Uninstalling GSX Server on a Linux Host

To uninstall any GSX Server component, open a terminal and log in as the root user.

If you used the RPM installer to install GSX Server, remove the software from your system by running

rpm -e VMware-gsx

If you used the tar installer to install GSX Server, remove the software from your system by running

vmware-uninstall.pl

Note: Uninstalling the server software removes the VmPerl API installed with it.

To uninstall the VMware Management Interface components, run the program

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-mui.pl

To uninstall a Linux console that was installed from an RPM package, type the following

rpm -e VMware-console 

To uninstall a Linux console that was installed from a tar package, run the program

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-console.pl

To uninstall the VmPerl API that was installed on a remote client from a client package, type the following

/usr/bin/vmware-uninstall-api.pl