Using the brocade software uninstaller – Dell Brocade Adapters User Manual

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Brocade Adapters Installation and Reference Manual

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Using the Brocade Adapter Software Installer

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Software removal using Adapter Software Uninstaller

Use the following steps to remove the adapter driver packages and HCM. Instructions are provided
for using the GUI-based or command-based Brocade Adapter Software Installer. Instructions are
provided for Windows, Solaris, and Linux systems.

Important notes

Review these notes for removing the Brocade adapter software from your system:

Use steps in this section to remove HCM.

Before removing adapter software, It is strongly recommended that you stop the HCM agent
and shut down the HCM application if it is running on your system. For instructions on stopping
the HCM Agent, refer to

“HCM Agent operations”

on page 112.

When removing HCM you may be prompted to backup existing configuration data. Refer to

“HCM configuration data”

on page 114 for more information.

Using the Brocade Software Uninstaller

Use the following steps to remove software that was installed with the GUI-based Brocade Adapter
Software Installer, native system scripts, and system commands. Instructions are provided for
Windows, Linux, and Solaris systems.

NOTE

Also use these procedures if HCM is installed on VMware and VMware operates as a “guest” on your
Windows system.

1. Perform one of the following steps depending on your host operating system:

For Windows systems, perform one of the following steps:

Select Brocade Adapter Software from the Windows Start menu, then select Uninstall
BROCADE Adapter Software.

To use the command line, use the following steps.

a. At the command line, change to the directory where the installer is located.

cd <install directory>\UninstallBrocade Adapter Software <version>

NOTE

The default <install directory> is C:\Program Files\BROCADE\Adapter.

b. Enter the following command to launch the Brocade Adapter Software Uninistaller.

Uninstall.bat

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