How to remove Dashboard Server SCOM Edition
Before you remove Dashboard Server SCOM Edition you should ensure you have a full working backup, see How to backup and restore Dashboard Server SCOM Edition.
What happens when you remove Dashboard Server SCOM Edition?
Removing Dashboard Server SCOM Edition will remove all your dashboards.
If you will be reinstalling Dashboard Server SCOM Edition you may not be able to reuse your activation key without help from SquaredUp Support.
Options for removing Dashboard Server SCOM Edition
You can remove all instances of Dashboard Server SCOM Edition by using the Dashboard Server SCOM Editionuninstaller
(if you have different product versions installed, the v4 uninstaller will remove only v4 instances and the v5 uninstaller will only remove v5 instances) You can remove selected instances directly from IIS.
Removing selected instances in IIS
If you have several instances of Dashboard Server SCOM Edition, you can individually remove the instances you no longer need, leaving those you want to keep.
Use this method if:
- You wish to remove selected instances of Dashboard Server SCOM Edition, leaving other instances.
- Or if there is no uninstaller listed in Apps & features / Programs and Features, because the uninstaller has previously been partially run.
Instances of Dashboard Server SCOM Edition can be removed by deleting the application and the related application pool from IIS:
In IIS right-click on the Dashboard Server SCOM Edition application you wish to remove.
Click Remove.
When asked if you are you sure that you want to remove the selected application, click Yes.
Under Application Pools right-click on the related application pool you wish to remove.
Click Remove.
When asked if you are you sure that you want to remove the selected application pool, click Yes.
Refresh the view in IIS and you will find that the removed Dashboard Server SCOM Edition application is now shown as a folder rather than a web application. You can delete the folder itself by right-clicking on the folder in IIS and clicking Explore to go to Windows Explorer, and then right-clicking on the folder and clicking delete.
If you removed Dashboard Server SCOM Edition by deleting the application and application pool in IIS and wish to reinstall an instance of the same version you can rerun the deploy tool from Start > SquaredUp
Many license keys only allow one activation, so you may need to contact SquaredUp Support for assistance.
Using the uninstaller to remove all Dashboard Server SCOM Edition instances
The Dashboard Server SCOM Edition uninstaller will remove all instances of Dashboard Server SCOM Edition with the same major version number, even if the uninstaller has a specific minor version in its name. For example, the uninstaller Dashboard Server 4.5 will remove all 4.x instances. There is no option to only uninstall selected instances.
You can find the uninstaller in Add or remove programs.
Use this method if:
- You wish to remove Dashboard Server completely
- You wish to remove instances of an earlier major version after migrating to a newer major version (see How to migrate from Dashboard Server SCOM Edition v3 to v4 or How to migrate from Dashboard Server SCOM Edition v4 to v5)
On the server where Dashboard Server is installed, open Apps & features either from Start > Settings > System > Apps & features or from Start > Control Panel > Programs > Uninstall a program.
Click on the uninstaller for the version of Dashboard Server you wish to remove. There will be separate items for
Dashboard Server v3, Dashboard Server v4 and Dashboard Server v5. For example, you might click on Dashboard Server4.5 to remove all v4 instances.If you have more than one Dashboard Server instance, this will uninstall all instances of this version. In this situation you may prefer How to remove Dashboard Server SCOM Edition
Click Uninstall, then Uninstall again.
You will be asked if you are sure you want to completely remove Dashboard Server and all of its components. If you click yes the Dashboard Server program files will be removed at this point. If you click no then the installation will be left untouched. Click yes to proceed to remove all instances of Dashboard Server of this version.
If prompted, click Continue.
All the Dashboard Server instances listed will be removed. Check carefully which instances are listed, as it is not possible to select only one to be removed. By default Remove IIS applications and Remove IIS application pools are both ticked. You may also wish to tick Remove all files from disk (inc. logs, licenses and dashboards).
Click uninstall or OK to complete the uninstall wizard.
Refresh the view in IIS and you will find that the removed Dashboard Server application is now shown as a folder rather than a web application. You can delete the folder itself by right-clicking on the folder in IIS and clicking Explore to go to Windows Explorer, and then right-clicking on the folder and clicking delete.
If you are using Dashboard Server with high availability (HA) you will need to repeat the uninstall on your Secondary server(s)
and may also wish to remove the Dashboard Server share (see Enabling High Availability) .
Reinstalling Dashboard Server SCOM Edition
Reinstalling after removing selected Dashboard Server SCOM Edition instances in ISS
If you removed Dashboard Server SCOM Edition by deleting the application and application pool in IIS and wish to reinstall an instance of the same version you can rerun the deploy tool from Start > SquaredUp
Many license keys only allow one activation, so you may need to contact SquaredUp Support for assistance.
Reinstalling after removing Dashboard Server SCOM Edition with the uninstaller
If you ran the uninstaller, then the program files will have been removed and you will need to download the installer again. Install Dashboard Server SCOM Edition by running the installer as normal (see How to install Dashboard Server SCOM Edition).
Many license keys only allow one activation, so you may need to contact SquaredUp Support for assistance.