Product fix packs contain bundled service to bring WebSphere® Application Server
up to a new product level. Interim fixes provide corrective service
for specific known problems. You can use the IBM® Installation Manager command-line function
to update the product with the fixes that are available for your service
level of WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.5.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM Software
Support Center for information about upgrades for WebSphere Application Server for IBM i. The most current information
is available from the IBM Software
Support Center and Fix Central.
IBM Installation Manager is used to apply product
maintenance to WebSphere Application
Server for IBM i.
About this task
Use this procedure whenever you want to apply a new interim
fix to your system.
Restriction: You cannot use the iRemoteInstall command
to install an interim fix.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes that are available for WebSphere Application Server
Version 8.x and specific information about each interim fix, perform
the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere Application
Server as the product.
- Select the version of the product to be updated (8.x.x.x).
- 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 list of the names of the interim
fixes that you would like to install.
- Update WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.x with the interim fixes using one of the following
procedures.
- Access the live service repository that contains the fixes, and
use web-based updating.
Use Installation Manager on your local system
to update WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.x with the interim fixes from the live web-based
service repositories.
- For the live service repositories, use the same URLs as those
used for the generally available product-offering repositories during
installation. These URLs are listed in Online product repositories for WebSphere Application Server offerings.
- These locations do not contain web pages that you can access using
a web browser. They are remote web-based repository locations that
you specify for Installation Manager so that it can maintain the product.
To install an interim fix from a service repository, perform
the following actions:
- 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 IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.Tip: When
creating a keyring file, append /repository.config at
the end of the repository URL location if the imutilsc command
is unable to find the URL that is specified.
- Sign on to the IBM i system
with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
- Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application
Server installation that is being updated.
- On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell
command shell.
- Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask
setting, issue the following command:
umask
To
set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory
for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.
- Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-keyring keyring_file
Tip: If
a keyring file is specified and the keyring is password protected,
you also need to specify -password password.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the files that contain the fixes from Fix Central, and
use local updating.
You can download compressed files that contain
the fixes from Fix Central. Each compressed fix file contains an Installation
Manager repository for the fix and usually has a .zip extension. After
downloading the fix files, you can use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server
Version 8.x with the interim fixes.
- To download the interim fixes, perform the following actions:
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere Application
Server as the product.
- Select the version of the product to be updated (8.x.x.x).
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Select the interim fixes 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 interim fixes.
- Transfer the compressed fix files in binary format to the IBM i system on which they will
be installed.
- To install an interim fix from a downloaded file, perform the
following actions:
- Sign on to the IBM i system
with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
- Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application
Server installation that is being updated.
- On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell
command shell.
- Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask
setting, issue the following command:
umask
To
set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory
for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.
- Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories compressed_file
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long