Uninstalling Enterprise Application (xyz.ear) causing warning (ADMA0078W) message in SystemOut.log
 Technote (FAQ)
 
Problem
Uninstall enterprise application failed to uninstall the binary from <WAS_HOME>\installedApps\<nodeName>\xyz.ear with following error logged in SystemOut.log:

AppUtils W ADMA0078W: Unable to delete file: D:\Program Files\WebSphere\AppServer\installedApps\<nodeName>\xyz.ear\xyz.war\WEB-INF\lib\abc.dll
 
Cause
Windows® native library (dll) was packaged within the EAR file causing the uninstall to fail.
 
Solution
Before uninstalling the application it is required to stop the enterprise application, but in addition to that, the server or cluster has to stopped before attempting the uninstall.
  1. Stop the cluster or stand alone JVM
  2. Stop the Enterprise Application - (if you stop the cluster or stand alone JVM the enterprise application should stopped, but validate the stop operation)
  3. Uninstall the Enterprise Application.
 
 
Cross Reference information
Segment Product Component Platform Version Edition
Application Servers Runtimes for Java Technology Java SDK
 
 


Document Information


Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server > Deploy (for example: AAT or ANT or EAR/WAR/JAR)
Operating system(s): Windows
Software version: 6.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1243093
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: May 1, 2007