Linux and UNIX systems: Installing and uninstalling S-TAP with AIX native installer

Before you begin

Obtain the IP address of the database server on which you are installing S-TAP. If virtual IPs are used, note those as well (you will need to configure those later, when completing the configuration).
Identify the IP address of the collector that will control this S-TAP, and to which this S-TAP will report.
Verify connectivity between the database server and the collector. On the database, enter nmap -p <port> <ip_address>. For example, to check that port 16018 (the port Guardium® uses for TLS) is reachable at IP address 192.168.3.104, enter the command
nmap -p 16018 192.168.3.104
Typical output looks like:
Starting nmap V. 3.00 Interesting ports on g4.guardium.com (192.168.3.104): Port State Service 16018/tcp open unknown
Locate the appropriate native installer file (.bff file) from the S-TAP Installation DVD, for your version of AIX®.
Enter the following command on a clean server (no previous S-TAP installation) to extract the shell installer for AIX, substituting the appropriate file name with the appropriate .bff file:
```
installp -aX -d/var/tmp<filename> SqlGuardInstaller
Example:
installp -aX -d/var/tmp/guard-stap-guard-8.0.00rc1_r20934_1-aix-5.2-aix-powerpc.bff SqlGuardInstaller 
```
The shell installer that is extracted, named guardium, is under /usr/local.
Continue with running the interactive installer of the installation procedure, running the generated installation script rather than the default installation script for the operating system version.

To remove AIX S-TAP using the native installer:

/usr/lib/instl/sm_inst installp_cmd -u -f 'filename'

Example

/usr/lib/instl/sm_inst installp_cmd -u -f'SqlGuardInstaller'