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Uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Silently

CA ARCserve Central Applications lets you uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager silently. A silent installation eliminates the need for user interaction. The following steps describe how to uninstall the application silently using Windows Command Line.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the computer where you want to uninstall the application.

   Note: Log in using an administrative account or an account with administrative privileges.

2. Open the Windows Command Line and execute the following command to start the silent uninstallation process:

   <INSTALLDIR>%\Setup\uninstall.exe /q /p <ProductCode>
   

   Or,

   <INSTALLDIR>%\Setup\uninstall.exe /q /ALL
   

   Example: The following syntax lets you uninstall the application silently.

   "%ProgramFiles%\CA\ARCserve Central Applications\Setup\uninstall.exe" /q /p {CAED05FE-D895-4FD5-B964-001928BD2D62}
   

   Usage:

   <INSTALLDIR>

   Lets you specify the directory where the application is installed.

   Note: Execute the syntax that corresponds with the architecture of the operating system on the computer.

   <ProductCode>

   Lets you specify the application to uninstall silently. Use the following product codes to uninstall CA ARCserve Central Applications silently.

   CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager

   {CAED05FE-D895-4FD5-B964-001928BD2D62}
   

   CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup

   {CAED49D3-0D3C-4C59-9D99-33AFAF0C7126}
   

   CA ARCserve Central Reporting

   {CAED8DA9-D9A8-4F63-8689-B34DEEEEC542}
   

   CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby

   {CAED4835-964B-484B-A395-E2DF12E6F73D}
   

The application is uninstalled silently.

Release Policy Control to the CA ARCserve D2D Nodes

The process of uninstalling CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager does not unassign the backup policies from the CA ARCserve D2D nodes. This behavior prevents you from specifying backup settings directly on the CA ARCserve D2D nodes after you uninstall Protection Manager. As a best practice, you can unassign all policies from the nodes to which they are assigned before you uninstall the application. When you do not exercise this practice, you can release policy control to the nodes using a utility designed specifically for this purpose.

Follow these steps:

1. Log in to the CA ARCserve D2D node.
2. Open Windows Command Line and change to the following directory:

   C:\Program Files\CA\ARCserve D2D\BIN
   

3. Execute ARCCentralAppMgrUtility.exe using the following syntax:

   ARCCentralAppMgrUtility.exe -clean pm|hbvb|vs [-debug]
   

   pm|hbvb|vs

   Defines the application that you want to release from control of the CA ARCserve D2D node. Specify one of the following arguments:

   pm

   CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager

   hbvb

   CA ARCserve Central Host-Based VM Backup

   vs

   CA ARCserve Central Virtual Standby

   -debug

   The -debug option is not required. With this option specified, the utility generates a debug log file that is stored in the following directory:

   <D2D_Home>\Log\ARCCentralAppMgrUtility.log
   

   Example: The following example describes the syntax to release policy control to the node.

   ARCCentralAppMgrUtility.exe -clean pm
   

The policy control is released to the node.