Installing service on Solaris

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 Event 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, therefore 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 family support Web page

Fix packs for WebSphere Business Integration Event 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 MQ family support Web page. Scroll down the page and select the fix pack listed for your WebSphere Business Integration Event Broker product.

You must read the multiplatform memo. To access the memo, scroll down to read the Installation Instructions. Click on the link Problems fixed (MEMO.PTF).

To begin the download process, scroll to Download package and click the HTTP download option. Accept the download terms and conditions and sign in to the download site. 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) and follow the instructions. Select a suitable destination as the target for download.

Applying maintenance updates

To apply maintenance updates to WebSphere Business Integration Event 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 extract all the directories, subdirectories, and files required to apply the update, enter the following command: tar -xvf filename.tar.
  5. To run the installation program, enter the following command ./setupsolaris install_arguments, where install_arguments are the arguments that define how the installation program runs. For more information about installation arguments, see Installation command line options.
Follow the instructions on the installation panels. For a detailed description of these panels, see Installing locally on Solaris.
When you have completed the installation, review the multiplatform memo supplied in the readme directory, and complete any manual post-installation tasks required.