Uninstalling with SMIT

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Use the smit command to complete the uninstallation of IBM® Security Verify Directory from an AIX® system.

Before you begin

You must stop all IBM Security Verify Directory client and server processes.
  • Directory server
  • Administration server
  • LDAP traces
  • Web Administration Tool and the application server that is associated with it
  • Custom LDAP applications

Procedure

  1. Log in as the root user.
  2. Access the command prompt.
  3. Run the smit command.
    The Software Installation and Maintenance window opens.
  4. Select Software Installation and Maintenance > Software Maintenance and Utilities.
  5. Select Remove Installed Software.
  6. In the Software Name field, press F4 to show the list of installed software. You can provide the idsldap value in the field to list all the IBM Security Verify Directory packages.
  7. Select the packages that you want to remove and press Enter.

Results

The SMIT utility removes IBM Security Verify Directory from the AIX system. If you selected to remove all IBM Security Verify Directory packages, the utility also removes theIBM Security Verify Directory installation directory, /opt/IBM/ldap/V10.0.1, from the AIX system.

What to do next

Verify whether the IBM Security Verify Directory uninstallation is successful. For more information, see Verifying IBM Security Verify Directory packages.