Windows: Uninstalling S-TAP using the command line

You can use the command line to uninstall S-TAP no matter how it was installed. (For GIM installs, best practice ie to uninstall with GIM.)

About this task

This procedure removes the installed S-TAP while making sure the configuration file is saved for future use. The Windows S-TAP can be uninstalled without reboot. Upgrade your S-TAP to 11.4 (or later), reboot the S-TAP once, for example, in the next maintenance window. Then, you can uninstall the S-TAP without rebooting the database server or restarting database instances. A fresh install of the 11.4 (or later) S-TAP out of the box is fully uninstallable without requiring a reboot.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the database server system using a system administrator account.
  2. Copy the current S-TAP configuration file to a safe location (a non-Guardium directory). Look for this file in C:Program Files (x86)\IBM\Windows S-TAP\Bin\guard_tap.ini.
  3. Change to the directory containing the S-TAP setup program.
  4. Run the setup program with the following options: setup -UNINSTALL