Removing the IBM WebSphere Application Server for Windows Removing from the Microsoft Windows operating system Removing Performance Manager for Windows

You can use these procedures to remove the IBM WebSphere Application Server from your Windows system.

Attention: Attention: If the Multiple Device Manager (MDM) installation program installed the WebSphere Application Server, you must remove the IBM WebSphere Application Server after you remove MDM.
Attention: Attention: Before removing the WebSphere Application Server, you must remove the WebSphere Application Server Message Queuing CSD.
Steps

The Multiple Device Manager installer installs the WebSphere Application Server Message Queuing Patch for you when it installs the WebSphere Application Server. You must remove the WebSphere Application Server Messaging Queuing Patch before uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server. Perform the following steps to remove the WebSphere Application Server Message Queuing CSD:

  1. Use the Windows start menu to start the Message Queuing Patch uninstaller:
    1. a. Click Start --> Programs --> IBM WebSphere MQ --> Remove Latest CSD
    2. You will observe the IBM WebSphere MQ uninstallation wizard progress as follows:
      1. "Checking files; please wait."
      2. "Please wait while CSD 05 is uninstalled."
      3. "Uninstallation is Complete."
    3. Click the Finish button to close the wizard.
Steps

Perform the following steps to remove the WebSphere Application Server:

  1. Log on to the system where the WebSphere Application Server is installed. Log on with a user name that is a local system administrator.
  2. Perform the following steps to stop the WebSphere Application Server services if they are started.
    Note:Note: If the WebSphere Application Server was installed as part of the Multiple Device Manager installation, you must use the MDM superuser ID and password to stop the WebSphere Application Server.
    1. Click Start -> Settings and double-click the Control Panel icon.
    2. In the Control Panel window, double-click the Administrative Tools icon.
    3. In the Administrative Tools panel, double-click the Services icon.
    4. In the Services window, verify that the status for each of the following services is indicated as Stopped. If the service is not Stopped, select and stop it as follows:
      1. Click the WebSphere Embedded Messaging Publish And Subscribe service, and then either:
        • Select the Stop option from the Action menu; or
        • Right click on the service name, and then click Stop from the popup menu.
      2. Click the IBM HTTP Administration 1.3.28 service, and then either:
        • Select the Stop option from the Action menu; or
        • Right click on the service name, and then click Stop from the popup menu.
      3. Click on the IBM HTTP Server 1.3.28 and then either:
        • Select the Stop option from the Action menu; or
        • Right click on the service name, and then click Stop from the popup menu.
    5. Close the Services window.
    6. Close the Administrative Tools window.
  3. Stop the IBM WebSphere Application Server, if it exists on the system: Start->Programs->IBM WebSphere->Application Server v5.1->Stop the Server, if the WebSphere Application Server has the global security disabled. Otherwise stop WebSphere Application Server by running from a separate Command Prompt window the following command:
    <WAS_dest-path>/bin/stopServer.bat server1 -username <username> 
    -password <password>
    where:

    <WAS_dest-path> is the destination path, where IBM WebSphere Application Server v5.1 was installed

    <username> is the name of a Console user having an Operator or Administrator role, when Global Security is enabled

    <password> is the password of the entered user

    Note:Note: If WebSphere Application Server was installed as part of the Multiple Device Manager installation:
    • You can use the Multiple Device Manager superuser ID or a Console user having an Operator or Administrator role to stop WebSphere Application Server.
    • <WAS_dest-path> is <dest-path>/../WebSphere/AppServer

      where <dest-path> is the installation location for the Multiple Device Manager.

  4. Perform the following steps to start the WebSphere Application Server uninstallation program.
    Attention: Attention: Do not use the Windows Add/Remove Programs facility to remove the WebSphere Application Server. The WebSphere Application Server manual indicates you should use the uninstallation program directly from the disk location because WebSphere Messaging is installed.
    1. Open a Command Prompt window.
    2. Change (CD) to the directory where the WebSphere Application Server is installed. For example:
      c:\Program Files\IBM\mdm\WebSphere\AppServer\
    3. Change to the subdirectory called _uninst where the WebSphere Application Server uninstallation program is kept, for example:
      c:\Program Files\IBM\mdm\WebSphere\AppServer\_uinst
    4. Enter the following command to start the WebSphere Application Server uninstallation program:
      Uninstall.exe
  5. The WebSphere Application Server Uninstallation Wizard window opens.
  6. Click Next. Click OK.
  7. If you want to remove the embedded messaging feature from the system, leave the default to uninstall the embedded messaging server and client. Click Next to continue with the removal of IBM WebSphere Application Server or click Cancel to exit.
  8. The Preview window opens displaying the features and the directory location where WebSphere will be removed. Click Next to continue. You can click Cancel to exit or go back to the previous window by clicking Back.
  9. The Progress window opens. Wait for the program to remove the WebSphere Application Server.
  10. The Finish window for the Uninstallation wizard opens. This window indicates the result of the removal process (successful or failed). It indicates whether a restart is necessary to complete the removal of the WebSphere Application Server. Click Finish to complete the removal process and exit the wizard.
  11. You must reboot your system after uninstalling WebSphere Application Server even if the wizard does not instruct you to reboot your system. After the reboot, the WebSphere Application Server removal process will be complete.
Result

If the Finish window for the Uninstaller opens and the result of the removal process is successful, the IBM WebSphere Application Server is removed from your Windows system.

Post-processing requirements

The uninstallation of the WebSphere Application Server often leaves an entry in the Windows Directory under the Start menu. You must manually remove this entry. This is very important if you intend to reinstall the Multiple Device Manager to include the installation of WebSphere Application Server:

  1. Click Start->Run...
  2. Type regedit in the Open entry field and click OK.
  3. Click Edit from the menu.
  4. Click Find in the drop-down menu.
  5. Type WebSphere in the Find what entry field.
  6. Click Keys in the Look at section. Unselect Values and Data in the Look at section. Click Find Next.
  7. The Windows Registry Editor will probably find the IBM WebSphere listed under the Start menu. If it does, highlight the IBM WebSphere, then right click and select Delete from the menu.
  8. Click Yes when prompted, "Are you sure you want to delete this key?"
  9. Continue with the Find Next/Delete operation to find and delete other instances of the WebSphere Application Server keys in the registry. Current experience is that only the only remnant of the WebSphere Application Server keys is in the Start menu.
  10. Modified files which were added to the Multiple Device Manager directory after the initial installation Multiple Device Manager will not be removed by the uninstallation program.

    Remove the Multiple Device Manager directory manually after uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server and after you check for any contents in the former Multiple Device Manager directory that you would want to preserve elsewhere.

    Attention: Attention: The WebSphere Application Server installation program must not be reinstalled in a directory from which WebSphere Application Server was previously installed. It is very important that you delete or rename the directory structure where the WebSphere Application Server root was installed.
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