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:

[Windows] Uninstalling Edge Components for Windows
  1. 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.
  2. Ensure that the Load Balancer service is set to Manual. For example:
    1. Click Start > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
    2. Right click the entry for Load Balancer, and select Properties.
    3. Change the Startup type selection to Manual.
  3. Restart your Windows machine.
  4. Use the Add/Remove Programs feature in Control Panel to uninstall Caching Proxy or Load Balancer for IPv4.
[AIX] Uninstalling Edge Components for AIX
  • To uninstall Caching Proxy, enter the following command:
    installp -u wses
  • To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4:
    1. Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
    2. enter the following command:
      installp -u ibmlb
      For Version 6.0 or earlier, enter the following command:
      installp -u ibmnd
[HP-UX] Uninstalling Edge Components for HP-UX
  • 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:

    1. WSES-DOC-en_US
    2. WSES-CP
    3. WSES-cpmlang
    4. WSES-ADMIN
    5. WSES-ICU
    6. 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:
    1. Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
    2. Enter the following command:
      swremove ibmlb
[Linux] Uninstalling Edge Components for Linux
  • 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:
    1. WSES_Doc_en_US-release-version.hardw.rpm
    2. WSES_CachingProxy-release-version.hardw.rpm
    3. WSES_CachingProxy_msg_lang3-release-version.hardw.rpm
    4. WSES_Admin_Runtime-release-version.hardw.rpm
    5. WSES_ICU_Runtime-release-version.hardw.rpm
    6. gsk7bas.rpm
    where:
    • 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:
    1. Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
    2. 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:
      1. ibmlb-ms-release-version.hardw.rpm (Metric Server)
      2. ibmlb-doc-release-version.hardw.rpm (Documentation)
      3. ibmlb-component-release-version.hardw.rpm (LB component)
      4. ibmlb-lic-release-version.hardw.rpm (License)
      5. ibmlb-admin-release-version.hardw.rpm (Administration)
      6. 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)
[Solaris] Uninstalling Edge Components for Solaris
  • 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:
    1. WSESdocen
    2. WSEScp
    3. WSEScpmlang
    4. WSESadmin
    5. WSESicu
    6. gsk7bas

    To query the Caching Proxy packages that are still installed, use the command:

    pkginfo | grep WSES
  • To uninstall Load Balancer for IPv4:
    1. Ensure that all executors and servers are stopped.
    2. 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:
      1. ibmlbms (Metric Server)
      2. ibmlbdoc (Documentation)
      3. ibmlbnal (Nortel Alteon Controller component)
      4. ibmlbcco (Cisco CSS Controller component)
      5. ibmlbss (Site Selector component)
      6. ibmlbcbr (CBR component)
      7. ibmlbdisp (Dispatcher component)
      8. ibmlblic (License)
      9. ibmlbadm (Administration)
      10. ibmlbbase (Base)