How to Rip and Replace iManager 3

  • 7017751
  • 20-Jun-2016
  • 20-Jun-2016

Environment

NetIQ iManager 3.x

Situation

888 plugins showing as available.

Getting the following error when attempting to login to iManager:
Unable to create AdminNamespace.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: novell/jclient/JCException

Resolution

Sometimes, due to time constraints, a broken iManager installation can be more easily resolved by completely removing then reinstalling iManager and its components.  Steps are below:

1. Uninstall iManager 3.x
cd /var/opt/novell/iManager/nps/UninstallerData
./UninstalliManager

2. After uninstalling iManager the following directories must be removed
- /var/opt/novell/iManager
- /var/opt/novell/novlwww
- /var/opt/novell/tomcat8
- /etc/opt/novell/iManager
- /etc/opt/novell/tomcat8
- /opt/novell/iManager
- /opt/novell/tomcat8

3. Uninstall the following rpms if they remain:
novell-plugin-base
novell-imanager-3
novell-plugin-base
novell-tomcat

4. Reinstall iManager.