Manually uninstalling agents from UNIX and Linux computers

There are three ways to uninstall the UNIX and Linux management packs and agents.

1. Delete selected UNIX or Linux system management packs from the Operations Manager Operations Console.

2. Delete an agent from Operations Manager, and uninstall the agent from the monitored computer. It will be uninstalled first from the UNIX or Linux computer.

3. Delete the agent from Operations Manager without uninstalling it on the UNIX or Linux host.

Use the following procedures to uninstall agents.

To delete an agent with the UNIX Linux Agent Uninstall Wizard

1. For more information, see Upgrading and Uninstalling Agents on UNIX and Linux Computers.

After the UNIX or Linux computer has been deleted from the list of monitored computers, you must sign in to the monitored computer and manually uninstall the agent. Use the following procedures to manually uninstall agents from UNIX and Linux computers.

To uninstall the agent from Red Hat enterprise Linux and SUSE Linux enterprise servers

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   rpm -e scx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   rpm -q scx

To uninstall the agent from RPM based Universal Linux servers (Oracle)

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   rpm -e scx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   rpm -q scx

To uninstall the agent from DEB based Universal Linux servers (Debian and Ubuntu)

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   dpkg -P scx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   dpkg -l scx

To uninstall the agent from Solaris computers

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   pkgrm MSFTscx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   pkginfo -I MSFTscx

To uninstall the agent from HP-UX

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   swremove scx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   swlist scx

To uninstall the agent from IBM AIX

1. Sign in as the root user, and uninstall the agent by entering

   installp -u scx

2. To verify that the package is uninstalled, enter

   lslpp -L scx.rte

Next steps

• For more information on how to install the agent and understand the steps for signing the agent certificate, see Install Agent and Certificate on UNIX and Linux Computers Using the Command Line.

• To learn how to configure object discovery rules and disable discovery of a specific object, see Applying Overrides to Object Discoveries.

• To understand how to perform agent maintenance on UNIX and Linux computers, see Upgrading and Uninstalling Agents on UNIX and Linux Computers.