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Traditional fix pack install methods

You can install the fix pack for IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager using any of the following different installation mechanisms:

Installing fix packs using ISMP

The InstallShield MultiPlatform (ISMP) program provides a wizard-guided process for installing fix packs. It performs a check of the environment and installs prerequisites required, if any, to perform the upgrade process.

The ISPM tool generates an activity plan in XML file format that you can use to upgrade your IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager environment. It provides a depoting mechanism and allows you to plan the upgrade of the entire Tivoli region by creating activity plans that can be scheduled at a later date.

This installation can be used on all platforms supported as a Tivoli server, excluding Linux for S/390(R).

Note:
Before starting the upgrade process, back up the object database on the Tivoli server. Before running each generated activity plan, back up the object database on the Tivoli server and each affected managed node.

For details about performing backup operations, see Tivoli Management Framework Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide.

To upgrade your IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager environment using a fix pack, complete the following steps:

  1. Copy the XML files provided on the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2 Fix Pack 4 CD (1 of 2) located in the /apps directory, to the $DBDIR/Upgrade/apps path on your local machine, overwriting any existing files, if this path already exists. If it does not exist, create it.
  2. Locate and run the Upgrade_$(INTERP) executable in the Upgrade directory on the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager Version 4.2 Installation CD-ROM, where $(INTERP) represents the operating system on which you are launching the upgrade process.
  3. Accept the Software License Agreement. Click Next.
  4. Either accept the default Directory Name, $DBDIR/Upgrade, or type the path to the /apps directory on the local machine. Click Next.
  5. The system determines which components are installed in your Tivoli region. Select the components you want to upgrade. Click Next.
  6. The actions necessary to upgrade your environment are being generated. When the process completes, a panel displays the fix packs you must install. Click Next.
  7. Accept the default Directory Name, $DBDIR/Upgrade/Depot, or specify a different one. The installation images for the upgrade will be stored in this directory. Click Next.
  8. You are prompted for the installation images. On the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2 Fix Pack 4 CD (1 of 2), navigate to the /images directory that contains all the fix pack installation images (.IND files).
    Note:
    At fix pack installation time, to access the images locally rather than from the CD-ROM, select the copy all files check box. Click OK.
  9. Select whether to create a single plan or an individual plan. Click Next.
  10. The generated plans can be submitted immediately or scheduled at a later date.

Notes:
  1. If you selected to create individual plans, only the first one is submitted. The remaining activity plans are not queued. You must submit the remaining plans one at a time in the same sequence in which they were generated. If an activity plan fails, you can restart it using the instructions for the Activity Planner component as documented in IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager: User's Guide for Deployment Services.
  2. The Automatically recycle of object dispatcher option does not take place on the Tivoli Management Region server, even if you select it.

Installing fix packs using the Tivoli desktop

When installing fix packs using the Tivoli desktop, the images are located in the /images directory on the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2 Fix Pack 4 CD (1 of 2). The Tivoli desktop can upgrade the same product on multiple machines serially.

The basic procedure for using the Tivoli desktop to upgrade a product is as follows:

  1. From the Tivoli desktop, select Install->Install Patch from the Desktop menu.
  2. Select the media and component to be upgraded.
  3. Select the machines where the component is to be upgraded.
  4. Click Install.

For detailed information about using the Tivoli desktop to install or upgrade products, see Tivoli Enterprise: Installation Guide

Installing fix packs using the CLI

When upgrading products using the wpatch command, specify the name of the index file using the file shown in Table 40. When using the wpatch command to upgrade a product, you specify the following information on the command line:

Example:

wpatch -c <CD-ROM>/images -i <index file> <managed node>

where,

-c <CD-ROM>/images
Specifies the path to images on the IBM Tivoli Configuration Manager, Version 4.2 Fix Pack 4 CD (1 of 2).
-i <index file>
Specifies the product installation index file to which the fix pack is installed.
<managed node>
Specifies the managed node on which the fix pack is installed.

If you do not specify a machine when running the wpatch command, the image is installed on all managed nodes in the Tivoli region when there is a prior version of this image.

For detailed information about using the wpatch command, see Tivoli Management Framework: Reference Manual.

The following table contains a list of .IND files you can find in this fix pack.

Table 40. .IND files for components
.IND file Component name Tag
42INVFP0 Inventory, Version 4.2 4.2-INV-FP04
42LCFFP0 Inventory Gateway, Version 4.2 4.2-INVGW-FP04
APMFP4 Activity Planner, Version 4.2 4.2-APM-FP04
CCMFP4 Change Manager, Version 4.2 4.2-CCM-FP04
DQYFP4 Enterprise Directory Query Facility, Version 4.2 4.2-DQY-FP04
TRMFP4 Resource Manager, Version 4.2 4.2-TRM-FP04
TRMGWFP4 Resource Manager Gateway, Version 4.2 4.2-TRMGW-FP04
SDSRVFP4 Software Distribution, Version 4.2 4.2-SWDSRV-FP04
SWDGWFP4 Software Distribution Gateway, Version 4.2 4.2-SWDGW-FP04
SWDJPFP4 Software Package Editor, Version 4.2 4.2-SWDJPS-FP04
SDFP4_FR Software Distribution, Version 4.2 (fr) French language support 4.2-SWDFR-FP04
WEBUIFP4 Web Interface, Version 4.2 4.2-WEB-FP04

Installing fix packs using SIS

When installing fix packs using Tivoli Software Installation Service, select the fix packs to be installed using the component name shown in Table 1.

Tivoli Software Installation Service does not distinguish between products and fix packs. Independent of whether the installation image is used for an installation or upgrade, Tivoli Software Installation Service refers to all installation images as products.

Tivoli Software Installation Service can install multiple products on multiple machines in parallel. This software can install more products on more computer systems in less time than using the installation mechanisms provided by Tivoli Management Framework.

The basic procedure for using Tivoli Software Installation Service to install products is as follows:

  1. Import the product images into the Tivoli Software Installation Service depot.
  2. Select the components to be installed.
  3. Select the machines where each component is to be installed.
  4. Click Install.

For detailed information about using Tivoli Software Installation Service, see Tivoli Enterprise: Installation Guide.


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