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Problem(Abstract) |
When applying a fix pack or cumulative fix to WebSphere®
Application Server V5.0 the process fails while trying to update the first
component, which is typically the "activity" component. The user will be
prompted to finish the aborted upgrade (updateWizard), or control will be
returned to the console (updateSilent). |
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Cause |
When applying a fix pack or cumulative fix to WebSphere
Application Server V5.0 the process fails while trying to update the first
component, which is typically the "activity" component. The user will be
prompted to finish the aborted upgrade (updateWizard), or control will be
returned to the administrative console (updateSilent).
The only visible error in the selective-install.log concerns the
extraction of entries to a file:
Failed to extract entries to file.
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Exception: WUPD0218E: Fix pack installation failure: The component
activity failed to install.
Installing updates ... failed
This occurs because the update installer was invoked using a non-root
user, and was unable to write extracted ".jar" files to a
$TMP/ptfs subdirectory. In many cases, the $TMP/ptfs
directory was left over from a previous WebSphere Application Server
Update Installer session, and was originally owned by a different user and
group. |
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Resolving the
problem |
IBM® does not officially support the application of
maintenance to WebSphere Application Server V5.0 as a non-root user. Try
the fix pack installation again as the root user. |
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Cross Reference information |
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Application Servers |
Runtimes for Java Technology |
Java SDK |
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