Disabling features

If you want to uninstall a WebSphere Commerce feature pack, you must disable any features first.

Before you begin

The WebSphere Commerce feature pack contains features that you can disable. If you plan to disable any of the features in the feature pack, create backups of your current configuration. To back up your application:
1. Sign on to the application server:
  - Log on as the wasuser user.
  - Log on with a user ID that has *SECOFR authority.
  - Log on with a user ID that is a member of the Windows Administration group.
2. Issue the following command:
  - WC_profiledir/bin/backupConfig.sh backup_file.zip
  - WC_profiledir/bin/backupConfig backup_file.zip
  - WC_profiledir/bin/backupConfig.bat backup_file.zip
  Where backup_file specifies the name of the backup file. The system creates this file for you in the WC_profiledir/bin directory.
If you must restore your configuration, use the restoreConfig command on the application server:
- WC_profiledir/bin/restoreConfig.sh backup_file.zip
- WC_profiledirbin/restoreConfig backup_file.zip
- WC_profiledir/bin/restoreConfig.bat backup_file.zip
Where backup_file specifies the name of the backup file created with the backupConfig command.
Back up your database.
If you are using DB2, you can find instructions here:
- Back up your DB2 Version 9.5 database
- Back up your DB2 Version 9.7 database
For all other databases, see the database vendor user manual for information about backup procedures.
Ensure that Windows Indexing and Windows Search services are disabled. If these services are enabled they can prevent the clean-up of working directories, which can cause feature disablement to fail.

About this task

In order to disable a lower-level feature, you must first disable any high-level features that are dependent on it. The following table shows the dependencies between the features.


Functional area	To disable this feature...	You must first ensure that these features are disabled
Location-based services	location-services
Content versioning	content-version
Store enhancements (includes coshopping functionality, search integration, subscriptions, and recurring orders in the storefront)	store-enhancements
Management Center	management-center	content-version location-services store-enhancements
WebSphere Commerce foundation	foundation	content-version location-services store-enhancements management-center

Procedure

Disable one or more features:

What to do next

After you disable a feature, you might need to restore your database to a state from before the feature was enabled.

If you are using DB2, you can find instructions here: DB2

For all other databases, see the database vendor user manual for information about restore procedures.