Chapter 4
Uninstalling the Sun ONE Portal Server

This chapter includes instructions to remove one or more of the software components. To uninstall one or more of the software and its components:

Log in to the machine and become superuser.

You will need root access to uninstall the Sun™ ONE Portal Server software and its associated components.

Change directories to where the installation program is located.
Type ./pssetup.
Examine the uninstall menu.
Remove Sun ONE Portal Server Only - If selected, the installation program will uninstall only the Sun ONE Portal Server software.
Remove Sun™ ONE Identity Server Only - If selected, the installation program will uninstall only the Sun ONE Identity Server software.
Remove Sun ONE Identity Server SDK only
Remove Sun™ ONE Directory Server Only - If selected, the installation program will uninstall only the Sun ONE Directory Server software.
Remove the Migration Tools - If selected, the installation program will uninstall only the migration tools.
Continue with install
Remove All - If selected, the installation program will uninstall the Sun ONE Portal Server software and all of its associated components (including Sun ONE Directory Server, Sun ONE Identity Server, and Sun™ ONE Web Server).
Select the uninstall option.
Enter the Identity Server password.
Enter the Directory Manager password.

For Sun ONE Portal Server installed on Sun ONE Application Server or BEA WebLogic, the pssetup script asks for the application server administration password when uninstalling.

Restarting Sun ONE Identity Server After Removing Sun ONE Portal Server

If running the Sun ONE Portal Server on the Sun™ ONE Web Server and you choose the uninstall option to remove the Sun ONE Portal Server only, you must restart the Sun ONE Identity Server. Follow the procedures below before accessing the Sun ONE Identity Server after the Sun ONE Portal Server software has been uninstalled.

For a Single Instance Installation

Stop Identity Server using /etc/init.d/amserver stop
Start Identity Server using /etc/init.d/amserver start

For a Multiple Instance Installation

For each created instance on which the Sun ONE Portal Server was deployed (excluding the original instance for which the ClassCache is removed by the pssetup script) perform the following steps:

cd ${BASEDIR}/SUNWam/servers/https-Instance_Name/ClassCache
rm -rf https-Instance_Name/* https-Deploy_Instance/*
Repeat Step 1 and Step 2 for each created server instance.
After the ClassCache for all additional instances is removed, stop all instances using:
/etc/init.d/amserver stopall
Restart all the instances using:
/etc/init.d/amserver startall

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