Uninstalling Controls - Novell SENTINEL 6.1 SP2 - 02-2010 User Manual

15.3.6 Uninstalling Controls

Controls are often used to meet legal or regulatory requirements. After they are implemented and
tested, Controls should be uninstalled only after careful consideration.
When a Control is uninstalled, the status for the Control reverts to Not Implemented and child
content is deleted from the Sentinel system. There are a few exceptions and special cases:
Dependencies are checked to ensure that no content that is still in use is deleted. Some
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examples of this include a dynamic list that is used by a correlation rule created in the target
Sentinel system, a report that is used in a Control that is still installed, an iTRAC workflow
template that is used in a Solution Pack that is still installed, or a folder that still contains other
content.
 Reports (
from a Sentinel Control Center on a different machine.
 JavaScript files associated with Execute Script Correlation Actions remain on the correlation
engine(s).
Maps (
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Roles associated with workflows are not deleted.
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iTRAC workflow processes that are already in progress complete even if the iTRAC workflow
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is uninstalled.
To uninstall a Control:
1 Right click the Control you want to uninstall and select Uninstall. Alternatively, you can click
Uninstall icon. The Controls To Uninstall window displays
Click Next.
2 If the Control you are uninstalling includes one or more reports, you are prompted whether to
uninstall the reports from the local server or the Crystal Reports Server. Ideally, this
information was recorded on the Notes tab when the reports were installed. Click Next. The
Uninstall Content window displays.
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files) copied to a local system cannot be removed if the uninstall is performed
.rpt
files) and the data they contain are not deleted.
.csv