Installing the Update Installer for WebSphere Software

The Update Installer for WebSphere® Software has a new installation program for Version 7.0, Installation Wizard for the Update Installer.

Before you begin

The Update Installer ships on the Version 7.0 supplements disc.
Best practice: To avoid problems, download and use the latest version of the Update Installer found on the support page.bprac

The Update Installer undergoes regular maintenance and offers updated versions on the WebSphere software support pages. See Recommended Updates for WebSphere Application Server. Look under your release of the WebSphere software for a link to the Update Installer download page.

Important:
  • Only one copy of the Update Installer should be installed on your system at one time to update products.
  • The user account that originally installed the WebSphere Application Server product to be updated should be used to launch the Installation Wizard to install the Update Installer, and the same user account should be used to launch the Update Installer program to update a product.
    • When a different user account uses the updi_root location, that user account must have reading and running access to that location. It must also have writing access to the updi_root/logs directory and its subdirectory.
    • When a different user account is used to update the target WebSphere Application Server product location, that user account must have full access (reading, writing, and running) to the target location where a maintenance package is to be applied.
  • Make sure that no processes from any users are locking any files in the target location where a maintenance package is to be installed.

Hardware and software requirements

The hardware and software requirements for the Version 7.0 Update Installer are the same as the Version 7.0 product or component requirements that the Update Installer is used to update. For example, you can use the Update Installer to install maintenance for WebSphere software on distributed platforms and iSeries® platforms. The Update Installer does not install maintenance for WebSphere Application Server for z/OS®.

The official statements of support for hardware and software for the IBM WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 are on the IBM WebSphere Application Server supported hardware and software Web site. The Web site lists all supported operating systems and the operating system fixes and patches that you must install to have a compliant operating system.

The official statement of support for hardware and software for Version 7.0 Update Installer backward compatibility is described in Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs.

About this task

You can install the Update Installer either with a graphical user interface or in silent mode. To install the Update Installer silently, issue the install -silent command.

The following steps demonstrate how to install the Update Installer with a graphical user interface:

Procedure

  1. Install one of the products that the Update Installer can update.
  2. Insert the supplements disc in a disc drive.

    Mount the drive if necessary.

  3. Change directories to the UpdateInstaller directory on the supplements disc.
  4. Issue the install command to use the graphical user interface.

    Use the ./install command for UNIX. Use the install.exe command for Windows.

  5. The installation wizard initializes and displays the Welcome panel.
    1. Linux Red Hat, Linux zSeries, and Solaris users: if you select the documentation links in the installation program for the Update Installer, your Web browser might not launch. The path to the Web browser is not included in your PATH environment variable. To resolve this problem, you can add the Web browser path to your PATH environment variable, and rerun the installation program.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  6. The License agreement panel is displayed. Read the license agreement and accept its terms. After you accept the licensing terms, the installation wizard checks for a supported operating system and prerequisite patches. If you encounter a problem such as not having the right prerequisite updates on your system, cancel the installation, make the required changes, and restart the installation.
  7. The Installation directory panel is displayed. Specify the destination of the installation root directory.
  8. Select Create a start menu icon to create a shortcut for the Update Installer. Deselect this checkbox if you do not need a shortcut for the Update Installer in your start menu. Click Next to continue.
  9. The Installation summary panel appears. Review the summary. Click Next to begin the installation or click Back to make changes to previous panels.
  10. The Installation results panel is displayed. Verify the success of the installer program by examining the completion panel.
    1. If you want to launch the Update Installer upon completion of the installation, select Launch Update Installer for WebSphere Software on exit.
    2. Click Next to continue.

Results

The Update Installer is installed under the root directory that you specified during installation.

What to do next

See Installing maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs for information about using the Update Installer to install maintenance packages.




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