Uninstalling VAST Platform on Linux
Before you uninstall you should stop the following processes if they are running:
o EMSRV
o Environments
o Any running images
For more on the location of files in the installation, including
varoot and
mgrroot, see
file locations.
Before you uninstall VAST Platform, you should backup the installed library:
1. Make a copy of your existing library file using the following command. For example:
emadmin copy <mgrroot>/mgr1400.dat <destination filename> -p <password of user who started EMSRV>
2. Archive your library files, exports, and any other files that you may have added or customized for your site.
What Files Will Not be Uninstalled
1. If you are uninstalling a Standalone or Manager installation, the uninstall will only remove a file with the name of the original library which was installed with a new installation – mgr1400.dat for example – from the original installation directory
2. Files created by Environments will not be removed. Environments creates files in the following directories:
a. /home/<username>/Instantiations/VASTPlatform (private storage)
b. /home/<username>/Instantiations/VASTPlatform (user's files).
Files and directories may not be removed if you have an editor open in one of the directories affected or it is locked by some other process.
How to Uninstall
If you have the compressed file which you used to install VAST Platform, (e.g. VASTPlatform2025-14.0.0-linux-intel-64bit-deb.tar.gz ) you can decompress it, cd into it and start the installer by
1. On any Linux installation, as root, or by using the sudo command, execute
./vauninstall
2. You will be asked whether you want to remove the manager (mgr1400.dat) as well.
This uninstaller uninstalls the same configuration as was installed (client only, manager only or typical).
A more common way to uninstall VAST Platform is to run the uninstaller which specified the version and bitness as root. For example,
1. On any Linux installation, as root, or by using the sudo command, execute vauninstall_1400_32bit (vauninstall_1400_64bit for 64-bit installation).
2. You will be given the option to cancel the uninstall if you do not want to remove the mgr1400.dat. If you continue, this manager library will be deleted.
If you do not want to rely on user input during the uninstall and want to delete the mgr1400.dat, execute the following
vauninstall_1400_64bit --delete-manager
This will cause the working copy manager to be deleted silently. It also works for
sudo ./vauninstall --delete-manager
When VAST is installed, any Linux packages required for VAST Platform are automatically installed if they are missing. By default, the VAST uninstall process leaves all its required Linux packages in place since some of these may be required by other packages installed on your system. If you want to uninstall the required Linux packages along with VAST Platform, execute the following:
vauninstall_1400_64bit -- remove -required-packages
This will take the step of removing all the required packages added during the process of installing VAST. It also works for
sudo ./vauninstall -- remove -required-packages
Last modified date: 03/14/2025