ScaleIO v2.0 How To Clear Configuration On Nodes and Start Over?

As per the Deployment Guide:-

To uninstall ScaleIO components, use the Installation Manager. This requires that the LIA be installed in all nodes to be changed.

When removing RFcache (the xcache package) on a Windows server, a server restart is necessary after the removal.

Removing ScaleIO components using the IM

This section describes how to use the Installation Manager to remove installed ScaleIO components. All components in the ScaleIO system that is being accessed will be removed. This information is attained from the LIA that is installed on every node.

To uninstall:

1.Log in to the web client, as described in “Installing with the Installation Manager” on page 74.

2.From the IM web client main menu, click Maintain.

The Maintenance operation screen appears:

3.Enter the Primary MDM IP address and password.

4.In the Connection section, choose Use LIA, and type the LIA password.

5.Click Retrieve system topology.

The system topology appears:

6.Click the Show Uninstall button link, and confirm enabling this option.

The uninstall operation may take some time, depending on your system topology. This operation cannot be rolled back.

7.Click Uninstall. A confirmation dialog appears:

Uninstalling an SDC component requires a machine restart. If you are uninstalling SDC components on Windows servers, select to enable automatic restart (on those servers only). Alternatively, you can manually restart these servers after removing the SDC.

On Linux servers, if the kernel module is busy, perform a manual restart.

8.Enter the MDM password, select to reboot servers (optional), and click Uninstall.

9.To monitor the uninstallation progress, click Monitor.

10.When the uninstallation is complete, click Mark operation completed.

Thereafter you would need to uninstall Gateway/IM Manually.

This above procedure will not uninstall JAVA and Python (pre-requisites).