Uninstalling VM Recovery Manager HA

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To uninstall the VM Recovery Manager HA solution, you can use the command-line interface to uninstall all the installed VM Recovery Manager HA filesets by running the installp -u command.

Complete the following procedures to uninstall the VM Recovery Manager HA solution.

Uninstall the KSYS software.
Uninstall the GUI server.
Uninstall VM agents in the virtual machines.

Note: You must have root authority to perform any uninstallation tasks.

Uninstalling the KSYS software

To uninstall the KSYS software, complete the following steps:

Run the following command:
```
ksysmgr delete cluster cluster_name
```
This command removes the hosts from the host group and deletes the host group.
Uninstall the KSYS filesets by running the following command:
```
installp -ug ksys.*
```

Uninstalling the GUI server filesets

If you had installed the GUI server filesets in the KSYS LPAR, you do not need to uninstall the GUI fileset separately. The GUI filesets will also be uninstalled with the KSYS filesets.

If you installed the GUI server filesets in a separate AIX LPAR, uninstall the GUI fileset by running the following commands:

installp -ug ksys.ui.server
installp -ug ksys.ui.common

Uninstalling VM agents

To uninstall the VM agent in an AIX® VM, go to Uninstalling a VM agent in an AIX VM. To uninstall the VM agent in Linux® VM, see Uninstalling a VM agent in a Linux VM.

Uninstalling a VM agent in an AIX VM

Stop the VM agent module in the AIX virtual machine by running the following command:
```
ksysvmmgr stop
```
Uninstall the VM agent filesets from the AIX virtual machine by running the following command:
```
installp -u ksys*
```

Uninstalling a VM agent in a Linux VM

Stop the VM agent module in the Linux virtual machine by running the following command:
```
ksysvmmgr stop
```
Uninstall the VM agent package from the Linux virtual machine by running the following command:
```
rpm -e vmagent
```