Brocade Fabric Manager Administrator's Guide (53-10000196-01-HP, November 2006)

2-22 Fabric Manager Administrator’s Guide

Publication Number: 53-1000196-01-HP

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager Server

To upgrade the Fabric Manager server installation on Host2

1. Follow the steps in “To copy a Fabric Manager server installation” on page 2-21 to keep the same

version of Fabric Manager server on Host2.

2. Upgrade the Fabric Manager server version on Host2 as directed in “Installing the Fabric Manager

Server” on page 2-6.

Uninstalling the Fabric Manager Server

This section describes how to uninstall Fabric Manager from either a Windows, Solaris, or Linux

platform.

You must stop the Fabric Manager server, if it is running, before you uninstall it. Chapter 24, “Server

Management Console” describes how to stop the Fabric Manager server using the Server Management

Console.

You must restart your system after you uninstall Fabric Manager.

To uninstall the Fabric Manager server from Windows

1. Stop the Fabric Manager server, if it is running. See “Managing Fabric Manager Services” on

page 24-2 for instructions.

2. From the Start menu, click Programs > Fabric Manager > Uninstall Fabric Manager to launch

the uninstall wizard.

The Uninstall Fabric Manager wizard appears, as shown in Figure 2-11.

Note

After copying the Fabric Manager server installation from Host1 to Host2 and confirming that it is

working as expected on Host2, you might want to uninstall the Fabric Manager server installation from

Host1 so that your switches are polled by only one Fabric Manager server.

Note

Do not install a newer version of Fabric Manager on Host2 and then overwrite those files

by copying old files from Host1.