Manually removing WebSphere Application Server

Remove WebSphere® Application Server manually if it remains on the system after Sametime® fails to install or uninstall completely.

Before you begin

Stop all servers associated with the Sametime server in the order shown. For more information, see Starting and stopping servers running on WebSphere Application Server.
  1. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console on the Deployment Manager and stop the node agent for the server (or servers if you are working in a cluster).
  2. Stop the Sametime server.
  3. Stop WebSphere Application Server.
  4. Stop the Deployment Manager.
  5. Close all browsers and command windows that are accessing the server you plan to uninstall.

About this task

If after an attempted Sametime install or uninstall, you have many files and folders remaining in was_install_root/profiles/profile_name or was_install_root/bin, run the WebSphere Application Server uninstall program to remove the rest of the files. Remove WebSphere Application Server only if it is not in use by any other server on the system.

Windows™

  1. From the Microsoft™ Windows Start menu, select Settings > Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs.
  2. Select IBM WebSphere Application Server from the list and click Add/Remove. Click Yes when prompted to remove the server.
  3. When the Windows uninstall program completes, click OK to exit the uninstall program.
  4. Delete the WebSphere Application Server installation directory (for example, C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere).

AIX®, Linux™

  1. Go to the WebSphere Application Server installation root folder (for example, /opt/IBM/WebSphere/Appserver).
  2. Navigate to the uninstall folder.
  3. Run the uninstall command:

    ./uninstall

  4. After uninstallation completes, delete the WebSphere Application Server installation directory (for example, /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer).

For more information, see Uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server product in the WebSphere Application Server product documentation.