Uninstalling All Agents

If necessary, you can uninstall all agents from computers in the Managed Computers list of an Agent Manager. This task is typically performed as part of removing the product from your enterprise.

If you remove agents from monitored computers, data is no longer collected, rules are not evaluated, and information is not stored in the database for those computers.

Note

• An Agent Manager cannot uninstall agents that were manually installed, such as outside a firewall, unless the Agent Manager has been granted control of the agents. For more information about uninstalling manually installed agents, see the Installation Guide.

To permanently remove all agents from computers in the Managed Computers list of an Agent Manager:

1. Expand Microsoft Operations Manager (default) in the left pane.
2. Expand Configuration in the left pane.
3. Click Agent Managers in the left pane.
4. In the right pane, click the Agent Manager whose agents you wish to remove.
5. Click Action on the menu bar.
6. Click Modify Managed Computer Rules on the Action menu.
7. Click a rule on the Managed Computer Rules tab.
8. Click Delete.
9. Repeat Steps 7 and 8 for every rule.
10. In the right pane, click the Agent Manager with agents you wish to remove.
11. Click Action on the menu bar.
12. Click All Tasks on the Action menu.
13. Click Uninstall Agents.
14. If you want to remove all agents from all Agent Managers in the configuration group, repeat steps 3 through 14 for every Agent Manager.

Note

• If you do not delete the Managed Computer rules, the agents you remove will be reinstalled at the next Managed Computer scan.