3 Uninstalling Directory Server Enterprise Edition

This chapter provides instructions for uninstalling Directory Server Enterprise Edition. Complete the uninstallation procedures in the order they are presented in the chapter:

1. Remove Directory Proxy Server Instances

2. Remove Directory Server Instances

3. Unconfigure and Remove the DSCC Agent from the Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server Hosts

4. Unconfigure and Remove DSCC from the Administration (DSCC) Host

5. Remove the ODSEE Software

3.1 Remove Directory Proxy Server Instances

Use one of the following methods to remove a Directory Proxy Instance:

• To Delete a Directory Proxy Server Instance Using DSCC

• To Delete a Directory Proxy Server Instance Using the Command Line

See Also

After you have removed all server instances on the system, go to Section 3.5, "Remove the ODSEE Software.".

3.1.1 To Delete a Directory Proxy Server Instance Using DSCC

1. Access Directory Service Control Center.

   Use http://dscc-host:port/dscc7 or https://dscc-host:port/dscc7 to access DSCC, where port depends on your application server configuration.

2. Under the Proxy Servers tab, select the server to delete and click Delete in the More Server Actions drop-down list.

3. Delete the server instance. Choose the Delete command in the Action drop-down list.

3.1.2 To Delete a Directory Proxy Server Instance Using the Command Line

1. If you have used DSCC to manage the server instance, remove registration for the server.

   $ dsccreg remove-server -h dscc-host -p dscc-registry-port /local/dps
   
   Enter DSCC administrator's password: directory-service-pwd 
   /local/dps is an instance of DPS
   Enter password of "cn=Proxy Manager" for /local/dps:
   Unregistering /local/dps from DSCC on hostname.
   Connecting to /local/dps
   Disabling DSCC access to /local/dps
   

   For details, see the dsccreg man page.

2. Delete the server instance.

   $ dpadm delete /local/dps
   Directory Proxy Server instance '/local/dps' stopped
   Directory Proxy Server instance '/local/dps' removed.
   

3.2 Remove Directory Server Instances

Use one of the following methods to remove a Directory Server instance:

• To Delete a Directory Server Instance Using DSCC

• To Delete a Directory Server Instance From the Command Line

See Also

After you have removed all server instances on the system, go to Section 3.5, "Remove the ODSEE Software.".

3.2.1 To Delete a Directory Server Instance Using DSCC

Caution:

Deleting a Directory Server instance completely removes all the instance files, including all LDAP entries managed by the instance. Before you delete an instance, back up your data as described in Chapter 8, Directory Server Backup and Restore, in Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

1. Access Directory Service Control Center.

   Use http://dscc-host:port/dscc7 or https://dscc-host:port/dscc7 to access DSCC, where port depends on your application server configuration.

2. Under the Directory Servers tab, select the server to delete and click Delete in the More Server Actions drop-down list.

3. Delete the server instance with the Delete command in the action drop-down list.

3.2.2 To Delete a Directory Server Instance From the Command Line

Deleting a Directory Server instance completely removes all the files under the instance-path directory. If the databases and logs are saved in another directory, they are not removed when you delete the Directory Server instance.

Before you delete a server instance, back up your data as described in Chapter 8, Directory Server Backup and Restore, in Administrator's Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.

1. If you have used DSCC to manage the server instance, remove registration for the server.

   $ dsccreg remove-server -h dscc-host -p dscc-registry-port /local/dsInst
   
   Enter DSCC administrator's password: directory-service-pwd 
   /local/dsInst is an instance of DS
   Enter password of "cn=Directory Manager" for /local/dsInst:
   This operation will restart /local/dsInst.
   Do you want to continue ? (y/n) y
   Unregistering /local/dsInst from DSCC on hostname.
   Connecting to /local/dsInst
   Disabling DSCC access to /local/dsInst
   Restarting /local/dsInst
   

   For details, see dsccreg

2. Delete the server instance.

   $ dsadm delete /local/dsInst
   Server stopped
   /local/dsInst deleted
   

3.3 Unconfigure and Remove the DSCC Agent from the Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server Hosts

To remove the DSCC agent, run the following commands:

$ dsccagent stop
$ dsccreg remove-agent -h dscc-host -p dscc-registry-port 
$ dsccagent delete

3.4 Unconfigure and Remove DSCC from the Administration (DSCC) Host

1. Remove the DSCC agent.

   $ dsccagent stop
   $ dsccreg remove-agent -h dscc-host -p dscc-registry-port 
   $ dsccagent delete
   

2. Delete the WAR file.

   $ dsccsetup war-file-delete
   

3. Delete the DSCC registry.

   $ dsccsetup ads-delete
   ***
   Deleting DSCC Registry...
   All server registrations will be definitively erased.
   Existing server instances will not be modified.
   Do you really want to delete the DSCC Registry ? [y/n]y
   Directory Server instance 'install-path/dsee7/var/dcc/ads' stopped
   DSCC Registry has been deleted successfully
   ***
   Deleted install-path/dsee7/var/dscc7.war
   ***
   

3.5 Remove the ODSEE Software

Remove Directory Server Enterprise Edition with a system command.

$ rm -r install-path