Removing the IBM Connections portlets

OPTIONAL: If you no longer want the Portlets that are installed, you can remove them from IBM® WebSphere® Portal.

Procedure

Follow these steps to remove the IBM Connections portlets.

Note: All of the required and optional parameters for the installation script are described in the topic Installation Options

  1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory:
    • AIX®: [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine
    • Linux: [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine
    • Solaris: [wp_profile_root]/ConfigEngine
    • Windows: [wp_profile_root]\ConfigEngine
  2. Run the following commands, using the command format for your operating system
    • AIX, Linux, or Solaris: ./ConfigEngine.sh
    • Windows: ConfigEngine.bat
    ConfigEngine remove-SNPortlets -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
    ConfigEngine remove-SNPortletsSearch -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
    ConfigEngine remove-SNPortletsVMM -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd] 
    ConfigEngine remove-paa -DappName=SNPortlets -DforceRemove=true -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
    ConfigEngine uninstall-paa -DappName=SNPortlets -DforceUninstall=true -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPaaRootPath=[paa-install-root] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]
  3. Execute the following command to delete the Connections Portlets assembly files from the [paa-install-root] folder:
    ConfigEngine delete-paa -DassemblyList=SNPortlets -DWasPassword=[was-admin-pwd] -DPortalAdminPwd=[portal-admin-pwd]