This procedure uninstalls the WebSphere Application Server product
from a Solaris system. After running the uninstaller program, manual steps
remove log files and registry entries that can prevent you from reinstalling
the product into the original directory. If you are not planning to reinstall,
do not uninstall manually.
Before you begin
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.
Determine the
installation root directory for the product so that you remove the
correct product and produce a clean system.
About this task
Reinstalling
the product into a new directory when files remain from a previous
installation can create a coexistence scenario. However, you can delete
all files and registry entries to completely remove a WebSphere® Application Server product. A
clean system lets you reinstall the product into the original directory
without coexistence.
Default directories are
shown in the following planning table:
The installation wizard and the
Profile Creation wizard provide an override
for your own locations for root directories.
Examine
the following files to determine the actual locations:
- The ~/.WASRegistry file identifies the installation
root for all installed WebSphere Application
Server products.
- The app_server_root/logs/wasprofile/wasprofile_create_profile_name.log file
for each created profile identifies the installation location in the
stanza with the <method>invokeWSProfile</method> tag.
Uninstalling the product leaves the profile_root directory
with the pctLog.txt file.
Perform the following procedure to produce a clean system.
Procedure
- Log on as root.
- 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.
- Use the kill command to
kill all Java™ processes that
are running.
If running Java processes
are not related to WebSphere Application
Server products and it is not possible to stop them, stop all WebSphere Application Server
product-related processes. Use the following command to determine
all processes that are running:
ps -ef | grep java
Stop
all WebSphere Application
Server-related processes with the
kill command.
kill -9 java_pid_1 java_pid_2...java_pid_n
- Issue the uninstall command.
If you have already run the uninstaller
program, skip the rest of this entire procedure. If you cannot run
the uninstaller program, go to the next step.
See the description of the uninstall command for more information.
The
Uninstaller wizard begins and displays the Welcome panel.
- Search for related packages. Type the following command
to search for packages for WebSphere Application Server products:
pkginfo | grep WS
If no packages appear when using these commands, skip the next
step. The resulting list of packages has the following format:
application WSBAA60 WebSphere Application Server
- Change directories to the directory where package information is
registered.
cd /var/sadm/pkg
- Issue the following command to remove any WebSphere Application
Server-related packages.
pkgrm packagename1 packagename2 packagename3 ...
Do not remove
packages for WebSphere Application
Server products that you are not uninstalling. Version 6 package names
have a prefix of WSB or WSP and a suffix of 60. WSC package names
do not have a suffix of 60.
Issue
the following commands from the
/var/sadm/pkg directory
to search for and remove any WebSphere Application Server product-related
packages that are registered in the
/var/sadm/pkg directory:
- Change directories to the correct directory: cd /var/sadm/pkg
- ls |grep WSB|xargs -i pkgrm -n {} for WebSphere Application
Server products
- ls |grep WSC|xargs -i pkgrm -n {} for Application
Client
- ls |grep WSP|xargs -i pkgrm -n {} for Web server
plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server
Package names for Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application
Server are:
WSPAA60
WSPAA60AC
WSPAA60BC
WSPAA60CC
WSPAA60DC
WSPAA60FC
WSPAA60FB
WSPAA60GC
WSPAA60HC
If there is a problem removing the packages, remove
the related package directories in the /var/sadm/pkg directory,
including the preremove files.
For example, remove the following file before
issuing the
pkgrm -n WSBAA60 command:
/var/sadm/pkg/WSBAA60/install/preremove
- Type rm -rf app_server_root to
remove WebSphere Application
Server directories in the app_server_root directory.
Do not remove installation root directories for products that you
intend to keep. Remove all of the profile directories as well.
- Edit the .WASRegistry file.
The file location is the home directory, ~/.WASRegistry.
The .WASRegistry file
contains a one-line entry for each WebSphere Application
Server product installation.
You can delete the file if there
is just one line that identifies the product that you are removing.
Otherwise, use a flat-file editor to remove the line that identifies
the installation root directory of the product that you are removing.
Leave the other lines intact. Do not delete the .WASRegistry file
unless you are removing all of the installations listed in the file.
The
following example shows a
.WASRegistry file for
a system with five installations:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/IBM/P1/AppServer
/opt/IBM/P2/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/P2/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
/opt/P3/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Results
This procedure results in having
a clean system. You can reinstall into the same directories now. A
clean system has no trace of a previously deleted installation.