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Uninstalling Veritas Storage Foundation packages


  Note   To remove packages from remote systems, configure ssh or rsh.

Not all packages may be installed on your system depending on the choices that you made when you installed the software.

See Prerequisites for remote and cluster installation and uninstallation


 To shut down and remove the installed Veritas Storage Foundation packages

  1. If you are uninstalling Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2 or Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle, stop the repository database and unmount the repository volume.

    In a stand-alone configuration: 

    Stop the database repository: 

    # /opt/VRTSdbcom/bin/sfua_db_config -o stopdb 

    Unmount the database repository: 

    # /opt/VRTSdbcom/config/sfua_rep_mount stop 

    In an HA configuration: 

    Stop VCS processes on either the local system or all systems. 

    To stop VCS processes on the the local system: 

    # hastop -local 

    To stop VCS processes on all systems: 

    # hastop -all 

  2. Move to the /opt/VRTS/install directory and run the uninstall script.

    # cd /opt/VRTS/install

For Veritas Storage Foundation

# ./uninstallsf

For Veritas Storage Foundation for DB2

# ./uninstallsfdb2

For Veritas Storage Foundation for Oracle

# ./uninstallsfora