Can we uninstall the CFP.

[Nagesh_Mohan]

Hi,

We have recently upgraded from 6.3.3.0 to 6.3.3.2 in our development setup but now we are facing some issue so now we need to degrade to 6.3.3.0 while searching in internet I found below link where it says uninstalling CFP is not possible.

https://helpx.adobe.com/experience-manager/release-notes--aem-6-3-cumulative-fix-pack.html

Please guide whether can we perform or not.

[Gaurav-Behl]

This is correct.

The recommended approach is to take a backup of instance and then apply SP/CFPs.

[Nagesh_Mohan]

Hi Gaurav,

Here we need to degrade the service pack to SP

Thanks,

Nagesh

[Gaurav-Behl]

Per my knowledge, there is no way to downgrade/remove SP & CFP.  You must keep a backup of your existing setup. The only solution is to setup 6.3.3.0 again from scratch and port your code/content/configurations from 6.3.3.2 as applicable.

You may open daycare ticket and ask for recommendations.

[smacdonald2008]

The official Adobe doc answers your question. Your only approach is to install fresh AEM 6.3.3.0 and then install your packages on it (your content and apps) - as Gaurav points out.

I assume you have all your code/content in a tool like Github. You can re-install on AEM 6.3.3.0.

[chirran414]

Hi Nagesh,

It is possible to down grade but it is not recommended to downgrade. Safer solution would be do a fresh install and patch to the level you want.

Usually UNIX / Infra team runs CURL scripts to install SP/CFP on servers, if you want to downgrade the version UNIX can go into install folder under crx/quickstart folder and they can take it out (SP/CFP).

[Gaurav-Behl]

This approach might work if SP/CFP is installed using "install" folder and not using '/crx/packmgr'. 

For /crx/packmgr, you may try to uninstall each and every package but that might cause more issues/crash the instance.

[chirran414]

Yes, agree. But I don‘t think anyone is using package manager to install SP/CFP on real time environments (UAT/Prod). Most of the times we would see memory related issue if we use Package manger to install SP/CFP.