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Uninstalling Flash Accel from virtual machines
You can uninstall the Flash Accel Guest OS Agent when you no longer need the software. You can uninstall the agent from a single VM, or use a bulk uninstall to uninstall agents from multiple VMs.
Before you begin 
You must disable caching and unallocate cache space on the VM.
About this task 
The virtual machine is restarted at the end of this procedure, so make sure this is an acceptable time to take the virtual machine offline.
Note: You can also remove the Flash Accel Guest OS Agent using the Windows Add/Remove option. Make sure you have disabled caching and unallocated cache space on the VM.
Steps 
1.
Disable caching on each virtual machine from which you want to uninstall the Guest OS Agent. From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, click the wrench icon for the virtual machine and select Cache State > Disable.
The virtual machine cache state is set to Disabled.
2.
The Cache Space dialog box opens.
3.
4.
From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, click the wrench icon for the VM from which you want to uninstall Flash Accel software and select Software > Uninstall.
From the home page of the Flash Accel Management Console, select each VM from which you want to uninstall Flash Accel software and click VM Agent Uninstall in the Bulk Actions area of the home page.
The VM uninstallation dialog box appears.
5.
Click Uninstall.
The VM uninstallation dialog box shows the progress of the uninstallation. A message displayed at the top of the home page notifies you when the operation is complete.
Result 
The Flash Accel Guest OS Agent is removed from the virtual machine and the virtual machine is restarted.
Parent Topic: Uninstalling Flash Accel components


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