This topic describes how to install a fix pack using the
Update Installer. WebSphere® Application Server
fix packs contain enabling code to ensure feature packs continue to
function when maintenance is applied.
Before you begin
Ensure you have the most recent version of the Update Installer
installed locally on a target system. For more information, see the
WebSphere Application Server Support Web page, located in the related
links section of this document.
Use
the Update Installer program from the same user ID that installed
the product that you are updating. Otherwise, the file ownership mismatches
might require correction by the root user. See Using root or non-root when installing with the Update Installer for more information.
About this task
Follow these steps to install a maintenance fix pack:
Procedure
- Download the required fix pack from the official IBM® support
Web site into the updi_root/maintenance directory.
- Make the current working directory: updi_root.
- Ensure that you stop all running processes.
- Launch the Update Installer.
For example:
update.bat
update.exe
./update.sh
- The Welcome panel displays. Click Next.
- The system prompts for the location of the product that
you want updated. Click Next.
- The system presents the choices of Install or Uninstall
maintenance. The install option is the default. Click Next.
- The system prompts for the maintenance location where packages
can be found. Enter the directory name containing the packages, or
browse for the required directory. Click Next.
For
a list of the recommended fixes for WebSphere Application
Server, refer to the support Web site located in the related links
section of this document.
When you install a fix pack, certain
logic is used to determine which packages are selected for the install.
To find out more, refer to Logic that the Update Installer uses for system recommended installations.
If a maintenance package is grayed out with the designation Not
applicable on the selection panel, you can review the logs in
the updi_root/logs/latest_temp_folder to
find out why the maintenance package is not appropriate for installation.
- Before the installation, the Confirmation panel confirms
which packages will be installed.
- On the Confirmation panel, you can also ensure that you
have the correct permissions to perform the installation of a maintenance
package.
- To ensure you have the correct permissions to apply
maintenance, select Verify My Permissions.
After the permission checking finishes, the confirmation panel displays
the permission checking results. If permission checking succeeds,
then Verify My Permissions is deselected. You
can then click Next to install maintenance. If permission checking
fails, then Verify My Permissions remains selected.
You can perform the necessary actions to resolve your permission problems
and then verify your permissions again.
- If you deselect Verify My Permissions and
click Next, then you skip permission checking and the Update
Installer performs the installation. If you do not have all of the
necessary permissions, then the installation fails.
- After the installation, the Summary panel lists which packages
have been installed.
- After you install the fix pack, check the installation
log to verify that the install is successful. The log can be found
at app_server_root/logs/update/maintenance_package.install.
Results
You can find the following results in the log:
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- The operation is a success.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- The operation is partially successful, refer to the log for more
details.
- INSTCONFFAILED
- The operation has failed, refer to the log for more details.