Use one of the following procedures to uninstall an Operations Manager 2007 agent from an agent-managed computer.
To uninstall the agent by using the Operations console
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Log on to the computer with an account that is a member of the Operations Manager Administrators role for the Operations Manager 2007 management group.
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In the Operations console, click the Administration button.
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In the Administration pane, expand Administration, expand Device Management, and then click Agent Managed.
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In the Agent Managed pane, select the computers for which you want to uninstall the agent, right-click them, and then select Uninstall.
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In the Uninstall Agents dialog box, either leave Use selected Management Server Action Account selected or do the following:
- Select Other user account.
- Type the User name and Password, and type or
select the Domain from the list. Select This is a local
computer account, not a domain account if the account is a
local computer account.
Important The account must have administrative rights on the computer or the uninstall will fail. - Click Uninstall.
- Select Other user account.
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In the Agent Management Task Status dialog box, the Status for each selected computer changes from Queued to Success.
Note If the task fails for a computer, click the computer, and you can read the reason for the failure in the Task Output text box. -
Click Close.
To uninstall the agent by using the MOMAgent.msi agent setup wizard
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Log on to a managed computer with an account that is a member of the administrators security group for the computer.
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In Add or Remove Programs, click Remove for System Center Operations Manager 2007 Agent, and then click Yes.
Note The Agent Setup Wizard can also be run by double-clicking MOMAgent.msi, which is available on the Operations Manager 2007 installation media.
To uninstall the agent by using MOMAgent.msi from the command line
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Log on to the managed computer with an account that is a member of the administrators security group for the computer.
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Open the command window.
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At the prompt, for example, type the following:
%WinDir%\System32\msiexec.exe /x <path>\MOMAgent.msi /qb
Note For more information about Windows Installer command-line options, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70004.
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