Appendix A Uninstalling StorNext
Uninstalling StorNext on Unix and Linux
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Uninstalling SNSM and
SNFS 1To uninstall StorNext File System and Storage Manager on an MDC
running Unix or Linux, run the installation script with the -remove option.
To launch the script, use the correct StorNext installation CD for your
operating system.
1Log on to the MDC as root.
2Mount the StorNext installation CD and change to the CD root
directory.
3List the installation directories on the CD. At the command prompt,
type:
ls -l
4Identify the correct installation directory for your operating system
and hardware platform, and then change to that directory.
For example, for Red Hat Linux 4 running on an x86 64-bit platform,
change to the RedHat40AS_26x86_64 directory.
5Do one of the following:
• To uninstall StorNext Storage Manager and File System, at the
command prompt, type:
./install.stornext -remove
• To uninstall StorNext File System, at the command prompt, type:
./install.snfs -remove
The installation script runs (figure 58).
Note: When you mount a CD in a Red hat 4 or 5 system, CDs are
mounted by default with a noexec (non-executable) option
which prevents you from proceeding with the installation.
For Red Hat users only, before proceeding you must
remount the CD by typing mount -o remount, exec ...