User's Manual

Appendix A Uninstalling StorNext
Uninstalling StorNext on Unix and Linux
StorNext 3.1.3 Installation Guide 109
Uninstalling SNSM and
SNFS 1
To uninstall StorNext File System and Storage Manager on an MDC
running Unix or Linux, run the installation script with the
-remove option.
To launch the script, use the correct StorNext installation CD for your
operating system.
1 Log on to the MDC as root.
2 Mount the StorNext installation CD and change to the CD root
directory.
3 List the installation directories on the CD. At the command prompt,
type:
ls -l
4 Identify the correct installation directory for your operating system
and hardware platform, and then change to that directory.
For example, for Red Hat Linux 4 running on an x86 64-bit platform,
change to the
RedHat40AS_26x86_64 directory.
5 Do one of the following:
• To uninstall StorNext Storage Manager and File System, at the
command prompt, type:
./install.stornext -remove
• To uninstall StorNext File System, at the command prompt, type:
./install.snfs -remove
The installation script runs (figure 58).
Note: When you mount a CD in a Red hat 4 or 5 system, CDs are
mounted by default with a noexec (non-executable) option
which prevents you from proceeding with the installation.
For Red Hat users only, before proceeding you must
remount the CD by typing mount -o remount, exec ...