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NetApp Data Classification

Uninstall NetApp Data Classification

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You can uninstall NetApp Data Classification to troubleshoot issues or to permanently remove the software from the host. Deleting the instance also deletes the associated disks where the indexed data resides, meaning all the information Data Classification has scanned will be permanently deleted.

The steps that you need to use depend on whether you deployed Data Classification in the cloud or on an on-premises host.

Uninstall Data Classification from a cloud provider

  1. From Data Classification, select Configuration.

  2. At the bottom of the configuration page, select Uninstall Classification.

    A screenshot of the button to uninstall Data Classification.

  3. In the dialog, enter "uninstall" to proceed with disconnecting the Data Clasification instance from the Console agent. Select Uninstall to confirm.

  4. In the Uninstall Classification dialog, type uninstall to confirm that you want to disconnect the Data Classification instance from the Console agent then select Uninstall.

  5. To finalize the uninstall process, go to your cloud provider's console and delete the Data Classification instance. The instance is named CloudCompliance with a generated hash (UUID) concatenated to it. For example: CloudCompliance-16bb6564-38ad-4080-9a92-36f5fd2f71c7

Uninstall Data Classification from an on-premises deployment

  1. From Data Classification, select Configuration.

  2. At the bottom of the configuration page, select Uninstall Classification.

    A screenshot of the button to uninstall Data Classification.

  3. In the dialog, enter "uninstall" to proceed with disconnecting the Data Clasification instance from the Console agent. Select Uninstall to confirm.

  4. To uninstall the software from the host, run the cleanup.sh script on the Data Classification host machine, for example:

    cleanup.sh

    The script is located in the /install/light_probe/onprem_installer/cleanup.sh directory.
    See how to log in to the Data Classification host machine.