Silent uninstallation

IBM Tivoli Directory Server, Version 6.3

Silent uninstallation

You can use silent uninstallation to uninstall Tivoli Directory Server, the language packs, DB2®, GSKit, or Embedded WebSphere Application Server with no user input required.

The following options and conditions apply to silent uninstallation:

You must have at least 100 MB of memory free before invoking silent uninstallation.
You must have at least 255 MB of free space in the directory specified by the TEMP environment variable.

Before you begin silent uninstallation, be sure that the options file for the server or language packs is updated with the correct information about the features you want to uninstall. To edit an options file, copy the file from the optionsFile directory to a writable location. The files are:

Server options file: UnInstallServer.txt
Client only options file: UnInstallClient.txt (You cannot change this file.)
Language pack options file: UnInstallLP.txt

For information about changing the uninstallation options files, see Options files for silent uninstallation of servers and language packs.

Note:

Be sure to drop all instances of DB2 before running the DB2 uninstallation from the silent uninstaller. If there are DB2 instances on the system, the silent uninstaller will prompt you for information and the uninstallation will not be silent.

To begin uninstalling Tivoli Directory Server 6.3 using silent uninstallation, type the following at a command prompt:

"C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3\_uninst\uninstall.exe" -is:silent 
   -options C:\UnInstallServer.txt -log !C:\ldapuninst.log @ALL

(If you are uninstalling a client-only installation, substitute UnInstallClient.txt for UnInstallServer.txt.) This example assumes that Tivoli Directory Server is installed in the C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3 directory and that the UnInstallServer.txt file has been copied to the C:\ directory.

Note:

The silent uninstallation process runs asynchronously, returning to a command prompt immediately. Allow some time for processing before you assume that the silent uninstallation is finished.

To begin uninstalling Tivoli Directory Server 6.3 language packs using silent uninstallation, type the following at a command prompt:

"C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3\LangPack\uninstall\uninstall.exe" 
   -is:silent -options C:\UnInstallLP.txt -log !C:\lpuninst.log @ALL

This example assumes that Tivoli Directory Server is installed in the C:\Program Files\IBM\LDAP\V6.3 directory and that the UninstallLP.txt file has been copied to the C:\ directory.

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