Appendix C. Removing the standalone Red Hat Virtualization Manager

The engine-cleanup command removes all components of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager and automatically backs up the following:

the Grafana database, in /var/lib/grafana/
the Manager database in /var/lib/ovirt-engine/backups/
a compressed archive of the PKI keys and configuration in /var/lib/ovirt-engine/backups/

Backup file names include the date and time.

Warning

You should use this procedure only on a standalone installation of the Red Hat Virtualization Manager.

Procedure

Run the following command on the Manager machine:
```
# engine-cleanup
```
The Manager service must be stopped before proceeding. You are prompted to confirm. Enter OK to proceed:
```
During execution engine service will be stopped (OK, Cancel) [OK]:
```
You are prompted to confirm that you want to remove all Manager components. Enter OK to remove all components, or Cancel to exit engine-cleanup:
```
All the installed ovirt components are about to be removed, data will be lost (OK, Cancel) [Cancel]: OK
```
engine-cleanup details the components that are removed, and the location of backup files.
Remove the Red Hat Virtualization packages:
```
# dnf remove rhvm* vdsm-bootstrap
```