5 Removing the Oracle Audit Vault Server Software

This chapter describes the process of removing the Audit Vault Server software.

5.1 Removing the Audit Vault Server Software

To remove Audit Vault Server software, all Audit Vault Agents must be stopped if the Audit Vault Agent software is installed on the same system as the Audit Vault Server software. See Oracle Audit Vault Agent Installation Guide for more information.

Then, use the following procedure to uninstall the Audit Vault server software.

1. Stop the Audit Vault Console using the avctl stop_av command.

   This command performs an emctl stop dbconsole operation. For example:

   $ avctl stop_av
   

   In an Oracle RAC environment, run that command on all nodes where Audit Vault is installed if you are removing the Audit Vault Server from all nodes.

2. Log in to the Audit Vault database and shut it down, as follows:

   sqlplus /nolog
   SQL*Plus: Release 10.2.0.3.0 - Production on Thu Dec 13 22:45:27 2007
   Copyright (c) 1982, 2006, Oracle.  All Rights Reserved.
   SQL> connect sys as sysoper
   Enter password: <sysoperpassword>
   Connected.
   SQL> shutdown immediate;
   SQL> exit
   

   In an Oracle RAC environment, run the following command from the local node:

   $ORACLE_HOME/bin/srvctl stop database –d <AV database name> -q
   Connect String: sys as sysdba
   Enter password: <sysdbapassword>
   

3. Stop the listener.

   Look in the listener.ora file to check the name of the listener. It might be LISTENER1 or some other name, but usually it is LISTENER. For example:

   lsnrctl stop <listener name>

   In an Oracle RAC environment, run that command on all nodes where Audit Vault is installed if you are removing the Audit Vault Server from all nodes.

4. Uninstall the Audit Vault Server by running the following command in the Audit Vault Server home directory. For example:

   $ $ORACLE_HOME/oui/bin/runInstaller
   

   Note:

   Before removing the Audit Vault Server software, first use the DBCA "Delete a database" option to select and delete the database. See Oracle Database 2 Day DBA and Oracle Database Oracle Clusterware and Oracle Real Application Clusters Administration and Deployment Guide for more information about using DBCA to delete a database.

5. Click Deinstall Products to bring up the Oracle Inventory screen.

   Select the Oracle homes and the products that you want to remove by selecting the desired check boxes, then click Remove.

6. Clean up the old Oracle directories.

   On systems where Oracle Audit Vault is the only Oracle software installed, go to the directory for oracle, and remove the directory using the rm -r command. Otherwise, delete the Audit Vault Server home.

   Issue the following command to confirm there is no other Oracle home installed.

   $ grep 'HOME NAME' OraInventory/ContentsXML/inventory.xml
   

   In an Oracle RAC environment, perform these operations on all nodes where Audit Vault is installed if you are removing the Audit Vault Server from all nodes.