Uninstall a Linux / Unix Robot in DX UIM

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management On-Premise (Nimsoft / UIM)
• CA Unified Infrastructure Management SaaS (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

How to uninstall the UIM (Nimsoft) Robot on Linux/UNIX servers/environment.

Complete Steps to remove a Linux robot

How do I uninstall a DX UIM robot?

Environment

• DX UIM 20.4.* / 23.4.*
• Any robot version

 

Cause

Guidance

Resolution

Official documentation: Start, Stop, or Uninstall a Robot (Command Line)

 

Follow the steps below to uninstall the robot in a linux/Unix Environment: 

 

1. Stop the robot processes using "sudo ./niminit stop" (sudo is not required if you login with root) 
   
   
2. Verify/confirm that there are no other Nimsoft process running (ps -eaf | grep -i nim) 
   
   

       Example processes:

         ./nimbus /opt/nimsoft 

         nimbus(controller) 

         nimbus(spooler) 

         nimbus(hdb)

3. Remove the directory using "sudo rm -rf /opt/nimsoft" (you can choose the location if you installed the robot elsewhere).
   
   Be careful not to delete ALL of /opt/nimsoft if this is not just a simple robot, e.g., if its a hub.
   
   
   
4. Verify whether the robot was removed from IM or not. If it was not removed, you can delete it manually. via Hubs->Robot Tab. Use rt-click->Remove.
   Note: in case if any of the probe processes are running (installed as part of that particular robot), It may not be possible to delete the robot via IM. In that case, delete it manually from the IM view.
   
   
   
5. Remove the service startup entries, execute the following commands.
   
   Note: depending on the version of robot, some of the commands may return e.g. a "no such file" error; this is normal and can be ignored.
   
   

          sudo rm /etc/init.d/nimbus

          sudo systemctl disable nimbus

          sudo rm /etc/systemd/system/nimbus.service

   Note: an additional backup file names nimbus.conf.rpmsave may be present on /etc. It is safe to remove from the system as well.