Oracle® Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite 11g Release 1 (11.1.1) Part Number E14495-06 |
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This chapter explains how to deinstall Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite, in these topics:
Deinstalling Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite from your system includes stopping Oracle WebLogic Server, removing application schemas, and deinstalling and removing Oracle homes.
Use the instructions provided in this chapter for removing the software. If you try to remove the software manually, you may experience problems when you try to reinstall the software again at a later time. Following the procedures in this section will ensure that the software is properly removed.
Before deinstalling the Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite component of Oracle Fusion Middleware, you should stop all servers and processes.
To stop Oracle WebLogic Server and server processes:
Stop each Managed Server in the Oracle WebLogic Server domain with the stopManagedWebLogic
script in the DomainHome
/bin
directory.
UNIX script: DomainHome
/bin/stopManagedWebLogic.sh
managedServerName
Windows script: DomainHome
\bin\stopManagedWebLogic.cmd
managedServerName
Supply your user name and password when prompted.
Close any connections to the Administration Server for the domain, such as a Web browser interface, and stop the Administration Server:
UNIX script: DomainHome
/bin/stopWebLogic.sh
Windows script: DomainHome
\bin\stopWebLogic.cmd
For more information, see "Starting and Stopping Oracle Fusion Middleware" in Oracle Fusion Middleware Administrator's Guide.
Run the Repository Creation Utility (RCU) to drop one or more Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite schemas from your database.
Insert the Repository Creation Utility DVD, and then start RCU with the bin/rcu
or BIN\rcu.bat
file:
UNIX path: RCU_HOME
/bin/rcu
Windows path: RCU_HOME
\BIN\rcu.bat
You can also download a ZIP file containing the Repository Creation Utility from either of these web sites:
Oracle E-Delivery at
http://edelivery.oracle.com/
Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g Software Downloads page on Oracle Technology Network (OTN) at
http://www.oracle.com/technology/software/products/middleware
Note:
On a Windows operating system, do not unzip the RCU ZIP file to a directory with a name that contains spaces.After downloading the ZIP file, extract the contents to a directory of your choice, and then start RCU as the preceding text describes.
Follow these instructions to drop one or more Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite schemas:
Welcome screen
Click Next.
Create Repository screen
Select Drop, and click Next.
Database Connection Details screen
Provide the credentials to connect to your database instance. These are the same credentials you provided on this screen when you created the Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite schemas. For more information, see Section 2.2, "Creating Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite Schemas."
Click Next. The Checking Prerequisites screen appears.If you have any prerequisite errors, the Database Connection Details screen displays details about the errors. Fix any errors, and click Next again.
After the checking is complete with no errors, click OK to dismiss the screen.
Select Components screen
Select a schema prefix, and then select the name of each schema you want to drop from the repository.
Click Next. The Checking Prerequisites screen appears.
If you have any prerequisite errors, the Select Components screen displays details about the errors. Fix any errors, and click Next again.
After the checking is complete with no errors, click OK to dismiss the screen.
Summary screen
Click Drop. A DROP screen appears.
If you have any drop errors, the Summary screen displays details about the errors. Fix them, and click Next again.
Note:
If your database is running on a Windows operating system, ensure that previous sessions accessing the tablespace are closed before the drop. After the drop, you might need to manually delete thedbf
files.After the schemas are dropped with no errors, click OK to dismiss the screen.
Completion Summary screen
Click Close.
The deinstaller attempts to remove the ECM Oracle home from which it was started. Before you remove the Oracle home for Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite, make sure that it is not in use by an existing domain and that you stop all running processes that use this Oracle home. After you remove the software, you will no longer be able to use your Oracle WebLogic Server domain.
This procedure does not remove any Oracle WebLogic Server domains that you have created. It removes only the software in the ECM Oracle home.
Follow the instructions in Table 11-1 to deinstall Oracle Enterprise Content Management Suite. The procedure after the table describes these steps in more detail.
Note:
The deinstaller will attempt to remove the Oracle home directory from which it was started. Before you choose to remove the Oracle home, make sure that it is not in use by an existing domain.Table 11-1 Deinstallation Procedure
No. | Screen | Description and Action Required |
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1 |
None |
Start the Oracle ECM installer with the
The value of You can also start the installer from On a Windows operating system, you can also start the installer from the Start menu by selecting Programs, then Oracle ECM 11g - Home1, and then Uninstall. |
2 |
Click Next to continue. |
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3 |
Verify the Oracle home you are about to deinstall. Click Deinstall to continue. |
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4 |
This screen shows the progress and status of the deinstallation. No action is necessary on this screen. |
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5 |
Click Finish to dismiss the screen. |
If the deinstallation procedure did not remove your ECM Oracle home directory, you need to manually remove it and all of its subdirectories.
To remove an ECM Oracle home directory on a UNIX operating system:
Change directories to the directory that contains the ECM Oracle home directory:
cd MW_HOME
Specify the name of the ECM Oracle home directory in this command:
rm -rf ECM_ORACLE_HOME
To remove an ECM Oracle home directory on a Windows operating system:
In Windows Explorer, you can navigate to the C:\
MW_HOME
directory, right-click the ECM_ORACLE_HOME
folder, and then choose Delete from the File menu.
Alternatively, you can remove the program groups from the Start Menu\Programs
folder, if they exist. For example, you might remove the following program groups from C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs
:
Oracle WebLogic (BEAHOME 1)
Oracle ECM 11g - Home1
The folder and program group names on your Windows operating system might be different.