Use the IM_run_silent_uninstall script
to uninstall IBM® InfoSphere® Data Architect across
your enterprise.
Procedure
To uninstall the product across the enterprise:
- Optional: Edit the IM_run_silent_uninstall script
to change the default parameters for:
- The location and file names for the generated log and response
files
- The location to store data for the simulated modification
- The location of IBM Installation Manager,
if it is not installed into the default installation directory. On Windows, the default installation
directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\Installation Manager
- The location of the installation files for the product. For example,
if the installation files are on a DVD that is in a drive that is
mapped to D:, the location is D:\.
Important: Edit these parameters only if you edited
them for the installation scripts. The parameter values must match
the values in the installation scripts.
- Generate the response file with Installation Manager or
update the sample response files in the product_package/enterpriseDeployment/sampleResponseFiles directory. For information about generating a response file, see Creating a response file manually.
- On the base computer, run the silent installation with
the silent response file.
- Open a command prompt, change the directory to the IBM Installation Manager installation
directory, and run the IM_run_silent_uninstall script.
- Check the log file for errors. The uninstallation log
file, log_IDA_uninstall.xml,
is in the IDA_SILENT_FILES directory.
- Run the silent uninstallation on all the other computers
in your enterprise on which you want to uninstall IBM InfoSphere Data Architect and IBM Installation Manager.
- Copy the following folder and files to the target computers:
- IDA_SILENT_DATA_SAVE folder
- IDA_SILENT_FILES/response_uninstall.xml file
- IM_run_silent_uninstall script
- Open a command prompt.
- Change the directory to the IBM Installation Manager installation
directory.
- Run the IM_run_silent_uninstall script.