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Step 5. Remove DB2 Products

You must stop all outstanding DB2 processes before removing the DB2 products.

The following steps describe how to remove DB2 products on UNIX operating systems.

Remove DB2 Products on AIX Systems

You can remove the DB2 products on AIX using the SMIT interface. To remove a DB2 product, perform the following steps:

step  1.	Log in as user with root authority.
step  2.	Type smit install_remove to proceed directly to the Remove Software Products screen.
step  3.	Press F4 to display a list of the software to remove. Press F7 at some or all of the entries that have a prefix of db2_06_01. For a detailed description of the software packages, refer to the Installation and Configuration Supplement.
step  4.	Press Enter to start removing the DB2 products.

You can also remove all DB2 Version 6 products on AIX using the installp command with the de-install option: installp -u db2_06_01

Remove DB2 Products on HP-UX Systems

You can remove the DB2 products on the HP-UX operating system using the swremove program as follows:

step  1.	Log in as user with root authority.
step  2.	Use swremove to remove some or all of the DB2 Version 6 products.

Remove DB2 Products on Linux Systems

You can remove the DB2 products on Linux using the db2_deinstall command as follows:

step  1.	Log in as user with root authority.
step  2.	Enter the db2_deinstall -n command. This command is found on the DB2 Version 6 product CD.

Remove DB2 Products on Solaris Systems

You can remove the DB2 products on the Solaris operating system using the db2_deinstall command as follows:

step  1.	Log in as user with root authority.
step  2.	Enter the db2_deinstall -n command. This command is found on the DB2 Version 6 product CD.

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