Installation guide

Uninstalling NetIQ eDirectory 111
After performing an uninstallation of eDirectory or combination setup, delete the following folders:
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C:\Novell\NDS (default location, or else from the eDirectory installed directory)
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C:\Novell\NDS\Files (default location, or else from the eDirectory DIB location)
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<Windows Installed Drive>:\Program Files\Common Files\Novell\ni
 <Windows Installed Drive>:\Windows\system32\NDScpa.cpl
11.1.3 Uninstalling NICI
1 On the Windows server where eDirectory is installed, click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Add/
Remove Programs.
2 Select NICI from the list, then click Add/Remove.
3 Confirm that you want to remove NICI by clicking Ye s.
The Installation Wizard removes NICI from the server.
After uninstalling NICI, if you want to completely remove NICI from your system, delete the
C:\Windows\system32\novell\nici (32-bit) and C:\Windows\SysWOW64\novell\nici (64-bit)
subdirectory. You might need to take ownership of some of the files and directories to delete them.
WARNING: After the nici subdirectory has been removed, any data or information that was
previously encrypted with NICI will be lost.
11.1.4 Uninstalling Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 and Visual C++ 2012 Runtime
Libraries
If Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 and Visual C++ 2012 Runtime Libraries are not used by any other
products other than eDirectory, uninstall them by using the following procedure:
1 Navigate to Add/Remove Programs or Programs and Features on the Windows server where
eDirectory is installed.
2 Remove the following redistribution package:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Redistributable and Microsoft Visual C++ 2012
Redistributable (x64)
11.2 Uninstalling eDirectory on Linux
Use the nds-uninstall utility to uninstall eDirectory components from Linux computers. This
utility uninstalls eDirectory from the local host. You must deconfigure eDirectory server before
running
nds-uninstall . Run ndsconfig rm -a <admin FDN> to remove the eDirectory server. This
utility is available at
/opt/novell/eDirectory/sbin/nds-uninstall .
Note that you must not run
ndsconfig rm on an OES server.