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This chapter describes the process of removing Oracle Audit Vault collection agent software. It contains the following topics:
Removing Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent Software Using the Deinstallation Tool
This section describes specific instructions for Microsoft Windows systems about manually removing the remaining registry keys, environment variables, Start menu options, and directories.
Use the following procedure to uninstall the Oracle Audit Vault collection agent software:
Use the Oracle Audit Vault Control (AVCTL) commands documented in Oracle Audit Vault Administrator's Guide to:
Stop all collectors (avctl stop_collector
) running on the collection agent
Stop the collection agent itself (avctl stop_agent
).
Continue to Section 4.2.1.
The deinstall
command removes Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent installation.
The following sections describe the command, and provide information about additional options to use the command:
The Deinstallation Tool (deinstall
) is available in the installation media before installation, and is available in Oracle home directories after installation. It is located in the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall
directory.
The deinstall
command uses the information you provide, plus information gathered from the software home to create a parameter file. You can alternatively supply a parameter file generated previously by the deinstall
command using the –checkonly
option, or by editing the response file template.
Caution:
When you run thedeinstall
command, if the central inventory (oraInventory) contains no other registered homes besides the home that you are deconfiguring and removing, then the deinstall command removes the following files and directory contents in the Oracle base directory of the Oracle Database installation owner:
admin
cfgtoollogs
checkpoints
diag
oradata
flash_recovery_area
Oracle strongly recommends that you configure your installations using an Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) configuration, and that you reserve Oracle base and Oracle home paths for exclusive use of Oracle software. If you have any user data in these locations in the Oracle base that is owned by the user account that owns the Oracle software, then the deinstall
command deletes this data.
The command uses the following syntax, where variable content is indicated in italics:
deinstall -home complete path of Oracle home [-silent] [-checkonly] [-local] [-cleanupObase] [-paramfile complete path of input parameter property file] [-params name1=value name2=value . . .] [-o complete path of directory for saving files] [-help]
The default method for running the deinstall tool is from the deinstall directory in the Oracle home as the installation owner:
$ $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/deinstall
Provide information about your servers as prompted or accept the defaults.
The deinstall
command stops Oracle software, and removes Oracle software and configuration files on the operating system.
In addition, you can run the deinstall tool from other locations, or with a parameter file, or select other options to run the tool.
The options are:
-home
Use this flag to indicate the home path of the Oracle home to check or deinstall. To deinstall Oracle software using the deinstall
command in the Oracle home you plan to deinstall, provide a parameter file in another location, and do not use the -home
flag.
If you run deinstall from the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall
path, then the -home
flag is not required because the tool knows from which home it is being run. If you use the standalone version of the tool, then -home
is mandatory.
-silent
Use this flag to run the command in silent or response file mode. If you use the -silent
flag, then you must use the -paramfile
flag, and provide a parameter file that contains the configuration values for the Oracle home to deinstall or deconfigure.
You can generate a parameter file to use or modify by running deinstall
with the -checkonly
flag. The deinstall
command then discovers information from the Oracle home to deinstall and deconfigure. It generates the properties file, which you can then use with the -silent
option.
You can also modify the template file deinstall.rsp.tmpl
, located in the response
folder.
-checkonly
Use this flag to check the status of the Oracle software home configuration. Running the command with the -checkonly
flag does not remove the Oracle configuration. The -checkonly
flag generates a parameter file that you can use with the deinstall
command.
-local
Use this flag on a multinode environment to deinstall Oracle software in a cluster.
When you run deinstall
with this flag, it deconfigures and deinstalls the Oracle software on the local node (the node where deinstall
is run). On remote nodes, it deconfigures Oracle software, but does not deinstall the Oracle software.
-cleanupOBase
Use this flag to force the removal of all the contents in the Oracle base directory, including the admin
, oradata,
and flash_recovery_area
directories. This flag forces an Oracle base removal only if the Oracle home that you specify with the -home
flag is the only Oracle home associated with the Oracle base directory. This flag is available with the deconfig tool available in the Oracle Grid Infrastructure and Oracle Database 11.2.0.3 patch release, and from Oracle Technology Network (OTN).
-paramfile
complete path of input parameter property file
Use this flag to run deinstall
with a parameter file in a location other than the default. When you use this flag, provide the complete path where the parameter file is located.
The default location of the parameter file depends on the location of deinstall
:
From the installation media or stage location: $ORACLE_HOME/inventory/response
.
From a unzipped archive file from OTN: /
ziplocation
/response
.
After installation from the installed Oracle home: $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/response
.
-params
[name1
=value
name 2
=value
name3
=value
. . .]
Use this flag with a parameter file to override one or more values that you want to change in a parameter file you have already created.
-o
complete path of directory for saving response files
Use this flag to provide a path other than the default location where the properties file (deinstall.rsp.tmpl
) is saved.
The default location of the parameter file depends on the location of deinstall
:
From the installation media or stage location before installation: $ORACLE_HOME/
From a unzipped archive file from OTN: /
ziplocation
/response/
.
After installation from the installed Oracle home: $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/response
.
