Portal, Express Beta Version 6.1 Operating systems: i5/OS, Linux,Windows

Preparing to uninstalling on Windows

Before uninstalling IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express, prepare your system; for example, adding passwords to the properties files and keeping or discarding database information.

1. Optional: Make a backup of the WebSphere Portal Express configuration using the XML Configuration Interface. Important: The following information is not backed up and will be deleted if you delete the database:

   • User attributes that are stored in the database and not in the user registry
   • Credential data that is stored in the default vault implementation
   • Data used be Document Manager
2. Decide whether to keep your database as is to preserve WebSphere Portal Express information or perform the following steps to remove the information from the database: Note: If you choose to keep the database information, you cannot use it with subsequent WebSphere Portal Express installations although you can still access the information through your database software. Also, if you keep the information, you can always delete the WebSphere Portal Express databases and database tables later using your database software.

   1. Run the stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -user admin_userid -password admin_password from the wp_profile_root\bin directory.
   2. Run the ConfigEngine.bat remove-schema -Drelease.DbPassword=password -Dcustomization.DbPassword=password -Dcommunity.DbPassword=password -Djcr.DbPassword=password -Dwmm.DbPassword=password -Dfeedback.DbPassword=password -Dlikeminds.DbPassword=password task from the wp_profile\ConfigEngine directory to remove all database tables. Note: Some tables may remain in the IBM Java Content Repository database. Removing the database will remove these tables.
3. Perform the following steps to remove references to IBM Workplace™ Collaboration Services shared library:

   1. Run the serverStatus.bat server1 -user username -password password task from the wp_profile_root\bin directory to verify that server1 is active.
   2. Run the ConfigEngine.bat remove-lwp-shared-library -DPortalAdminPwd=password task from the wp_profile\ConfigEngine directory.
4. Run the following tasks to stop the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers:

   1. stopServer.bat server1 -user admin_userid -password admin_password
   2. stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -user admin_userid -password admin_password
5. Verify that there are no other installations or uninstallations running.
6. Locate and delete the C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Local Settings\Temp\portalinstall.lockfile file.