You can use the IBM® Installation Manager command
line to update the product with fix packs.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM Software Support Center for information
about upgrades. The most current information is available from the IBM Software Support Center and Fix Central.
IBM Installation Manager is used to apply product
maintenance.
Note: As an alterative 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.
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About this task
Use the Installation Manager command line whenever you want to apply a new fix pack to your
system.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available and specific information about
each fix, perform the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere® as the product group.
- Select Websphere Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 as the product.
- Select 8.x as 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 the product 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 the product with the fix pack 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 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 Installation Manager documentation.Tip: When creating a keyring file, append /repository.config at the end
of the URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the URL that is
specified.
- Stop all servers and related applications on the 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.
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./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-keyring keyring_file -password password
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imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-keyring keyring_file -password password
where offering_ID is the offering ID that is listed in WebSphere Application Server product offerings for supported
operating systems.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
(8.5.0.20110503_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.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
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![[HP-UX]](../images/hpux.gif)
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./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
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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 the fix-pack file, use Installation Manager to update
IBM Websphere Edge Components: Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 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 Load Balancer for IPv4 and IPv6 as the product.
- Select 8.x as 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 related applications on the 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.
![[AIX]](../images/aixlogo.gif)
![[HP-UX]](../images/hpux.gif)
![[Linux]](../images/linux.gif)
![[Solaris]](../images/solaris.gif)
./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
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imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version
-acceptLicense
-installationDirectory product_installation_location
-repositories location_of_expanded_files
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
(8.5.0.20110503_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.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
![[AIX]](../images/aixlogo.gif)
![[HP-UX]](../images/hpux.gif)
![[Linux]](../images/linux.gif)
![[Solaris]](../images/solaris.gif)
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
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imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long