Performing a clean installation of Data Protection for VMware on Linux

If a Linux installation is interrupted, you can usually restart it. However, if the installation fails to restart, a clean installation is required.

1. If the Data Protection for VMware vSphere GUI is installed, complete these tasks:
   1. Stop the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface by issuing this command:
      /etc/init.d/vmcli stop
   2. Stop the Data Protection for VMware GUI Web Server by issuing this command:
      /etc/init.d/webserver stop
   3. Remove the .rpm package by issuing this command:
      rpm -e TIVsm-TDPVMwarePlugin
2. Remove the Deployment Engine product entries:
   1. Issue the following command to list all Deployment Engine entries:
      /usr/ibm/common/acsi/bin/de_lsrootiu.sh
   2. Issue the following command to remove all Deployment Engine entries:
      /usr/ibm/common/acsi/bin/deleteRootIU.sh <UUID> <discriminant>
   3. Remove the /var/ibm/common directory.
   4. Remove the /usr/ibm/common directory.
   5. Clean up the /tmp directory by removing the acu_de.log file, if it exists.
   6. Remove the /tmp directory that contains the ID of the user that installed the Deployment Engine.
   7. Remove all Deployment Engine entries from the /etc/inittab system file. The entries are delimited by #Begin AC Solution Install block and #End AC Solution Install block. Remove all text between those delimiters, and remove the delimiting text itself.
   8. Remove all Deployment Engine references from the /etc/services system file.
3. Remove all Data Protection for VMware files from the failed installation:
   1. Remove files in the <USER_INSTALL_DIR>, which is the path where the failed installation was attempted. For example: /opt/tivoli/tsm/TDPVMware/
   2. Remove any desktop shortcuts.
4. Back up the global registry file (/var/.com.zerog.registry.xml). After backing up this file, remove all tags that reference Data Protection for VMware.
5. Remove log files under root that contain the TDPVMware string. For example, IA-TDPVMware-00.log or IA-TDPVMware_Uninstall-00.log.
6. Remove the user that ran the Data Protection for VMware command-line interface by issuing the following command:
   userdel -r tdpvmware groupdel tdpvmware