Installing service on Windows

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, 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 Business Integration Message Broker 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; you can uninstall only 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 Message Broker support Web page . Scroll down the page and select the fix pack listed for your WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker product.

You must read the multiplatforms 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 operating system (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 Message Broker:

  1. Ensure that the user ID you are logged on with is a member of the Windows Administrator group in the local security domain. You are recommended to use the same ID as the one you used for installing WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker.
  2. Ensure that all WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker function is stopped. You must:
    1. Stop execution of the Configuration Manager, the User Name Server, and all brokers on this system using the mqsistop command, or by stopping the Windows services for these components from Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
    2. Stop execution of the workbench
    3. Ensure that you do not have any WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker files open.
  3. You are also strongly recommended to exit all Windows programs before applying maintenance to WebSphere Business Integration Message Broker
  4. Change to the directory into which you downloaded the fix pack file (Unnnnnn.exe).
  5. In Windows Explorer, right-click the fix pack file and select Open. Alternatively, enter the following command at a command prompt: FixPackLauncher [-s] -a install_arguments , where

    FixPackLauncher is the full path to the fix pack executable file, for example U200208.exe.

    -s is optional and means that the fix pack launcher extracts silently. If you omit this, a progress of extraction panel is displayed.

    -a means 'read in the following installation arguments'.

    install_arguments are the arguments that determine how the installer runs. For more information about installation arguments, see Installation command line options.

After successful extraction the installer runs automatically according to the chosen arguments. Follow the instructions on the installation panels. For a detailed description of the installation panels, see Installing locally on Windows.
When you have completed installation, review the multiplatforms memo supplied in the directory readmes, and complete any manual post-installation tasks required.