Best way to remove Sims from all clients

[TwistedHelixis]

Hi everyone, we are moving over to Arbor soon but I will keep Sims running on the server for a while longer.

 

Just wondered what's the best way of removing Sims from all the clients?

 

Obviously I'll remove the S drive but is it possible to uninstall Sims from all clients using Solus3?

 

Cheers

[ThatBoringBloke]

Provided that the clients are turned on and online you can do it from SOLUS.

 

EDIT: Doesn't actually remove SIMS, just the SOLUS Agent. The program itself will still be installed.

Edited May 27, 2021 by ThatBoringBloke

[paulkerton]

It's supposed to be able to, but based on the success rate of installs, I wouldn't bank on a success rate for removals.

Does the traditional rename the client folder work when reinstalling still? If so, just deleting the folder from Program Files might work?

Or scorched Earth it and format the machines?

[Michael]

You can remove Solus as above, but the actual SIMS directory on a workstation, you can delete using a startup script.

 

It won't leave an entry in Programs and Features, because unlike properly written applications, it's special.

Edited May 27, 2021 by Michael

[Boredguy]

Our Solus uninstall script contains the following which gets rid of most of settings.

 

MsiExec.exe /qn /X{360A3B05-97CC-49B2-AD1F-A53017C6D58D}

MsiExec.exe /qn /X{EA7E5FE5-CEB4-4BA1-BF93-EC4AC57AA45C}

RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\SIMS"

RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files\SIMS"

DEL "C:\Windows\SIMS.INI" /Q

[kennysarmy]

We chose to just leave everything as is when we moved to Bromcom - not sure the Solus client used up memory and as we re-image PC's on our rolling programme it won't get put back on.

[3s-gtech]

SOLUS3 to remove the SOLUS client, then a GPP or startup script to remove the folder itself (or both can be scripted).

[TwistedHelixis]

So I have found two areas in Solus3 that seem to be what I need. I assume the first one uninstalles the agent and second one removes it from the database. Or does the second one actually uninstall eveything?

Enviroment > Agent > uninstall Agent

Targets > Client > Remove

[Boredguy]

Script I provided above will uninstall Solus of the workstation (you might need to update the GUID depending on the version you have installed, but thats in the registry)

 

You can request the agent to be uninstalled via the Solus 3 Admin centre, but it does not remove the SIMS/FMS application on the workstation, or the additional files on the computer.

[3s-gtech]

So I have found two areas in Solus3 that seem to be what I need. I assume the first one uninstalles the agent and second one removes it from the database. Or does the second one actually uninstall eveything?

Enviroment > Agent > uninstall Agent

Targets > Client > Remove

You want the Uninstall option - Remove will orphan it off (it's for machines that have been retired/reimaged/have been dropped by their owner).

[bobsmith]

Nuke it from orbit - it's the only way to be sure......

 

 

 

Script the deletion of the sims folders if you don't want to go that extreme.

[TwistedHelixis]

Would remving the S drive also stop SIMS from working. Our SIMS.ini file is located on the S drive.

 

Just want an easy way to get SIMS back if something goes sideways with Arbor when we get back next week.

[IrritableTech]

You don’t need the s drive to run most of Sims.

 

Gpo to edit the program files\sims folder so staff can’t acces it?

[TwistedHelixis]

You don’t need the s drive to run most of Sims.

 

Gpo to edit the program files\sims folder so staff can’t acces it?

Whenever the s drive was not mapped our users would always get an error message about a missing connect.ini file and couldn't login.

 

I'll fire up a VM and test

[TwistedHelixis]

Just tested and staff can't access SIMS without the S drive being mapped. I think it's because we redirect the connect.ini file to the S drive

[Jaan]

Our Solus uninstall script contains the following which gets rid of most of settings.

 

MsiExec.exe /qn /X{360A3B05-97CC-49B2-AD1F-A53017C6D58D}

MsiExec.exe /qn /X{EA7E5FE5-CEB4-4BA1-BF93-EC4AC57AA45C}

RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files (x86)\SIMS"

RD /S /Q "C:\Program Files\SIMS"

DEL "C:\Windows\SIMS.INI" /Q

 

i just need to put this in a .bat file and deploy at startup?

 

Are these IDs SIMS and Discover or the Solus agent? 360A3B05-97CC-49B2-AD1F-A53017C6D58D and EA7E5FE5-CEB4-4BA1-BF93-EC4AC57AA45C

 

cheers