Uninstall a product activation kit

Uninstall a product activation kit by using imcl.

About this task

Use a response file to uninstall a product activation kit. For information about response files, see Response files. Use a text editor to create the response file: responsefile.xml
<agent-input clean='true' temporary='true'>
<uninstall>
 <offering profile='Licenses' ID='the_license_activation_kit_ID_to_be_removed'><offering>
</uninstall>
</agent-input> 
Look in the installRegistry.xml file to locate the product activation kit ID. The file is located in the agent data location. To find the agent data location, see Agent Data Location. The product activation kit ID is in the following section, usually at the bottom of the file.
<profile ID='SDP Licenses' kind='license'>
... </profile>
For example, if Rational Manual Tester is installed, the response file refers to:

<offering ID='com.ibm.rational.manual.tester.pek.la.offering'>

Procedure

Use a response file to uninstall a product activation kit.
  1. Open a command-line utility.
  2. Open the tools directory. See Locate the tools directory for more information about the tools directory.
  3. Run the command to uninstall the product activation kit: imcl.exe input responsefile.xml

Results

The product activation kit is removed.

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