Uninstalling the standalone Collection Agent

To uninstall the standalone Agent directly

1. Log on as the Administrator (for Windows) or root (for Linux) user.

2. Navigate to the directory where you installed the standalone Collection Agent.

   Examples

   • Windows: %BMC_ITDA_HOME%\agent\UninstallBMCAgent
   • Linux: $BMC_ITDA_HOME/agent/UninstallBMCAgent
3. Run uninstall.exe (for Windows) or uninstall.bin (for Linux). Click Next.
4. Select Uninstall Collection Agent 2.7.00. Click Next.
   The UninstallationPreview screen is displayed.
5. Click Uninstall.
6. (Optional) To see the uninstallation details, click View Log.
7. To exit the uninstallation program, click Done.

To uninstall the standalone Agent silently

1. Log on to the computer from which you want to uninstall the standalone Collection Agent.
2. Locate the options file that you want to use for the uninstallation, and perform one of the following actions:

   • Depending on your platform, use the following sample options file for uninstalling the standalone Collection Agent.

     	Linux
     Uninstall standalone agent (Windows) sample options file.txt	Uninstall standalone Agent (Linux) sample options file.txt

   • Locate the options file that you created during the installation process and change all -A switches (used for installation) to -U switches (for uninstallation).
   • Generate an options file for uninstalling the standalone Collection Agent. For more information, see Installing the standalone Collection Agent silently.
3. Run the following command:
   uninstall -silent -DOPTIONS_FILE=pathToOptionsFile
   where pathToOptionsFile is the location path where the options file exists.