Manual (Re)Installation of Admin Console can cause problems with PTF Postinstaller
 Technote (troubleshooting)
 
Problem(Abstract)
Manually reinstalling the Admin Console using wsadmin will result in a different display name for the Admin Console application in WebSphere configuration. This can result in some warning messages when applying PTFs that contain adminconsole updates.
 
Cause
When the adminconsole is installed via the customization job BBODIAPP, it is given a different display name than the one inside the adminconsole.ear file. There is a flag passed in that customization job that looks like this: "-appname adminconsole" . This tells WebSphere to name the application "adminconsole" in the WebSphere configuration instead of using the name built into the application ear file itself, which is "Admin Console". It is this "Admin Console" name that will appear if a manual removal and installation of the adminconsole application occurs without using the -appname adminconsole flag to wsadmin.

Our PTF post-installer looks for the "adminconsole" name and not the "Admin Console" name, which can cause warnings and failures that look like this:


Step failed with "BBOO0250W MULTI-PRODUCT PTF POST INSTALLER HAS
DETECTED WARNING(S".

 
Resolving the problem
Please use BBODIAPP to reinstall the adminconsole, then re-attempt the post apply step of the PTF. Or, if BBODIAPP is not an option, be sure to use the "-appname adminconsole" string as part $AdminApp install command in wsadmin.
 
 
 


Document Information


Current web document: swg21227092.html
Product categories: Software > Application Servers > Distributed Application & Web Servers > WebSphere Application Server for z/OS > Install
Operating system(s): z/OS
Software version: 5.1
Software edition:
Reference #: 1227092
IBM Group: Software Group
Modified date: Jan 16, 2006