You can use the IBM® Installation
Manager command line to update the offering with the interim fixes
that are available for your service level of 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 maintenance to WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment.
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 version of the offering to be updated.
- 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 fixes that
you would like to install.
- Update WebSphere Application
Server Liberty Network
Deployment with
the interim fixes using one of the following procedures.
- Access the live service repository that contains the interim
fixes, 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.
- 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 offering.
To install an interim fix 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.
For information on creating credential-storage and
master-password files for Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.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.
- 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 interim fix.
./imcl install fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
imcl.exe install fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
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.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the files that contain the interim fixes from Fix
Central, and use local updating.
You can download compressed
files that contain the interim fixes from Fix Central. Each compressed
fix file contains an Installation Manager repository for the interim
fix and usually has a
.zip extension. After downloading
the fix files, you can use one of the following procedures to update WebSphere Application Server
Liberty
Network
Deployment:
- Use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment with
the interim fixes.
- Use the IBM Packaging Utility
to generate a new repository that contains all of the fix files that
you downloaded, then use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty Network
Deployment with
all of the interim fixes as a group. For information on using the
Packaging Utility, see the IBM Installation
Manager Information Center.
- To download the interim fixes, 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 version of the offering to be updated.
- 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.
- To install an interim fix from a downloaded compressed 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 interim fix.
./imcl install fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories compressed_file
imcl.exe install fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories compressed_file
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long