Updating Load Balancer for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris operating systems

Use these instructions for obtaining and installing updates to installations of Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris operating systems.

Before you begin

Before installing the refresh or fix pack, stop and uninstall any existing versions of Load Balancer that are going to be updated. Refer to Uninstalling Load Balancer for more information. When you uninstall the license package, the license file will not be removed from your system. Do not manually remove this file, because the license file is required for the update to start.

Procedure

  1. Ensure that you have the license package installed from the CD. You don't have to have the entire product installed; you only need to have the license installed. The license package only comes on the CD, so you need the CD to install the license package.
  2. Go to a command prompt with root authority.
  3. Obtain the Load Balancer refresh or fix pack and place it in a temporary directory.
  4. Uncompress and untar the build package. This results in a number of separate file sets.
  5. Install the software using the system-specific commands in the following table. Use the following table for the commands to use for your operating system:
    Operating system Update commands
    AIX
    1. If a .toc file is not already present, generate a .toc file by issuing the command:
      inutoc
    2. Install the packages for Load Balancer. For example, to install the base package from the current directory, issue the following command:
      installp -acXd . package_name
    HP-UX
    swinstall -s /source package_name
    where source is the directory for the location of the package, and package_name is the name of the package.
    For example, to install the base package from the current directory, issue the following command:
    swinstall -s /lb package_name
    Linux
    rpm -iv package_name
    where package_name is the name of the package.
    For example, the following command installs all of the packages for Load Balancer when the packages reside in the current directory:
    rpm -iv ibmulb*.rpm
    Note: You can use the nodeps option to successfully install all of the packages in any order.
    Solaris
    pkgadd -d source package_name
    where source is the directory for the location of the package, and package_name is the name of the package.
    For example, to install the administration package from the current directory, issue the following command:
    pkgadd -d . ibmulbadm
  6. Restore any configuration files and start scripts that you saved or modified during a previous uninstall.

What to do next

After you install an update for Edge Components, the previous configuration for Edge Components is maintained. When new functions or enhancements are delivered with a refresh or fix pack, it might be necessary to add directives to the configuration files to enable the features.
Avoid trouble Avoid trouble: When you update the Load Balancer component, you must manually save and restore configuration files to maintain the previous configuration for Load Balancer. See Installing Load Balancer for more information.gotcha
Rejecting an update
  • On HP-UX, Linux, or Solaris operating systems, to remove a refresh or fix pack and return to a prepatched state, uninstall the product and reinstall the previous version.
  • The mechanism that the AIX operating system provides for rejecting a patch requires that the patch be produced in refresh or fix pack format. The Edge Components refresh or fix pack is provided with product format packaging only, not refresh or fix pack format packaging. Therefore, you cannot use the AIX SMIT mechanisms for installing and removing patches. To reject a patch on an AIX system, you must uninstall the file sets and reinstall the previous version.
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