Uninstalling WebSphere Commerce Developer maintenance packages (silent method)
You can use a silent method to uninstall a maintenance package on a WebSphere Commerce Developer environment.
To use this method you simulate a WebSphere Commerce Developer uninstallation and record the uninstallation options in a response file. Then, you can use the response file to uninstall the WebSphere Commerce Developer silently.
A response file is generated by uninstalling the maintenance package on a machine by using the interactive method. The options that you choose in the GUI are recorded in a file. Then, you can use the response file on other machines to uninstall the maintenance package silently.
Before you begin
- Ensure that you are logged in with a Windows user ID that is a member of the Administrator group.
- Stop the WebSphere Commerce Developer Test server and close WebSphere Commerce Developer.
- Backup your system before you create the response file. The process updates your system.
Procedure
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Create a response file:
If you already have a response file, skip to Step 2.
- Copy the response file, response_file_path, to the machines that intend to use the file for a silent uninstallation.
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Run the following command in a command prompt to uninstall the toolkit silently.
IMCL.exe -input response_file_path -log log_file_path -acceptLicense
Note: Add the -sP parameter to obtain more progress information.- log_file_path is the full path of the log file, for example c:\logs\maintenance_uninstall.log. The full path must exist, for example c:\logs\
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Ensure that the uninstallation was successful by checking the log files.
- WCDE_installdir\logs\update\actions\uninstall\installactions.out.log
- WCDE_installdir\logs\update\8.0.0-WS-WCDeveloperEnterprise-FP00x.uninstall\updatelog.txt
- log_file_path
What to do next
- Open WebSphere Commerce Developer and switch to the Enterprise Explorer view.
- In the Explorer view, select all projects and select (or the F5 keyboard shortcut) to refresh the projects in the workspace.
- Start or restart the WebSphere Commerce Test Server.
- Right-click the test server in the Servers view and select Publish.
- Wait for the application to finish publishing and to restart.