Removing the application

You can remove Kaspersky Security fully or remove just one of the application components (File Threat Protection or Network Threat Protection).

If you want to fully remove Kaspersky Security, you must perform the following actions:

  1. Remove from the VMware virtual infrastructure the following: both Kaspersky Security components (File Threat Protection and Network Threat Protection) and the objects created in the infrastructure as a result of Kaspersky Security deployment.

    Removal is performed in VMware NSX Manager Web Console or in VMware vSphere Client console (depending on the type of VMware NSX Manager you use: VMware NSX-T Manager or VMware NSX-V Manager).

  2. Unregister both Kaspersky Security services in VMware NSX Manager.

    Kaspersky Security services can be unregistered in the Integration Server Console.

  3. Remove main Kaspersky Security administration plug-in, Integration Server Console, and Integration Server.
    • Removal of the main administration plug-in and the Integration Server Console is performed on the computer where Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console is installed.
    • Removal of the Integration Server is performed on the computer where Kaspersky Security Center Administration Server is installed.

    You can also delete policies and tasks created for Kaspersky Security in Kaspersky Security Center.

  4. If you use the application in multitenancy mode, remove Kaspersky Security administration plug-in for tenants from the computer where Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console is installed, and also remove Kaspersky Security Center virtual Administration Servers that were created to manage protection of tenant virtual machines.

    For details on removing virtual Administration Servers, please refer to the Kaspersky Security Center documentation.

If you want to remove one of the Kaspersky Security components, you must perform the following actions:

  1. Remove from the VMware virtual infrastructure the following: Kaspersky Security component (File Threat Protection or Network Threat Protection) and the objects created in the infrastructure as a result of the component installation.

    Removal is performed in VMware NSX Manager Web Console or in VMware vSphere Client console (depending on the type of VMware NSX Manager you use: VMware NSX-T Manager or VMware NSX-V Manager).

  2. In VMware NSX Manager, unregister the Kaspersky Security service corresponding to the removed component (Kaspersky File Antimalware Protection or Kaspersky Network Protection).

When an SVM with the File Threat Protection component is removed, the copies of files that were placed in Backup on the SVM are automatically deleted. If the use of network data storage was enabled for an SVM, backup copies of files from this SVM are saved in a separate folder in the network data storage.

After removal of the File Threat Protection and Network Threat Protection components, SVMs continue to be displayed in the Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console. When the period specified in the Kaspersky Security Center settings elapses (see the Kaspersky Security Center documentation), the SVMs are automatically removed from the Administration Console. To ensure correct calculation of the licensing restrictions, manually remove SVMs from Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console after the application removal is completed.

Events received from remote SVMs and the list of backup copies of files that are moved to Backups on the SVMs with the File Threat Protection component are automatically removed from Kaspersky Security Center after the SVM is removed from the Administration Console.

If the application is removed completely, you can also delete the administration groups created for KSC clusters from the Managed devices folder in Kaspersky Security Center Administration Console tree.

In this Help section

Removing Kaspersky Security components in the virtual infrastructure managed by VMware NSX-T Manager

Removing Kaspersky Security components in the virtual infrastructure managed by VMware NSX-V Manager

Unregistering Kaspersky Security services and the Integration Server

Removing the Kaspersky Security main administration plug-in and Integration Server

Removing the Kaspersky Security administration plug-in for tenants

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