Fix (APAR):  PQ74656

Status:  Fix

Release:  5.0.0

Operating System:  All

Supersedes Fixes:  PQ72596: AUTOMATIC REGEN OF THE WEBSERVER PLUGIN OVERWRITES MANUAL ENTRIES. Supercedes PQ72596 (orginally created to fix packaging problem with PQ70760) because of a packaging problem that resulted in subsequent prerequisites being unable to be installed.

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:  NONE

Byte size of APAR:  7857

Date: 2003-05-29

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



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