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How to Uninstall CA Software Compliance Manager

To enable SAM capabilities when CA APM is integrated with CA Software Compliance Manager (CA SCM), uninstall CA SCM.

Note: Verify that all users have logged out from CA SCM. Any user who does not log out from the product before the uninstallation begins receives an error when attempting to complete a task.

Follow these steps to uninstall CA SCM 12.0:

  1. Log in to the computer on which you installed CA SCM 12.0.
  2. Uninstall the CA SCM Release 12.0 cumulative patches, if any, through the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
  3. Log in to the CA APM application server where you installed CA APM Release 12.8.
  4. Navigate to the folder where you installed CA APM Release 12.8.
  5. Copy the SWCM12.0Uninstall folder and all of its contents to a temporary location on each computer (except the database server) where you installed CA SCM 12.0.

    Example of temporary location:

    C:\Windows\Temp
  6. Navigate to the Uninstall folder in the temporary location on the CA SCM 12.0 computer.
  7. Start the uninstallation by double-clicking the SWCM_Uninstall.bat file.
  8. Follow the on-screen instructions in the uninstallation process.

    The uninstallation runs and successfully removes all installed CA SCM 12.0 components, except CA Business Intelligence BusinessObjects Enterprise, CA EEM, CA MDB, and the Content Import Client.

Follow these steps to uninstall CA SCM 12.6:

Note: For the standard and demonstration installation, complete these steps on each computer (except the database server) on which you installed CA SCM 12.6.

  1. Log in to the computer on which you installed CA SCM 12.6.
  2. Uninstall the CA SCM Release 12.6 cumulative patches, if any, through the Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs.
  3. Navigate to the Uninstall folder where CA SCM 12.6 is installed.

    Example:

    C:\Program Files\CA\SWCM\Uninstall
  4. Start the uninstallation by double-clicking the SWCM_Uninstall.bat file.
  5. Follow the on-screen instructions in the uninstallation process.

    The uninstallation runs and successfully removes all installed CA SCM 12.6 components, except CA Business Intelligence BusinessObjects Enterprise, CA EEM, CA MDB, and the Content Import Client.