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Portal, V6.1

 

Uninstall on Windows

If you have a complete and functional uninstallation program, you can uninstall IBM WebSphere Portal only or both WebSphere Portal and IBM WAS from your cluster.

Prerequisites

Preparing to uninstall on Windows

Perform the following steps to uninstall WebSphere Portal using the uninstallation program:

  1. To stop the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers from the WP_PROFILE\bin directory:

    1. stopServer.bat server1 -username adminid -password passwd

    2. stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -username adminid -password passwd

  2. Verify that there are no other installations or uninstallations running.

  3. Locate and delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\portalinstall.lockfile file.

  4. Enter one of the following uninstallation commands from the portal_server_root\uninstall directory:

    Option Description
    Add or Remove Programs Open the Add or Remove Programs application from the Control Panel and select WebSphere Portal.
    GUI uninstall.bat
    Console mode uninstall.bat -console
    Silent uninstall.bat -options "/path/to/file\response_filename" where /path/to/file is the full path to the response file and response_filename is the name of the file. A sample uninstall response file (uninstallresponse.txt) are located in the setup CD root.

    Only put quotation marks around the file name if there are spaces in the directory path or file name.

  5. Remove any remaining WebSphere Portal directories from your directory structure.

  6. To remove WAS entries from your operating system's native registry using the native registry tool:

    1. Read the Windows help system for information about using the Windows Registry Editor.

      When editing the Windows registry, your computer may not function properly if you delete the wrong information. If this happens, see the Windows Help system for information on how to restore the registry.

    2. Click Start > Run and then type regedit to start the Windows Registry Editor.

    3. Delete all entries under the HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > IBM > WAS, including the WAS entry.

      If you using WAS Network Deployment, the path will be HKEY_CURRENT_USER > SOFTWARE > IBM > WAS ND.

    4. Run the sc delete service_name from a command prompt to remove a Windows service from the Services list and registry. Click Start > Control Panel > Administration Tools > Services to view the WAS services names.

  7. Restart the machine, especially if you intend to reinstall WebSphere Portal on the same machine.

  8. Go to Delete specific cluster members for information on how to delete a cluster member, if it exists, from the deployment manager.

  9. To delete the WebSphere Portal server, if it exists, from the deployment manager:

    1. Click Servers > Application Servers.

    2. Select the check box for the WebSphere Portal server you want to delete.

    3. Click Delete.

 

Parent topic

Uninstall from a cluster on Windows

 

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