Fix (APAR):  PQ72596

Status:  Fix

Release:  5.0.0

Operating System:  All

Supersedes Fixes:  PQ70760: AUTOMATIC REGEN OF THE WEBSERVER PLUGIN OVERWRITES MANUAL ENTRIES.  Supercedes PQ70760 because of a packaging problem that resulted in no enforcement of prerequisite fixes.




CMVC Defect:  151426

Byte size of APAR:  7906

Date: 2003-03-28

Abstract:  AUTOMATIC REGEN OF THE WEBSERVER PLUGIN OVERWRITES MANUAL ENTRIES.

Description/symptom of problem:  Manual entries to the plugin-cfg.xml file get overwritten when the plugin is regenerated.





Directions to apply fix:  

NOTE:  YOU MUST FIRST DOWNLOAD THE UPDATE INSTALLER TOOL IN ORDER TO INSTALL A FIX.
       The Fix Installer can be downloaded from the following link:
       http://www-3.ibm.com/software/webservers/appserv/support/index.html

1) Create temporary "fix" directory to store the jar file:
             UNIX: /tmp/WebSphere/fix
          Windows: c:\temp\WebSphere\fix

2) Copy jar file to the directory

3) Shutdown WebSphere

4) Follow the Fix installation instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to install the Fix.

5) Restart WebSphere

6) The temp directory may be removed.



Directions to remove fix:  
NOTE:  FIXES MUST BE REMOVED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE APPLIED.  DO NOT REMOVE A FIX UNLESS
     ALL FIXES APPLIED AFTER IT HAVE FIRST BEEN REMOVED.  YOU MAY REAPPLY ANY REMOVED FIX.

Example:  If your system has fix1, fix2, and fix3 applied in that order and fix2 is to be
          removed, fix3 must be removed first, fix2 removed, and fix3 re-applied.


1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere



Directions to re-apply fix:  
1) Shutdown WebSphere

2) Follow the Fix instructions that are packaged with the Fix Installer on how to uninstall and reinstall the Fix.

3) Restart WebSphere





Additional Information:  Requires eFix WAS_Engine_02-07-2003_5.0.0_cumulative_Fix
to applied prior this to eFix.

Also note that as a result of a change in this cumulative fix, the location of the plugin-cfg.xml file has been moved from the <WAS_ROOT>/config directory to <WAS_ROOT>/plugins directory.  This will require customers to change the webserver configuration file to be modified to point to the new plugin-cfg.xml file.  This will be documented in the release notes per the original defect owner when WebSphere 5.0.1 is released.