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Uninstalling fix packs by using response files
You can roll back this product to an earlier version by using Installation Manager response files.
Before you begin
During the rollback process, Installation Manager must access files from the earlier version of the package. By default, these files are stored on your computer when you install a package. If you change the default setting or delete the saved files, Installation Manager requires access to the repository that was used to install the earlier version.
For more information about using Installation Manager, read the IBM® Installation Manager documentation.
Procedure
Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input>
<server>
<repository location='https://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.ND.v90'/>
</server>
<profile id='IBM WebSphere Application Server V9.0' installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'/>
</profile>
<rollback>
<offering profile='IBM WebSphere Application Server V9.0' id='com.ibm.websphere.ND.v90' version='9.0.0.20161025_2108'/>
</rollback>
</agent-input>
- Finding the profile ID
- To find the profile ID (<profile . . . id='profile_ID' . . . .> and <offering . . . profile='profile_ID' . . . .>), run the following command from the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager:The profile name is the same as the package group name.
imcl listInstallationDirectories -verbose
- Rolling back offerings with optional features
To find the installed offering ID (<offering . . . id='offering_ID' . . . .>), run the historyInfo or genHistoryReport command from the app_server_root/bin directory.
When you roll back a product, your response file must contain the features that were used in the previous product installation. If you do not add these features to your response file, Installation Manager removes them.
The offering IDs, optional features for each offering, and default features are shown in the following table:Table 1. Offering IDs and optional features Offering ID Optional feature ID Default features WebSphere Application Server, Network Deployment com.ibm.websphere.ND.v90
- core.feature: WebSphere Application ServerThis feature must be specified to specify the following optional subfeatures:
- samples: Sample applications
- thinclient: Standalone thin clients and resource adapters
- embeddablecontainer: Embeddable EJB container
- ejbdeploy: EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Note: You cannot use Installation Manager to modify, update, or roll back functions to later add or remove core.feature. Only the subfeatures can be added or removed.- core.feature
- thinclient
- embeddablecontainer
- ejbdeploy
Application Client for WebSphere Application Server com.ibm.websphere.APPCLIENT.v90
- samples: Samples
- standalonethinclient.resourceadapter.runtime: Standalone Thin Clients Runtime
- standalonethinclient.resourceadapter.samples: Standalone Thin Clients Samples
- embeddablecontainer: Embeddable EJB Container
embeddablecontainer DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application Server com.ibm.websphere.NDDMZ.v90
- core.feature: DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application ServerThis feature must be specified to specify the following optional subfeature:
- thinclient: Standalone thin clients and resource adapters
No default features Web Server Plug-ins com.ibm.websphere.PLG.v90
No optional features N/A WebSphere Customization Toolbox com.ibm.websphere.WCT.v90
- zpmt: Profile Management Tool (z/OS only)
- zmmt: z/OS Migration Management Tool
- pct: Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool
All optional features are installed by default
- core.feature: WebSphere Application Server
- Specifying an offering version
The offering_version, which optionally can be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version of the offering to roll back to, such as9.0.0.20160503_0200.
The offering version can be found attached to the end of the offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command against the repository:imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository