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Installing fix packs by using the command line
You can use the IBM® Installation Manager imcl command to update the product offerings with available fix packs. Fix packs contain bundled service to bring the offerings up to a new product level.
Before you begin
For the most current information about upgrades for WebSphere® Application Server offerings, see the IBM Software Support Center and Fix Central.
Tip: As an alternative to this procedure, you can use the Installation Manager
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 can confidently use this command. 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 on the -installFixes option with the
install command on the command line or the installFixes
attribute in a response file.