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Removing individual product modules

To remove an IBM® InfoSphere® Information Server product module from your installation, run the InfoSphere Information Server software removal program on each computer that contains components of the product module.

Before you begin

Attention: Removing a product module also deletes any user-created items that are associated with that product module. Before you remove software, make sure that you have backed up all computers in the installation. See Backing up and restoring IBM InfoSphere Information Server.

To deactivate an IBM InfoSphere DataStage® edition or feature pack (for example, if you are no longer entitled to an item), you do not use the IBM InfoSphere Information Server software removal program. Instead, deactivate them by using the LicensingServiceAdmin tool. Refer to Activating entitled IBM InfoSphere DataStage editions and feature packs.

About this task

Depending upon the product modules that you select, you might not have to run the software removal program for all tiers. Not all product modules have components on all tiers. You only need to run the program on the tier computers that contain components for the product modules. You can skip tier computers that do not contain components for the product modules. If you run the program on a computer that does not contain components for the product modules, no components are removed.

The following table lists product modules and indicates the tier computers on which you must run the software removal program:
Table 1. Product modules and the tiers on which you must run the installation program
Product module Tier computers on which to run the installation program
IBM InfoSphere FastTrack Services, Client
IBM InfoSphere Metadata Workbench Services, Engine
IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary Services, Client
IBM InfoSphere Business Glossary Anywhere (requires InfoSphere Business Glossary). The client is installed separately. Services
All others All tier computers

The installation program only removes the appropriate software for the tiers on a computer. You can run the software removal program on all of the computers in your configuration, and select all tiers each time. The removal program determines automatically which tiers exist on each computer and removes the appropriate components.

Run the program on the computers in the following order:

  1. Client, if the product modules you are removing require changes to this tier.

    The client tier software removal can take place at any point in the sequence.

  2. Engine, if needed. Refer to the table to determine whether you need to run the software removal program on the engine tier.

  3. Services. All product module removals require changes to the services tier.

  4. Metadata repository, if the product modules you are removing require changes to this tier.

    If you preinstalled the database system for the metadata repository tier and configured the databases within the database system by using the scripts that are supplied with the installation media, the software removal program does not remove the database system.

For example, to remove InfoSphere Information Analyzer, first run the software removal program on the engine tier computer. Then run it on the services tier computer. Lastly, run the program on the metadata repository tier. You can run the software removal program on the client tier computers at any point in the sequence.

You only need to run the software removal program one time on each computer even if the computer hosts more than one tier. The installation program removes the tier components in the correct order on the computer.

If you remove all product modules that require a particular tier, the tier is also removed. For example, in a system that includes InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere Business Glossary, if you remove InfoSphere DataStage, the entire engine tier is removed because InfoSphere Business Glossary does not require it.

Attention: All projects, jobs, and other items are deleted when a tier is removed.
Notes about specific product module removal tasks:
  • InfoSphere DataStage and InfoSphere QualityStage® share many components between them. For this reason, if you remove one of these product modules from the system on which the other product module is installed, the removal process is extremely rapid.
  • Many of these components are also shared by InfoSphere Information Analyzer. The removal process for this product module is faster if InfoSphere DataStage or InfoSphere QualityStage remains installed.
  • If both InfoSphere Business Glossary and InfoSphere Metadata Workbench are installed, you must remove both. If only one of these product modules is installed, you can remove it.
  • If multiple versions of InfoSphere DataStage client programs are installed on a computer and you remove the Version 8.5 InfoSphere DataStage client programs, older versions of the client programs might not function. If you want to retain the older InfoSphere DataStage client programs do the following tasks:
    1. Remove the InfoSphere DataStage, Version 8.5 client programs.
    2. Remove all older InfoSphere DataStage client programs.
    3. Reinstall the older versions, starting from the oldest version to the most recent version that you want to retain.

Procedure

  1. Make sure you have an up-to-date backup of your entire InfoSphere Information Server installation, so you can roll back the removal process if necessary. See Backing up and restoring IBM InfoSphere Information Server.
  2. Shut down scheduled tasks and IBM InfoSphere Information Services Director applications. See Shutting down tasks and applications before removing software.
  3. Run the software removal program as described in Graphical mode. The software removal program prompts you to select the product modules to remove. All product modules that have components on this computer are displayed in the page.
  4. Select the product modules that you want to remove.
  5. Complete the wizard pages and start the software removal process.

What to do next

When the software removal process completes successfully, perform the following task:

If a failure occurs, restore your installation from your backup.

Parent topic: Software removal by using the software removal program
PDFThis topic is also in the IBM InfoSphere Information Server Planning, Installation, and Configuration Guide.

Update timestamp Last updated: 2012-10-8