uninstall command

 

The uninstall command uninstalls the product. When you uninstall the product, the uninstaller program removes the core product files and all of the profiles. A silent parameter runs the wizard in silent mode without displaying the graphical user interface.

 

Purpose

This topic describes the command-line syntax for the uninstall command. Start the uninstall command module from the command line to uninstall the product.

Before you begin uninstalling the product

Manually stop all servers before uninstalling the product.

See Uninstall the product for more information.

The command file is in the app_server_root\uninstall directory. The command file is named:

• uninstall

• uninstall.exe

All of the installable components in the product package use this command. If the command is not applicable for a component on a particular operating system, the N/A abbreviation is displayed in the following table. A command is not applicable if the component cannot be installed (or uninstalled) on the operating system.

Table 1. Component uninstall commands by operating system

Operating System	WAS	Application Client	IBM HTTP Server	Web Server Plug-ins	Application Server Toolkit	Edge Components	Update Installer (UPDI)
AIX	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
HP-UX	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
i5/OS	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	N/A	N/A	uninstall
Linux	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall
Solaris	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	N/A	uninstall	uninstall
Windows	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall	uninstall

 

Parameters and syntax

This section describes the command syntax and the optional parameters for starting the Uninstaller wizard.

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard and the graphical user interface:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall

  • app_server_root\uninstall\uninstall

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard in silent mode, without the graphical user interface, and to remove all profiles:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent (default behavior)

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="true"

  • app_server_root\uninstall\uninstall -silent (default behavior)

  • app_server_root\uninstall\uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="true"

• Issue the following command to start the Uninstaller wizard in silent mode and to leave all profiles intact:

  • app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="false"

  • app_server_root\uninstall\uninstall -silent -OPT removeProfilesOnUninstall="false"

Uninstall WAS ND removes all the product libraries and directories. If you do not specify the option to keep all the profiles when you invoke the uninstall script, the profiles are removed. If you later decide that you do not need the profiles, you can manually remove them.

 

Logging

Examine the app_server_root/logs/uninstall/log.txt file. The log file records file system or other unusual errors. Look for the INSTCONFSUCCESS indicator of success in the log:

(date_time), 
Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.
SetExitCodeAction, msg1, 
CWUPI0000I: EXITCODE=0 (date_time), 
Uninstall, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.
ISMPLogSuccessMessageAction, msg1, 
INSTCONFSUCCESS

Verify that there were no file system or other unusual errors while uninstalling. If there are problems, correct them, and uninstall manually before reinstalling the product. See Uninstall manually.

After uninstalling WAS ND, delete the installation root directory before reinstalling into the same directory. Deleting the old directory avoids XML configurations that are not valid that result from retaining old files.

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Related information

Uninstall the product
Uninstall manually
vpd.properties file
Operating system registry keys

 

Reference topic