Fix packs contain bundled service to bring WebSphere® Application Server Liberty for IBM® i up to a new level. Interim
fixes provide corrective service for specific known problems. You
can use the IBM Installation
Manager command-line function to update the offering with the fixes
that are available for your service level of WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i.
Before you begin
Contact the IBM Software
Support Center for information about updates for WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i. The most current information
is available from the IBM Software
Support Center and Fix Central.
IBM Installation Manager is used to apply maintenance
to WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i.
About this task
Use this procedure whenever you want to apply a new interim
fix to your system.
Restriction: You
cannot use the iRemoteInstall command to install
an interim fix.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes that are available for WebSphere Application Server
Liberty for IBM i and specific
information about each interim fix, perform the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i as
the product.
- Select the version of the offering to be updated.
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Click More Information under each fix to view information
about the fix.
- Recommendation: Make a list of the names of the interim
fixes that you would like to install.
- Update WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i with
the interim fixes using one of the following procedures.
- Access the live service repository that contains the fixes,
and use web-based updating.
Use Installation Manager on your
local system to update WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i with
the interim fixes from the live web-based service repositories.
- For the live service repositories, use the same URLs as those
used for the generally available product-offering repositories during
installation. These URLs are listed in Online product repositories for WebSphere Application Server offerings.
- These locations do not contain web pages that you can access using
a web browser. They are remote web-based repository locations that
you specify for Installation Manager so that it can maintain the offering.
To install an interim fix from a service repository, perform
the following actions:
- If you do not already have Installation Manager credential-storage
and master-password files containing your IBM software user ID and password, create files
that will allow you to access the repository.
Note: These are the credentials
that you use to access protected IBM software
websites.
Tip: When creating a credential-storage
file, append /repository.config at the end of
the repository URL location if the imutilsc command
is unable to find the URL that is specified.
Note: When you
use Installation Manager Version 1.6.2 and later, you should use the
-secureStorageFile and
-masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential-storage file. In versions of
Installation Manager earlier than Version 1.6.2, the
-keyring and
-password options
were used to access credentials in a keyring file. These options were
deprecated in Version 1.6.2. There is no migration path from keyring
files to storage files because of the differences in the file structures.
For more information on using the
-secureStorageFile and
-masterPasswordFile options
to store credentials in a credential-storage file, see the
Installation Manager Version 1.6 Information Center.
For more information on using the
-keyring and
-password options
to store credentials in a keyring file, see the
Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
- Sign on to the IBM i system
with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
- Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i installation that is being
updated.
- On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell
command shell.
- Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask
setting, issue the following command:
umask
To
set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory
for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.
- Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories repository_URL
-secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the files that contain the fixes from Fix Central,
and use local updating.
You can download compressed files that
contain the fixes from Fix Central. Each compressed fix file contains
an Installation Manager repository for the fix and usually has a
.zip extension.
After downloading the fix files, you can use Installation Manager
to update WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i with
the interim fixes.
- To download the interim fixes, perform the following actions:
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere Application
Server Liberty for IBM i as
the product.
- Select the version of the offering to be updated.
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Select the interim fixes that you want to download, and click Continue.
- Select your download options, and click Continue.
- Click I agree to agree to the terms and conditions.
- Click Download now to download the interim fixes.
- Transfer the compressed fix files in binary format to the IBM i system on which they will
be installed.
- To install an interim fix from a downloaded file, perform the
following actions:
- Sign on to the IBM i system
with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.
- Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i installation that is being
updated.
- On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell
command shell.
- Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask
setting, issue the following command:
umask
To
set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022
- Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory,
where Installation_Manager_binaries is
the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory
for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.
- Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name
-installationDirectory offering_installation_location
-repositories compressed_file
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long