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Uninstall the WebSphere Commerce toolkit silently

To uninstall WebSphere Commerce remotely on many clients, use the silent uninstallation method.

To use this method you simulate a toolkit installation by creating a silent installation response file, then you record a silent uninstall response file. Finally, you uninstall the toolkit.

Procedure

1. Stop the WebSphere Commerce test server and close WebSphere Commerce Developer.

2. To create an installation response file:

   1. Copy the contents of the following directory:

      • drive:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager

      • drive:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager

      If the path names are too long, you might need to use the XCOPY command to copy the files.

      ...to a temporary, writeable directory, the agent_data_location.

      This agent_data_location (for example, c:\temp_agent_data) is used by the Installation Manager to read and write information about the installation you are recording. In order for the Installation Manager to detect previous Rational Application Developer installations, the agent_data_location must contain this copied data.

   2. On a command line, navigate to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.

   3. On a command line, launch IBM Installation Manager using one of the following commands.

      To create a response file without installing the product:

      IBMIMc –record response_file_path -skipInstall agent_data_location

      agent_data_location must be a temporary writable directory, such as c:\temp_agent_data.

      Ensure the file paths you enter exist; Installation Manager will not create directories for the response file and the log file.

      The skipInstall argument causes the Installation Manager to save the installation data without installing the product.

      To create a response file and install the product, run the following command:

      IBMIMc –record response_file_path

   4. Follow the steps in Install the WebSphere Commerce toolkit using the IBM Installation Manager to make the installation choices.

      Ensure that you set the repository preferences to the location of the WebSphere Commerce Developer install image during the recording of the response file.

   5. Click Finish, then close Installation Manager.

3. Optional: Open the response file you created, response_file_path, in a text editor.

4. Optional: Modify the entries in the response file to match the desired installation options.

5. Create an uninstallation response file:

   1. On a command line, navigate to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.

   2. On a command line, open IBM Installation Manager:

      IBMIM –record response_file_path -skipInstall agent_data_location

      Where:

      response_file_path

      An existing file path. Do not use the same file name as the response_file_path name you recorded for the installation.

      agent_data_location

      The same location as the agent_data_location that you used for simulating the installation.

      Installation Manager does not create directories for the response file and the log file.

   3. Uninstall the product using the Installation Manager interface that opens.

      Uninstall the WebSphere Commerce toolkit using IBM Installation Manager provides detailed step-by-step instructions.

6. On a command line, run the following command to uninstall the toolkit silently:

   IBMIMc.exe --launcher.ini silent-install.ini -input response_file_path -log log_file_path

   Where:

   response_file_path

   The path of the response file that you recorded for simulating the uninstallation.

   log_file_path

   As existing file path.

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