Uninstall the SANsymphony Storage Plugin for Proxmox

If you no longer need the SANsymphony Storage Plugin for Proxmox, you can uninstall it. The uninstallation method depends on how the plugin was originally installed.

  • Before uninstalling, make sure to remove all SANsymphony virtual disks attached to the respective Proxmox nodes.
  • Removal of the plugin is blocked while any ssy: storage class configurations remain in /etc/pve/storage.cfg, because those entries would fail to load after the plugin is removed. Remove all SANsymphony storage classes before removing the package. For more information, refer to Removing a SANsymphony Storage Class. This restriction applies only to removal; existing storage classes can remain in place during a plugin upgrade.

Follow the below steps:

  1. Remove any remaining SANsymphony storage classes:
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    pvesm remove <SSY Storage Class Name>
  2. If the plugin was installed via .deb Package, run the following command to uninstall:
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    Command
    dpkg -r ssy-plugin
  3. To remove the plugin's configuration files and restore the original multipath configuration, run the following command to purge the plugin instead:
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    Command
    dpkg -P ssy-plugin

    Purging the plugin restores the original /etc/multipath.conf file from the backup created during installation, in addition to removing the plugin's configuration files.

  4.  If installed via APT repository, run the following command to uninstall:
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      apt remove ssy-plugin

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