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.

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

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.

To remove a snapshot:

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.

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