Restoring original artifacts

Use the Restore Original Artifacts option to clean up your portal artifacts. It overwrites the EAR file shipped with the WebSphere® Portal installation.

Before you begin

Invoke this option if the wps.ear file becomes corrupted, or to restore the wps.ear file to the original IBM® version of the enterprise application. The Restore Original Artifacts option:

Uninstalls the existing wps.ear file.
Picks up the pristine wps.ear file from the $PortalServer\installableApps directory and installs it.

This option cleans up an EAR file; it does not reset the portal database. Configuration information such as page layouts, labels, or portlets on a page remains untouched.

Note: The Restoring Original Artifacts functionality is not supported on the WebSphere Portal Express® server.

Procedure

To restore the portal artifacts:

Open the Servers view by clicking Window > Show View > Servers
Right-click on the server definition in the Servers view and select Restore Original Artifacts.

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