Understanding the Removal Process

The DPKs are based on a specific PeopleTools release and patch number. The DPK zip file names include the PeopleTools release and patch number. For example, the “8.63.05” in the zip file name PEOPLETOOLS-WIN-8.63.05_1of4.zip refers to release 8.63 and patch 5. To use the DPK setup script for cleanup, you must use the same DPK setup script (DPK_INSTALL/setup) that you used for deploying the PeopleSoft environment that you want to remove. Ensure that the correct script is available before proceeding further in the cleanup.

There will be times when an existing PeopleSoft environment needs to be completely removed. For example, applying a new PeopleSoft PeopleTools patch requires that an existing environment be cleaned up and a new one created. The cleanup that you perform with the DPK setup script conducts an orderly shutdown and removal of all the configured runtime domains — Application Server, Process Scheduler, and PIA domains. Additionally, it will remove all the deployed components. You can use the PeopleSoft DPK setup script cleanup for environments created with the default initialization or with the psft_customizations.yaml file.

Note:

The Puppet software that is installed by the DPK setup script is not removed by the cleanup process.

In some cases the DPK setup script cleanup process may not remove all of the components. If that is the case, try one of the other methods described in this section.