-help
Use the help option (-help
) to obtain additional information about the command option flags.
As the deinstall
command runs, you are prompted to provide the home directory of the Oracle software to remove from your system. Provide additional information as prompted.
Use the optional flag -paramfile
to provide a path to a parameter file.
In the following example, the deinstall
command is in the path /u01/app/oracle/product/10.3.0/client_1/deinstall
, and it uses a parameter file in the software owner location /home/usr/oracle
:
# cd /u01/app/oracle/product/10.3.0/client_1/deinstall/ # ./deinstall -paramfile /home/usr/oracle/myparamfile.tmpl
If you enter the deinstall command outside of the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall
folder, then help is displayed, unless you enter a -home
flag and provide a path. If you run the deinstall command from the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall
folder, then deinstallation starts without prompting you for a home address.
You can run the deinstall
command with the -paramfile
option to use the values you specify in the parameter file. The following is an example of a parameter file, in which the Oracle Database binary owner is oracle
, the Oracle Database home (Oracle home) is in the path /u01/app/oracle/product/10.3.0/av_agent/
, the Oracle base (where other Oracle software is installed) is /u01/app/oracle/
, the central Oracle Inventory home (oraInventory
) is /u01/app/oraInventory
, and the client is client1
:
ORACLE_BASE=/u01/app/oracle INVENTORY_LOCATION=/u01/app/oraInventory CRS_HOME=false HOME_TYPE=CLIENT silent=false local=false LOCAL_NODE=node1 ObaseCleanupPtrLoc=/var/tmp/install/orabase_cleanup.lst. LOGDIR=/u01/app/oraInventory/logs/ ORACLE_HOME=/u01/app/oracle/product/10.3.0/av_agent
Oracle Universal Installer does not remove all Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components. After using Oracle Universal Installer to remove Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components, you must manually remove the remaining registry keys, environment variables, Start menu options, and directories.
This section contains these topics:
Removing Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent Keys from the Registry Editor on Microsoft Windows
Removing Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent from the Start Menu
Note:
In rare situations, you might want to correct serious system problems by completely removing Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components manually from the computer without first deinstalling Oracle Audit Vault collection agent with Oracle Universal Installer. Do this only as a last resort, and only if you want to remove all Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components from your system.Oracle Universal Installer does not delete all services created by Oracle Net Configuration Assistant. In addition, it does not delete several other registry keys. You must remove any existing registry keys manually by following the instructions in one of the following sections:
Removing Only the Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent Service Registry Key
Removing Only the Oracle Audit Vault Collection Agent Registry Keys
Caution:
Use Microsoft Registry Editor at your own risk. Incorrectly using the Registry Editor can cause serious problems and might require you to reinstall your operating system.To remove only the Oracle Audit Vault collection agent Service registry entry (if it exists):
Log in as a member of the Administrators group.
Ensure that you first follow the instructions in Step 3 in Section 4.1 about stopping Oracle services on Microsoft Windows before removing Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components.
From the Start menu, choose Run, and then enter the following command:
regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services
and delete the Oracle Audit Vault Agent -
agent name
registry entry.
When you ran Oracle Universal Installer to deinstall Oracle Audit Vault collection agent, it deleted all other Oracle Net services.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.
To remove the Oracle Audit Vault collection agent registry keys from a computer (if any exist):
Caution:
These instructions remove only the Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components, services, and registry entries from your computer. Exercise extreme care when removing registry entries. Removing incorrect entries can break your system. Any database files underORACLE_BASE
\ORACLE_HOME
\Oracle Audit Vault Agent Name
should be deleted only after completing these instructions.Log in as a member of the Administrators group.
Ensure that you first follow the instructions in Step 3 in Section 4.1 about stopping Oracle Audit Vault collection agent Microsoft Windows service before removing the Oracle Audit Vault collection agent components.
From the Start menu, choose Run, and enter the following command:
regedit
Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE
.
Delete the ORACLE
key named KEY_
AgentHOME_NAME
, similar to KEY_OraAV10g_home1.
Exit the Registry Editor.
Restart your computer.
Check the PATH
environment variable and remove any Oracle entries.
Display System in the Control Panel.
Select the Advanced tab and then click Environment Variables.
Select the system variable PATH
and edit it to remove any Oracle entries.
For example, remove Oracle entries that contain ORACLE_BASE
\
ORACLE_HOME
in the Path
variable. You may see a Path
variable that contains entries similar to the following:
ORACLE_BASE\ORACLE_HOME\product\10.3.0\av_agent_1\bin
Save any changes and exit System.
Check the Start menu for any Oracle Audit Vault collection agent entries and remove them.
Follow these steps:
Select Start, then Programs, then Oracle - Agent HOME_NAME.
Right-click Oracle - Agent HOME_NAME, and from the menu, select Delete.
You can also remove Oracle Audit Vault collection agent menu entries by using the following method:
Right-click the Start button to display the shortcut menu.
Select the Explore All Users option.
Under Documents and Settings, expand the \Start
Menu\Programs
folder.
Right-click and delete the Oracle - Agent HOME_NAME folder.