You might want to recover a failed attempt to uninstall IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager on Linux® or AIX® systems.
About this task
This task assumes that the uninstallation program failed
to complete successfully. Take these recovery steps:
Procedure
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Log in as root.
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Stop the WebSphere Application Server Liberty processes if they are
running.
cd WAS_HOME/bin
./server.sh stop
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Uninstall WebSphere Liberty, if exists and other
products are not using it.
If the WAS_HOME or
WAS_HOME/bin directories are already removed, skip Steps 2
and 3.
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Open the /var/ibm/InstallationManager/installRegistry.xml file.
Note: Back up the installRegistry.xml file.
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Remove the entries that are relating only to IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager.
For example:
<profile id='IBM Security Key Lifecycle Manager v4.1.1' kind='product'>
....
</profile>
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Remove the installation log files from the /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs directory
by using the following command:
rm -rf /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logs
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Uninstall IBM® Installation Manger.
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Remove the following folders, if exist:
- opt/IBM/DB2GKLMV421
- opt/IBM/WebSphere
- opt/IBM/GKLMV421
- opt/IBM/Installation Manager
- opt/IBM/IBMIMShared
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Restart the computer.
Table 1. Topic change
log
Date |
Change description |
20 April 2022 |
Corrected the commands for stopping WebSphere Liberty. |
10 Sept 2021 |
Initial version. |