(hpmgmt) hp-OpenIPMI will not uninstall

Hi All,

       I am hitting my head against the wall way too long now, and I am asking for help.    1 and only 1 of our many ESX boxes is having this problem.   It (they all are) a 3.5.0 update 4 server.   I have not been able to install hpmgmt 8.2, because it says there are some already installed.   rpm and --uninstalls show that there are 2 installed a 7.8 version and a 7.9 version.   When trying to uninstall using rpm -e hp-OpenIPMI-7.9.0-110.vmware30 it says that

Upgrades are not permitted for the hp-OpenIPMI package.

Please remove the package using the command: rpm -e hp-OpenIPMI

error: %prerun(hp-OpenIPMI-7.9.0-110.vmware30) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

when I run rpm -e hp-OpenIPMI by it self  it has the same 3 lines after this 1 line    error: "hp-OpenIPMI" specifies multiple packages   so it is stuck in a recursive logic (at least not programatically )

I have stopped pegasus and I do not have an hpasm to stop.   I have not found anything else helpful.

Thanks,

Steven Stuart