Thanks for the tip. It seems that the uninstaller failed to remove the contents of /etc/tivoli/tsm/instance.info thus making the installer fail on the next try.
I remember the old days when a TSM install was done in a minute. Best regards Hans Chr. On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 9:44 PM, Daniel Sparrman <daniel.sparr...@exist.se> wrote: > > The autonomous installler places files under /var/ibm that needs to be > removed incase the installation fails. I'm not infront of a machine atm so I > cant give you the exact path, but previously when installations failed, I > made sure to remove the entire directory containing configuration files > (telling the installer what is installed) and the log files. I believe there > is also files under /etc that needs to be removed, but like I said, I'm at > home and have no access to any production machines so I cant give you the > exact path. > > Best Regards > > Daniel Sparrman > > > > Daniel Sparrman > Exist i Stockholm AB > Växel: 08-754 98 00 > Fax: 08-754 97 30 > daniel.sparr...@exist.se > http://www.existgruppen.se > Posthusgatan 1 761 30 NORRTÄLJE > > > > -----"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> skrev: ----- > > > Till: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > Från: Hans Christian Riksheim <bull...@gmail.com> > Sänt av: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> > Datum: 08/22/2011 20:41 > Ärende: [ADSM-L] How to completely get rid of TSM6.2/DB2 on AIX > > Hi, > > I've got a problem. An installation failed when creating an instance and I > decided to uninstall and start over. I removed the installation using the > uninstall script provided. But when I ran install.bin the next time it asked > for the password of the instance owner and then failed. > > So it seems something is left behind after uninstall confusing the > installer. > > Any idea what it might be? Expect reinstalling AIX of course. > > AIX61 TL03 > > Hans Chr.