Uninstall a cluster on IBM i

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

Prerequisites

Prepare to uninstall a cluster on IBM i

To uninstall WebSphere Portal using the uninstallation program:

1. Run the following tasks to stop the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers from the WP_PROFILE/bin directory:

   1. stopServer server1 -username admin_userid -password foo

   2. stopServer WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password foo

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

3. To delete the WebSphere Portal server installed on the WAS profile created by the installation program.

   1. Log on to an i 5250 session and type STRQSH to start the Qshell Interpreter.

   2. Ensure that all active servers are stopped.

   3. Run one of the following tasks, from the /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V7/product_offer/uninstall directory, for each profile you want to remove:
      product_offer is either Server or Content, depending on the product offering that you purchased.

      WAS system type	Command
      WAS installation with default ND path: /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V7/ND	rmvwpprofile.sh -profileName wp_profile -username userid -password password
      Custom WAS path other than the ND default path (above)	rmvwpprofile.sh -profileName wp_profile -username userid -password password -waslocation /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/AppServer/V#/Base, where V# is the WAS Version number such as V7 rmvwpprofile.sh -profileName wp_profile -username userid -password password -waslocation /MyWas

      Add the leavedb=true parameter to the rmvwpprofile.sh command to keep the database information.

4. Enter one of the following uninstallation commands:
   product_offer is either Server or Content, depending on the product offering that you purchased.

   Option	Commands
   Console mode local	/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V7/product_offer/uninstall/uninstall.sh
   Silent local	/QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/PortalServer/V7/product_offer/uninstall/uninstall.sh -silent

5. Go to Delete cluster members for information on how to delete a cluster member, if it exists, from the dmgr.

6. To delete the WebSphere Portal server, if it exists, from the dmgr:

   1. Click Servers -> Application Servers.

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

   3. Click Delete.

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