Removing the Software

If you have created keystores (refer to “Managing Keystores With vcaadm” on page 69), you must delete the keystore information that the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board is configured with before removing the software. The zeroize command removes all key material, but does not delete the keystore files which are stored in the filesystem of the physical host in which the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board is installed. Refer to the “Zeroizing a Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 Board” on page 80 for details on the zeroize command. To delete the keystore files stored in the system, become superuser and remove the keystore files. If you have not yet created any keystores, you can skip this procedure.

Caution You must not delete a keystore that is currently in use or that is shared by other users and keystores. To free references to keystores, you might have to shut down the web server and/or administration server.

Caution Before removing the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 software you must disable any web servers you have enabled for use with the Sun Crypto Accelerator 4000 board. Failure to do so will leave those web servers nonfunctional.

To Remove the Software

As superuser, use the pkgrm command to remove only the software packages you installed.

Caution Installed packages must be removed in the order shown. Failure to remove them in this order could result in dependency warnings and leave kernel modules loaded.

If you installed all the packages, you would remove them as follows:

#pkgrm SUNWkcl2o SUNWvcav SUNWvcar SUNWkcl2a SUNWkcl2u SUNWkcl2r SUNWvcamn SUNWkcl2m SUNWkcl2i SUNWvcaa SUNWvcafw SUNWvcau

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4000 specifications

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