2.5 HiRDB uninstallation procedure

Uninstall HiRDB only if you will no longer use HiRDB on the applicable server machine. Otherwise, you should not uninstall HiRDB.

Organization of this section
(1) Checking the status of the unit from which HiRDB is to be uninstalled
(2) Stopping the HiRDB service
(3) Uninstalling HiRDB
(4) Note

(1) Checking the status of the unit from which HiRDB is to be uninstalled

Before uninstalling HiRDB, check the status of the unit from which the HiRDB is to be uninstalled. On the applicable unit, execute the pdls -d ust command.

(2) Stopping the HiRDB service

Choose Control Panel, then Services to determine whether the HiRDB service to be uninstalled has started. If the HiRDB service has started, stop it, then uninstall the HiRDB.

(3) Uninstalling HiRDB

Before you uninstall HiRDB, make sure that all commands, utilities, applications, HiRDB Datareplicator, and HiRDB Dataextractor have stopped. If any of these programs is running, deletion of executable files and shared libraries may fail.

Note
Before uninstalling HiRDB, remove the port numbers and programs that HiRDB uses from the Windows Firewall exceptions list. They will not be removed correctly if this is done after uninstallation.
If the port numbers and programs were not removed from the exceptions list before uninstallation, you must reinstall HiRDB and then remove them from the exceptions list.
For details about removing items from the exceptions list, see 2.7 Removing items from the Windows Firewall exceptions list.
(a) Uninstalling HiRDB

To uninstall a HiRDB/Single Server:

  1. From Start, choose Programs, HiRDBSingleServer, then Uninstall HiRDBSingleServer.
    If Uninstall HiRDBSingleServer is not registered for the version, open Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs, then Install/Uninstall. From the list, select HiRDBSingleServer, and choose Add/Remove, then the OK button.
  2. Uninstallation begins. After a while, the message Do you want to delete shared files? may be displayed. In this case, choose No.
  3. When uninstallation is completed, the message Reinstall HiRDB/Single Server after restarting the computer is displayed. Choose the OK button.
  4. In the Remove Program from Computer dialog box, choose the OK button. Uninstallation is now completed.
    The following table describes the possible causes of uninstallation errors and the actions to be taken:
    Possible causeAction
    A command, utility, HiRDB Datareplicator, or HiRDB Dataextractor is running.Terminate the command, utility, HiRDB Datareplicator, or HiRDB Dataextractor that is running, then re-execute uninstallation.
    Other (such as an error)See the message output to the event log, eliminate the cause of the error, then re-execute uninstallation.
  5. Even after HiRDB is uninstalled, the directories and files created after installation remain in the installation directory. If you were using the default installation directory, use a program such as Explorer to delete the hirdb_s subdirectory from the C:\win32app\hitachi directory. If you have not uninstalled HiRDB Control Manager - Agent, uninstall it and then delete the hirdb_s subdirectory.
(b) Uninstalling a HiRDB/Parallel Server

To uninstall a HiRDB/Parallel Server, execute the uninstallation procedure at all server machines that constitute the HiRDB/Parallel Server.

To uninstall a HiRDB/Parallel Server:

  1. From Start, choose Programs, HiRDBParallelServer, then Uninstall HiRDBParallelServer.
    If Uninstall HiRDBParallelServer is not registered for the version, open Control Panel, choose Add/Remove Programs, then Install/Uninstall. From the list, select HiRDBParallelServer, and choose Add/Remove, then the OK button.
  2. Uninstallation begins. After a while, the message Do you want to delete shared files? may be displayed. In this case, choose No.
  3. When uninstallation is completed, the message Reinstall HiRDB/Parallel Server after restarting the computer is displayed. Choose the OK button.
  4. In the Remove Program from Computer dialog box, choose the OK button. Uninstallation is now completed.
    The following table describes the possible causes of uninstallation errors and the actions to be taken:
    Possible causeAction
    A command, utility, HiRDB Datareplicator, or HiRDB Dataextractor is running.Terminate the command, utility, HiRDB Datareplicator, or HiRDB Dataextractor that is running, then re-execute uninstallation.
    Other (such as an error)See the message output to the event log, eliminate the cause of the error, then re-execute uninstallation.
  5. Even after HiRDB is uninstalled, the directories and files created after installation remain in the installation directory. If you were using the default installation directory, use a program such as Explorer to delete the hirdb_p subdirectory from the C:\win32app\hitachi directory. If you have not uninstalled HiRDB Control Manager - Agent, uninstall it and then delete the hirdb_p subdirectory.

(4) Note

Files might be left in the HiRDB directory after HiRDB is uninstalled. If so, delete them.