This topic describes how to install an interim fix, interim
feature, or test fix using the Update Installer for WebSphere® Software.
Before you begin
Ensure that you have installed the most recent version
of the Update Installer on a target system locally.
Use the Update Installer program
from the same userid ID that installed the product that you are updating.
Otherwise, the file ownership mismatches might require correction
by the root user. See Using root or non-root when installing with the Update Installer for
more information.
About this task
The following steps outline the process of installing an
interim fix, interim feature, or test fix pack.
Procedure
- Download the required interim fix, interim feature, or
test fix pack from the official IBM® support
Web site into the updi_root/maintenance directory.
- Make the current working directory: updi_root.
- Ensure that you stop all running processes.
- Launch the Update Installer.
For example:
update.bat
update.exe
./update.sh
- The Welcome panel is displayed. Click Next.
- Specify the location of the product that you want updated.
- Select either to Install or Uninstall maintenance, the
default is the install option. Click Next.
- The system will prompt for the maintenance location where
packages can be found. Enter the directory name containing the packages.
Click Next.
- Select to install an interim fix, interim feature, or test
fix.
The system will automatically determine the appropriate
maintenance packages based on the version of the product that is installed.
When
you select the interim fix, interim feature, or test fix, certain
logic is used to determine which packages are installed. To find out
more, refer to Logic that the Update Installer uses for system recommended installations.
- Before the installation, the Confirmation panel confirms
which packages will be installed.
If a maintenance package
is grayed out with the designation Not applicable on the selection
panel, you can review the logs in the updi_root/logs/latest_temp_folder to
find out why the maintenance package is not currently appropriate
for installation.
- On the Confirmation panel, you can also ensure that you
have the correct permissions to perform the installation of a maintenance
package.
- To ensure you have the correct permissions to apply
maintenance, select Verify My Permissions.
After the permission checking finishes, the confirmation panel displays
the permission checking results. If permission checking succeeds,
then Verify My Permissions is deselected. You
can then click Next to install maintenance. If permission checking
fails, then Verify My Permissions remains selected.
You can perform the necessary actions to resolve your permission problems
and then verify your permissions again.
- If you deselect Verify My Permissions and
click Next, then you skip permission checking and the Update
Installer performs the installation. If you do not have all of the
necessary permissions, then the installation fails.
- After the installation, the Summary panel lists which packages
have been installed.
- After the interim fix, interim feature, or test fix has
been installed, check the installation log to verify the install was
successful. The log can be found at app_server_root/logs/update/maintenance_package.install.
Results
One of the following results will appear in the log.
- INSTCONFSUCCESS
- The operation was a success.
- INSTCONFPARTIALSUCCESS
- The operation was partially successful, refer to the log for more
details.
- INSTCONFFAILED
- The operation failed, refer to the log for more details.