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Uninstalling the portal

Use these instructions to uninstall the portal on Microsoft Windows or Linux.

Instead of performing these procedures, you can perform a silent (unattended) uninstall.

Note

If you have installed BladeLogic Portal components on multiple machines, you must perform this procedure on every machine where a portal component is installed.

This topic includes the following sections:

To uninstall on Windows

  1. Take either of the following actions to open the uninstall program:
    • Navigate to installation_location\UninstallBladeLogicPortal, right-click uninstall.exe, and select Run as Administrator.  
      The default installation_location is C:\Program Files\BMC Software\BladelogicPortal.
    • From the Windows Control Panel, open Programs and Features, select BladeLogic Portal <version> and click Uninstall.
  2. When the uninstall program opens, click OK and then click Next.
    The uninstaller shows a list of features that can be uninstalled.
  3. Select the features to uninstall and click Next.
    The uninstaller displays a preview window that describes what is about to be uninstalled. 
  4. Click Uninstall.
    Progress bars show installation activity until the Uninstallation Summary window provides details about the uninstall.
  5. Click Done.
  6. Confirm that the uninstall process has deleted the installation_file_location folder. If it has not, manually delete the folder.
  7. Restart the system to ensure that shared memory and registry entries are cleaned up.

To uninstall on Linux

  1. Navigate to installation_location\UninstallBladeLogicPortal and click uninstall.bin.  
    The default installation_location is /opt/bmc/BladeLogicPortal.
    The uninstall program opens.
  2. Click Next.
    The uninstaller shows a list of features that can be uninstalled.
  3. Select the features to uninstall and click Next.
    The uninstaller displays a preview window that describes what is about to be uninstalled. 
  4. Click Uninstall.
    Progress bars show activity until the Uninstallation Summary window provides details about the uninstall.
  5. Click Done.
  6. Confirm that the uninstall process has deleted the installation_file_location folder. If it has not, manually delete the folder.

 

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