Uninstalling EAServer

This section describes how to uninstall EAServer from the Windows Control Panel:

  1. Verify that EAServer is shut down before you uninstall EAServer.

  2. If you plan to reinstall EAServer, make backup copies of files you may want to reuse, such as the DB, INI, and PBL files.

  3. Select Add/Remove Programs from the Control Panel.

  4. Select the Install/Uninstall tab.

  5. Highlight the Sybase EAServer 5.2 entry and click the Add/Remove button. This launches the Sybase Uninstaller. Click Next from the Sybase Uninstaller wizard.

  6. To view the features you are uninstalling, select the View the Uninstall Summary Panel check box.

  7. If the install created a new installation of Sybase Central 4.3, you have the option of removing it. Do not remove Sybase Central if it is used by other EAServer 5.x installations or by other Sybase software such as Adaptive Server Enterprise 12.5.1. To remove Sybase Central, select this option. Click next.

  8. If you selected the View the Uninstall Summary Panel check box, the features to be uninstalled are displayed. Review the list and click Next.

  9. The uninstaller displays a message when it has uninstalled EAServer. Click Finish.

NoteThe uninstaller does not remove any server or user created files from an installation upgrade, such as log files, repository files, stubs, skeletons, and temporary work files, or backup files created during the install process. You can manually remove these files after running the uninstaller.