Uninstalling HP Insight Management Agents on multiple remote servers using HP SIM

You can configure HP SIM to contain a tool that executes a command line program on multiple target servers to uninstall the HP Insight Management Agents for Windows® (6.30 or later).

To configure HP SIM to contain the Uninstall Agents Tool:

1. Create a folder.
   • For HP SIM running on a Windows Server®, save the folder on the C drive, and name it c:\hpagun.

     If you use a different drive or folder, edit the agents-uninstall.xml file and replace c:\hpagun in the following line with the drive and folder used:

     <source>c:\hpagun\UninstallAgents.exe</source>

   • For HP SIM running on an HP-UX or Linux server, create the folder hpagun under /tmp/ (for example, /tmp/hpagun).
2. Copy the following files to the server running HP SIM.

   These files are located in the \AgentUninstall directory of the Insight Provider documentation:

   • agents-uninstall.xml—Contains information that allows HP SIM to add the Uninstall Agents Tool to its menu system.
     • For HP SIM running on a Windows Server®, copy the agents-uninstall.xml file to the C:\Program Files\HP\Systems Insight Manager\Tools folder.
     • For HP SIM running on an HP-UX or Linux server, copy the agents-uninstall.xml file to the /var/opt/mx/tools folder. Edit the agents-uninstall.xml file, and then replace the following command line:

       <source>c:\hpagun\UninstallAgents.exe</source> to <source>/tmp/hpagun/UninstallAgents.exe</source>

   • UninstallAgents.exe—Is used to perform the uninstall of SNMP agents on each target system. Copy UninstallAgents.exe to the c:\hpagun folder (/tmp/hpagun folder on HP-UX or Linux HP SIM CMS systems). You can place the executable file into a different folder, but you must edit the agents-uninstall.xml file to replace the reference to c:\hpagun with the folder you want to use.
3. From the folder where the agents-uninstall.xml file resides, run the following command:

   mxtool -a -f agents-uninstall.xml

   When the Uninstall Agents Tool is added to HP SIM, the following messages appear:

   Successfully parsed tools file.

   Successfully added tool named "Uninstall HP Insight Management Agents"

   Successfully added 1 tool

4. Verify that OpenSSH is installed on the target servers.

   If OpenSSH is not installed, install it on the target servers:

   1. From the HP SIM menu, select Deploy > Deploy Drivers, Firmware, and Agents.
   2. Select Install OPENSSH.
   3. Follow the instructions to install OpenSSH on the target servers.
5. After OpenSSH is installed, configure HP SIM to authenticate the managed systems by choosing one of the following options:
   • Execute the following command from an HP SIM CLI prompt:

     mxagentconfig -a [-n hostname] [-u login user name] [-p password]

   • From the HP Systems Insight Manager menu, to configure the target systems, select Configure > Configure or Repair Agents.

     For more information, use the help system.

6. Execute the Identify Systems task for all nodes by selecting Options > Identify Systems, selecting the target nodes, and then executing the task.

To run the Uninstall Agents Tool from HP SIM:

1. Use a web browser to log in to the HP SIM console.
2. From the HP SIM menu, select Deploy > Deploy Drivers, Firmware, and Agents.
3. Select Uninstall HP Insight Management Agents.
4. Select the list of target servers to remove Agents from, and then click Apply.
5. To confirm the list of target servers, click Next.
6. To remove Agents from the target servers, click Run Now.

   The Uninstall Agents Tool displays the task results in the Stdout results area.