WebSphere Application Server - Express, Version 6.0.x     Operating Systems: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows

Uninstalling WebSphere Application Server - Express

This task describes using the uninstaller program to uninstall WebSphere Application Server - Express.

Before you begin

The uninstaller program removes registry entries, uninstalls the product, and removes all related features. The uninstaller program does not remove log files in the installation root directory.

The uninstaller program removes all profiles, including all of the configuration data and applications in each profile. Before you start the uninstall procedure, back up the config folder, the installableApps folder, and the installedApps folder of each profile, if necessary. See Using command line tools for a description of managing configuration files. Back up all applications that are not stored in another location.

Why and when to perform this task

This procedure uninstalls the WebSphere Application Server - Express product.

Steps for this task

  1. Log on as root on a Linux or UNIX system, or as a user who belongs to the administrator group on a Windows system.
  2. Run the uninstaller program for the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

    If a Web server is configured to run with the Application Server, uninstall the plug-ins to remove the configuration from the Web server. See Uninstalling the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

  3. Stop each running Application Server with the stopServer command.
    Stop all server processes in all profiles on the machine. For example, issue the following command from the /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/app_server_profile/bin directory on a Linux machine to stop the server1 process in the profile:
    ./stopServer.sh server1
    
    If servers are running and security is enabled, use the following commands:
    ./stopServer.sh server1 -user user_ID -password password
    
  4. Optional: Back up configuration files and log files to refer to them later, if necessary.

    The uninstaller program does not remove log files in the installation root directory. The uninstaller program removes all profiles and all of the data in all profiles.

    Back up the config folder and the logs folder of each profile to refer to it later, if necessary. You cannot reuse profiles so there is no need to back up an entire profile.

  5. Issue the uninstall command.

    The command file is named uninstall for Linux and UNIX platforms and uninstall.exe on Windows platforms.

    [Linux][UNIX]On Linux and UNIX platforms, issue the uninstall command from the install_root/_uninst directory:
    ./uninstall
    [Windows]On Windows platforms, call the uninstall command:
    install_root\_uninst\uninstall.exe
    [Windows]Call the program directly from the install_root\_uninst directory. For example, if the installation root is C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer, issue the following command:
    C:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\_uninst> uninstall.exe

    The Uninstaller wizard begins and displays the Welcome panel.

    The rest of this procedure describes using the wizard interactively. You can also issue the uninstall command with a silent parameter to use the wizard without the graphical user interface.

    uninstall -silent
  6. Click Next to begin uninstalling the product.

    The Uninstaller wizard displays a confirmation panel that lists the product and features that you are uninstalling.

  7. Click Next to continue uninstalling the product.

    The Uninstaller wizard deletes existing profiles first. For this reason, back up any profiles or data in profiles that you want to retain before uninstalling the product.

    After deleting profiles, the Uninstaller wizard deletes the core product files in component order.

  8. Click Finish to close the wizard after the wizard removes the core product files.
  9. Review the install_root/logs/uninstlog.txt file.
    The install_root/logs/uninstlog.txt file records file system or other unusual errors. Look for the INSTCONFSUCCESS indicator of success in the log:
    Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.
       ISMPLogSuccessMessageAction, msg1, 
       INSTCONFSUCCESS
    

Result

This procedure uninstalls the WebSphere Application Server - Express product.

After running the uninstall command, the directory structure has only a few remaining directories. The logs directory is one of the few directories with files.

The install_root/logs/uninstlog.txt file records file system or other unusual errors. Look for the INSTCONFSUCCESS indicator of success in the log:
Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.
   ISMPLogSuccessMessageAction, msg1, 
   INSTCONFSUCCESS

What to do next

If you plan to reinstall, perform the manual uninstall procedure for your system.

The uninstaller program leaves some log files, including the install_root/logs/uninstlog.txt file.

Manually uninstall the product to remove all artifacts of the product so that you can reinstall into the same installation root directory. If you do not plan to reinstall, you do not need to manually uninstall.

See Uninstalling manually for more information.




Related tasks
Uninstalling manually
Installing the product and additional software
Uninstalling the product

Task topic    

Terms of Use | Feedback

Last updated: Jun 8, 2005 12:45:23 PM EDT
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/wasinfo/v6r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.websphere.express.doc/info/exp/ae/tins_uninstall_express.html

© Copyright IBM Corporation 2004, 2005. All Rights Reserved.
This information center is powered by Eclipse technology. (http://www.eclipse.org)