How to Uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager

You can uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager using the following methods:

Standard uninstallation--This method uses Windows Control Panel to uninstall the application.
Silent uninstallation--This method lets you perform an unattended uninstallation using Windows Command Line.

Unassigning Policies: As a best practice, unassign all policies from the nodes to which they are assigned before you uninstall the application. We recommend this approach because you cannot specify CA ARCserve D2D backup settings on the node while a CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager policy is assigned to the node. In addition, you cannot unassign policies from nodes after you uninstall the application. CA ARCserve D2D provides a command line utility that lets you unassign policies from nodes after you uninstall the application.

The following diagram illustrates how to uninstall the application:

Task	See Topic
Perform a standard uninstallation using Windows Control Panel.	Uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager.
Perform a silent uninstallation using Windows Command Line.	Uninstall CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager Silently.
Unassign policies from nodes after uninstalling CA ARCserve Central Protection Manager.	Release Policy Control to the CA ARCserve D2D Nodes.