You can use these procedures to remove the IBM WebSphere Application Server from your Windows system.
![]() | 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: Before removing the WebSphere Application Server, you must remove the WebSphere Application Server Message Queuing CSD. |
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:
Perform the following steps to remove the WebSphere Application Server:
![]() | 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. |
<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: If WebSphere
Application Server was installed as part of the Multiple Device Manager installation:
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![]() | 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. |
c:\Program Files\IBM\mdm\WebSphere\AppServer\
c:\Program Files\IBM\mdm\WebSphere\AppServer\_uinst
Uninstall.exe
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.
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:
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: 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. |