This topic describes how to use the Update Installer for WebSphere Software to uninstall the fix pack,
an interim fix, or a test fix.
About this task
The following steps are required to uninstall maintenance using
the graphical user interface.
Procedure
- The latest version of the Update Installer needs to be installed
on a target system locally.
- Make the current working directory updi_root.
- Ensure that all running processes have been stopped.
- Launch the Update Installer.
- The system will present the Welcome panel. Click Next.
- The system will prompt for the location of the product you want
to uninstall.
- The system will present the choice to Install or Uninstalll
maintenance. Select the Uninstall option. Click Next
- The system will prompt for the maintenance package you want to
uninstall.
- For uninstalling maintenance in an environment without a feature pack
installed, select the package to be uninstalled. Click Next.
- For uninstalling in an environment with a feature pack installed, select
the package to be uninstalled. In certain cases the enabling ifix will require
that you uninstall in a particular order. The additional maintenance remove
panel will show the feature packs that depend on an enabling ifix.
Select the maintenance package, click Next.
When you
uninstall the pack, certain logic is used to determine which maintenance package
to uninstall. To find out more, refer to Logic used by the Update Installer for uninstalling.
- Before the uninstallation, the Confirmation panel will confirm
which package has been uninstalled.
- After the uninstallation, the Summary panel will list which package
has been uninstalled.
- Review the log file to verify maintenance has been uninstalled
successfully. The log can be found in the app_server_root\logs\update\<Maintenance name.install> directory.
Results
One of the following results will appear in the log.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- The operation was a success.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- The operation was partially successful, refer to the log for more details.
- INSTCONFFAILED
- The operation failed, refer to the log for more details.