Use this flag to run deinstall with a parameter file in a location other than the default. paramfile complete path of input parameter property file On remote nodes, it deconfigures Oracle software, but does not deinstall the Oracle software.
When you run deinstall with this flag, it deconfigures and deinstalls the Oracle software on the local node (the node where deinstall is run). Use this flag on a multinode environment to deinstall Oracle software in a cluster. The -checkonly flag generates a parameter file which you can then use with the deinstall command and -silent option. Running the command with the -checkonly flag does not remove the Oracle configuration. Use this flag to check the status of the Oracle software home configuration. You can also modify the template file, located in the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall/response folder. It generates the properties file, which you can then use with the -silent option.
The deinstall command then discovers information from the Oracle home to deinstall and deconfigure.
You can generate a parameter file to use or modify by running deinstall with the -checkonly flag. If you use the -silent flag, then you must use the -paramfile flag, and provide a parameter file that contains the configuration values for the Oracle home to deinstall or deconfigure.
Use this flag to run the command in silent or response file mode. If you use the standalone version of the tool, then -home is mandatory. If you run deinstall from the $ORACLE_HOME/deinstall path, then the -home flag is not required because the tool knows from which home it is being run. To deinstall Oracle software using the deinstall command in the Oracle home you plan to deinstall, provide a parameter file in another location, and do not use the -home flag. Use this flag to indicate the home path of the Oracle home to check or deinstall. In addition, you can run the deinstall tool from other locations, or with a parameter file, or select other options to run the tool. For example, do not run the deinstallation tool from the 12.1.0.1 installation media to remove Oracle software from an existing 11.2.0.4 Oracle home. Do not run the deinstallation tool from a later release to remove Oracle software from an earlier release. You must run the deinstallation tool from the same release to remove Oracle software. The deinstall command stops Oracle software, and removes Oracle software and configuration files on the operating system. Provide information about your servers as prompted or accept the defaults. The default method for running the deinstall tool is from the deinstall directory in the Oracle home as the installation owner: Oracle recommends that you run the deinstallation tool as the Oracle software installation owner. The command uses the following syntax, where variable content is indicated in italics:ĭeinstall -home complete path of Oracle home [-params name1= value If you have any user data in these locations in the Oracle base that is owned by the user account that owns the Oracle software, then the deinstall command deletes this data. Oracle strongly recommends that you configure your installations using an Optimal Flexible Architecture (OFA) configuration, and that you reserve Oracle base and Oracle home paths for exclusive use of Oracle software. When you run the deinstall command, if the central inventory (oraInventory) contains no other registered homes besides the home that you are deconfiguring and removing, then the deinstall command removes the following files and directory contents in the Oracle base directory of the Oracle Database installation owner: