Uninstalling the data mover on Windows

Uninstall backup-archive client components (data mover) and remove files and directories from a Windows system.

1. Stop any backup-archive client components that are running.
2. Delete any existing virtual machine backups by issuing the backup-archive client delete backup command. For example, to delete the active backup of a virtual machine that is named vm1, issue the following command:

   delete backup -objtype=vm vm1

   To delete one or more backup versions of a virtual machine that is named vm_test., issue the following command:

   delete backup -objtype=vm -inactive vm_test

3. Enter the following commands. You can use the dsmcutil list command to display any backup-archive client services that are installed.
   1. cd /d "c:\program files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"

      If necessary, replace c:\program files\tivoli with the correct installation folder.

   2. dsmcutil remove /name:"TSM Remote Client Agent"
      Important: Ensure that you remove the TSM Remote Client Agent in Step 3b before you remove the TSM Client Acceptor in Step 3c. Otherwise, the TSM Client Acceptor (Step 3c) cannot be removed.
   3. dsmcutil remove /name:"TSM Client Acceptor"
4. Click Start > Control Panel > Programs and Features > Uninstall a program. Uninstall the following Tivoli® Storage Manager backup-archive client items if they are listed:

   IBM® Tivoli Storage Manager client
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Chinese(PRC)
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Chinese(Taiwan)
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - French
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - German
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Italian
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Japanese
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Korean
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Portuguese(Brazil)
   IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Client - Spanish

   This action uninstalls the Windows client program. It does not remove any services, log files, or other items that were created when you configured or used the client. Leaving these artifacts on disk is not a problem if you want to reinstall the client in the future. However, if you want to more thoroughly remove the client and related files and settings, see the following IBM developerWorks article: How to completely remove the Backup-Archive client from Microsoft Windows.