Uninstalling previous versions of Edge Components
If you installed a previous version of the Edge Components products, you need to use the native installers or system packaging tools to uninstall them. This section contains the following information:
- Uninstalling Edge componenets for Windows
- Uninstalling Edge components for AIX
- Uninstalling Edge components for HP-UX
- Uninstalling Edge components for Linux
- Uninstalling Edge components for Solaris
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Uninstalling Edge Components for Windows
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- To prevent the currently installed Load Balancer from starting, edit any start scripts that you created to temporarily suppress any commands that will start Load Balancer upon reboot.
- Ensure that the Load Balancer service is set to Manual. For example:
- Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
- Right click the entry for Load Balancer, and select Properties.
- Change the Startup type selection to Manual.
- Restart your Windows machine.
- Use the Add/Remove Programs feature in Control Panel to uninstall Caching Proxy or Load Balancer for IPv4.
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Uninstalling Edge Components for AIX
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- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
installp -u wses
- To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4:
- Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
- enter the following command:
installp -u ibmlb
For Version 6.0 or earlier, enter the following command:installp -u ibmnd
- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
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Uninstalling Edge Components for HP-UX
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- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
swremove packagename
Remove packages in the reverse order in which they were installed. These are the names and the recommended order for uninstalling the packages:
- WSES-DOC-en_US
- WSES-CP
- WSES-cpmlang
- WSES-ADMIN
- WSES-ICU
- gsk7bas
The variable lang refers to the substitution of one of the following language specific codes: de_DE, en_US, es_ES, fr_FR, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, zh_CN, zh_TW. HP-UX does not support Portuguese Brazilian (pt_BR).
To query the Caching Proxy packages that are still installed, use the command:
swlist | grep WSES
- To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4:
- Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
- Enter the following command:
swremove ibmlb
- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
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Uninstalling Edge Components for Linux
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- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
rpm -e packagename
Remove the packages in the reverse order in which they were installed. These are the names and recommended order for uninstalling the packages:- WSES_Doc_en_US-release-version.hardw.rpm
- WSES_CachingProxy-release-version.hardw.rpm
- WSES_CachingProxy_msg_lang3-release-version.hardw.rpm
- WSES_Admin_Runtime-release-version.hardw.rpm
- WSES_ICU_Runtime-release-version.hardw.rpm
- gsk7bas.rpm
- release-version is the current release, for example: 6.1.0-0
- hardw refers to the substitution of one of the following: i686, s390, ppc64.
- lang refers to the substitution of one of the following language specific codes: de_DE, en_US, es_ES, fr_FR, it_IT, ja_JP, ko_KR, pt_BR, zh_CN, zh_TW.
To query the Caching Proxy packages that are still installed, use the command:
rpm -qa |grep -i wses
- To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4, enter the following command:
- Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
- Enter the following command:
rpm -e pkgname
When uninstalling the packages, reverse the order used for installation. These are the package names and the recommended order for uninstalling:- ibmlb-ms-release-version.hardw.rpm (Metric Server)
- ibmlb-doc-release-version.hardw.rpm (Documentation)
- ibmlb-component-release-version.hardw.rpm (LB component)
- ibmlb-lic-release-version.hardw.rpm (License)
- ibmlb-admin-release-version.hardw.rpm (Administration)
- ibmlb-base-release-version.hardw.rpm (Base)
where:
- release-version is the current release, for example: 6.1.0-0
- hardw is one of the following values: i386, ppc64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64.
- component is one of the following values: disp (Dispatcher component), cbr (CBR component), ss (Site Selector component), cco (Cisco CSS Controller), nal (Nortel Alteon Controller)
- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
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Uninstalling Edge Components for Solaris
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- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
pkgrm packagename
Remove the packages in the reverse order in which they were installed. These are the package names and the recommended order for uninstalling:- WSESdocen
- WSEScp
- WSEScpmlang
- WSESadmin
- WSESicu
- gsk7bas
To query the Caching Proxy packages that are still installed, use the command:
pkginfo | grep WSES
- To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4:
- Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
- Enter the following command:
pkgrm pkgname
When uninstalling the packages, reverse the order used for installation. These are the package names and the recommended order for uninstalling:- ibmlbms (Metric Server)
- ibmlbdoc (Documentation)
- ibmlbnal (Nortel Alteon Controller component)
- ibmlbcco (Cisco CSS Controller component)
- ibmlbss (Site Selector component)
- ibmlbcbr (CBR component)
- ibmlbdisp (Dispatcher component)
- ibmlblic (License)
- ibmlbadm (Administration)
- ibmlbbase (Base)
- To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command: