Installing service on HP-UX

You cannot back out service without removing the entire product. You are strongly recommended to keep a backup image or previous GA CD or fix pack readily available in case you encounter any problems after installing service.

Maintenance updates for WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker are available through a download from a web site, in the form of a Program Temporary Fix (PTF), also known as a fix pack. Fix packs are cumulative, so you do not need to install Fix Pack 1 before you can install Fix Pack 2. However, the GA code must have been installed first to activate the licensing requirements. You can find the latest information about available fix packs on the WebSphere MQ Support Web page

Fix packs for WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker are installed using the same technology as for the GA release. This means that product files are consistently tracked and updated appropriately.

You cannot remove individual fix packs without uninstalling the entire product. If you want to restore a system to a previous service level, you must uninstall the entire product, reinstall the GA level of the product, and then install the desired level of fix pack.

If you have any interim fixes applied to your existing installation, contact your IBM Service representative for instructions and possible updated interim fixes for the fix pack level you are installing.

Downloading maintenance updates

You can download the latest fix pack from the WebSphere Business Integration Brokers Support Web page. Scroll down the page and select the WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker product.

You must read the multiplatform memo. To access the memo, go to the View Memo column, and click the Details link.

To begin the download process, go to the Download PTF/Fix Pack column and click the link for your desired platform (with name of the form Fix Pack XX Unnnnnn, where XX is the number of the fix pack, and Unnnnnn is the fix pack file name). Follow the instructions on the IBM Downloads site, where you will be guided through a three stage process of Configure, Register, and Download. Select a suitable destination as the target for download.

Applying maintenance updates

To apply maintenance updates to WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker:

  1. Stop all brokers that are running.
  2. Change to the directory where you downloaded the fix pack file, Unnnnnn.tar.z.
  3. To replace the .Z file with a .tar file, enter the following command: uncompress -fv filename.tar.Z .
  4. To untar the image and extract all the directories, subdirectories, and files required to apply the update, enter the following command: tar -xvf filename.tar.
  5. To run the installer, enter the following command ./setuphp install_arguments, where install_arguments are the arguments that define how the installer runs. For more information about install arguments, see Installation command line options.
Follow the instructions on the install panels. For a detailed description of the install panels, see Installing locally on HP-UX.
When you have completed the installation, review the multiplatform memo supplied in the readme directory, and complete any manual post-installation tasks required.

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Installation command line options