Uninstall a single server on AIX

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

Prerequisites

Prepare to uninstall a single server on AIX

Uninstall WebSphere Portal using the uninstallation program

1. Log on as the root user

2. Stop the servers:

   cd WP_PROFILE/bin
   ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username wpadmin -password foo

   cd WAS_HOME/bin
   ./stopServer.sh server1 -profileName cw_profile -username wpadmin -password foo

3. Verify there are no other installations or uninstallations running.

4. Uninstall WebSphere Portal and WAS:

   Option	Commands
   GUI	Open the Installation Manager and then select Uninstall.
   Silent	From the installation source directory, run... ./imcl input /path/to/response.xml -log /path/to/log/files Do not place the response file in a path containing a space and do not put a space in the file name.

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

6. Examine all running processes and kill and containing the PortalServer_root directory or restart the machine, especially if you intend to reinstall WebSphere Portal on the same machine.

7. Optional: After uninstalling WebSphere Portal and WAS, we can also delete Installation Manager...
   cd ibm/InstallationManager/uninstall
   ./uninstall

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