Locate and install product updates and new features for
packages that are installed with IBM® Installation Manager.
Before you begin
Before you can update a package,
Installation
Manager must
have access to the repository that contains the package updates. Internet
access might be required.
- If you have an IBM Passport Advantage® account,
you can update packages from the Passport Advantage site. See Install packages from Passport Advantage for
more information about connecting to a Passport Advantage repository.
- If you are installing updates from a repository that is not located
on the Passport Advantage site,
you must specify the repository in the preferences before trying to
update. See Repository preferences for
more information.
Important: Each installed package has an embedded
location for its default update repository. For
Installation
Manager to
search the default repository locations for the installed packages,
the preference
Search service repositories during installation
and updates must be selected. For information about
Search
service repositories during installation and updates,
see
Search service repositories.
About this task
Use
Installation
Manager to
locate available updates for installed packages.
Note: If you use
another installer besides Installation
Manager to
update a package, Installation
Manager might
not be able to recognize the change. You might be required to uninstall
the update from the other installer in order to use Installation
Manager to
update at a later time.
Procedure
To find and install available updates:
- Close all programs that were installed with Installation
Manager.
- In Installation
Manager,
click Update.
- If a new version of Installation
Manager is
found, you are prompted to confirm the installation before you can
continue. Click OK to proceed. Installation
Manager automatically
installs the new version, restarts, and resumes.
- In the Update wizard, select the package
group that contains the package for updating and click Next. Installation
Manager searches
for updates in added and predefined repositories.
- Available updates are shown in the Updates list
on the Update Packages page. Only the latest updates are shown by
default. Clear Show recommended only to show
all updates that are found for the available packages. Show
recommended only is selected by default. The Only
fixes for Version version option shows
when fixes are available for the installed package. The fixes do not
update the installed package to a later version. The Version version option
shows when updates are available for the installed package. The updates
install a later version of the package.
- To learn more about an update, click the update and
review its description under Details.
- If additional information about the update is available,
a More info link is included at the end of
the description text. Click the link to view the information in a
browser. Review this information before installing the update.
- Select the versions or click Select Recommended to
restore the default selections. Updates that have a dependency relationship
are automatically selected and cleared together. Click Next.
- Select the fixes to install. Click Next.
Note: If you select a version in the previous step that does
not have any available fixes, you do not see this screen.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the
selected updates. On the left side of the page, the list of licenses
for the updates you selected is shown. Click each item to view the
license agreement text.
- If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements,
click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
- Click Next.
- Select the features to install. Click Next.
- Review your choices before installing the updates.
- To change your choices, click Back.
- When you are finished, click Update to
download and install the updates.