Installation is an easier, more consistent, and functionally rich experience across platforms, installable components, and types of installations.
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Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs
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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Installing the Express product
Language support has been modularized
into language packs for the administrative console and application
server runtime components. This allows you to update your current
language packs or add new language packs released by IBM using the
Update Installer. The language pack design also allows you to defer
installing non-English language packs for these two components if
you want to save disk space.
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Non-root installations
- A major enhancement to non-root support for the
application server is the ability to verify and set file permissions.
Users can now verify adequate file permissions before installing the
product, and can use a utility to change ownership to another user
for the file system after installation for future operations on that
product.
- IBM® HTTP Server and the Web server
plug-ins installers now install a private copy of IBM Global
Security Kit (GSKit) which allows both root and non-root users to
enable SSL support.
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Preparing Windows systems for installation
This
fix pack is the minimum supported fix pack level for
the product on the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7
operating systems.
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Uninstalling the WebSphere Application Server product
The uninstaller for
WebSphere® Application Server is now able to
detect other products which extend the application server and have
claimed a dependency on the application server. If you have installed
other products which extend the application server, then you will
be unable to uninstall the application server before uninstalling
the other products. Products which extend the application server are
feature packs and other products which rely on the application server
runtime environment.