Chapter 3. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Related Tasks
3.1. Removing the Red Hat Virtualization Manager Copy linkLink copied to clipboard!
You can use the engine-cleanup
command to remove specific components or all components of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager.
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.
Removing the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
Run the following command on the machine on which the Red Hat Virtualization Manager is installed:
engine-cleanup
# engine-cleanup
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow - You are prompted whether to remove all Red Hat Virtualization Manager components:
Type
Yes
and pressEnter
to remove all components:Do you want to remove all components? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
Do you want to remove all components? (Yes, No) [Yes]:
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No
and pressEnter
to select the components to remove. You can select whether to retain or remove each component individually: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]:
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow You are given another opportunity to change your mind and cancel the removal of the Red Hat 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.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
Copy to Clipboard Copied! Toggle word wrap Toggle overflow Remove the Red Hat Virtualization packages:
yum remove rhvm* vdsm-bootstrap
# yum remove rhvm* vdsm-bootstrap
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