Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs

You can use a single instance of the IBM® Update Installer for WebSphere® Software to install interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs for Version 6.0.2 Fix Pack 21, Version 6.1, and Version 7.0.

Before you begin

Learn about important prerequisites, permissions, and precautions before installing a maintenance package by reviewing the topic Installing maintenance packages overview.
New feature: The Update Installer offers several features:
  • The Version 7.0 Update Installer supports multiple releases. The Version 7.0 Update Installer is also compatible with earlier releases; it works with Version 6.0.2 Fix Pack 21 and newer maintenance and any maintenance for Version 6.1.0.x and Version 7.0 releases. This allows a single instance of the Update Installer to apply maintenance to more than one version of the application server. For Version 6.0.2 Fix Pack 19 and previous releases, apply maintenance with the Version 6.0.2.x Update Installer.
  • It has a file permission verification feature. This feature saves time and allows you to resolve potential file permission problems for Application Server maintenance before you install it.
  • It can update language packs to add new languages.
  • It supports updates for DMZ Secure Proxy Server.
  • It is available in .tar format on Unix operating systems.
  • When installing it, you can choose to create Start menu shortcuts.
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Attention: Fix packs that include updates to the Software Development Kit (SDK) might overwrite unrestricted policy files. Back up unrestricted policy files before you apply a fix pack and reapply these files after the fix pack is applied.

About this task

See Uninstalling maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs for a description of how to roll back a maintenance package.

Procedure

  1. Log on as root on an operating system such as AIX® or Linux®, or log on as a member of the administrator group on a Windows® system.
    [AIX] [HP-UX] [Linux] [Solaris] In addition, verify that the umask setting is 022. To verify the umask setting, issue the following command:
    umask
    To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
    umask 022
  2. Install the product that you intend to update.

    If you already have the product installed, proceed to the next step.

  3. Download the maintenance package *.pak file from the Support Web site into the maintenance directory.
    Download maintenance packages for the Update Installer for WebSphere Software to install from the following IBM Web pages:
    Tip: Do not attempt to unpack the *.pak file. If your browser changes the download package from *.pak file to *.zip, do not attempt to unzip the package. Instead, rename the file to *.pak and proceed to the next step without unzipping the renamed *.pak file.
  4. Stop application servers.

    Run the stopServer command on all WebSphere Application Server profiles.

  5. Stop all Java™ processes that use the IBM Software Developer Kit (SDK) that the WebSphere Application Server product provides.

    Before installing or uninstalling interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs on a machine, stop all Java processes on the machine that use the IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition that WebSphere Application Server provides.

    Stop all WebSphere Application Server-related Java processes that are running on the system where you are using the Update Installer program. For example, Java processes can include:
    • All Java Virtual Machines (JVMs)
    • WebSphere Application Server processes:

      WebSphere Application Server processes include application server processes, such as the process created when server1 is running.

    • IBM HTTP Server processes
    • Web server processes that use a plug-in that you are updating
    • First steps consoles
    • Installation verification test (IVT) processes
    • The Profile Management Tool
    • Other InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) installation programs
    • InstallShield for Multiplatforms uninstall programs
    • The IBM Rational® Application Developer Agent Controller

    Stop all Java processes if necessary. If you install an interim fix while a WebSphere Application Server-related Java process runs, the product might not continue to run successfully.

  6. Verify that the following prerequisite conditions are met:
    • All of the product hardware and software prerequisites exist.

      The official statement of supported hardware and software is on the Supported hardware and software Web site.

    • The WebSphere software that you are updating is correctly installed and is not corrupt.
    • The WebSphere SDK, Java technology edition is not corrupt.
    • The user is root on a system such as AIX or Linux or a member of the administrator group on a Windows system.
  7. Change directories to the updi_root directory.
  8. 8. Choose to install the product in silent or graphical user interface mode.

    For more information on root versus non-root for installing maintenance with the Update Installer, refer to Using root or non-root when installing with the Update Installer.

    The Update Installer wizard runs in two modes: the silent mode, as a background process, and the regular mode, using the graphical user interface.

    The following tables show options that are available when using the update command.

    Table 1. Update installer commands for installing with the graphical interface.

    This table contains commands for the graphical user interface.

    Command example Description
    update.bat Initializes the maintenance package field with the name of the maintenance package that has the most recent date stamp and time stamp.

    Accept all of the default values to install the maintenance package with the most recent time stamp.

    update.bat -options "responsefiles/file_name" Overrides all graphical interface values with values that you specified in the options response file.

    Always use a response file that is based on the response file under updi_root/responsefiles.

    update.bat -W maintenance.package="e: \IBM\WebSphere\AppServer \updateinstaller\maintenance\ PQ20029.pak" Overrides the name of the maintenance package to apply.
    update.bat -W product.location="e: \IBM\WebSphere\AppServer" Overrides the location of the WebSphere software to update.
    update.bat -W product.location="e: \IBM\WebSphere\AppServer" -W maintenance.package="e: \IBM\WebSphere\AppServer \updateinstaller\maintenance\ PQ20029.pak" Overrides the location of the WebSphere software to update and the name of the maintenance package to apply.
    update.bat -OPT disableDiskSpaceCheck=true Overrides the prerequisite check for disk space.

    Specify an appropriate JOBQ parameter value to have the job run in a different subsystem. Verify that the storage pool that the job runs in has as much memory as possible.

    Table 2. Update Installer command for installing in silent mode.

    The command in the following table starts the Update Installer wizard in silent mode without the graphical user interface.

    Command example Description
    update.bat -silent -options "responsefiles/file_name" Overrides all default values with values that you specified in the options response file.

    Always use a response file that is based on the response file under updi_root/responsefiles.

Results

This procedure results in installing maintenance packages to update WebSphere software.

What to do next

Click Relaunch on the last panel of the Update Installer to begin installing a second maintenance package.

After installing all maintenance packages, continue to use your WebSphere software.

The procedure for uninstalling fix packs, interim fixes, and interim features is similar. Uninstall only one fix pack, interim fix, or interim feature at a time. To find out more about uninstalling a fix pack or refresh pack, refer to Uninstalling fix packs, interim fixes, interim features, test fixes, or fix packs delivered as a CIP slip install for more information.




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