Remove the Connections portlets

OPTIONAL: If we no longer want the Portlets installed, we can remove them from IBM WebSphere Portal.

Follow these steps to remove the Connections portlets.

See Installation Options

1. cd following directory:

   • AIX : [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine

   • Linux: [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine

   • Solaris: [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine

   • Windows: [wp_profile_root]\ConfigEngine

2. Runs, using the command format for your operating system

   • AIX, Linux, or Solaris: ./ConfigEngine.sh

   • Windows: ConfigEngine.bat
   ConfigEngine remove-SNPortlets -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
   ConfigEngine remove-SNPortletsSearch -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
   ConfigEngine remove-SNPortletsVMM -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd] 
   ConfigEngine remove-paa -DappName=SNPortlets -DforceRemove=true -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
   ConfigEngine uninstall-paa -DappName=SNPortlets -DforceUninstall=true -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]

3. Execute the following command to delete the Connections Portlets assembly files from the [paa-install-root] folder:
   ConfigEngine delete-paa -DassemblyList=SNPortlets -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]

• Manually removing configuration updates
  Manually remove configuration updates made to the wimconfig.xml after you remove the portlets.

Parent topic:
Deploy the Connections Portlets