You can update this product to a later version using the
Installation Manager GUI.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM® Software
Support Center for information about upgrades for WebSphere® Application Server. 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.
Make
sure that the web-based or local service repository location is listed
and checked or that the Search service repositories during installation
and updates option is selected on the Repositories panel in your
Installation Manager preferences. For more information on using service
repositories with Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.6 Information Center or the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
About this task
Restriction: You cannot
use the Installation Manager to upgrade an installation and add or
remove the full WebSphere Application
Server profile feature or the Liberty profile feature.
Note: In WebSphere Application
Server Version 8.5.5.0, the Liberty profile was promoted from a feature
to an independently installable offering. You cannot make an inplace
update of the Version 8.5.0.
x Liberty profile feature.
The
wlp folder includes the Liberty runtime
and any user data or server configurations that you have saved in
the
wlp/usr folder. If you have a combined full-profile
and Liberty-profile Version 8.5.0.
x installation,
the update program will back up the
wlp folder
for the existing Version 8.5.0.
x Liberty profile
feature into the
wlp.bak_<timestamp> folder
and uninstall the feature during an update to Version 8.5.5.0 or higher.
You can continue using Liberty from the backed-up location or copy
it elsewhere. To update the Liberty profile to Version 8.5.5.0 or
higher, you then must install WebSphere Application
Server Liberty
Network
Deployment (with the
com.ibm.websphere.liberty.ND.v85 offering ID). After installing WebSphere Application Server
Liberty
Network
Deployment, you can move any user data and server configurations
from the
wlp.bak_<timestamp> folder
to the new Liberty installation. See
Updating the Liberty profile from Version 8.5.0 to
Version 8.5.5 for more information.