[AIX HP-UX Linux Solaris Windows]

Uninstalling the product

Uninstall the feature pack to remove the core product files.

Before you begin

The uninstall command calls the uninstaller program that is created during installation. The uninstaller program is customized for each product installation, with specific disk locations and routines for removing installed features.

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.

New or updated for this feature pack If you have a feature pack installed, uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server product using the Version 6.1.0 uninstaller program causes the feature pack to stop working because the uninstallation removes the server. However, you can uninstall the feature pack after uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server product. This same limitation applies if you are uninstalling a CIP.

About this task

This procedure uninstalls the feature pack.

Uninstalling a feature pack changes feature pack profiles. Uninstallation makes an application server profile that previously was augmented for the feature pack unusable and no longer valid. Uninstallation unaugments a deployment manager profile, resulting in deployment manager profile that is usable and still valid.

The time required to uninstall is dependent on the processing speed of your machine. As a rough guideline, uninstalling the core product files and one application server profile takes approximately 10 minutes when using the uninstall command.

Procedure

  1. [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] Log on using the same user ID that was used when the product was installed.

    Issue the ls -al command at the root of the WebSphere Application Server installation to find the user ID that was used to install the product.

  2. [Windows] Log on as a user who belongs to the Administrators group or as the user who installed the product.
  3. If the feature pack is installed on a Network Deployment product, stop the node agent process with the stopNode command.
    Stop the node agent process that might be running on the machine. For example, issue the following command from the profile_root/bin directory of a federated node on a Linux machine to stop the node agent process:
    ./stopNode.sh 
    
    If servers are running and security is enabled, use the following command:
    ./stopNode.sh -username username -password password
    
  4. If the feature pack is installed on a Network Deployment product, stop the deployment manager dmgr process with the stopManager command.
    Stop all dmgr processes that are running on the machine. For example, issue this command on a Linux machine from the profile_root/bin directory of the deployment manager profile:
    ./stopManager.sh -username username -password password
  5. 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 profile_root/bin directory to stop the server1 process in the application server profile:
    ./stopServer.sh server1
    If a server is running and security is enabled, use the following command:
    ./stopServer.sh server1 -user user_ID -password password
    If you have multiple servers, you can use the serverStatus command to find running application servers. Issue the following command from the profile_root/bin directory to determine which servers, if any, are running:
    ./serverStatus.sh -all
  6. Optional: Back up configuration files, profiles, and log files to refer to them later if necessary.

    Use the backupConfig command to back up configuration files and profiles.

  7. Issue the uninstall command.
    Supported configurations [Windows 7] [Fix Pack 29 or later] Supported configurations: On the Microsoft Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems, you might encounter the following error message when you launch a graphical user interface to install or uninstall the product:
    The installer is unable to run in graphical mode. Try running the installer with the -console or -silent flag". This issue is specific to using Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2.

    For more information, see the documentation about the problems using the graphical installation process.

    sptcfg
    To uninstall the Web Services feature pack, run the uninstall command in the app_server_root/uninstall_websv directory:
    • [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] uninstall.sh
    • [Windows] uninstall.exe

    The uninstaller wizard begins and displays the Welcome panel.

    You can also issue the uninstall command with a silent parameter to use the wizard without the graphical user interface.

    Issue the following command to start the uninstaller wizard in silent mode, without the graphical user interfaces:
    uninstall -silent -OPT unaugmentDmgrProfiles="true"
  8. If you are using the wizard, click Next to begin uninstalling the product.

    The uninstaller wizard displays a confirmation panel that lists a summary of the components that you are uninstalling.

    1. Click Next to continue uninstalling the product.

      After uninstalling profiles, the uninstaller program deletes the core product files in component order.

    2. Click Finish to close the wizard after the wizard removes the product.
  9. If the uninstallation program did not uninstall the feature pack enablement extensions, use the Update Installer to uninstall the enablement extensions.

    See Uninstalling fix packs, interim features, test fixes, or fix packs delivered as a CIP slip install.

  10. Review any log files if necessary.
  11. If any product files remain, uninstall manually before reinstalling.

    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.

    If necessary, delete the uninstall_websv directory for the Web Services feature pack if necessary.

Results

This procedure results in uninstalling the product.

Any application server profile that previously was enabled with the feature pack is no longer valid. Any deployment manager profile that previously was augmented for the feature pack is unaugmented resulting in a deployment manager profile that is still valid.

What to do next

After uninstalling the product and cleaning the system with the manual uninstall procedure, you can reinstall.

See Task overview: Installing for an overview of installing the product and creating a functional e-business environment.




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