Uninstalling IBM Security Verify Directory- An overview

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Read an overview about uninstalling IBM® Security Verify Directory product and the important points to consider before uninstallation.

Before you begin

To uninstall IBM Security Verify Directory, you must log on with root privileges on AIX® or Linux® systems; and as an administrator group member on Windows™ systems.

About this task

When you uninstall IBM Security Verify Directory, the instances and their configuration files are not removed.

Procedure

  1. Stop all IBM Security Verify Directory client or server processes, including the directory server, administration daemon, and custom LDAP applications. Programs and libraries cannot be replaced while they are in use. If tracing is set, run the ldtrc off command to turn tracing off.
  2. Use the operating system utilities to uninstall the software.
    Note: The package names on Linux systems are slightly different for updates than for the GA version. For example, the package name for the base client for the GA version of Linux x86-64 is idsldap-cltbase1002-10.0.2-0.x86_64.rpm. You can use the rpm -qa command to list all packages.
  3. After you uninstall IBM Security Verify Directory, query whether all the IBM Security Verify Directory packages are removed successfully. For more information, see Querying the IBM Security Verify Directory packages.