You can uninstall the Log Insight Linux Agent RPM package.

Prerequisites

  • Log in as root or use sudo to run console commands.
  • Log in to the Linux machine on which you installed the Log Insight Linux Agent, open a terminal console and run pgrep liagent to verify that the VMware Log Insight Linux Agent is installed and running.

Procedure

  • Run the following command replacing VERSION and BUILD_NUMBER with the version and build number of the installed agent.
    rpm -e VMware-Log-Insight-Agent-VERSION-BUILD_NUMBER

Results

The uninstaller stops the VMware Log Insight Linux Agent daemon and removes all its files except its own logs from the system.