How to Remove an Operations Manager 2007 R2 Gateway (Operations Manager Upgrade)
Updated: May 13, 2016
Applies To: System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager, System Center 2012 - Operations Manager, System Center 2012 SP1 - Operations Manager
After you have replaced a System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 gateway server that does not meet the minimum supported configurations for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager, you can remove the old gateways from the management group and uninstall the old gateway from the server. For more information, see Supported Configurations for System Center 2012 – Operations Manager.
You must first copy the gateway approval tool (Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.GatewayApprovalTool.exe) from the \SupportTools directory of the Operations Manager 2007 R2 installation media to the management server, if it does not already exist.
To uninstall the gateway server
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Log on to the gateway server to be removed with the Operations Manager 2007 R2 Administrators credentials.
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In Control Panel, in Programs and Features, right-click System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2 Gateway, and then click Uninstall.
To remove a gateway from the management group
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On the management server that was targeted during the gateway server installation, log on with Operations Manager Administrators credentials.
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Open a Command Prompt window, and browse to the directory to where you copied Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.gatewayApprovalTool.exe.
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At the command prompt, run the following command, where GatewayName is the name of the gateway that you want to remove. Microsoft.EnterpriseManagement.gatewayApprovalTool.exe /ManagementServerName=<managementserverFQDN> /GatewayName=<GatewayFQDN> /Action=Delete
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Open the Operations console to the Monitoring view. Select the Discovered Inventory view to see that the gateway server is no longer present.