Uninstalling IBM MQ but retaining data on IBM i

To retain your user data, for example, because you intend to reinstall IBM MQ for IBM i at a later date, we must perform a standard deletion of the product.


About this task

To perform a standard deletion of IBM MQ for IBM i, so that your user data is retained, complete the following steps:


Procedure

  1. Quiesce IBM MQ for IBM i. For more information, see Quiescing IBM MQ for IBM i .
  2. End the IBM MQ subsystem, by issuing the command: 
    ENDSBS SBS(QMQM)
  3. Ensure that no locks are held on the library QMQM, by issuing the command: 
    WRKOBJLCK OBJ(QMQM) OBJTYPE(*LIB)
  4. Use the Delete Licensed Program (DLTLICPGM) command to delete the base product (and also the samples, AMS, and WEB components if you chose to install them). To delete only the samples, issue the command: 
    DLTLICPGM LICPGM( 5724H72 ) OPTION(1)
    To delete only the AMS component, issue the command:
    DLTLICPGM LICPGM( 5724H72 ) OPTION(2)
    To delete only the WEB component, issue the command:
    DLTLICPGM LICPGM( 5724H72 ) OPTION(3)
    To delete only extra language versions installed, issue the command: 
    DLTLICPGM LICPGM(5724H72) LNG(nnnn)
    where nnnn is the language number, as in the list here:

    Language ID Language
    2909 Belgian English
    2966 Belgian French MNCS (Multi-National Character Set)
    2981 Canadian French MNCS
    2975 Czech
    2950 English uppercase
    2924 English uppercase and lowercase
    2984 English US DBCS
    2938 English US uppercase DBCS
    2928 French
    2940 French MNCS
    2929 German
    2939 German MNCS
    2976 Hungarian
    2932 Italian
    2942 Italian MNCS
    2962 Japanese
    2986 Korean
    2978 Polish
    2979 Russian
    2989 Simplified Chinese
    2931 Spanish

    To delete the base product and all other installed components, issue the command: 

    DLTLICPGM LICPGM( 5724H72 ) OPTION(*ALL)


Results

Delete IBM MQ for IBM i in this way deletes only the objects that belong to IBM MQ: the QMQM library, the QMQM samp library, and the subdirectories that belong to IBM MQ server within the /QIBM/ProdData/mqm directory.

If that leaves no other subdirectories (for example, if IBM MQ Java is installed it uses subdirectories there) then the /QIBM/ProdData/mqm directory itself is deleted.

None of the queue manager journal libraries, or IFS directories based upon /QIBM/UserData are removed.

Parent topic: Uninstalling IBM MQ for IBM i