The procedure to uninstall a vIPS Probe from your instances is Operating System specific. Uninstalling probes from instances in a Protected VM group stops the redirection of traffic to the Virtual IPS Sensor.
For Linux machines
Before you begin
Before you attempt to uninstall a vIPS Probe from your Linux machine, ensure that you have RPM Package Manager installed.
To uninstall a vIPS Probe from your Linux machine, run the following commands.
Task
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For probe versions before 2.3.38:
- sudo systemctl status mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
- sudo systemctl stop mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
- sudo systemctl disable mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
- sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
- sudo rm -rf /opt/mcafee
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For probe versions starting 2.3.38:
- sudo systemctl status trellix_vips_probe.service
- sudo systemctl stop trellix_vips_probe.service
- sudo systemctl disable trellix_vips_probe.service
- sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/trellix_vips_probe.service
- sudo rm -rf /opt/trellix /opt/trellix_Old/
For Windows machines
To uninstall a virtual Probe from your Windows machine, follow the steps below.
Task
- Stop the service named McAfeeVNSPService.
- Open the Windows command prompt with administrator privileges.
- Navigate to the <System_Drive>\Program Files (x86)\TrellixVIPS folder.
- Run uninstall.bat script to uninstall the vIPS Probe.
- Navigate to <System_Drive>\Program Files (x86) and delete TrellixVIPS folder.
- Navigate to the location where you have saved the vIPS_Probe_Windows.zip file and the extracted vIPS_Probe_Windows folder, and delete them.