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How to Remove the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint

To remove the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint, complete the following procedures:

  1. Remove the Claims Provider from SharePoint.
  2. Run the SharePoint Connection wizard to delete your SharePoint Connection.
  3. Perform the following steps on your SharePoint central administration server:
    1. Remove the trusted identity provider from any web applications using it.
    2. Remove the Trusted Identity Provider from SharePoint.
  4. Remove the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint.
  5. (Optional) Remove Policy Server Objects from the Policy Store.

Remove Claims Provider

You can remove the Claims Provider from the computer hosting SharePoint Central Administrative by completing the following procedure.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Start, Control Panel, Programs, Uninstall a program.

    The Uninstall or change a program page appears.

  2. Select CA CA SiteMinder® Claims Provider for SharePoint.
  3. Click Uninstall.
  4. Read the confirmation information and click Uninstall.
  5. Click Done.

The Claims Provider is removed from your system.

Delete a SharePoint Connection

Follow these steps:

  1. Perform the following:
    1. Navigate to the following directory: 
      Agent-for-SharePoint_home/sharepoint_connection_wizard
    2. Right-click the executable and select Run as administrator.

      The SharePoint Connection wizard starts.

    1. Navigate to the following directory: 
      Agent-for-SharePoint_home/sharepoint_connection_wizard
    2. Enter one of the following commands: 
      Solaris: sh ./ca-spconnect-12.0-sp3-sol.bin

      Linux: sh ./ca-spconnect-12.0-sp3-rhel30.bin

      The SharePoint Connection wizard starts.

  2. Click Next.

    The Login Details screen appears.

  3. Enter the following login details to connect to the Policy Server.
    Policy Server Name

    Specifies the Policy Server name or IP address.

    Username

    Specifies the Policy Server administrator username.

    Password

    Specifies the Policy Server administrator password.

    Agent Name

    Specifies the Agent-4x. The connection with the Policy Server is established using the details given in the Agent Name.

    Shared Secret Key

    Specifies the shared secret key associated with the Agent.

  4. Click Next

    The Select Action screen appears.

  5. Select Delete a SharePoint connection option.
  6. Click Next.

    The Delete from list screen appears.

  7. Select the items from the list and click Delete.
  8. Click Next.

    The Commit details screen appears.

  9. Click Install.

    The Save complete screen appears.

  10. Click Done.

    The partnership details are saved, the SharePoint Connection is deleted, and the wizard closes.

More information:

SharePoint Connection Wizard Information Worksheet

Remove the Trusted Identity Provider from any Web Applications Using it

A trusted identity provider cannot be removed from SharePoint while any web applications are using it. Before you remove the trusted identity provider itself, remove the association between the CA SiteMinder® trusted identity provider and any of your web agents using it.

Follow these steps:

  1. Log in to your SharePoint central administration server.
  2. Click Start, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, SharePoint 2010 Central Administration.

    The Central Administration home page opens.

  3. Under Application Management, click Manage web applications.

    The web application management page opens.

  4. Click the line corresponding to the name of a web application using the CA SiteMinder® trusted identity provider.

    The web application is selected.

  5. On the ribbon, click Authentication Providers.

    The Authentication Providers dialog appears.

  6. In the Authentication Providers dialog, click the link that corresponds to the zone of your web application. For example, if the web application using the CA SiteMinder® trusted identity provider is in the Intranet zone, click the Intranet link.

    The Edit Authentication page appears.

  7. Under Claims Authentication types, clear all Trusted Identity provider check boxes.
  8. Click Save.

    The CA SiteMinder® trusted identity provider is removed from the web application in the zone.

  9. Repeat Steps 3 through 8 for all web applications and the zones using the CA SiteMinder® trusted identity provider.

    The trusted identity provider is removed from all web applications and their respective zones.

More information:

Resolve Firewall Issues with the Connection Wizard

Remove Trusted Identity Provider

You can perform the following procedure to remove the trusted identity provider for SharePoint using Windows PowerShell.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Start, All Programs, Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products, SharePoint 2010 Management Shell.

    The Microsoft PowerShell command prompt appears.

  2. Enter following command: 
    Remove-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer -Identity
    -Identity

    Specifies the name of the identity provider to remove.

    Example: Remove-SPTrustedIdentityTokenIssuer TestSTS

    The trusted identity provider for SharePoint is removed.

Note: If you re-create a Trusted Identity Provider, verify that a hash precedes the 'New-SPTrustedRootAuthority' line in the powershell script. As the certificates (signing, root CA, and intermediate CA) are not removed, modify the powershell script by adding hash to avoid certificate errors.

Remove from Windows

You can remove the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint from your Windows system by performing the following procedure.

Follow these steps:

  1. Select Start, Control Panel.
  2. Select Programs, Uninstall a program.
  3. Select CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint version.
  4. Click Uninstall/Change.
  5. Read the confirmation information and click Uninstall.
  6. Click Finish.

    The uninstall confirmation screen appears.

  7. Select one of the following options:
  8. Click Done.

Note: If you have modified any of the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint files such as server.conf, the uninstall program does not remove these files or their parent folders.

Remove from UNIX

Use the following procedure to uninstall the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint from a UNIX system.

Follow these steps:

  1. Open a console window.
  2. Navigate to the root installation directory.
  3. Run the following program at the command prompt: 
    ./ca-spagent-uninstall.sh

Note: If you have modified any CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint files, such as server.conf, the uninstall program does not remove these files or their parent folders automatically. Remove any files and folders for files you have changed.

(Optional) Delete Policy Store Objects

If you do not intend to use the Policy Store objects after removing the CA SiteMinder® Agent for SharePoint, delete the objects using the CA SiteMinder® Administrative UI.

Note: Your administrative privileges determine the objects you can access.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click tab, Policy Server category.

    Example: Click Infrastructure, Authentication.

  2. Click Policy Server object, Delete Policy Server object.

    The Delete Object pane opens.

    Example: Click Authentication Scheme, Delete Authentication Scheme.

    The Delete Authentication Scheme pane opens.

  3. Specify search criteria, and click Search.

    A list of objects that match the search criteria opens.

  4. Select an object from the list, and click Select.

    A confirmation pane opens.

    Note: You can select more than one object at a time.

  5. Click Yes.

    The Delete Object task is submitted for processing.