Where can I do retraction and uninstallation of SharePoint?

Where can I do retraction and uninstallation of SharePoint?

Retraction and uninstallation can be done with either the Central Administration application or SharePoint Management Shell. See Technet for information about how to do these tasks.

When to uninstall and retraction of a farm solution?

In a complete retraction, features are uninstalled first from front-end web servers in the farm. If the solution is web application–specific, solution global files (if any) are removed when the solution is retracted from the last web application to which it is deployed.

What happens when you retract a solution from a file?

When a solution is retracted, all files for that solution are retracted, even if another solution points to the same file. This issue can be avoided by ensuring that each solution points to a unique set of files. It is possible to retract a solution from some web applications while leaving it deployed for others.

How to remove a solution from the solution store?

Retracted solutions are not removed from the farm’s solution store and can remain stored there in an undeployed state indefinitely. Removing: Deletes the solution package from the solution store. This step requires a farm administrator and can be done with either Central Administration, SharePoint Management Shell, or the object model.

Is there only one deployment or retraction at a time?

A deployment or retraction is already under way for the solution “solutionname.wsp”, and only one deployment or retraction at a time is supported. I tried to stop it with iisreset and by going to Services and restarting SharePoint 2010 Timer service.

Can You retract one solution at a time?

So I stopped the script and tried to retract that one solution to deploy it once again This gives me error message: A deployment or retraction is already under way for the solution “solutionname.wsp”, and only one deployment or retraction at a time is supported.

How are features removed in a retraction of a farm solution?

In a complete retraction, features are uninstalled first from front-end web servers in the farm. If the solution is web application–specific, solution global files (if any) are removed when the solution is retracted from the last web application to which it is deployed. Next, Features are uninstalled from databases.