How to uninstall the Assurance Information Module for Linux from ePO

Technical Articles ID: KB87516
Last Modified: 2023-06-15 04:28:22 Etc/GMT

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Cloud Workload Security (CWS) 5.x

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This article explains how to uninstall the Assurance Information Module for Linux from ePO after an upgrade to Cloud Workload Discovery (CWD) 4.x. The method described below uses the uninstall utility for the Telemetry Linux client.

IMPORTANT:

This module is a telemetry extension to access the information part of CWD, isn't used in CWS.
Customers are advised to remove the Assurance Information Module Linux client before they upgrade the CWD 4.x extension from the Master Repository. If you've upgraded without this step, you must remove the Assurance Information Module from the Linux clients using the following steps.

Solution 1

To deploy the uninstall utility for the Telemetry Linux client to remove the Assurance Information Module for Linux, perform the following steps:

Detach MCAIM_Util.zip from this article.
Check in the MCAIM_Util.zip package to the Master Repository.
To push the package to the client, create a deployment task. Select the following:
- Product: Assurance Information Module–Uninstall Utility 1.0.0.0
- Target Platforms: Linux
- Action: Install

NOTE: To verify the removal of the Assurance Information Module for Linux, verify that the folder opt/McAfee/McAIM isn't present after a successful uninstall.

Solution 2

To remove the Assurance Information Module Linux Client from target systems, create an ePO deployment task:

From the System Tree, select the Assigned Client Tasks tab.
Click Actions, New Client Task Assignment.
For Product, select McAfee Agent, and for Task Type, select Product Deployment.
Enter a name for your task and click Create New Task.
Select the following:
- Target Platforms: Linux
- Products and Components: Assurance Information Module 2.0.0.595
- Action: Remove.
Click Save.

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