Before you install maintenance to your WebSphere® product, you should be familiar with the following important considerations and precautions.
The Update Installer wizard is an InstallShield for Multiplatforms wizard that runs with either a graphical user interface or in silent mode with a response file.
Permissions can only be given to one user account. To install and launch the Update Installer, use the same user account that installed WebSphere Application Server, or give permission to another user. If permission is given to a non-root user, then the non-root user should give permission to the root user when finished installing maintenance. If the non-root user does not return permission to the root user, then the root user cannot read or write to the file system.
Some maintenance packages provide required service for existing profiles in addition to service for the core product files. Each maintenance package that has profile maintenance provides a script that changes the profile. The Update Installer prompts you to back up your configuration when installing a maintenance package that has required maintenance for profiles.
Some maintenance packages provide optional service for existing profiles. The readme file for the maintenance package describes whether the maintenance package contains optional service for existing profiles. If so, the readme file describes how to use the script provided with the maintenance package.
Use the backupConfig command to back up the configuration of each profile that the maintenance package can update. Or archive the app_server_root/profiles directory to back up all of the profiles at once. For more information, see the backupConfig command topic in the information center.
If you uninstall a maintenance package, the Update Installer does not uninstall the maintenance package from profiles. The reason for not removing the maintenance is that you might have configured the profile after installing the maintenance. To restore an original profile, use the restoreConfig command or copy the profile from the archived profile_root directory to replace the changed profile. For more information, see the restoreConfig command topic in the information center.
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Field | Valid values | Description |
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File path of the installation
root directory of the WebSphere product or component. Installation root directory of the Update Installer. See updi_root for more information. |
Identify the installation root directory for
one of the following products: |
Download, unpack, and install the Update Installer for WebSphere Software. Or install the Update Installer that is on the WebSphere Application Server supplements disc. Install the Update Installer into each component that you intend to update. The Update Installer application updates the product in its parent directory by default. |
File name of the maintenance package to install. | Select a maintenance package to install from the maintenance directory. | The default maintenance package is the package with the latest date stamp and time stamp. |