You can uninstall Web server plug-ins for WebSphere® Application
Server manually, instead of using the uninstaller program.
Before you begin
Try uninstalling Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application
Server using the uninstaller program. Use this manual procedure if
the uninstaller is not available for some reason.
About this task
To manually uninstall the Web server plug-ins, delete the
installation root directory for the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server. Deleting
the directory removes the binary plug-ins.
Procedure
- Delete the installation root directory for Web server plug-ins
for WebSphere Application Server.
- Delete the Web server definition in the application server
configuration.
You can delete a Web server definition
from the admin console OR by using the following wsadmin commands:
$AdminTask deleteServer { -serverName webserver1 -nodeName WebserverHostName-node_node }
$AdminTask removeUnmanagedNode { -nodeName WebserverHostName-node_node }
$AdminConfig save
- Reconfigure any Web servers that were configured to use
the binary plug-ins that you deleted.
See Editing Web server configuration files.
Results
Deleting the installation root directory for the Web server
plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server removes the
binary plug-ins. Any Web servers that are configured to use the deleted
binary modules do not work.
What to do next
After uninstalling the Web server plug-ins for WebSphere Application
Server, you can reinstall the plug-ins. Reinstalling the Web server
plug-ins for WebSphere Application Server and reconfiguring
the Web servers restores their functionality.
Use any of the installation procedures that are
described in Installing Web server plug-ins on IBM i.