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Uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins using response files

We can uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins using Installation Manager response files.

Removing the plug-ins will break communication between any web servers and their associated application servers. Be sure to unconfigure any web and applications servers that are using these plug-ins before uninstalling them.

Optional: Perform or record the installation of Installation Manager and installation of the Web Server Plug-ins to a temporary installation registry on one of your systems so that we can use this temporary registry to record the uninstallation without using the standard registry where Installation Manager is installed. Using Installation Manager, we can work with response files to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins in a variety of ways. We can record a response file using the GUI as described in the following procedure, or we can generate a new response file by hand or by taking an example and modifying it.

  1. Optional: Record a response file to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins: On one of your systems, perform the following actions to record a response file that will uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins:

    1. From a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
    2. Start Installation Manager from the command line using the -record option.

      For example:

      • Administrator or non-administrator:
        IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry" 
          -record C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml

        Administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry 
          -record /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml

        Non-administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall user_home/var/temp/imRegistry 
          -record user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml

      If we choose to use the -skipInstall parameter with a temporary installation registry created as described in Before you begin, Installation Manager uses the temporary installation registry while recording the response file. It is important to note that when the -skipInstall parameter is specified, no packages are installed or uninstalled. All of the actions that you perform in Installation Manager simply update the installation data stored in the specified temporary registry. After the response file is generated, it can be used to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, removing the Web Server Plug-ins files and updating the standard installation registry.

      The -skipInstall operation should not be used on the actual agent data location used by Installation Manager. This is unsupported. Use a clean writable location, and re-use that location for future recording sessions.

      For more information, read the IBM Installation Manager v1.5 Information Center.

    3. Click Uninstall.
    4. In the Uninstall Packages window, perform the following actions.

      1. Select Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WAS and the appropriate version.

        If we are uninstalling the ILAN version WAS v8.5, select Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WAS (ILAN).

      2. Click Next.

    5. Review the summary information.

    6. Click Uninstall.

      • If the uninstallation is successful, the program displays a message that indicates success.

      • If the uninstallation is not successful, click View log to troubleshoot the problem.

    7. Click Finish.

    8. Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.

  2. Use the response file to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins: From a command line on each of the systems from which to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use the response file created to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins.

    For example:

    • Administrator or non-administrator:
      imcl.exe 
        input C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml 
        -log C:\temp\uninstall_log.xml

      Administrator:

      ./imcl
        input /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml 
        -log /var/temp/uninstall_log.xml

      Non-administrator:

      ./imcl
        input user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml 
        -log user_home/var/temp/uninstall_log.xml

    Go to the IBM Installation Manager v1.5 Information Center for more information.

  3. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the uninstallation.

      ./imcl listInstalledPackages

      imcl listInstalledPackages


Example

The following is an example of a response file for uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins with a 32-bit SDK.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'> <uninstall modify='false'> <offering id='com.ibm.websphere.PLG.v85' 
  profile='Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WAS V8.5' 
  features='core.feature,arch.32bit'/> </uninstall> <profile id='Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WAS V8.5' 
  installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins'> <data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\Plugins'/> <data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/> <data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/> </profile> </agent-input>

See Sample response file: Uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server for an annotated sample of a response file for performing this procedure.


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