Removal of the Application Engine for WebSphere® on UNIX® and Windows® platforms
requires that you log on to the application server and run the uninstall
program.
To remove
the Application Engine software:
- Log on to the application server.
Option |
Description |
UNIX |
Log on as
a user with read, write, and execute access to the
directory whereApplication Engine is
installed. |
Windows |
Log
on as a member of the local Administrators group or a
user with equivalent permissions. |
- Log in to the WebSphere administrative
console.
- Uninstall the Workplace application.
- Stop the Workplace process
in the admin console.
- Uninstall the Workplace application
from Enterprise Applications.
- Navigate to the /_uninst
folder under
the Application Engine installation
location.
- Run the uninstall program:
Option |
Description |
UNIX |
uninstaller.bin |
Windows |
uninstaller.exe |
Tip: For Windows, you can also use Add/Remove
Programs
from the Control Panel to remove the FileNet® Application Engine.
On Windows,
when you click Next on the Application Engine Uninstaller Welcome screen,
the second screen asks you to wait while Windows Task Manager service shuts down before
continuing the uninstall. This can take a few moments. Wait for the
shutdown to complete, then complete the uninstall wizard from the
next screen.
- Delete the Workplace folder: WAS_HOME/temp/node_name/application_server_name/Workplace
- Delete the AE_install_path directory.
- (If Application Engine is
the only IBM® FileNet P8 application
installed on the server) Search for the vpd.properties file.
If it exists, delete it.
Important: In the
following step, do not remove the system environment variable if any
other IBM FileNet P8 application
is installed on the server.
- (UNIX) Remove the P8TASKMAN_HOME
system environment variable.
If Application Engine is the only IBM FileNet P8 application running on
the server you must remove the P8TASKMAN_HOME system environment variable
to complete the uninstallation.