Removing a snapshot with the deployment utility

Use the deployment utility to remove a snapshot that was originally deployed by the deployment utility. In addition, you can use this utility to remove the user who owns the installation from the operating system.

Before you begin

Windows™: You must have Windows administrator privileges to remove the snapshot or remove the user and group objects.

UINX, Linux™: You must have root privileges or be the non-root owner of the installation.

You must have the IDSFILES.txt file in the etc subdirectory of the installation path.

About this task

To remove a snapshot:

Procedure

Run the ifxdeploy command with the uninstallation options on the computer where the snapshot is deployed.

See The ifxdeploy command: The deployment utility for details about the command syntax.

Example

The following command is an example of how to use the deployment utility to remove a snapshot and to display runtime status messages:

Windows:

ifxdeploy -UNINSTALL -i C:\tmp\informix --verbose

UNIX, Linux:

ifxdeploy -UNINSTALL -i /tmp/informix --verbose

The following is an example of how to uninstall a snapshot and to remove user informix and the administrative group (Windows) or the user who owns the installation (UNIX, Linux):

Windows:

ifxdeploy -UNINSTALL -i C:\tmp\informix --deluser

UNIX, Linux:

ifxdeploy -UNINSTALL -i /tmp/informix --deluser