Uninstalling WebSphere MQ using the installation process

 

This procedure uninstalls WebSphere MQ from your machine in attended mode. It removes all the currently installed features, although you have the option to keep existing queue managers and their objects.

1. Insert the WebSphere MQ for Windows Server CD into the CD-ROM drive.

2. If autorun is enabled, the installation process starts.

   Otherwise, double-click the Setup icon in the root folder of the CD to start the installation process.

   The WebSphere MQ Installation Launchpad window is displayed.

3. Click the WebSphere MQ Installation.

4. Click Launch IBM WebSphere MQ Installer. Wait until the WebSphere MQ Program Maintenance panel is displayed with a welcome message.

   If this panel is not displayed, WebSphere MQ for Windows, V6.0 is not installed on this machine.

5. Select Remove, then click Next.

6. If there are any existing queue managers, the Removing Server feature panel is displayed.

   Click one of the following options, then click Next:

   • Keep – keep existing queue managers and their objects.

   • Remove – remove existing queue managers and their objects.

7. The Remove WebSphere MQ panel is displayed, with a summary of the installation to be removed.

   Click Remove to continue.

8. The Removing WebSphere MQ panel is displayed.

   Wait for the progress bar to complete.

   If there are any messages that state that locked files are found, ensure that there are no WebSphere MQ programs running, as described at the start of this chapter.

   Uninstallation should then continue.

9. The WebSphere MQ Setup window displays the following message:

   Uninstallation Completed Successfully

   Click Finish.

 

Parent topic:

Uninstalling WebSphere MQ Server