Uninstalling the product from distributed operating systems using response files

You can uninstall this product using Installation Manager response files.

1. Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere® Application Server installations that contain the product.
2. Optional: Record a response file to uninstall the product: On one of your systems, perform the following actions to record a response file that will uninstall the product:
   1. From a command line, change to the eclipse subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager.
   2. Start Installation Manager from the command line using the -record option.
      For example:

      • Administrator or non-administrator:

        IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry" 
          -record C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml

      • Administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry 
          -record /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml

      • Non-administrator:

        ./IBMIM -skipInstall user_home/var/temp/imRegistry 
          -record user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml

      Tip: If you choose to use the -skipInstall parameter with a temporary installation registry created as described in Before you begin, Installation Manager uses the temporary installation registry while recording the response file. It is important to note that when the -skipInstall parameter is specified, no product packages are installed or uninstalled. All of the actions that you perform in Installation Manager simply update the installation data that is stored in the specified temporary registry. After the response file is generated, it can be used to uninstall the product, removing the product files and updating the standard installation registry.

      The -skipInstall operation should not be used on the actual agent data location used by Installation Manager. This is unsupported. Use a clean writable location, and re-use that location for future recording sessions.

      For more information, read the IBM Installation Manager documentation.

   3. Click Uninstall.
   4. In the Uninstall Packages window, perform the following actions.
      1. Select IBM® WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment and the appropriate version.
         Note: If you are uninstalling the trial version of this product, select IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Trial and the appropriate version.
      2. Click Next.
   5. Review the summary information.
   6. Click Uninstall.
      • If the uninstallation is successful, the program displays a message that indicates success.
      • If the uninstallation is not successful, click View log to troubleshoot the problem.
   7. Click Finish.
   8. Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.
3. Use the response file to uninstall the product: From a command line on each of the systems from which you want to uninstall the product, change to the eclipse/tools subdirectory in the directory where you installed Installation Manager and use the response file that you created to uninstall the product.
   For example:

   • Administrator or non-administrator:

     imcl.exe 
       input C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml 
       -log C:\temp\uninstall_log.xml

   • Administrator:

     ./imcl
       input /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml 
       -log /var/temp/uninstall_log.xml

   • Non-administrator:

     ./imcl
       input user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml 
       -log user_home/var/temp/uninstall_log.xml

4. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the uninstallation.
   

   ./imcl listInstalledPackages

   

   imcl listInstalledPackages

5. 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 following is an example of a response file for uninstalling the product.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<uninstall modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85' 
  profile='IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5'/>
</uninstall>
<profile id='IBM WebSphere Application Server V8.5' 
  installLocation='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer'/>
<data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
<data key='cic.selector.nl' value='cs,de,en,es,fr,hu,it,ja,ko,pl,pt_BR,ro,ru,zh,zh_HK,zh_TW'/>
</profile>
</agent-input>

Tips:

• See Sample response file: Uninstalling IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment for an annotated sample of a response file for performing this procedure.
• When you uninstall the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment package, you must uninstall all the packages under the same package group that are extensions to the IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment package. IBM WebSphere SDK Java™ Technology Edition Version 7.0 is such an extension. To uninstall the entire package group, simply remove the id attribute in the <offering ../> stanza (id='com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85' in the previous example) from the response file. Installation Manager will then uninstall all of the packages under the package group.