Deleting portlets common across clusters

You can use the XMLAccess task to delete a portlet common across clusters. If the portlet was predeployed as a standard EAR, then each cluster must be first notified of the portlet removal before the EAR can be uninstalled. The administrator must use the XMLAccess application to import a <web-app> definition similar to the ones used in the previous two sections, except the action is to delete the definition instead of update it.

For example:<web-app action="delete" active="true" uid="com.ibm.wps.portlets.welcome" />.

To delete the underlying EAR definition to remove the portlet from the clusters:

1. Open the Deployment Manager administration console.

2. Depending on your version of WAS, make the appropriate selection from the navigation:

   • For WAS v6.1, from the navigation click Applications > Enterprise Applications.

   • For WAS v7, from the navigation click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise applications.

3. Select the enterprise application definition.

4. Click Uninstall.

Parent topic:

Manage portlets in the cluster

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