Uninstalling silently

A silent uninstallation is non-interactive and does not launch a wizard. It enables you to quickly repeat the uninstallation by using the same parameters for multiple BMC Network Automation application servers and remote device agents.

To uninstall in silent mode

1. Create a text file called options.txt.
   For more information, see Automatically generating an options.txt file.
   Make sure to include the appropriate -P, -J, or -U option.

   Option	Description	Syntax and examples
   -P	Sets the installation folder for an application.	-P <installLocation>=<filePath> Application server for Microsoft Windows: -P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks Application server for Linux: -P installLocation=/opt/bmc/bca-networks Remote device agent for Windows: -P installLocation=C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks-Agent Remote device agent for Linux: -P installLocation=/opt/bmc/bca-networks-agent Note: If you installed BMC Network Automation in a non-default path, replace the path with the actual installation path.
   -U	Uninstalls a product or an individual feature.	-U product<productName> -U feature<featureName> Application server: -U featureBcanServer Remote device agent: -U featureBcanDeviceAgent TFTP server (Windows only): -U featureBcanTftpServer
   -J	Specifies Java properties that correspond to user inputs.	To preserve the operational data on uninstall: -J PRESERVE_DATABASE_DIRECTORIES=true

2. Save the options file.
3. Change to the directory where the uninstall file is located, for example:
   • Application server for Windows — C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks\UninstallBMCBcan
   • Application server for Linux — /opt/bmc/bca-networks/UninstallBMCBcan
   • Remote device agent for Windows — C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BCA-Networks-Agent\UninstallBMCBcan

   • Remote device agent for Linux — /opt/bmc/bca-networks-agent/UninstallBMCBcan

     Note

     If you installed BMC Network Automation in a non-default path, replace the path with the actual installation path.

4. Run the uninstaller with the -i silentoption.

   • For Windows, enter:

     uninstall.cmd -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=pathToFile\options.txt

   • For Linux, enter:

     ./uninstall.sh -i silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=pathToFile/options.txt