Installation guide

Installation Guide
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Unattended Uninstall of vCenter Server Heartbeat
vCenter Server Heartbeat allows you to uninstall the product from your vCenter Server using the command
line method.
Uninstall vCenter Server Heartbeat from the command line
1 Ensure all the vCenter Server Heartbeat processes are stopped and close the vCenter Server Heartbeat
Console and System Tray icon.
2 Create a .txt file with the following configuration parameters:
This is an example of a parameter file (it must be modified before you use it).
<file_name.txt>
//FORMATVERSION:
INSTALLTYPE:Uninstall
LEAVEONNETWORK: true
3 Rename the self-extracting file from <name>.exe to <name>.zip.
4 Extract the contents of the self-extracting file into a temporary folder.
5 Navigate to Start > Run, type CMD and click OK to open a command window.
6 Navigate to the to the location of the temporary folder.
7Run the command:
Start /wait setup –f :<parameter file> -ni
8 Upon completion of the unattended uninstallation you will be asked to restart the server.