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Chapter 4. Red Hat Virtualization Manager Related Tasks
4.1. Removing the Red Hat Virtualization Manager
You can use the
engine-cleanup
command to remove specific components or all components of the Red Hat 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 Virtualization Manager
- Run the following command on the machine on which the Red Hat Virtualization Manager is installed:
# engine-cleanup
- You are prompted whether to remove all Red Hat Virtualization Manager components:
- Type
Yes
and press Enter to remove all components: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: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 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
- Remove the Red Hat Virtualization packages:
# yum remove rhevm* vdsm-bootstrap