12.1 Deciding When to Deinstall Oracle Clusterware

There are certain situations in which you might be required to remove Oracle software.

Remove installed components in the following situations:

• You have successfully installed Oracle Clusterware, and you want to remove the Oracle Clusterware installation, either in an educational environment, or a test environment.

• You have encountered errors during or after installing or upgrading Oracle Clusterware, and you want to reattempt an installation.

• Your installation or upgrade stopped because of a hardware or operating system failure.

• You are advised by Oracle Support to reinstall Oracle Clusterware.