A.1 Uninstalling Change Guardian

A.1.1 Uninstallation Checklist

Use the following checklist to uninstall Change Guardia:

  • Uninstall the following components before you uninstall Change Guardian:

    • Change Guardian Agent for Windows and Security Agent for UNIX using Agent Manager

    • Policy Editor

  • Complete the post-uninstallation tasks to verify the Change Guardian uninstallation.

A.1.2 Uninstalling Change Guardian Agent for Windows

You can uninstall the Change Guardian Agent for Windows in the following ways:

Remote Uninstallation Using Agent Manager

Use the following steps to uninstall the agent using Agent Manager:

  1. Log in as administrator to the Change Guardian server.

  2. From Administration Console, click Integration > Agent Manager.

  3. Select the assets from which you want to uninstall the agent.

  4. Select Manage Installation > Uninstall Agents.

  5. Click Start Uninstall.

Manual Uninstallation

Use the following steps to uninstall the agent:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features: and search for Change Guardian Agent for Windows.

  2. Select the Change Guardian Agent for Windows application, then click Uninstall.

A.1.3 Uninstalling the Security Agent for UNIX

For information about remote uninstallation of Security Agent for UNIX, see Security Agent for UNIX documentation.

A.1.4 Uninstalling Policy Editor

Use the following steps to uninstall the Policy Editor:

  1. Go to Control Panel > Programs and Features: and search for Change Guardian Policy Editor.

  2. Select the Change Guardian Policy Editor application, then click Uninstall.

A.1.5 Uninstalling Change Guardian

To uninstall the Change Guardian server:

  1. Log in to the Change Guardian server as root.

  2. Access the following directory: /opt/novell/sentinel/setup/

  3. Run the following command: ./uninstall–changeguardian

  4. When prompted to reconfirm that you want to proceed with the uninstall, press y. The script first stops the service and then removes it completely.

A.1.6 Post-Uninstallation Tasks

After you uninstall Change Guardian:

  • Reboot the computer to clear the cache files

  • To ensure that the novell, sentinel, java and javos services are not running, run the following command

    ps -ef | grep novell

    ps -ef | grep Sentinel

    ps -ef | grep java

    ps -ef | grep javos

    NOTE:If the services are still running, the re-installation of the Change Guardian server fails with errors or exceptions.