Symfoware Server V12.0.0 Installation and Setup Guide for Server

6.2 Uninstallation in Silent Mode

Uninstall according to the following procedure:

1. Stop the instance.

2. Change to the superuser.

3. Uninstall.

Note

• To uninstall in a cluster system, first stop the cluster application and then delete the resources for both the cluster application and Symfoware before performing uninstallation.
  Refer to the Symfoware Server Cluster Operation Guide for information on other operations.

• The installation directory may still remain after uninstallation - if it is not required, then delete it.

• If performing operation with WebAdmin, back up the following file before uninstallation.
  Instances will not be recognized from WebAdmin even if Symfoware Server is reinstalled after uninstallation.
  If performing operation with WebAdmin after reinstalling Symfoware Server, replace the following file after installation.

  installationDirectory/gui/data/gui-instances

• If you have set automatic start and stop of the instance, execute the following commands to disable the script and cancel registration.

  chkconfig nameOfShellScriptForAutomaticStartAndSto off
  chkconfig --del nameOfShellScriptForAutomaticStartAndStop

  Example

  # chkconfig rc_symfosv_open_inst1 off
  # chkconfig --del rc_symfosv_open_inst1

1) Stop the instance

Stop all instances that are using the product to be uninstalled.

Using WebAdmin

In the [Monitor] window, click [Stop].

Using the Server Commands

Execute the stop mode of the pg_ctl command.

$ pg_ctl stop -D /database/inst1

2) Change to the superuser

Run the following command to switch to the superuser on the system.

$ su -
Password:******

3) Uninstall

Use the following procedure to uninstall.

The example illustrates uninstallation of Symfoware Server Standard Edition 64-bit V12.0.0.

See

To uninstall the Symfoware Server client feature, refer to the Installation and Setup Guide for Client.

1. Start uninstallation

Run the symfo_remove command with the -S option to start uninstallation.

Example

# LANG=en_US.UTF-8;export LANG
# installationDestination/setup/symfo_remove -S

Information

The above process must not be canceled using CTRL+C or 'kill -15'.

If you need to forcibly terminate the process, then follow the procedure below:

1. Run the following command to determine the process ID.

   # ps -af | grep symfo_remove

   Example

   root     21176 18612  0 01:21 pts/0    00:00:00 /bin/sh /opt/symfoserver64/setup/symfo_remove -S
   root     21289 17480  0 01:21 pts/1    00:00:00 grep symfo_remove

2. Run the following command to forcibly terminate the process.

   # kill -9 21176

2. Check the uninstallation results

The uninstaller result is output to the log file.

Log file

"nnnn" refers to the numeric part of the product version and level. For example, V12.0.0 is written as "1200".

64-bit products

Path name:/var/log/symfoware_sv_64_nnnn.log

32-bit products

Path name:/var/log/symfoware_sv_32_nnnn.log

Return values

The following return values are output:

Return values	Meaning
0	Uninstallation was successful.
3	A process is running.
4	Failed to uninstall the package.
64	Failed to delete product information from Uninstall (middleware).
106	The command was not executed with administrator privileges.