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

This topic describes how to use the Update Installer for WebSphere® Software to uninstall maintenance, such as a fix pack, interim fix, test fix. or a fix pack that was delivered as a custom install package (CIP) slip install.

Before you begin

Use the Update Installer program from the same user ID that installed the product that you are updating. Otherwise, the file ownership mismatches might require correction by the root user. See Using root or non-root when installing with the Update Installer for more information.

When uninstalling a fix pack that is delivered via a CIP slip install, any interim fixes for the same product must be uninstalled first. They will need to be uninstalled individually, using the Update Installer. (This is the same rule that applies to fix packs installed normally using Update Installer.)

Uninstalling a fix pack delivered by a CIP slip install is similar to uninstalling a regular fix pack. However, the package installed using the CIP uses a different fix ID than a regular fix pack. Once you know the fix ID, you can uninstall the CIP slip install package.

About this task

This task is divided into two major parts:
  1. Identifying the CIP slip install fix ID

    Iif you are uninstalling a fixpack delivered as a CIP slip install, you need to formulate the CIP slip install fix ID prior to using part two of this task to uninstall the maintenance. This CIP slip install fix ID is critical to a successful uninstall of the CIP slip install fix.

  2. Using the graphical user interface to uninstall maintenance

    Use this part if you are uninstalling any maintenance, such as fix packs, interim features, test fixes. If you uninstalling a fixpack delivered as a CIP slip install, use this part after you have formulated the CIP slip install fix ID from Part (1),.

Part (1) Identifying the CIP slip install fix ID
  1. Navigate to the WAS_HOME/cip directory.
  2. Look at the subdirectories listed in the WAS_HOME/cip directory. For each CIP that is installed, a subdirectory is created using the CIP's ID.
  3. Identify the CIP that you want to uninstall.

    Note that you cannot uninstall the CIP if it was used to initially install the product, but you can uninstall the CIP if it was used to upgrade the product.

  4. Take the ID of the CIP you want to uninstall and add the character string "was.primary.pak" to the end of that ID. That combined name is the full fixpack identifier to be uninstalled.
    For example, if you wanted to uninstall the CIP that upgraded WAS that was named "com.ibm.was_6.1.0.23", then the full fixpack identifier of that fix pack is:
    com.ibm.was_6.1.0.23was.primary.pak           
  5. Uninstall the CIP using the Update Installer, described in Part (2) of this task. Follow the same process that you normally would use to uninstall a fix pack. When you supply the name of the maintenance package to be uninstalled, use the full fix pack identifer you formulated in Part (1).

Part (2) Using the graphical user interface to uninstall the maintenance

Procedure

  1. The latest version of the Update Installer needs to be installed on a target system locally.
  2. Make the current working directory updi_root.
  3. Ensure that all running processes are stopped.
  4. Launch the Update Installer.
  5. The Welcome panel appears. Click Next.
  6. The system prompts for the location of the product you want to uninstall.
  7. You can choose either to Install or Uninstall maintenance. Select the Uninstall option. Click Next
  8. The system prompts for the maintenance package that you want to uninstall.
    • For uninstalling maintenance in an environment without a feature pack installed, select the package to be uninstalled. Click Next.
    • For uninstalling maintenance in an environment with a feature pack installed, select the package to be uninstalled. In certain cases the enabling ifix requires that you uninstall in a particular order. The additional maintenance remove panel shows the feature packs that depend on an enabling ifix.

    Select the maintenance package, click Next.

    When you uninstall the pack, certain logic is used to determine which maintenance package to uninstall. To find out more, refer to Logic the Update Installer uses for uninstalling.

  9. Before the uninstallation, the Confirmation panel confirms which package has been uninstalled.
  10. After the uninstallation, the Summary panel lists which package has been uninstalled.
  11. Review the log file to verify maintenance has been uninstalled successfully. The log can be found in the app_server_root\logs\update\<Maintenance name.install> directory.

Results

One of the following results appears in the log:
INSTCONFSUCCESS
The operation was a success.
INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
The operation was partially successful, refer to the log for more details.
INSTCONFFAILED
The operation failed, refer to the log for more details.



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