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Uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox using response files

We can uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox using Installation Manager response files.

When you uninstall the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool, the process does not unconfigure existing web server plug-ins configurations. You might want to use the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool to delete any plug-in configurations that you created using the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool before you remove the WebSphere Customization Toolbox.

If you do not unconfigure existing web server plug-ins that were configured using the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool before uninstalling the WebSphere Customization Toolbox, the configuration information remains. If the WebSphere Customization Toolbox is reinstalled, the configuration information that displays in the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool might be obsolete and greyed out, preventing you from interacting properly with the Web Server Plug-ins Configuration Tool. To resolve this problem, manually remove the workspace used by the previous WebSphere Customization Toolbox installation. The workspace is in the following location:

Optional: Perform or record the installation of Installation Manager and installation of the WebSphere Customization Toolbox to a temporary installation registry on one of the systems so that you can use this temporary registry to record the uninstallation without using the standard registry where Installation Manager is installed.

Use Installation Manager, you can work with response files to uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox in a variety of ways. We can record a response file using the GUI as described in the following procedure, or you can generate a new response file by hand or by taking an example and modifying it.


Procedure

  1. Optional: Record a response file to uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox: On one of the systems, perform the following actions to record a response file that will uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox:

    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:

      • Windows administrator or non-administrator: 
        IBMIM.exe -skipInstall "C:\temp\imRegistry"
  -record C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
      • AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris administrator: 
        ./IBMIM -skipInstall /var/temp/imRegistry
  -record /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
      • AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris 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 packages are installed or uninstalled. All of the actions that you perform in Installation Manager simply update the installation data stored in the specified temporary registry. After the response file is generated, it can be used to uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox, removing the WebSphere Customization Toolbox 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 v1.4 Information Center.

    3. Click Uninstall.

    4. In the Uninstall Packages window, perform the following actions.

      1. Select WebSphere Customization Toolbox and the appropriate version.

        New feature: New feature: If you are uninstalling the ILAN version of this product, select WebSphere Customization Toolbox (ILAN).New feature:

      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.

  2. Use the response file to uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox: From a command line on each of the systems from which to uninstall the WebSphere Customization Toolbox, 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 WebSphere Customization Toolbox.

    For example:

    • Windows administrator or non-administrator: 
      imcl.exe
  input C:\temp\uninstall_response_file.xml
  -log C:\temp\uninstall_log.xml
    • AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris administrator: 
      ./imcl
  input /var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
  -log /var/temp/uninstall_log.xml
    • AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris non-administrator: 
      ./imcl
  input user_home/var/temp/uninstall_response_file.xml
  -log user_home/var/temp/uninstall_log.xml

    Go to the IBM Installation Manager v1.4 Information Center for more information.

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

    ./imcl listInstalledPackages

    imcl listInstalledPackages


Example

The following is an example of a response file for uninstalling the WebSphere Customization Toolbox. 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<server>
<repository location="http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/com.ibm.websphere.WCT.v80" />
</server>
<uninstall modify='false'>
<offering id='com.ibm.websphere.WCT.v80'
  profile='WebSphere Customization Toolbox V8.0'
  features='core.feature,pct,zpmt,zmmt'/>
</uninstall>
<profile id='WebSphere Customization Toolbox V8.0'
  installLocation='C:\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox'>
<data key='eclipseLocation' value='C:\IBM\WebSphere\Toolbox'/>
<data key='user.import.profile' value='false'/>
<data key='user.select.64bit.image,com.ibm.websphere.WCT.v80' value='false'/>
<data key='cic.selector.nl' value='en'/>
</profile>
</agent-input>

Tip: See Sample response file: Uninstalling the WebSphere Customization Toolbox for an annotated sample of a response file for performing this procedure.
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