You can use the command-line mode of the Installation Manager
to uninstall IBM® Business Process Manager.
Before you begin
Stop the deployment environment, node agent, and deployment
manager. Close all programs that you used Installation Manager to
install.
About this task
To uninstall, you must log in to the system using the same
user account that you used to install.
Procedure
To silently uninstall IBM Business Process Manager, complete
the following steps:
- Open a command prompt, and change directories
to the /eclipse/tools directory under Installation
Manager.
Important: If you are
running Windows, start your command prompt by right-clicking and selecting Run
as administrator.
- Make the appropriate replacements and
run the following command:
imcl uninstall list_of_package_IDs -installationDirectory installationDirectory -log logLocation -properties optionalProperties
- Replace list_of_package_IDs with a list of the IDs for the
products you want to uninstall, separated by spaces.
Important: The DB2 Express installation might be used by multiple products, including
products on a remote system. If you uninstall DB2 Express, all DB2 Express databases and database
assets are deleted.
Table 1. Package IDs| Product |
Package ID |
|---|
| IBM BPM
Advanced |
com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85 |
| IBM BPM
Advanced: Process Server |
com.ibm.bpm.PS.v85 |
| IBM BPM
Standard |
com.ibm.bpm.STD.v85 |
| IBM BPM
Express |
com.ibm.bpm.EXP.v85 |
| IBM Process
Designer |
com.ibm.bpm.pdesigner.v85 |
| WebSphere® Application
Server Network
Deployment |
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85 |
| WebSphere Application
Server Network Deployment Linux on POWER
Little Endian (LE) |
com.ibm.websphere.ND.le.v85 |
| Installation Manager |
com.ibm.cic.agent |
| DB2 for Linux 64-bit |
com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP.linuxia64 |
| DB2 for Windows 64-bit |
com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP.winia64 |
- Replace installationDirectory with
the location where you installed the product.
- Replace logLocation with
the location and file name to log the information.
Results
Installation Manager uninstalls the list of products and writes
a log file to the directory that you specified.
Example
The following example uninstalls IBM Business
Process Manager Advanced, WebSphere Application
Server ND, and
DB2 Express from Windows.
C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager\eclipse\tools>imcl uninstall com.ibm.bpm.ADV.v85 com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85 com.ibm.ws.DB2EXP.winia64 -installationDirectory C:\IBM\BPM85 -log uninstalllog.txt
What to do next
After you uninstall, you can optionally delete files that
remain in the file system, for example, in the
profiles\profilename\logs directory.
Also, if Installation Manager is not being used by any other products,
you can uninstall it.
