Uninstall of Identity Manager components showing an error "A suitable JVM could not be found"

Products

• CA Identity Manager
• CA Identity Suite

Issue/Introduction

When trying to uninstall IM components, it fails with "a suitable JVM could not be found"

Need to uninstall in order tor reinstall on a different driver

Cause

Inconsistency with the uninstaller

Environment

Release : 14.x

Component : IdentityMinder(Identity Manager)

Resolution

1. Navigate to the uninstall folder of the specific application (for example, for Connector Server SDK it should be similar to
..\CA\Identity Manager\Connector Server SDK\_uninst
2. From command prompt, run Uninstaller.exe -is:log log.txt

3. Review log.txt and locate the JVM reference

Verifying JVM at C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Identity Manager\Connector Server SDK\_uninst\_jvm\bin\java.exe
   for JVM: Java 1.7.0_80 by Oracle Corporation
C:\Program Files (x86)\CA\Identity Manager\Connector Server SDK\_uninst\_jvm\bin\java.exe does not exist
In VERIFY, the jvm is invalid.
Finding a JVM
Initiating JVM search based on hints...
Searching for Java 1.7.0_80 by Oracle Corporation using platform hints
WARNING: Invalid platform hint: The system cannot find the file specified.

4. Once we identified the required JVM (in this case 1.7.0_80) it should be installed and used with the installer in the following way:

Uninstaller.exe -is:log log.txt is:javahome <Path to java 1.7.0_80>

Note: please check java.exe does not exist in the same folder in a different name (ie java.exe.bk or other variation) - some security applications are known to rename old / out of data java.exe to eliminate vulnerabilities.