Chapter 4
Deinstallation

This chapter describes the following deinstallation tasks:


Deinstall SAMS:Alexandria

The Backup Toolkit installalex script is used to deinstall SAMS:Alexandria. During deinstallation, this script performs the following tasks:

Complete the following steps to deinstall SAMS:Alexandria and remove the Backup Toolkit customizations from your host:

  1. Stop the SAMS:Alexandria daemons:

    # /etc/init.d/alex stop

  2. Change directories to /usr/backup_toolkit/alexandria. (You must run the script from within this directory.)

    # cd /usr/backup_toolkit/alexandria
  3. Run the Backup Toolkit installalex -d script to deinstall SAMS:Alexandria and to remove the Backup Toolkit customizations to the host:

    # ./installalex -d

    During the deinstallation, installalex displays warning messages that DYNIX/ptx-specific files in the /usr/alexbkup/bits directory cannot be deleted because this directory does not exist. These messages can be safely ignored. They occur because installalex has already deinstalled SAMS:Alexandria, which removed the /usr/alexbkup/bits directory, before it tries to deinstall the DYNIX/ptx-specific files in this directory.


Deinstall Backup Toolkit

Complete the following steps to deinstall Backup Toolkit:

  1. Deinstall the Backup Toolkit software by using the Software Management option on the System Administration menu in the ptx/ADMIN menu system. If you are not familiar with the steps to deinstall a product, refer to the DYNIX/ptx Software Installation Guide.

  2. Use ptx/ADMIN to delete the alexbkup user and alexbkup group. You can delete users by choosing System Operations->User and Group Management->Delete User Accounts.

  3. If applicable, delete or move any user-created files from the /usr/alexbkup directory and then delete the directory itself.