Uninstall the vIPS Probe

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

Prerequisite:

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:

For probe versions before 2.3.38:
1. sudo systemctl status mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
2. sudo systemctl stop mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
3. sudo systemctl disable mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
4. sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/mcafee_vnsp_probe.service
5. sudo rm -rf /opt/mcafee
For probe versions starting 2.3.38:
1. sudo systemctl status trellix_vips_probe.service
2. sudo systemctl stop trellix_vips_probe.service
3. sudo systemctl disable trellix_vips_probe.service
4. sudo rm -rf /etc/systemd/system/trellix_vips_probe.service
5. sudo rm -rf /opt/trellix /opt/trellix_Old/

For Windows machines

To uninstall a virtual Probe from your Windows machine, follow the steps below:

Stop the service named TrellixIPSService.
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.