The Update Installer for WebSphere® Software can use a response file to uninstall maintenance packages from a command line interface.
The uninstall.txt file has one directive that identifies the backup file for uninstalling a service update. Comments in the file describe how to set the string value.
The Update Installer for WebSphere Software wizard reads the options file to determine your uninstallation choices. The Update Installer uninstalls the maintenance package in silent mode, instead of displaying a graphical user interface.
The sample options response file is named uninstall.txt. The file is located in the updi_root/responsefiles directory after you unzip the Update Installer for WebSphere Software into the installation root directory of the WebSphere software product.
The options file supplies the values to the Update installer wizard when uninstalling silently. The wizard reads the options file to determine responses and does not display the graphical user interface.
./update.sh -options "responsefiles/myresponsefile.txt" -silent
./update.sh -options "responsefiles/myresponsefile.txt"
For example:
In a silent uninstall, response file validation has been coded into the uninstall process. If the validation does not pass, the failure is recorded in the log files in the app_server_root/logs/update/tmp directory.
################################################################################ # # This is the silent install response file for uninstalling maintenance packages # using the update installer. # # A common use of an options file is to run the wizard in silent mode. This lets # the options file author specify wizard settings without having to run the # wizard in graphical or console mode. To use this options file for silent mode # execution, *uncomment* and modify the parameters defined within. # # Use the following command line when running the wizard from the update # installer directory: # # update -options responsefiles/uninstall.txt -silent # # Please enclose all values within a single pair of double quotes. # ################################################################################ ################################################################################ # # Used to input the maintenance backup package filename to be uninstalled. # This is the same filename as the package that was originally installed. # A maintenance package can only be uninstalled if a backup package exists. # # ie. -W backup.package="PQ20029.pak" # # Note: If no package is specified, a default of the last installed maintenance # package will be used. # #-W backup.package="" ################################################################################ # # Used to modify the product install location that will be updated. # This value should be left commented out if the Update Installer is # being run from the recommended location # # ie. -W product.location="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer" # # Note: The product install location should always been specified, and it should # always be the full path. # -W product.location="<SPECIFY_PRODUCT_INSTALL_LOCATION_HERE>" ################################################################################ # # File Permission Checking # # The installer does not check that it has sufficient file permissions to # perform the installation by default. # # Uncomment the following option to notify the installer that it should # check that it has sufficient file permissions to perform the required # install operation on each file to be installed. # # This option is not applicable for Windows. # # -OPT checkFilePermissions="true" # ############################################################################### # # AIX Non-root User Limitation # # The AIX user account running the Update Installer program also must be able to # run the slibclean command; otherwise, a root user must run the slibclean command # before the Update Installer program runs. # # Uncomment the following option to notify the installer that a root user has run # the slibclean command before the Update Installer program runs. # #-OPT rootUserHasRunSlibcleanCommandSuccessfully="true" ################################################################################## # Do not edit these values. # -W update.type="uninstall"