The Tivoli® Storage
Manager installation
wizard upgrades GSKit Version 8 and later. GSKit Version 7 is not
removed or upgraded when you upgrade to Tivoli Storage
Manager Version 7.1.4,
even if GSKit was installed with an earlier version of Tivoli Storage
Manager.
About this task
If you no longer need GSKit V7 and want to free up space
on your system, you can remove it after the upgrade to
Tivoli Storage
Manager V
7.1.4.
Important: Removing GSKit V7 might affect other programs on
your system that rely on it.
Procedure
To remove GSKit V7, complete the following steps:
- Back up your registry.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type Regedit. Click OK.
- To save a copy of your registry, select .
- If you must later restore the registry, select .
For more information, see the Windows documentation.
- Locate the directory where the GSKit is installed. The
default directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\gsk7\.
- Remove the GSKit installation directory, gsk7,
and all subfiles and directories. Right-click the folder and click Delete.
- Remove the GSKit 7 registry key and all subkeys and values.
Important: Removing the wrong key can cause system
problems such as not being able to restart the workstation.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- Type Regedit. Click OK.
- The GSKit registry key is in this directory: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM.
Right-click the registry key, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\GSK7,
and click Delete.