The Update Installer for WebSphere® Software
has a new installation program for Version 7.0, Installation Wizard
for the Update Installer.
Before you begin
A single installation of the Update Installer can be used
to install maintenance on the following WebSphere software
products:
The Update Installer ships on the Version 7.0 supplements
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Best practice: To avoid problems, download and use
the latest version of the Update Installer found on the support page.
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The
Update Installer undergoes regular maintenance and offers updated
versions on the WebSphere software support pages. See Recommended Updates for WebSphere Application
Server. Look under your release of the WebSphere software
for a link to the Update Installer download page.
Important:
- Only one copy of the Update Installer should be installed on your
system at one time to update products.
- The user account that originally installed the WebSphere Application
Server product to be updated should be used to launch the Installation
Wizard to install the Update Installer, and the same user account
should be used to launch the Update Installer program to update a
product.
- When a different user account uses the updi_root location,
that user account must have reading and running access to that location.
It must also have writing access to the updi_root/logs directory
and its subdirectory.
- When a different user account is used to update the target WebSphere Application Server product location,
that user account must have full access (reading, writing, and running)
to the target location where a maintenance package is to be applied.
If a non-root user launches the Update Installer
program, then that user account must be able to run the slibclean command;
otherwise, a root user must run the slibclean command
whenever the Update Installer program is used.
- Make sure that no processes from any users are locking any files
in the target location where a maintenance package is to be installed.
Hardware and software requirements
The
hardware and software requirements for the Version 7.0 Update Installer
are the same as the Version 7.0 product or component requirements
that the Update Installer is used to update. For example, you can
use the Update Installer to install maintenance for WebSphere software
on distributed platforms and iSeries® platforms. The Update
Installer does not install maintenance for WebSphere Application
Server for z/OS®.
The official statements of support
for hardware and software for the IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0
are on the IBM WebSphere Application Server
supported hardware and software Web site. The Web site lists
all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and
patches that you must install to have a compliant operating system.
The
official statement of support for hardware and software for Version
7.0 Update Installer backward compatibility is described in Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs.
About this task
You can install the Update Installer either with a graphical
user interface or in silent mode. To install the Update Installer
silently, issue the install -silent command.
./install.sh -options "responsefile.updiinstaller.txt"
-silent
install.(bat/exe) -options "responsefile.updiinstaller.txt"
-silent
./install -options "responsefile.updiinstaller.txt"
-silent
The following steps demonstrate how to install the Update
Installer with a graphical user interface:
Procedure
- Install one of the products that the Update Installer can
update.
See Installing the product and additional software for
more information.
- Insert the supplements disc in a disc drive.
Mount
the drive if necessary.
- Change directories to the UpdateInstaller directory
on the supplements disc.
- Issue the install command to use the
graphical user interface.
Use the ./install command
for UNIX. Use the install.exe command for Windows.
- The installation wizard initializes and displays the Welcome panel.
- Linux Red Hat, Linux zSeries, and Solaris users: if
you select the documentation links in the installation program for
the Update Installer, your Web browser might not launch. The path
to the Web browser is not included in your PATH environment variable.
To resolve this problem, you can add the Web browser path to your
PATH environment variable, and rerun the installation program.
- Click Next to continue.
- The License agreement panel is displayed.
Read the license agreement and accept its terms. After
you accept the licensing terms, the installation wizard checks for
a supported operating system and prerequisite patches. If you encounter
a problem such as not having the right prerequisite updates on your
system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart
the installation.
- The Installation directory panel
is displayed. Specify the destination of the installation root directory.
- Select Create a start menu icon to
create a shortcut for the Update Installer. Deselect this checkbox
if you do not need a shortcut for the Update Installer in your start
menu. Click Next to continue.
- The Installation summary panel appears.
Review the summary. Click Next to begin the
installation or click Back to make changes
to previous panels.
- The Installation results panel is
displayed. Verify the success of the installer program by examining
the completion panel.
- If you want to launch the Update Installer upon completion
of the installation, select Launch Update Installer for
WebSphere Software on exit.
- Click Next to continue.
Results
The Update Installer is installed under the root directory
that you specified during installation.