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 documentation. For more information on using the
-keyring and
-password options to store credentials in a
keyring file, see the
Installation Manager Version 1.5 documentation.
- 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