Before
uninstalling IBM® WebSphere® Portal Express®, you
must prepare your system; for example, adding passwords to the properties
files and keeping or discarding database information.
About this task
Complete the following steps to prepare for
uninstallation:Procedure
- Optional: Make a backup of the WebSphere Portal Express configuration using
the XML Configuration Interface.
Important: The
following information is not backed up and is deleted if you delete
the database:
- User attributes that are stored in the database and not in the
user registry
- Credential data that is stored in the default vault implementation
- Add passwords to the wkplc.properties, wkplc_dbdomain.properties,
and wkplc_dbtype.properties files, located in
the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine/properties directory,
or specify passwords on the command line.
- Decide whether to keep your database
as is to preserve WebSphere Portal Express information
or complete the following steps to remove the information from the
database:
Note: If you choose to keep the database information,
you cannot use it with subsequent installations although you can still
access the information through your database software. Also, if you
keep the information, you can always delete the WebSphere Portal Express databases and database
tables later using your database software.
- Run the ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password from
the wp_profile_root/bin directory.
- Run the ./stopServer.sh server1 -profileName
cw_profile -username admin_userid -password admin_password from
the AppServer_root/bin directory.
- Run the ./ConfigEngine.sh remove-schema -DWasPassword=password -Drelease.DbPassword=password -Dcustomization.DbPassword=password -Dcommunity.DbPassword=password -Djcr.DbPassword=password -Dfeedback.DbPassword=password -Dlikeminds.DbPassword=password task
from the wp_profile_root/ConfigEngine directory to
remove all database tables.
Note: Some tables may remain
in the IBM Java Content
Repository database.
Removing the database will remove these tables.