Uninstalling Watch4net/MnR services

Products

• VMware Smart Assurance

Issue/Introduction

Sometimes, services are not installed properly and needs reinstallation or sometimes, user wishes to uninstall product and decommission the server. 

Environment

Watch4Net/MnR - 7.x

Resolution

The Linux/Unix installer does not provide an uninstall tool, but the global blind removal is quite easy and can be achieved through a single command line. Remove all installed services first, and then wipe out the Watch4net installation directory. For instance, if Watch4net had been installed in /opt/APG, it would be uninstalled with the following commands:

/opt/APG/bin/manage-modules.sh service remove all && rm -rf /opt/APG