Adding, Modifying, or Removing Components > Removing web protection components
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If you have Forcepoint appliances, Policy Broker and Policy Server run on the full policy source appliance.
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Log on with local administrator privileges.
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Close all applications except your web protection software (see the next step) and stop any antivirus software.
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If you chose to keep installation files after the initial installation, go to the Windows Start screen, or Start > All Programs > Forcepoint and select Forcepoint Security Setup to start the installer without having to re-extract files.
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Do not remove Policy Server before any component other than Policy Broker. Removing Policy Server cuts off communication with the remaining web protection components and requires the reinstallation of those components.
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If you are removing Filtering Service, all associated Network Agents must have already been removed. If you try to remove Network Agent after its associated Filtering Service has been removed, the uninstaller cannot stop Network Agent and an error message is displayed.
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Restart the Websense Policy Server service from the Windows Services tool.
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Do not click Cancel in the Uninstall Complete screen. This renders the uninstallation incomplete. Be sure to click Uninstall.
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You are returned to the Modify Installation dashboard.
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Log on as root.
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Close all applications except your web protection software and stop any antivirus software.
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Do not remove Policy Server before any component other than Policy Broker. Removing Policy Server cuts off communication with the remaining web protection components and requires the reinstallation of those components.
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If you are removing Filtering Service, all associated Network Agents must have already been removed. If you try to remove Network Agent after its associated Filtering Service has been removed, the uninstaller cannot stop Network Agent and an error message is displayed.
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Run the uninstall program from the product installation directory (/opt/Websense by default):
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Do not remove Policy Server before any component other than Policy Broker. Removing Policy Server cuts off communication with the remaining components and requires the reinstallation of those components.
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If you are removing Filtering Service, all associated Network Agents must have already been removed. If you try to remove Network Agent after its associated Filtering Service has been removed, Setup cannot stop Network Agent and an error message is displayed.
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Open a command shell and go to the Websense directory (/opt/Websense, by default).
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If you have saved reports you want to retain after uninstalling all components, copy them from the ReportingOutput directory (under the Websense\Web Security directory). The report files are of the following types: *.pdf, *.xls, or *.zip (for HTML files).
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They are in the backup subdirectory (C:\Program Files or Program Files (x86)\Websense\Web Security\backup in Windows; /opt/Websense/backup/ in Linux).
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Adding, Modifying, or Removing Components > Removing web protection components
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