IBM Support

Using the dirclean utility - IBM Director

Troubleshooting


Problem

IBM provides a utility to completely remove a corrupt install/uninstall of IBM Director. The utility is called DirClean.exe and is part of the IBM Director Support Tools package. The DirClean utility should only be used under the guidance of the RTP System x Client Support center or IBM Director Product Engineering teams.

Resolving The Problem

Source

RETAIN tip: H191024

Issue

IBM provides a utility to completely remove a corrupt instal l/ uninstall of IBM Director. The utility is called DirClean.exe and is part of the IBM Director Support Tools package. The DirClean utility should only be used under the guidance of the RTP System x Client Support center or IBM Director Product Engineering teams.

Affected configurations

This tip is not hardware specific.

This tip is not option specific.

The system is configured with at least one of the following:

  • IBM Director 4.10, 4.10.2, 4.11, 4.12, 4.20, 4.20.2, 4.21, 4.22, 5.10, 5.20

Note: This does not imply that the network operating system will work under all combinations of hardware and software.

Please see the compatibility page for more information:

Additional information

The DirClean utility should not be used as a normal uninstall method for IBM Director. IBM Director should be uninstalled using the normal method which is through Microsoft Windows under the Add / Remove panel. If the uninstall does not complete, contact Support as there may be a specific reason for why the uninstall is not completing. This can include, but is not limited to, other dependent services that are still running and cannot be stopped by the uninstall program. After investigation of the uninstall, Support can then provide detail actions to correct the symptom, which may or may not include using DirClean.

Document Location

Worldwide

Operating System

System Management software:All operating systems listed

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Document Information

Modified date:
29 January 2019

UID

ibm1MIGR-5071462