You can use the IBM® Installation
Manager command line to update the product with the fix packs that
are available for WebSphere® Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM Software
Support Center for information about updates for WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment. 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 Liberty Network
Deployment.
Tip: As an alternative 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.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available
for WebSphere Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment and
specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment as
the product.
- Select 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 WebSphere Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment 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 WebSphere Application
Server Liberty
Network
Deployment with
the interim fixes 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 Installation Manager credential-storage
and master-password files containing your IBM software user ID and password, create files
that will allow you to access the repository.
Note: These are the credentials
that you use to access protected IBM software
websites.
Tip: When creating a credential-storage
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.
Note: When you
use Installation Manager Version 1.6.2 and later, you should use the
-secureStorageFile and
-masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential-storage file. In versions of
Installation Manager earlier than Version 1.6.2, the
-keyring and
-password options
were used to access credentials in a keyring file. These options were
deprecated in Version 1.6.2. There is no migration path from keyring
files to storage files because of the differences in the file structures.
For more information on using the
-secureStorageFile and
-masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential-storage file, see the
Installation Manager Version 1.6 Information Center.
For more information on using the
-keyring and
-password options
to store credentials in a keyring file, see the
Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment 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.
./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
-acceptLicense
imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
-acceptLicense
where offering_ID is the offering
ID that is listed in WebSphere Application
Server product offerings for supported operating systems.Tips: - The offering_version, which optionally can
be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version
of the offering to install (8.5.5.20110503_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.
- You can add a list of features that are separated by commas.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./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 and extracting
the fix-pack file, use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty
Network
Deployment 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 Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment as
the product.
- Select 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 applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment 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.
./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
-acceptLicense
imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
-acceptLicense
Tips: - The offering_ID is the offering ID that is
listed in WebSphere Application
Server 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 (8.5.5.20110503_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.
- You can add a list of features that are separated by commas.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long