Chapter 4. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Related Tasks
4.1. Removing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
You can use the
engine-cleanup
command to remove specific components or all components of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager.
Note
A backup of the engine database and a compressed archive of the PKI keys and configuration are always automatically created. These files are saved under
/var/lib/ovirt-engine/backups/
, and include the date and engine-
and engine-pki-
in their file names respectively.
Procedure 4.1. Removing the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager
- Run the following command on the machine on which the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager is installed:
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow engine-cleanup
# engine-cleanup
- You are prompted whether to remove all Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager components:
- Type
Yes
and press Enter to remove all components:Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow Do you want to remove all components? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
Do you want to remove all components? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
- Type
No
and press Enter to select the components to remove. You can select whether to retain or remove each component individually:Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow Do you want to remove Engine database content? All data will be lost (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove PKI keys? (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove PKI configuration? (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove Apache SSL configuration? (Yes, No) [No]:
Do you want to remove Engine database content? All data will be lost (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove PKI keys? (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove PKI configuration? (Yes, No) [No]: Do you want to remove Apache SSL configuration? (Yes, No) [No]:
- You are given another opportunity to change your mind and cancel the removal of the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager. If you choose to proceed, the
ovirt-engine
service is stopped, and your environment's configuration is removed in accordance with the options you selected.Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow During execution engine service will be stopped (OK, Cancel) [OK]: ovirt-engine is about to be removed, data will be lost (OK, Cancel) [Cancel]:OK
During execution engine service will be stopped (OK, Cancel) [OK]: ovirt-engine is about to be removed, data will be lost (OK, Cancel) [Cancel]:OK
- Remove the Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization packages:
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow yum remove rhevm* vdsm-bootstrap
# yum remove rhevm* vdsm-bootstrap