When you decide that you no longer require an individual plug-in or a plug-in package, you can uninstall it using the SnapCenter interface.
About this task
You can uninstall an individual plug-in. For example, you might need to uninstall the
SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere because a host is running out of resources and you want to move that plug-in to a more powerful host. You can also uninstall an entire plug-in package. For example, you might need to uninstall the
SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux, which includes
SnapCenter Plug-in for Oracle Database and
SnapCenter Plug-in for UNIX.
- Removing a host includes uninstalling all plug-ins
When you remove a host from SnapCenter, SnapCenter uninstalls all the plug-in packages on the host before removing the host.
- SnapCenter GUI removes plug-ins from one host at a time
When you use the SnapCenter GUI, you can uninstall plug-ins on only one host at a time. However, you can have several uninstall operations running at the same time.
You can also uninstall a plug-in from multiple hosts by using the command-line interface (CLI).
- Uninstalling SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere
- When you uninstall SnapCenter Plug-in for VMware vSphere, the plug-in is also unregistered with vCenter.
- If you installed the Plug-in for VMware vSphere manually, then you must do one of the following:
- Manually uninstall the plug-in.
- Manually set up Run As credentials and then use the SnapCenter Server GUI to uninstall.
Attention: Uninstalling the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows from a host on which the SnapCenter Server is installed will damage the SnapCenter Server installation. Do not uninstall the SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Windows unless you are certain that you no longer require the SnapCenter Server.
After you finish
After you uninstall a plug-in, you must wait for 5 minutes before you
reinstall the plug-in on that host. This time period is sufficient for the SnapCenter GUI to refresh the status of the managed host. The
installation fails if you immediately reinstall the plug-in.
If you are uninstalling SnapCenter Plug-ins Package for Linux, uninstallation-specific log files are available at: /custom_location/snapcenter/logs.