You can uninstall SnapManager and all its components by using the Windows Add or Remove Programs utility. You can also remove the SnapManager report directory. Unless it is specified for a particular upgrade path, or for a particular troubleshooting situation, you do not need to uninstall SnapManager before reinstalling it or upgrading to a newer version.
About this task
Do not attempt to remove a currently installed version of SnapManager using an interactive method other than the approach described here. By doing so, you might cause system problems that result from unknown remaining files.
Ensure that you uninstall SnapManager from all the nodes of the cluster in a clustered configuration.
You do not need to stop the Exchange service or remove the Exchange databases from the LUNs before you uninstall SnapManager.
Steps
- Close SnapManager.
- In the Control Panel, select Add or Remove Programs, and then select the entry for SnapManager.
- Click the following buttons, depending to what you want to remove:
| If you want to... |
Then... |
|---|
| Remove only the SnapManager software and leave the report directory |
Click Remove. |
| Remove both the SnapManager software and the report directory |
- Click Change.
- Click Remove Reports.
- Click Remove.
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- Click Yes.
