Windows: Uninstalling HCL
If you have a complete and functional uninstallation program, you can uninstall HCL Digital Experience only or both HCL and IBM® WebSphere® Application Server.
Procedure
- Stop all the servers. For specific instructions, go to Starting and stopping servers, deployment managers, and node agents.
- Verify that you are not running any other installation or uninstallation programs.
- Choose one of the following uninstallation commands to
uninstall HCL and WebSphere® Application Server:
- Graphical user interface: Start the Installation Manager and then select Uninstall.
- Response file: From your installation source directory, run the imcl input pathtoresponse.xml -log
pathtologfiles task.Important: Do not place the response file in a path that contains a space and do not put a space in the file name.
- Console mode: Run the imcl -c
task from the install_root/Installation Manager/eclipse/tools directory. Then,
type 5.Restriction: You can select only one package group to uninstall at a time. First, uninstall the HCL package. Then, uninstall the WebSphere® Application Server package.
During the uninstallation, remove all profiles that you do not want to keep for future installations.
- Remove any remaining HCL directories from your directory structure.
- If you uninstall HCL only,
go to the AppServer_root directory
and remove the following files:
- lib/ext/commons-codec-1.3.jar
- lib/ext/commons-httpclient-3.0.1.jar
- lib/ext/openid4java-full-0.9.5.jar
- lib/ext/wp.auth.base.sua_RedirectServletFilter.jar
- lib/ext/wp.auth.base.sua_loginmodule.jar
- lib/ext/wp.auth.tai.jar
- lib/wp.user.connections.jar
- lib/wp.wire.jar
- plugins/com.ibm.patch.was.plugin.jar
- plugins/com.ibm.wp.was.plugin.jar
- plugins/wp.ext.jar
- properties/jndi.properties
- Examine all running processes and stop ones that contain the PortalServer_root directory. Restart the server, especially if you intend to reinstall HCL on the same server.
- Go to Deleting specific cluster members for information about how to delete a cluster member from the deployment manager.
- Complete the following steps to delete the HCL server from the deployment
manager:
- Log on to the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console.
- Click .
- Select the check box for the HCL server you want to delete.
- Click Delete.
- After uninstalling HCL and WebSphere® Application Server, you can also delete the Installation Manager. Run the uninstall.bat command from the ibm\InstallationManager\uninstall directory.