Remove enterprise files

After a file is no longer needed, we can remove the file from a Java EE application or module deployed on a server.

Remove a file deletes the file from WAS configuration repository and deletes the file from the file system of all nodes where the file is installed.

You can use the admin console to remove a file from an application or module.

 

• Remove a file from an application.

  1. Go to the Enterprise applications page. Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise apps

  2. Select the application that contains a file you want removed.

  3. Click Remove File. The Remove a file page is displayed

  4. Select the URI of the file that you want removed from the application.

  5. Back up the application.

     Under Export before removing file, select the application name and then specify the location to which you want the file exported.

  6. Click OK to remove the file.

• Remove a file from a module.

  1. Go to the Manage modules page.

     Click Applications > Application Types > WebSphere enterprise apps > application_name > Manage modules

  2. Select the module from which you want to delete a file.

  3. Click Remove File. The Remove a file from a module page is displayed.

  4. Select the URI of the file that you want removed from the module.

  5. Back up the application.

     Under Export before removing file, select the application name and then specify the location to which you want the file exported.

  6. Click OK to remove the file.

 

Results

The file is exported to the designated location and removed from the application or module. The application or standalone Web module that had a file removed is restarted so the changes take effect.

 

Next steps

If the application or module is deployed on a cluster and we have no more configuration changes to make, click Rollout Update on the Enterprise applications page to propagate the changed configuration on all cluster members of the cluster on which the application or module is deployed. Rollout Update sequentially updates the configuration on the nodes that contain cluster members.

Save the changes to the admin configuration.

On single-server products, application binaries are deleted after you save the changes.

On multiple-server products, application binaries are deleted when configuration changes on the dmgr synchronize with configurations for individual nodes.

 

Related tasks

Deploy enterprise apps