You can use the IBM® Installation
Manager command line to update the product with fix packs.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM Software
Support Center for information about upgrades. The most current information
is available from the IBM Software
Support Center and Fix Central.
IBM Installation Manager is used to apply product
maintenance.
Note: As an alterative to the procedure that is described
in this article, Installation Manager allows you to use the updateAll command
in a response file or on the command line to search for and update
all installed packages. Use this command only if you have full control
over which fixes are contained in the targeted repositories. If you
create and point to a set of custom repositories that include only
the specific fixes that you want to install, you should be able to
use this command confidently. If you enable searching service repositories
or install fixes directly from other live web-based repositories,
then you might not want to select this option so that you can select
only the fixes that you want to install using the -installFixes option
with the install command on the command line or
the installFixes attribute in a response file.
About this task
Use the Installation Manager command line
whenever you want to apply a new fix pack to your system.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available
and specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere® as
the product group.
- Select Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 as
the product.
- Select 8.x as the installed version.
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Click More Information under each fix to view information
about the fix.
- Recommendation: Make a note of the name of the fix pack
that you would like to install.
- Update the product with the fix pack using one of the following
procedures.
- Access the live service repository that contains the fix pack,
and use web-based updating.
Use Installation Manager on your local
system to update the product with the fix pack from the live web-based
service repositories.
To install a fix pack from a service repository, perform
the following actions:
- Log on to your system.
- If you do not already have an Installation Manager credentials
file containing your IBM software user ID and password, create one
that will allow you to access the repository.
Note: These are the credentials
that you use to access protected IBM software websites.
For
information on creating a keyring file for Installation Manager, read
the Installation Manager Information Center.Tip: When
creating a keyring file, append /repository.config at
the end of the URL location if the imutilsc command
is unable to find the URL that is specified.
- Stop all servers and related applications on the installation
that is being updated.
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
- Install the fix pack.
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![[HP-UX]](../lb/images/hpux.gif)
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./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-keyring keyring_file -password password
imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-keyring keyring_file -password password
where offering_ID is
the offering ID that is listed in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings
for supported operating systems.Tips: - The offering_ID is the offering ID that is
listed in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings
for supported operating systems.
- The offering_version, which optionally can
be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version
of the offering to install (8.5.0.20110503_0200 for
example).
- If offering_version is not specified,
the latest version of the offering and all interim fixes for
that version are installed.
- If offering_version is specified, the specified
version of the offering and no interim fixes for that version
are installed.
The offering version can be found attached to the end of the
offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command
against the repository:
imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
- You can also specify none, recommended or all with
the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim
fixes you want installed with the offering.
- If the offering version is not specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to all.
- If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to none.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
![[AIX]](../lb/images/aixlogo.gif)
![[HP-UX]](../lb/images/hpux.gif)
![[Linux]](../lb/images/linux.gif)
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central,
and use local updating.
You can download a compressed file that
contains the fix pack from Fix Central. Each compressed fix-pack file
contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix pack and usually
has a .zip extension. After downloading the fix-pack file, use Installation
Manager to update
IBM Websphere Edge Components: Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 with
the fix pack.
- To download the fix pack, perform the following actions:
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 as
the product.
- Select 8.x as the installed version.
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Select the fix pack that you want to download, and click Continue.
- Select your download options, and click Continue.
- Click I agree to agree to the terms and conditions.
- Click Download now to download the fix pack.
- Transfer the compressed file in binary format to the system on
which it will be installed.
- Extract the compressed repository files to a directory on your
system.
- To install a fix pack from a downloaded file, perform the following
actions:
- Log on to your system.
- Stop all servers and related applications on the installation
that is being updated.
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
- Install the fix pack.
![[AIX]](../lb/images/aixlogo.gif)
![[HP-UX]](../lb/images/hpux.gif)
![[Linux]](../lb/images/linux.gif)
./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
Tips: - The offering_ID is the offering ID that is
listed in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings
for supported operating systems.
- The offering_version, which optionally can
be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version
of the offering to install (8.5.0.20110503_0200 for
example).
- If offering_version is not specified,
the latest version of the offering and all interim fixes for
that version are installed.
- If offering_version is specified, the specified
version of the offering and no interim fixes for that version
are installed.
The offering version can be found attached to the end of the
offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command
against the repository:
imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
- You can also specify none, recommended or all with
the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim
fixes you want installed with the offering.
- If the offering version is not specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to all.
- If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option
defaults to none.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
![[AIX]](../lb/images/aixlogo.gif)
![[HP-UX]](../lb/images/hpux.gif)
![[Linux]](../lb/images/linux.gif)
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long