Portal, V6.1 Operating systems: AIX, HP-UX, i5/OS, Linux, Solaris, Windows

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Uninstall manually on HP-UX

If the uninstallation program is not present or an aborted installation did not create a complete and functional uninstallation program, you can manually uninstall IBM WebSphere Portal.

To manually uninstall WebSphere Portal:

1. To stop the server1 and WebSphere_Portal servers from the WP_PROFILE/bin directory:

   1. ./stopServer.sh server1 -username adminid -password passwd

   2. ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username adminid -password passwd

2. Verify that there are no other installations or uninstallations running.

3. Locate and delete the /tmp/portalinstall.lockfile file.

4. Uninstall WAS; to manually uninstall it, refer to Uninstall manually on an HP-UX system.

5. Delete the portal_server_root directory tree and the WP_PROFILE directory tree.

6. To edit the vpd.properties file and remove WebSphere Portal information:

   1. Open the /vpd.properties or /root/vpd.properties file.

   2. Remove all lines that contain the portal_server_root installation string.

   3. Save and close the vpd.properties file.

7. To edit the .ITLMRegistry file and remove WebSphere Portal information:

   1. Open the /root/.ITLMRegistry file.

   2. Remove all lines that contain the portal_server_root installation string.

   3. Save and close the .ITLMRegistry file.

8. To remove packages using the HP-UX System Administration Manager (SAM):

   1. Start the SAM utility and verify that your DISPLAY and TERM
      environment variables are set properly.

   2. Click Software management.

   3. Click View installed software.

   4. Look for WebSphere Portal entries in the SD list.

   5. Close the SD list.

   6. Click Remove local host software.

   7. Use the swlist | grep package command to find and remove the following packages:

      • IBMWPS

      • Portal

      • IBMPZN

      • pzn

      • IBMFB

      • IBMLM

      • e44a44c17bc4df37f9e9a6e911e59b42-5.1-0

   8. Click the instances in the SD Remove List that you would like to remove.

   9. Click Actions > Mark for remove.

   10. Click Actions > Remove.

   11. Click OK in the Remove analysis dialog box.

   12. Click Logs to display real-time removal of selected packages.

   13. Click Done when all packages are removed.

   14. Exit SAM.

 

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Manually uninstalling WebSphere Portal

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