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Uninstalling AE Services updates and patches

About this task

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The file /opt/mvap/resources/index.dat contains the list the of RPMs that were installed in each update or patch.

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You cannot roll back or uninstall Linux security update patches.

Procedure

  1. Open an ssh session to the AE Services server and access an account with root privileges. See Opening an ssh session to AE Services for more information.
  2. From the command prompt, type swversion -a to find the number of the update or patch you want to remove.
  3. At the command prompt, type update -e patchnumber. The screen displays a list of all the RPMs to be uninstalled. The system prompts you for confirmation before it uninstalls these RPMs.
    • If you enter y, the system uninstalls the updates or patches. The system:

      • stops AE Services, Tomcat service, and DBService.

      • rolls back the RPMs specified in patchnumber.txt to the previous version.

      • restarts AE Services, Tomcat service, and DBService.

    • If you enter n, the update script exits.