IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search, Version 3.0.0 Operating systems: Windows

Removing IBM Content Analytics with Enterprise Search from Windows systems

You can remove IBM® Content Analytics with Enterprise Search from your system by using a graphical method, console method, or silent method. You can choose to remove the entire product or remove only the program files.

By default, the uninstallation program uses the same method to remove the product that you used to install it. When you start the program, you can specify an option to override the following default behavior and use a different method:

If you used the graphical method to install the product, the graphical version of the uninstallation program runs.
If you used the console method to install the product, the console method of the uninstallation program runs.
If you used the silent method to install the product, the silent method of the uninstallation program runs.

If you remove the product by using the Windows Add or Remove Programs function, you cannot select the method that you want to use. The program always uses the method that was used to install the product.

Before you remove the product, ensure that the First Steps program is not running. If the First Steps program is running, the installation program cannot remove all of the program files.

Using the silent method: If you use the silent method to remove the product, you must put a response file on each server. You must put the response file in a directory that is not in the installation directory (ES_INSTALL_ROOT) or data directory (ES_NODE_ROOT) so that the installation and data directories can be removed.

The response file includes a single option, which specifies whether you want to keep or delete the configuration data in the data directory:

DELETE_DATA_DIRECTORY=true: Removes all program files, configuration data, and the data storage database.
DELETE_DATA_DIRECTORY=false: Removes program files and preserves all configuration data in the data directory.

To remove the product from your system by running the Uninstall command:

Change to the %ES_INSTALL_ROOT%\uninstall_3.0.0.0 directory.
Run the command uninstall_3.0.0.0.exe.
To force the program to run in a particular method, specify the appropriate command option:
- -i swing, to use the graphical method
- -i console, to use the console method
- -i silent -f response_file_name, to use the silent method
For the graphical and console methods, specify whether you want to remove the entire product or remove the program data only. If you remove the entire product, all program files, system configuration files, and the data storage database are removed.
Important: If you created collections outside of the ES_NODE_ROOT data directory, the program does not delete them. It does not delete data from directories other than the default data directory. You must delete those other directories manually after you remove the product.
Optional: Manually delete the administrative user ID that you used to install the software from the operating system.
Restart the computer.
Repeat steps 1 through 5 on each server where the product software is installed.

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