Unable to uninstall ZCM 11 from Primary Server

  • 7009226
  • 23-Aug-2011
  • 30-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 11 Configuration Management
Novell ZENworks 11 Endpoint Security Management

Situation

Unable to uninstall ZCM 11 from Primary Server
ERROR: "ZESCommand has stopped working "
ERROR: "Uninstall the ZENworks server and unregister the device from the zone failed "
ERROR: "Uninstall failed. This maybe because the Endpoint Security Client password was not entered or entered incorrectly ."
Error showin in the novell-zenworks-uninstall.log , "the ESM client uninstall exit code is 1603 "

Resolution

This is fixed in version 11.1 - see KB 7008746 "ZENworks Configuration Management 11.1 - update information and list of fixes" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support

Additional Information

Workaround for ZCM 11:
 
Delete the zeswsc.dll file and continue with the uninstall.