Uninstall Analytics Platform System hotfixes

The following steps describe how to uninstall a previously installed Analytics Platform System hotfix.

Before You Begin

Prerequisites

To perform these steps, you will need:

  • An Analytics Platform System login with permissions to access the Admin Console to monitor the appliance.

  • The Domain Administrator account to login to the <appliance_domain>-HST01 node.

  • The Knowledge Base article number for the hotfix to uninstall.

Uninstall a SQL Server PDW hotfix

  1. Log on to the <appliance_domain>-HST01 node as the Fabric Domain Administrator.

  2. Use the Run as Administrator option to open a Command Prompt.

  3. Change directories to C:\PDWINST\Patches\<kbarticle>\media where <kbarticle> is the Knowledge Base article number for the hotfix to uninstall.

    cd /d c:\PDWINST\Patches\<kbarticle>\media  
    
  4. To remove the hotfix, run the following command.

    setup.exe /action="removepatch" /DomainAdminPassword="<password>"