Uninstalling Elvis 4 Server – Home

Uninstalling Elvis 4 Server involves performing the following steps:

Backing up existing files
De-activating licenses
Uninstalling Elvis 4 Server

Steps on Windows

1. Backing up existing files

Create a backup of your installation by backing up the following locations:

Your Elvis/Config folder
Your Elvis/Hot Data folder
Your Elvis/Elvis Data folder
Your launch configuration

Note: Especially your Config folder can be useful in case you want to reinstall Elvis later.

2. De-activating licenses

Step 1. With Elvis Server running, access the Elvis Server License page.

Step 2. De-activate active the licenses. Wait for the confirmation message that the de-activation was successful.

The Elvis Actiation page before activation

3. Uninstalling Elvis 4 Server

Access the Elvis Server entry in the windows Start Menu, click Uninstall and follow the instructions.

Steps on Mac OS X

1. Backing up existing files

Create a backup of your installation by backing up the following locations:

Your Elvis/Config folder
Your Elvis/Hot Data folder
Your Elvis/Elvis Data folder
Your launch configuration

Note: Especially your Config folder can be useful in case you want to reinstall Elvis later.

2. De-activating licenses

Step 1. With Elvis Server running, access the Elvis Server License page.

Step 2. De-activate active licenses. Wait for the confirmation message that the de-activation was successful.

The Elvis Actiation page before activation

3. Uninstalling Elvis 4 Server

Return to the Elvis Server launcher, click Uninstall and follow the instructions.

The Elvis 5 uninstaller

The Elvis 5 uninstaller completed

Steps on Linux

1. Backing up existing files

Create a backup of your installation by backing up the following locations:

Your Elvis/Config folder
Your Elvis/Hot Data folder
Your Elvis/Elvis Data folder
Your launch configuration

Note: Especially your Config folder can be useful in case you want to reinstall Elvis later.

2. Unmounting file stores

Unmount any shared file store that you might have mounted on the Elvis Shared Data folder.

3. Removing files

Remove the files from the file system layout:

See File system layout in Installing Elvis server.

4. (Optional) Additional cleanup

(Optional) Start your cleanup of /var/tmp/ again (Elvis will have put some files there). See Installing Elvis server for information about /var/tmp cleanup.