De-install fails for VPO 6.0 & NNM6.10

[Gulam Mohiuddin]

For some reason I had to de-install VPO 6.0 with the swremove commnad.

But all files related to VPO in /var/opt/OV and /opt/OV directories are still physically present and did not removed by the swremove.

How to free up this space so I can install the VPO again.

Can I manually remove them with the following commands and fresh install VPO again.

rm -f /var/opt/OV
rm -f /etc/opt/OV
rm -f /opt/OV

Thanks,

[Alan Riggs]

If you are running NNM on this server, too, the rm method will hose that installation as well. Back whn it was the Openview Operationc Console, the paths were /var/opt/OV/OpC etc. I do not know whether this naming convention was preserved through the name change.

[Vikas Khator]

Hi ,

Deleting the above mentioned directories should be fine provided you have done a swremove. ( It'a always safe to backup )

Also note that oracle installation is still around and you may want to initialize the database .

[Gulam Mohiuddin]

No Oracle is still not setup and I didn't even get a change to configure VPO with opcconfig.

I just want to remove all directories related to VPO & NNM so that I can re-install it again.

Thanks,

[Vincenzo Restuccia · Accepted solution]

In /var/adm/sw/defaults change force_single_target=false with true and try swremove.

[Gulam Mohiuddin]

Now the Swremove does not show the VPO product ITOEngOraALL.

So should I go ahead and remove all VPO/NNM related files/dir manually.

Thanks,

[Alan Riggs]

If your intention is to reinstall both NNM and VPO, and if neither product is presently showing in swlist, sure. Bow them away.

[Tony Lowrie]

(1). Swremove will leave filesets behind. this will pertain to Newconfig and History for future installs.

If swremove works with No Problems then do as you first thought rm -r /var/opt/OV etc.

(2). BE CAREFUL !! If you have ITO agents installed make sure you stop them first or de-install them from the management server as shared libraries will be lying around in /var/opt/OV/lib etc Things like Nettl etc will use these aswell.

(3) Swinstall the NNM product again.