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		  | Heba_MQ | 
			  
				|  Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2022 11:25 am    Post subject: Cannot uninstall MQ 7.5 on AIX |   |  | 
		
		  | Apprentice
 
 
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				| Dear All, 
 I got AIX server with MQ 7.5 and I want to uninstall it and install new version
 I stopped the qmgr and listener
 dspmqinst shows that the installation dir is /usr/mqm
 I executed the below commands with root
 installp -u mqm
 
 but got the below error
 Not Installed
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 No software could be found on the system that could be deinstalled for the
 following requests:
 
 mqm
 
 What is wrong here ...
 And can I just ignore the error and clear dirs /var/mqm , /usr/mqm and /etc/opt/mqm and consider this as uninstall ?
 
 Thanks
 Heba
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		  | gbaddeley | 
			  
				|  Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2022 2:21 pm    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  |  Jedi Knight
 
 
 Joined: 25 Mar 2003Posts: 2538
 Location: Melbourne, Australia
 
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				| Does this command show that any MQ components are installed? lslpp -al | grep -i mq
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 Glenn
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		  | zpat | 
			  
				|  Posted: Tue Dec 13, 2022 2:50 am    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  |  Jedi Council
 
 
 Joined: 19 May 2001Posts: 5867
 Location: UK
 
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				| Try it without the -u mqm _________________
 Well, I don't think there is any question about it. It can only be attributable to human error. This sort of thing has cropped up before, and it has always been due to human error.
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		  | talhamugh | 
			  
				|  Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 1:46 am    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  | Newbie
 
 
 Joined: 13 Oct 2023Posts: 1
 
 
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				| i must try and will give you feedback |  | 
		
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		  | fjb_saper | 
			  
				|  Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:11 pm    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  |  Grand High Poobah
 
 
 Joined: 18 Nov 2003Posts: 20767
 Location: LI,NY
 
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				| I'd thought you'd use smitty to  install / uninstall software on AIX?  _________________
 MQ & Broker admin
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		  | hughson | 
			  
				|  Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2023 7:59 pm    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  |  Padawan
 
 
 Joined: 09 May 2013Posts: 1967
 Location: Bay of Plenty, New Zealand
 
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				| The uninstallation instructions for V7.5 MQ on AIX can be read here: 
 Uninstalling IBM WebSphere MQ on AIX
 
 I can see that there are two choices for uninstalling on AIX and what you have done is the first of the two choices.
 
 An alternative mechanism is to use smit - do you see a similar error if you try that?
 
 Cheers,
 Morag
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		  | gbaddeley | 
			  
				|  Posted: Sun Oct 15, 2023 2:51 pm    Post subject: |   |  | 
		
		  |  Jedi Knight
 
 
 Joined: 25 Mar 2003Posts: 2538
 Location: Melbourne, Australia
 
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				| talhamugh is a troll on an old post? _________________
 Glenn
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