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Chapter 22 Installing ACE Packages
Uninstall VMware Player or an ACE Instance from a Linux Host
ACEuserscanuninstallonlytheACEinstancesthattheyinstalled.Onlytherootuser
canuninstallothers’ACEinstances.UninstallinganACEinstancedoesnotuninstall
theVMwarePlayerapplication.WhenyouuninstallanACEinstance,theACE
instance’sdatafiles,shortcuts,andregistryentriesareuninstalled.
UninstallingVMwarePlayerdoesno
tuninstalltheACEinstance.Onlytherootuser
canuninstallVMwarePlayer.
To uninstall VMware Player or an ACE instance from a Linux host
1Onthehostcomputer,openaterminalwindow.
2Dooneorbothofthefollowing:
TouninstallanACEinstance,enterthefollowingcommand:
<path_to_instance_directory>./vmware-uninstall-ace.pl
TouninstallVMwarePlayer,enterthefollowingcommand:
vmware-installer -u vmware-player
3 (Optional)IfyouusedPocketACEonthishostandwanttoremovethePocketACE
cachetoconservediskspace,deletethefollowingdirector y:
/home/<user>/.vmware/roamcache
Inthispath,<user>representsauser‐specificdirectory.Ifmorethanoneuserused
PocketACEonthehost,youmustremovethedirectoryforeachuser.
Upgrading ACE Instances to ACE 2.6
IfyouhaveACE2.0instances,youcanuseWorkstation7.0andACEManagement
Server2.6tosendnewACE2.6policiestoendusers.
Althoughnewpolicies,suchasPocketACEcachesettingsandnetworkadapter
settingscanbeusedonACE2.0endpoints,thevirtualmachineversionisnotch
anged.
Toupgradeendusers
’virtualmachinehardwareversion,youmustcreateafull
packageanduseittoreplacetheexistingACEinstance.
WhenyouuninstalltheolderACEinstanceandVMwarePlayerfromtheuser’s
computer,theenduserlosesanydataorcustomsettingsstoredintheoldAC
Einstance.
Takethisconsiderationintoaccountwhenchoosingbetweenupgradingthehardware
versionandcontinuingwiththecurrenthardwareversionbutaddingnewACE2.6
policies.
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