Install the WebSphere® Application Server group PTF to obtain the latest fix pack for the product and to install required PTFs for other products on which WebSphere Application Server relies. After installing the group PTF, an additional step is required to install the fix pack and bring the product to the current fix level.
Fixes for the WebSphere Application Server product are shipped in a fix pack. The WebSphere Application Server for IBM® i group PTF delivers the most current level of the fix pack for the product.
Use this procedure to load and apply the latest WebSphere Application Server for IBM i group PTF before installing the current level of fix pack and then starting WebSphere Application Server for the first time.
Along with the current fix pack, the group PTF includes WebSphere Application Server PTFs that bring the product up to the latest service level for WebSphere Application Server Version for IBM i as well as the latest IBM DB2 Universal Database™, IBM Developer Kit for Java™, and IBM HTTP Server group PTFs.
This group PTF also contains miscellaneous PTFs for IBM Developer Kit for Java, DB2 Universal Database™ for IBM i, and IBM HTTP Server that are not included in other group PTFs or cumulative PTF packages but must be installed.
See the PTFs page on the WebSphere Application Server Web site to determine the group PTF that you must order and install for your WebSphere Application Server edition and for your IBM i release level.
Install all product prerequisites before you install the group PTF package. Otherwise, WebSphere Application Server might fail as it starts.
These instructions assume that you are ready to load and apply all PTFs included in the group PTF. Because some of these PTFs might require a restart of your iSeries® server, the instructions include steps for placing the server in a restricted state and doing the IPL of the server.
If it is not convenient to restart your server, specify that the PTFs that require an IPL be applied at the next normal IPL of the server. However, do not attempt to start or use WebSphere Application Server until all of the PTFs have been successfully loaded and applied and the system has performed an IPL.
Installing the WebSphere Application Server group PTF and the fix pack results in a fully updated installation. At that point, you can set up the initial product configuration.
You have completed step 2 of 5.
Go to Configuring the product after installation on IBM i to continue the installation.
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