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:
- 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.
- 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
- Navigate to the WAS_HOME/cip directory.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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
- The latest version of the Update Installer needs to be
installed on a target system locally.
- Make the current working directory updi_root.
- Ensure that all running processes are stopped.
- Launch the Update Installer.
- The Welcome panel appears. Click Next.
- The system prompts for the location of the product you
want to uninstall.
- You can choose either to Install or Uninstall maintenance.
Select the Uninstall option. Click Next
- 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.
- Before the uninstallation, the Confirmation panel confirms
which package has been uninstalled.
- After the uninstallation, the Summary panel lists which
package has been uninstalled.
- 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.