To wipe or delete the NSM database:
- Stop the Manager Service:
Click the Network Security icon in the notification area and select Stop Manager.
- Open a command-line session:
Click Start, Run, type cmd, and click OK.
- Change directory to the <database>\bin directory:
- For NSM 8.x, 9.1.7.75 and earlier and 9.2:
Type cd <$install_directory>\McAfee\Network Security Manager\App\bin\ and press Enter.
- For NSM 9.1.7.77 and later and 10.x:
Type cd $:\MariaDB\bin (for example, c:\MariaDB\bin) and press Enter.
NOTE: For upgrades, the default location is the previous database installation directory.
For example: $Install_directory\McAfee\Network Security Manager\MySQL\bin\.
- Log on to the database:
- For NSM 8.x, 9.1.7.75 and earlier and 9.2:
Type C:\mysql\bin>mysql.exe -uadmin -padmin123 lf and press Enter.
You see the following:
Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g.
Your MySQL connection id is 349 to server version: 4.1.15-nt-max
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the buffer.
- For NSM 9.1.7.77 and later and 10.x:
Type C:\MariaDB\bin>mysql.exe -uadmin -padmin123 lf and press Enter.
You see the following:
Your MariaDB connection id is 48
Server version: 10.3.13-MariaDB-log MariaDB Server
Copyright (c) 2000, 2018, Oracle, MariaDB Corporation Ab and others.
Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
- Type the following commands, and then press Enter:
drop database lf ;
exit
The database is now erased. To use the Manager again, you must re-create the database.
