If you cannot remove suite software by
using the software removal program, then you must manually remove
files and directories from the engine tier computer to ensure that
the product is completely removed. Completely removing this files
and directories is important if you plan to reinstall the suite.
Procedure
- Back up the computer.
- Log in as the root user and complete the following steps
to stop and remove services:
- Change directories to the installation directory for
the InfoSphere® Information Server engine.
The default location is /opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/DSEngine.
- Run the following command to source the dsenv file
to configure the required environment variables:
- Run the following command to stop the engine services:
- Change to the InfoSphere Information Server installation
directory. The default directory is /opt/IBM/InformationServer.
- Run the following command to stop the agents:
./ASBNode/bin/NodeAgents.sh stop
- Run the following command to determine which startup
entries to remove.
The
NodeAgents.sh file
is started automatically by symbolic links in the
rc directory.
AIX® Linux®:
The directory is
/etc/rc.d.
find /etc -name "*" -print | xargs grep -i installation_dir
installation_dir is
the directory where you installed
InfoSphere Information Server.
The default directory is
/opt/IBM/InformationServer.
- Remove all entries that contain DFDServer,
DSEngine, ODFEngine, and
ISFAgent.
Note: To remove DFD from engine tier, the DFD server must be stopped before stopping the node
agent.
Use the following command to stop the DFD
server:
/opt/IBM/InformationServer/ASBNode/CognitiveDesignerEngine/stopCognitiveDesignerServer.sh
The
command must be executed on the engine-tier-system.
- Open the /etc/services file, and
search for and remove the entry that starts with
dsrpc
entry.
The following example shows what this entry might look like: dsrpc 31538/tcp # RPCdaemon DSEngine@/opt/IBM/InformationServer/Server/
DSEngine
- Delete the InfoSphere Information Server installation
directory.
The default directory is /opt/IBM/InformationServer.
- Delete the temporary log files for the
installation program by running the following command:
rm -rf /tmp/ibm_is_logs
Note: If
you chose a different directory for the temporary files, delete that
directory instead of the default directories.
- Delete the InfoSphere
DataStage® installation
location file by running the following command:
- Delete the InfoSphere
DataStage log
files by running the following command:
Operating system |
Command |
AIX |
rm -rf /ds_logs
|
Linux |
rm -rf /root/ds_logs
|
- Remove any InfoSphere Information Server users
and groups if you are not using them for other purposes.
- Restart the computer to ensure that all processes
have been terminated.