Uninstall a deployment

Uninstall a deployment of Connections.

• Delete IBM Connections data files makes the original deployment unrecoverable. If we plan to reinstall Connections, and use the old data, do not delete the data files.

• We do not need to remove Installation Manager files. These files might be associated with other IBM applications.

To uninstall Connections:

1. Start the IBM WebSphere Application Server Deployment Manager.

2. Stop all instances of WAS, including node agents, in the deployment.

3. To uninstall a deployment of Connections, start the Installation Manager and click Uninstall.

4. Select IBM Connections, and click Next.

5. Clear the check boxes of the applications to remove.

6. Enter the details of the WAS environment, and then click Next.

7. In the Summary page, verify the details are correct.

8. Click Modify to begin removing applications

9. When the process is complete, restart the dmgr.

10. Restart all instances of WAS, including node agents.

11. Synchronize the nodes.

12. To check the details of the procedure, open the log files in the connections_root/logs directory. Each Connections application that you uninstalled has a log file that uses the following naming format: application_nameUninstall.log, where application_name is the name of a Connections application.

13. If we plan to reinstall Connections, remove the following files:

    • Except where noted, remove these files from the system hosting the dmgr.

    • Because some of these files might be used by other programs, it is possible that we are not allowed to remove all of the following files.

    1. IBM Connections installation files: connections_root

       If we did not install Connections in the default directory, delete the directory where you installed the product.

    2. IBM Connections shared data: Delete the directories specified for shared data when we installed IBM Connections.

    3. IBM Connections local data: On each node, delete the directories specified for local data when we installed IBM Connections.

       Deleting IBM Connections data files makes the original deployment unrecoverable. If we plan to reinstall Connections, and use the old data, do not delete the data files.

    4. Connections configuration files: Delete the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name/LotusConnections-config directory, where cell_name is the name of the WAS cell.

    5. If it is present, delete the registry.xml file from the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name directory.

    6. Delete all .py files from the /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin directory on the deployment manager server:

       • AIX/Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin

       • IBM i: /QIBM/userData/websphere/appserver/V8/nd/profiles/dmgr/bin

       • Windows: drive:\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\bin

Results

You uninstalled IBM Connections.

If we plan to reinstall Connections at some point, refer to Upgrading and Migrating.

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Uninstall Connections