to descend into the directories.

  9. Type y if you are prompted to delete a directory.

  10. Remove runtime scripts if they are present.

    See Runtime scripts to remove when manually uninstalling the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers.

Manually uninstalling the Remote Agent for Linux or UNIX Servers