Uninstalling BIRT iHub deletes the iHub metadata including dashboards, reports, and jobs in a volume. To transfer a volume to a different iHub installation or to switch to a different metadata database, see BIRT iHub System Administration Guide.
The procedures for uninstalling BIRT iHub Visualization Platform and System Console differ, depending on whether the modules run as Windows services. This section describes the procedures for uninstalling the modules when they run as Windows services and when they do not.
Uninstalling modules if they run as Windows services
Perform the tasks in this section if BIRT iHub Visualization Platform and System Console run as Windows services.
How to uninstall BIRT iHub Visualization Platform when it runs as Windows services
1 Open Windows Services by choosing Windows Start➛Control Panel ➛Administrative Tools➛Services
2 Stop the Actuate iHub 3.1 Service.
3 Stop the Actuate PostgreSQL for iHub 3.1 Service.
4 On Windows Control Panel, choose Programs and Features.
5 In the list of installed programs, right-click BIRT iHub Visualization Platform 3.1. and choose Uninstall/Change. A message box may appear, asking you to shut down all services. You can ignore this message. Choose OK. Follow the steps that the uninstall program wizard displays to complete the uninstall.
How to uninstall System Console when it runs as Windows services
1 Open Windows Services by choosing Start➛Control Panel ➛Administrative Tools➛Services.
2 Stop the Actuate Apache Tomcat 7 for System Console service.
3 Stop the Actuate PostgreSQL for System Console service.
4 On Windows Control Panel, choose Programs and Features.
5 In the list of installed programs, right-click BIRT iHub System Console and choose Uninstall/Change. Follow the steps that the uninstall program wizard displays to complete the uninstall.
Uninstalling modules if they do not run as Windows services
Perform the tasks in this section if BIRT iHub Visualization Platform and System Console do not run as Windows services.
How to uninstall BIRT iHub Visualization Platform when it does not run as Windows services
1 In the Actuate BIRT iHub 3 command prompt, enter s and press Enter to shut down BIRT iHub and PostgreSQL, as shown in Figure 2‑17.
Figure 2‑17 Shutting down BIRT iHub and PostgreSQL
2 Open a command prompt having administrative privileges, and navigate to the installation folder, for example:
C:\Actuate3\BIRTiHubVisualization
3 Execute the uninstall.bat script using the following command line syntax:
uninstall b
The script displays messages similar to those shown in Listing 2‑1.
Listing 2‑1 Uninstalling BIRT iHub
C:\Actuate3\BIRTiHubVisualization>uninstall b
Uninstall Modules...
Uninstall Module: BIRT iHub
Unregistering Services..
No Installation path was specified
Set up will try to unregister from current directory
Check unregister.log for more details
Module b: BIRT iHub is unregistered from system successfully. Now you can now delete the module from the system safely.
Press any key to close this window
Exit the command prompt.
4 Choose Windows Start➛Control Panel➛Programs and Features.
5 In the list of installed programs, right-click BIRT iHub Visualization Platform 3.1 and choose Uninstall/Change. Follow the steps that the uninstall program wizard displays to complete the uninstall.
How to uninstall System Console when it does not run as Windows services
1 Close the Tomcat command prompt to shutdown Tomcat, as shown in Figure 2‑18.
Figure 2‑18 Shutting down Tomcat
2 Open a command prompt having administrator privileges, and navigate to the installation folder, for example:
C:\Actuate3\SystemConsole
3 Execute the uninstall.bat script using the following command line syntax:
uninstall a
The script displays messages similar to those shown in Listing 2‑2.
Listing 2‑2 Uninstalling System Console
C:\Actuate3\SystemConsole>uninstall a
Uninstall Modules...
Uninstall Module: System Console
Unregistering Services..
No Installation path was specified
Set up will try to unregister from current directory
Check unregister.log for more details
Module a: System Console is unregistered from system successfully. Now you can now delete the module from the system safely.
Press any key to close this window
Exit the command prompt.
4 Choose Windows Start➛Control Panel➛Programs and Features.
5 In the list of installed programs, right-click BIRT iHub System Console and choose Uninstall/Change. In the message box that appears saying that System Console is already uninstalled, choose OK to complete the uninstall. Windows removes BIRT iHub System Console from the list of installed programs.
