Uninstall forefront protection for exchange 2010
Hi! Im planning to uninstall forefront protection for exchange 2010 from a windows 2008 which has Exchange 2010 and install symatic mail security for exchange. I wanna do it right to avoid any problems after uninstalling Forefront. How should I do this process? I was thinking to just going to control panel and do it from add or remove programs but I feel like that's kind of risk it and I might have problems afterwards. Please help out!!
Thank you guys!
Thank you guys!
Uninstalling Forefront Protection 2010 for Exchange Server
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd639350.aspx
It also has 2 further links
Uninstalling from a standalone server
Uninstalling from a cluster system
The following are important considerations when uninstalling FPE:
When FPE is uninstalled, Exchange services are stopped, resulting in a temporary interruption in mail flow. The services that are stopped are automatically restarted when FPE finishes uninstalling.
During uninstall, FPE waits four minutes for the Microsoft Exchange Information Store to stop; the uninstall may fail if the service does not stop within four minutes. If this occurs, manually stop the Microsoft Information Store service before uninstalling FPE, and then manually restart the Microsoft Information Store service after successfully uninstalling FPE.
When uninstalling FPE, Active Directory® must be available in order for FPE to uninstall correctly.
If the SharePoint Portal Alert service is on the server and running, an uninstall of FPE may require a restart.
To prevent FPE from requiring a restart during an uninstall process, shut down any monitoring software and make sure that any command prompts or Windows Explorer windows do not have the FPE program folder or any of the subfolders open. After the uninstall process is complete, start the monitoring software again.
If you have Microsoft Office Manager 2005 or Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 agents installed, you might see services start unexpectedly after the product has been uninstalled. These agents are stopped (disabled) during an uninstall and automatically re-enabled when the process has completed. This is normal behavior.
- Rancy
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd639350.aspx
It also has 2 further links
Uninstalling from a standalone server
Uninstalling from a cluster system
The following are important considerations when uninstalling FPE:
When FPE is uninstalled, Exchange services are stopped, resulting in a temporary interruption in mail flow. The services that are stopped are automatically restarted when FPE finishes uninstalling.
During uninstall, FPE waits four minutes for the Microsoft Exchange Information Store to stop; the uninstall may fail if the service does not stop within four minutes. If this occurs, manually stop the Microsoft Information Store service before uninstalling FPE, and then manually restart the Microsoft Information Store service after successfully uninstalling FPE.
When uninstalling FPE, Active Directory® must be available in order for FPE to uninstall correctly.
If the SharePoint Portal Alert service is on the server and running, an uninstall of FPE may require a restart.
To prevent FPE from requiring a restart during an uninstall process, shut down any monitoring software and make sure that any command prompts or Windows Explorer windows do not have the FPE program folder or any of the subfolders open. After the uninstall process is complete, start the monitoring software again.
If you have Microsoft Office Manager 2005 or Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 agents installed, you might see services start unexpectedly after the product has been uninstalled. These agents are stopped (disabled) during an uninstall and automatically re-enabled when the process has completed. This is normal behavior.
- Rancy
ASKER
Thank you so much for your responses guys!
One question! should I Stop the FSCController service from services.msc? some of your links suggest that I should do it and some they don't..... This article below say that is not required to stop it anymore..... What do you think? should I stop it or not? Is there anything else I should stop before uninstalling Forefront?
Thank you!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc482969.aspx
One question! should I Stop the FSCController service from services.msc? some of your links suggest that I should do it and some they don't..... This article below say that is not required to stop it anymore..... What do you think? should I stop it or not? Is there anything else I should stop before uninstalling Forefront?
Thank you!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc482969.aspx
normally. I stop it before uninstall.
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Thanks guys!!! I'm doing the uninstallation right now. I will let the process automatically stop anything required. I will post an update in a few hours.
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hugonieto: Best of luck :)
- Rancy
hugonieto: Best of luck :)
- Rancy
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Hey!! guys!! I got it!! everything went well!! the uninstallation of Forefront took care of everything!! and when installing Symantec J just had to install the IIS 6 compatibility components because Symantec didn't want to continue with the installation without these components. After that everything went perfect...... Thank you so much for all your help!!!!!
THANKS Rancy!!
THANKS Rancy!!
hugonieto: Your a;ways welcome and always good to hear issues Resolved !!!!
- Rancy
- Rancy
Normally, if mail imcoming but your exchange services are down, mail system which sender use will try to re-send them later automatic.
So you will not lost any incoming mail during uninstall.
also, please check there 2 links, those are helpful.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/essentialbusinessserver/archive/2008/12/18/how-to-reinstall-microsoft-forefront-security-for-exchange-server-in-essential-business-server.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/forefrontexchange/thread/d88adc0f-04dd-48d6-b240-64b7681127a8