Uninstalling a product activation kit

Uninstall a product activation kit by using imcl.

About this task

Use a response file to uninstall a product activation kit. Use a text editor to create the response file: responsefile.xml
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<uninstall>
 <offering profile='Licenses' id='the_license_activation_kit_id_to_be_removed'></offering>
</uninstall>
</agent-input> 
Look in the installRegistry.xml file to locate the product activation kit ID. The file is in the agent data location. The product activation kit ID is in the following section, usually at the bottom of the file.
<profile id='SDP Licenses' kind='license'>
... </profile>
For example, if Rational Manual Tester is installed, the response file refers to:

<offering id='com.ibm.rational.manual.tester.pek.la.offering'>

Procedure

Use a response file to uninstall a product activation kit.
  1. Open a command-line utility.
  2. Open the tools directory.
  3. Run the command to uninstall the product activation kit: imcl.exe input responsefile.xml

Results

The product activation kit is removed.

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