To uninstall an auxiliary server

Description

The following steps describe how to remove the NFM-P auxiliary server software from a station.

Note: In a redundant NFM-P system, you must uninstall the auxiliary servers in the following order:

Note: You require the following user privileges on the auxiliary server station:

Note: The following RHEL CLI prompts in command lines denote the active user, and are not to be included in typed commands:

Steps
 
1 

Stop the auxiliary server.

  1. Log in to the auxiliary server station as the nsp user.

  2. Open a console window.

  3. Enter the following:

    bash$ cd /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver/nms/bin ↵

  4. Enter the following:

    bash$ ./auxnmsserver.bash auxstop ↵

  5. Enter the following:

    bash$ ./auxnmsserver.bash auxappserver_status ↵

    The auxiliary server is stopped when the following message is displayed:

    Auxiliary Server is stopped 

    If the command output indicates that the server is not completely stopped, wait five minutes and then re-enter the command in this step to check the server status.

    Do not proceed to the next step until the server is completely stopped.

2 

Enter the following to switch to the root user:

bash$ su - ↵

3 

Enter the following commands in sequence to remove the NFM-P packages:

# dnf remove nsp-nfmp-aux-server ↵

# dnf remove nsp-nfmp-config ↵

# dnf remove nsp-nfmp-jre ↵

# dnf remove nsp-nfmp-nodeexporter ↵

After you enter a command, the dnf utility resolves any dependencies and displays the following prompt:

Installed size: nn G 

Is this ok [y/N]: 

4 

Enter y. The following is displayed:

Downloading Packages:

Running transaction check

Transaction check succeeded.

Running transaction test

Transaction test succeeded.

Running transaction

Uninstalling the NFM-P package...

As each package removal completes, the following is displayed:

Complete!

5 

Return to Step 4 as required to remove the next package in the sequence.

6 

When all packages are removed, enter the following to reboot the auxiliary server station:

# systemctl reboot ↵

The station reboots.

7 

Remove the /opt/nsp/nfmp/auxserver directory and contents.

End of steps