13 Uninstalling Oracle GoldenGate Veridata

Log on to the system as a user who has privileges to uninstall files.

Stop all running comparisons, or wait until they are finished.

Stop all Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Web client sessions.

Stop Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Server. See Section 9.2, "Starting and Stopping the Java-Based Components."

If you intend to drop the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata database repository, start the repository database.

Run the uninstall program from the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata directory:

• UNIX and Linux: Using an X-windows or an X-windows emulation program, run uninstall.sh from the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata installation directory.

• Windows: From the Start menu, go to the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata program folder, and select Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Uninstaller. Alternatively, you can run the uninstall.exe executable file from the installation directory.

The uninstaller operates in the same way on Windows, UNIX, and Linux.

By default, the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata repository is not removed, so that user data is preserved. To drop the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata repository, select:

• (Oracle) Yes, drop the user/schema. Supply the login of the database user or schema that owns the repository.

• (Other databases) Yes, drop the database and Yes, drop the user or Yes, drop the login (whichever applies to the database type). Supply authentication credentials that have privileges to drop database objects. In the case of Microsoft SQL Server, you can use integrated login if the data source configuration accepts it.

Click Next to confirm and start the uninstall processing.

Click Finish to exit the uninstaller program.

(Optional) Remove the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata installation directory. The uninstall program does not remove files in this directory that were created by other programs. Logs are an example of such files.

Log on to the system as a user who has privileges to uninstall files.

Stop all running comparisons, or wait until they are finished.

Stop the agent process (see Section 9.2, "Starting and Stopping the Java-Based Components").

From the Start menu, go to the Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Agent program folder, and then select Oracle GoldenGate Veridata Agent Uninstaller. Alternatively, you can run the uninstall_veridata_agent.exe executable file from the installation directory.

Click Next on the welcome screen to start the removal process.

One of two messages is displayed, depending on whether the agent is still running. A running agent could indicate that server processes still are using this agent. Click Next to continue with the uninstallation process or click Quit to cancel it. If you continue with the uninstallation, the status is displayed.

Click Finish to exit the uninstaller program.

(Optional) Remove the Oracle GoldenGate VeridataAgent installation directory. The uninstall program does not remove files in this directory that were created by other programs. Logs are an example of such files.

Log on to the system as a user who has privileges to uninstall files.

Stop all running comparisons, or wait until they are finished.

Stop the agent process (see Section 9.2, "Starting and Stopping the Java-Based Components").

Remove the files in the agent installation directory.

Log on to the system as a user who has privileges to uninstall files.

Stop all running comparisons, or wait until they are finished.

From the agent installation location, run GGSCI. The default location is GoldenGate_Veridata/agent.

In GGSCI, issue the following command to stop the Manager process.

STOP MANAGER

Shutting down the Manager process prevents new agent processes from being started by the server component, if it is still running.

(Optional) Remove the files that are in the installation location.

(Optional, NonStop) Purge any copies of the file named $*.*.VSNSERV.