Clean Up DPK Deployed PeopleSoft environment

To remove the DPK deployed PeopleSoft environment follow the steps below

For Windows server we need to execute the command as below:

./psft-dpk-setup.ps1 -cleanup

For Linux based server or any other flavour of unix the command is:

./psft-dpk-setup.sh --cleanup


I have seen in my scenario where the above given Manual method of cleanup was failing and not clearing all the files on the server. This was happening due to the space in the folder or having some folders with large name.In one of the case, I have seen re-installation was failing because one folder was not cleared in the cleanup process and that folder was having a large directory name.In case if the automated method of cleaning is failing then an alternate way to 'cleanup' is to manually remove the existing installation:

- Locate the default.yaml file in /etc/Puppet/data on Linux platforms and in

C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\Puppet\etc\data on Microsoft Windows platforms.

- Change the ensure value in default.yaml from 'present' to 'absent'

- Change directory to this location /etc/puppet/manifests on Linux platforms and

C:\programdata\puppetlabs\puppet\etc\manifests on Microsoft Windows platform

And finally execute the command below

- Run puppet apply site.pp --debug –trace

This will remove the existing installation from the server.

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