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Uninstall the Existing Release of CA Strong Authentication Components

Uninstall the existing release of CA Strong Authentication, and un-deploy the CA Advanced Authentication and UDS that are installed on the application server.

Note: If the instructions given in this section do not match the uninstallation options, follow the uninstallation instructions that are given in the installation guide for your existing release of CA Strong Authentication.

Follow these steps:

  1. Uninstall the existing CA Strong Authentication by performing the following steps:
    1. Stop the CA Strong Authentication Server.
    2. Delete the DSN entry by using the following steps:
      1. Navigate to Control Panel, Administrative Tools.
      2. Open Data Sources (ODBC).
      3. Click the Select System DSN tab.
      4. Select the required DSN, and click Remove.
    3. Verify that the INI files are not open in any editor.
    4. Navigate to %ARCOT_HOME%\Uninstall_Arcot WebFort\ directory.
    5. Double-click the Uninstall Arcot WebFort.exe file.
    6. Select Complete Uninstall.
    7. Click Done to complete uninstallation.
  2. Delete the <install_location>\Arcot Systems\ folder.
  3. Uninstall the following web applications from the application server:

    Note: For a distributed-system deployment of CA Strong Authentication, locate these files on the system where you have deployed the particular application.

  4. Un-deploy the CA Advanced Authentication and the User Data Service WAR files from the application server.

    Clear the cache of the application server.

  5. Verify that the Zero G Registry folder is deleted. During the installation, this hidden folder is created in the parent folder of the %ARCOT_HOME% folder.