Uninstall HCL Connections
in console mode. This method is convenient if you cannot or do not
want to use the graphical mode.
About this task
Use console mode to uninstall the product in a non-graphical
environment. This mode is useful when you have to uninstall HCL Connections on a system that
does not have a video card. In steps where you enter custom information,
such as server details, you can type P at any
time to return to the previous input choice in that step. However,
you cannot type P to return to a previous step.
Uninstalling HCL Connections uses IBM® Installation Manager to manage the installation
process.
To uninstall HCL Connections
in console mode, complete the following steps:
Procedure
-
Start the WebSphere® Application Server Deployment
Manager.
- Stop
all instances of WebSphere® Application
Server, including node agents, in your deployment.
- Open a command prompt and change to the IM_root/eclipse/tools directory.
- Start
the installation wizard by opening the following file:
- AIX® or Linux™: ./imcl -c
- Windows™: imcl.exe
-c
- Select the applications that you want to remove and then
type N to proceed.
- Type U to start removing applications.
-
To check the details of the procedure, open the log file named
Uninstall.log in the connections_root/logs directory.
- Optional:
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.
-
Connections installation files: connections_root
Note: If you did not install Connections in the default directory, delete the directory where you
installed the product.
-
Connections shared data: Delete the directories that you specified for shared data when you
installed Connections.
-
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.
-
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.
-
If it is present, delete the registry.xml file from the profile_root/config/cells/cell_name
directory.
-
Delete all .py files from the
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin
directory on the deployment manager server as follows:
- AIX/Linux: /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/bin
- Windows: drive:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\bin
-
Clear the WebSphere Application Server profile's temp and
wstemp folders. For example:
- AIX/Linux:
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/temp
-
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/profile_name/wstemp
- Windows:
drive:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\temp
drive:\Program
Files\IBM\WebSphere\AppServer\profiles\profile_name\wstemp
Results
You uninstalled Connections.