This chapter contains the following topics to help you to deinstall Oracle Fail Safe:
You might want to deinstall Oracle Fail Safe, for example, to remove older software or to move Oracle Fail Safe software to another Oracle home. However, do not use the deinstallation instructions in this chapter as a method for upgrading the Oracle Fail Safe software to the current release. See Appendix A for information about performing a rolling upgrade. See Appendix B for information about performing a silent mode deinstallation.
Caution:
Do not evict a node from a cluster without first deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe. Evicting a node while Oracle Fail Safe is running will cause all MSCS metadata to be deleted, producing undesirable results. See Section 5.3 for more information.Deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe software involves removing resources from groups and reconfiguring them to run on a specific cluster node.
Perform the following steps to remove Oracle Fail Safe software.
If you run the Windows Event Viewer and display any Oracle Fail Safe events, then you should close the Event Viewer before deinstalling Oracle Fail Safe.
This step must be performed only on groups that were configured with Oracle Fail Safe. Do not perform this step on groups that were configured with MSCS (such as the Cluster Group).
Using Oracle Fail Safe Manager, perform the following tasks:
Move each group to the node that will host the standalone resources after Oracle Fail Safe is deinstalled.
Remove all resources from your groups.
Delete all groups.
Exit Oracle Fail Safe Manager.
Start Oracle Universal Installer and perform the following tasks:
Click Deinstall Products to display Inventory dialog box.
Select the Oracle home that contains the Oracle Fail Safe release 3.n software.
Expand the tree view and select the check box next to Oracle Fail Safe 3.n.
Click Remove.