A.2 Uninstalling Change Guardian

A.2.1 Checklist to Uninstall

Use the following checklist to uninstall Change Guardian:

  • Uninstall the following components before you uninstall Change Guardian:

    • Change Guardian Agent for Windows and Change Guardian Agent for UNIX using Agent Manager

    • Policy Editor

  • Complete the tasks after uninstalling to verify that Change Guardian is uninstalled

  • Uninstall agents before uninstalling Change Guardian and the components

Task

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Uninstall the components

Uninstalling Change Guardian Event Collector Addon for Windows Agent

Uninstalling Change Guardian Agent for Windows

Uninstalling Change Guardian Agent for UNIX

Uninstalling Policy Editor

Uninstall Change Guardian

Uninstalling Change Guardian

Perform the post-uninstall steps

Tasks After Uninstalling

A.2.2 Uninstalling Change Guardian Event Collector Addon for Windows Agent

To uninstall, open the Change Guardian Event Collector Addon for Windows Agent application.

A.2.3 Uninstalling Change Guardian Agent for Windows

Ensure that you have removed assets using Agent Manager.

You can uninstall the Change Guardian Agent for Windows in the following ways:

Uninstalling Remotely

  1. Login to Change Guardian web console and navigate to Agents.

  2. Select the assets from which you want to uninstall the agent.

  3. Select Manage Installation > Uninstall Agents.

  4. Click Start Uninstall.

Uninstalling Manually

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and search for Change Guardian Agent for Windows.

  2. Select the Change Guardian Agent for Windows application, then click Uninstall.

A.2.4 Uninstalling Change Guardian Agent for UNIX

You can uninstall the Change Guardian Agent for UNIX in the following ways:

Uninstalling Remotely

To uninstall:

  1. Select the assets from which you want to uninstall the agent.

  2. Select Manage Installation > Uninstall Agents.

  3. Click Start Uninstall.

To verify that you have successfully uninstalled, navigate to respective asset. Ensure that the asset is not listed in the assets list.

Uninstalling Manually

To uninstall the Agent locally, go to the installation directory, then run the following command as a root user:

./uninstall.sh

Verifying Uninstall

Verify that you have successfully uninstalled, by performing the following:

  • Check if all the components are uninstalled

    Run vi command on /etc/vsaunix.cfg configuration file to check if the parameter `CGU_INSTALLED` is n

  • Check that none of the services are running by navigating to the /usr/sbin folder

  • Check if the folder structure is deleted

  • Check if assets that are uninstalled are not listed in the assets list

A.2.5 Uninstalling Policy Editor

NOTE:Before uninstalling Policy Editor, ensure agent/agent groups have been uninstalled.

To uninstall:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features and search for Change Guardian Policy Editor.

  2. Select the Change Guardian Policy Editor application, then click Uninstall.

A.2.6 Uninstalling Change Guardian

  1. Log in to the Change Guardian server as root.

  2. Access the following directory: /opt/novell/sentinel/setup/

  3. Run the following command: ./uninstall–changeguardian

  4. When prompted to reconfirm that you want to proceed with the uninstall, press y.

A.2.7 Tasks After Uninstalling

After you uninstall Change Guardian server:

  • Reboot the computer to clear the cache files

  • To ensure that the services are not running, run the following commands:

    ps -ef | grep novell

    ps -ef | grep Sentinel

    ps -ef | grep java

    ps -ef | grep javos

    NOTE:If the services are still running, reinstalling the Change Guardian server will fail with errors or exceptions. Rebooting the machine terminates any services that are running from the previous installation.

  • Ensure that there are no files or system settings remaining from the previous installation