Uninstalling a deployment
Uninstall a deployment of HCL Connections™.
Notes:
- Deleting Connections data files makes the original deployment unrecoverable. If you plan to reinstall Connections and use your old data, do not delete the data files.
- You do not need to remove Installation Manager files. These files might be associated with other applications.
To uninstall Connections, complete the following steps:
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Start the WebSphere® Application Server Deployment Manager.
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Stop all instances of WebSphere Application Server, including node agents, in your deployment.
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To uninstall a deployment of Connections, start the Installation Manager and click Uninstall.
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Select Connections and click Next.
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Clear the check boxes of the applications that you want to remove.
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Enter the details of your WebSphere Application Server environment and then click Next.
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In the Summary page, verify that the details are correct.
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Click Modify to begin removing applications
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On the Deployment Manager system, delete the contents of the following (or equivalent) temp folder. For example, on Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Dmgr01/temp.
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On each node system, delete the contents of the following (or equivalent) temp folder: For example, on Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/temp.
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On each node, remove the log files for each of the Connections clusters. For example on Linux, delete the Connections clusters folders in the folder: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/AppSrv01/logs.
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When the process is complete, restart the Deployment Manager.
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Restart all instances of WebSphere Application Server, including node agents.
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Synchronize the nodes.
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To check the details of the procedure, open the log file named Uninstall.log in the connections_root/logs directory.
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If you plan to reinstall HCL Connections, remove the following files:
Notes:
- Except where noted, remove these files from the system that hosts the Deployment Manager.
- Because some of these files might be used by other programs, it is possible that you are not allowed to remove all of the following files.
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Connections installation files: connections_root
Note: If you did not install Connections in the default directory, delete the directory where you installed the product.
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Connections shared data: Delete the directories that you specified for shared data when you installed Connections.
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Connections local data: On each node, delete the directories that you specified for local data when you installed Connections.
Note: Deleting Connections data files makes the original deployment unrecoverable. If you plan to reinstall Connections and use your old data, do not delete the data files.
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Connections configuration files: Delete the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name/LotusConnections-config directory, where cell_name is the name of your WebSphere Application Server cell.
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If it is present, delete the registry.xml file from the profile_root/config/cells/cell_namedirectory.
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Delete all .py files from the /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin directory on the deployment manager server as follows:
- Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin
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Windows: drive:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\bin
- Clear the WebSphere Application Server profile's temp and wstemp folders. For example:
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Linux:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/temp
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/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/wstemp
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Windows:
drive:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\temp
drive:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\wstemp
You uninstalled Connections.
If you plan to reinstall Connections, refer to Migrating and upgrading.
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