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Uninstall Arcserve Backup from an NEC CLUSTERPRO/ExpressCluster

Uninstalling Arcserve Backup from a cluster can only be made on the active node and must also be made for all nodes within the cluster.

To uninstall Arcserve Backup from an NEC CLUSTERPRO/ExpressCluster

1. Stop the failover group that the Arcserve Backup server is deployed in and then suspend the cluster group.

   Note: For more information, see Stop NEC Cluster Groups.

2. Remove the registry sync and edit the start.bat and stop.bat scripts to disable Arcserve Backup scripts added during installation. For more information, see Disable Arcserve Backup in NEC Cluster Scripts.
3. Resume the cluster group and then start the failover group.
4. Access the Arcserve Backup home directory. Sort all files by type and then copy all the .dll files into a temporary location. (The recommended location for the copy is on the share disk so that you do not have to do a network copy later).

   Important! Verify that the current node for the .dll files being backed up is set as the active node.

   The dynamic-link library (.dll) files for Arcserve Backup are copied to a different location. This lets you uninstall Arcserve Backup from each node in the cluster.

5. (Optional) If Arcserve Backup Global Dashboard is installed, copy the directory named \GlobalDashboard and its contents to the temporary location.
6. From the Windows Control Panel, access the Add or Remove Programs utility, and remove Arcserve Backup from the current node.

   Arcserve Backup is removed from the current (active) node.

7. Copy the .dll files back into the original location in the Arcserve Backup home directory.

   The .dll files for Arcserve Backup are copied back into the Arcserve Backup home directory.

8. (Optional) If you copied the directory named \GlobalDashboard and its contents to the temporary location, copy the directory and its contents from the temporary location back to the original directory.
9. From the Cluster Manager, right-click on the group name and from the pop-up menu, select Move Group to change the active node.

   The status of the original node updates to offline (passive) and the status of the next node within the cluster updates to online (active).

10. Repeat Steps 6 through 9 for all remaining nodes in the cluster.

    Arcserve Backup is uninstalled from all nodes in the cluster.