Manually uninstalling Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server

You can use this manual procedure for uninstalling Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server when the uninstaller program is not available for some reason.

Note: If you are running WebSphere Application Server for iSeries, see Uninstalling the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

This topic describes uninstalling the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

After uninstalling the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server, you can reinstall them using any of the installation procedures that are described in Installing Web server plug-ins

1. Delete the installation root directory for Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server.

2. Delete the Web server definition in the application server configuration. You can delete a Web server definition using the following wsadmin commands:

   $AdminTask deleteServer { -serverName webserver1 -nodeName webserver1_node }
   $AdminTask removeUnmanagedNode { -nodeName webserver1_node } 
   $AdminConfig save 

3. Reconfigure any Web servers that were configured to use the binary plug-ins that you deleted.

   See Editing Web server configuration files.

Deleting the installation root directory for the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server removes the binary plug-ins. Any Web servers that are configured to use the deleted binary modules do not work. Reinstall the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server and reconfigure the Web servers to restore their functionality.

What to do next

See Installing Web server plug-ins for information about other installation scenarios for reinstalling Web server plug-ins.