It sometimes becomes necessary to remove the SSA component from a machine that has FCS installed. The following steps walkthrough creating a MOM task that can be ran against FCS clients that have the MOM agent installed.
First create the task, then run it on the agent.
Using the MOM Administrator console
- Expand 'Management Packs', right-click 'Tasks' and choose 'Create Task...'
- In the Create Task Wizard, choose Next
- On Task Run Location and Type, choose
- Run location: Agent-managed computer
- Task type: Command-line
- On Task Configuration (method), choose
- Use secure command line invocation
- Enter the application name: msiexec.exe
- On Task Configuration (target role), choose
- Target Role: Computer
- Task command line: /x {2AB5A838-9DAC-45F5-8EC2-019DDDC4B4F6} /quiet
- Task remote start directory: %SYSTEMROOT%\temp
- Task output behavior: Capture standard output. Run task for up to 5 minutes.
- On Task Name and Description, choose
- Name: SSA Uninstall
- Description: Uninstalls FCS SSA
- Click Finish
- On Task Run Location and Type, choose
Running the task on the agent
Open the MOM Operator Console
- In the left hand pane near the bottom choose Computers and Groups (the "Go" drop down menu can also be used)
- In the left hand pane near the top highlight 'Computers'
- In the main 'Computers' windows, highlight the computer you want to run the task on
- In the left hand "Tasks" pane (click the Tasks button on the toolbar to open if you don't see it) the SSA Uninstall Task you created should be listed
- Click on the SSA Uninstall task
- The Launch Task Wizard should open, choose...
- Next
- Next
- Confirm the computer you want to Uninstall SSA on is listed and checked, choose Next
- Finish
The task will execute on the specified computer and generate a Microsoft Operations Manager Event ID 22078 in the Application log.
Note: There are three possible product ID's for SSA
- {e8b56b38-a826-11db-8c83-0011430c73a4}
- {5343BE4E-B247-41D0-B81D-4E7C55460910}
- {2AB5A838-9DAC-45F5-8EC2-019DDDC4B4F6}