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
- Access the wizard from the administrative console:
- Click System administration > Centralized Installation
Manager > Available installations.
- 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.
- 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.
- Read and accept the license agreement. Click View
License Agreement to read the agreement, accept the terms, and
click Next to continue.
- 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.
- 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.
- Verify the location of the product installation, and click Next.
- 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.