WebSphere Virtual Enterprise (formerly Operations Optimization), Version 6.1
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Installing refresh packs or fix packs

Install recommended fix packs or refresh packs to specific installation targets to update your product environment. The Update Installer for WebSphere® Application Server is the tool that you use to apply maintenance to your WebSphere Extended Deployment and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment environments.

Before you begin

  • Define an installation target, which is the remote workstation on which selected software packages might be installed. By default, all of the workstations that contain nodes that are defined in the cell appear as installation targets. During the installation process, the wizard prompts you to select an authentication method: user name and password or Secure Shell (SSH) public/private key. If you choose to use the SSH public/private key method, you must first create a pair of keys and install the public key on all the installation targets to successfully complete this task.
  • Download the latest version of the IBM Update Installer for WebSphere Application Server. You are not required to install the Update Installer after you download it. If the Update Installer is not installed on the installation target, the centralized installation manager installs the Update Installer automatically before installing any interim fixes, fix packs, or refresh packs. For more information, see Downloading the Update Installer for WebSphere Application Server
  • Download the installation package descriptor and binary files for a refresh pack or fix pack. For more information, see Downloading package descriptors and the associated binary files .

About this task

Avoid trouble: Any interim fixes that you previously installed on the remote targets will be uninstalled by the Update Installer prior to installing the refresh pack or fix pack. If the refresh pack or fix pack does not include the official fixes that were included in the removed interim fixes, you must reinstall the interim fixes after you install the refresh pack or fix pack.gotcha

Complete the following steps to install recommended fix packs or refresh packs for both WebSphere Virtual Enterprise and WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment.

Procedure

  1. Access the wizard from the administrative console:
    1. Click System administration > Centralized Installation Manager > Available installations.
    2. Select Refresh pack, fix pack, or maintenance tool as the package type. Next, select the specific installation package that contains the refresh pack or fix pack that you want to install on the remote workstations.
    3. Click Show installation targets to populate the table with a list of applicable target workstations on which to install the selected package. After you select one or more installation targets, click Install to start the Installation wizard.
  2. Read and accept the license agreement. Click View License Agreement to read the agreement, accept the terms, and click Next to continue.
  3. Select an authentication method to access the installation target, and click Next. You can select to either use the Secure Shell (SSH) public/private key method or the user name and password method to authenticate.
  4. Provide your authentication information, and click Next.

    Depending on the authentication method that you choose in step 3, provide the appropriate user name and password for one or more installation targets, or provide the location of the SSH private key file and password on the deployment manager.

    If you choose to authenticate by using the user name and password method, you can provide a common user name and password to access all of the installation targets, or you can configure unique user names and passwords for each target.

  5. Verify the location of the product installation, and click Next.
  6. Read the installation summary, and click Finish to submit the installation request to the centralized installation manager for processing.

Results

Your installation request is sent to the centralized installation manager for processing. Check the status of your request from the Installations in progress panel in the administrative console. You can review the log files for each of the installation requests that you submit from the Installation history panel.

What to do next

Update the deployment manager workstation with the same refresh pack or fix pack that you install. For more information, see Using the Update Installer to install maintenance packages .




Related tasks
Downloading package descriptors and the associated binary files
[Version 6.1.0.1 and later] Manually adding files to the repository
Managing installation targets
Downloading the Update Installer for WebSphere Application Server
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