Uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins from IBM i operating systems using response files

You can uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins from IBM i operating systems using Installation Manager response files.

Before you begin

Removing the plug-ins will break communication between any web servers and their associated application servers. Be sure to unconfigure any web and applications servers that are using these plug-ins before uninstalling them.

About this task

Using Installation Manager, you can work with response files to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins.

Procedure

Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere® Application Server installations that contain the Web Server Plug-ins.
Sign on to the IBM® i system with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.
Use a response file to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins.
Complete one of the following actions:
- From a command line on each of the systems from which you want to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, run the uninstall script (which uses the uninstall.xml response file in the same directory) to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins. For example:
```
app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall
```
- From a command line on each of the systems from which you want to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use the uninstall.xml response file in the same directory to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins. For example:
```
./imcl 
  input app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall.xml 
  -log $HOME/WASFiles/temp/uninstall_log.xml
```
- From a command line on each of the systems from which you want to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use a response file that you created to uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins from IBM i operating systems. For example:
```
./imcl
  input $HOME/WASFiles/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml 
  -log $HOME/WASFiles/temp/uninstall_log.xml
```
  Go to the IBM Installation Manager documentation for more information.
Optional: Uninstall IBM Installation Manager.
Important: Before you can uninstall IBM Installation Manager, you must uninstall all of the packages that were installed by Installation Manager.

Read the IBM Installation Manager documentation for information about using the uninstall script to perform this procedure.

Example

The app_server_root/uninstall/uninstall.xml file is an example of a response file for uninstalling the Web Server Plug-ins.