Uninstalling on i5/OS

If you have a complete and functional uninstallation program, you can uninstall IBM^® WebSphere^® Portal Express only or both WebSphere Portal Express and IBM WebSphere Application Server.

1. Perform the following steps to delete the WebSphere Portal Express server installed on the WebSphere Application Server profile created by the installation program.
   1. Log on to an i5/OS 5250 session and type STRQSH to start the Qshell Interpreter.
   2. Ensure that all active servers are stopped.
   3. Run one of the following tasks for each profile you want to remove:

      Table 1.

      WebSphere Application Server system type	Command
      Base or Express	rmvwpprofile.sh -profileName wp_profile -username userid -password password -wasfamily base
      Network Deployment	rmvwpprofile.sh -profileName wp_profile -username userid -password password

      Important: Add the leavedb=true parameter to the rmvwpprofile.sh command to keep the database information.
2. Enter one of the following installation commands from the ProdData/PortalExpress/V61/uninstall directory:

   Option	Description
   Graphical user interface	uninstall400.bat
   Console mode remote	uninstall400.bat -console
   Console mode local	uninstall.sh
   Silent install remote	uninstall400.bat -options "path_to_file\response_filename", where path_to_file is the full path to the response file and response_filename is the name of the file. A sample uninstall response file (uninstallresponse.txt) are located in the setup CD root directory. Important: Only put quotation marks around the file name if there are spaces in the directory path or file name.
   Silent install local	uninstall.sh -options "path_to_file\response_filename", where path_to_file is the full path to the response file and response_filename is the name of the file. A sample uninstall response file (uninstallresponse.txt) are located in the setup CD root directory. Important: Only put quotation marks around the file name if there are spaces in the directory path or file name.