This topic describes how to get the latest copy of the
Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
Before you begin
There are two ways to get updates for
the Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
Note: You only need to
install the Update Installer on your system at any one time for use
with all version 6.1 products. Before installing a newer version of
the Update Installer, you must first remove the existing Update Installer.
You can use the Update Installer to update any v6.1 installed product.
The later releases of the Update Installer
will be able to install or uninstall any Version 6.1 maintenance that
were released prior to the release of the most recent Update Installer.
About this task
This topic describes how to update the Update Installer
after you installed it into a product.
Procedure
- Uninstall
the Update Installer.
Run the uninstall command
in the updi_root/bin directory.
- Download the updated Update Installer
files from the product Support site.
See Recommended Updates for WebSphere Application Server.
Look under your release of the WebSphere software for a link to the
Update Installer download page.
Ensure that the updi_root directory
no longer exists or is empty. If it is not, run the following Qshell
command before reinstalling: rm -R updi_root. For
example, rm -R /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/V61/updi.
- Extract the contents of the zip file
to a directory on the system from which you will perform the install.
The Update Installer can be installed remote from a Windows workstation
or locally from a Qshell session on your i5/OS system.
- Install the new Update Installer.
- For remote GUI installation, do the following:
- Open Windows Explorer and select your disc drive.
- Click the downloaded_path\UpdateInstaller\install.exe file
to start the InstallShield for Multiplatforms (ISMP) program.
- For local silent QSH installation, run the INSTALL command
from Qshell.
- On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command
to start the Qshell command shell.
- Issue the INSTALL command to start the
installation program.
cd downloaded_path/UpdateInstaller
INSTALL -options path/responsefile
Results
The
Update Installer is installed under the root directory that you specified
during installation. The update installer is installed to /QIBM/ProdData/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/V61/updi
unless you modified the installLocation option.