Installing fix packs to Edge Components
Installing fix packs using the Installation Manager GUI
You can use Installation Manager to update this product to a later version.
Make sure that your Installation Manager preferences are pointing to Web-based or local repositories that contain the appropriate updates for the product.
- Stop all servers and applications on the product installation that is being updated.
- Start Installation Manager.
- Click Update.
- Select the package group to update.
- Click Next. Note: If you are prompted to authenticate, use the Passport Advantage credentials that you registered with on the program website.
- Select the version to which you want to update for your product.
- Click Next.
- Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
- Review the summary information, and click Update.
- If the installation is successful, the program displays a message indicating that the installation is successful.
- If the installation is not successful, click View Log File to troubleshoot the problem.
- Click Finish.
- Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.
Installing fix packs with the command line
- For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available and specific information about each
fix, perform the following actions:
- Go to Fix Central.
- Select the product group and version to update.
- 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 note of the name of the fix pack that you would like to install.
- Update the product with the fix pack using one of the following procedures:
- Access the live service repository that contains the fix pack, and use web-based updating.
Use Installation Manager on your local system to update the product with the fix pack from the live web-based service repositories. See Table 3 in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings for supported operating systems for a list of web-based service-repository URLs for the product offerings.
To install a fix pack from a service repository, perform the following actions:- Log on to your system.
- If you do not already have an Installation Manager credentials file containing your IBM software
user ID and password, create one that will allow you to access the repository.
Note: These are the credentials that you use to access protected IBM software websites. For information on creating a keyring file for Installation Manager, read Storing credentials in the Installation Manager documentation.
When creating a keyring file, append /repository.config at the end of the URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the URL that is specified.
- Stop all servers and related applications on the installation that you are updating.
- Navigate to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
- Install the fix pack.
imcl.exe install offering_ID -acceptLicense -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories repository_URL -keyring keyring_file
where offering_ID is the offering ID that is listed in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings for supported operating systems../imcl install offering_ID -acceptLicense -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories repository_URL -keyring keyring_file
Tip: If you are using Installation Manager Version 1.4.4 or later, you can also specify none, recommended or all with the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim fixes you want installed with the offering. If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option defaults to none. If no offering version is specified, the -installFixes option defaults to all.
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central, and use local updating.
You can download a compressed file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central. Each compressed fix-pack file contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix pack and usually has a .zip extension. After downloading the fix-pack file, use Installation Manager to update the product with the fix pack.
- Download the fix pack:
- Go to Fix Central.
- Select the product group and version to update.
- Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Select the fix pack 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 fix pack.
- Transfer the compressed file in binary format to the system on which it will be installed.
- Optional: You might want to extract the compressed repository files to a directory on your system to improve installation performance.
- Install the fix pack:
- Log on to your system.
- Stop all servers and related applications on the installation that is being updated.
- Navigate to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
- Install the fix pack:
imcl.exe install offering_ID -acceptLicense -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories compressed_file_or_location_of_expanded_files
where offering_ID is the offering ID that is listed in WebSphere Application Server Version 8 product offerings for supported operating systems../imcl install offering_ID -acceptLicense -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories compressed_file_or_location_of_expanded_files
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
- Download the fix pack:
- Access the live service repository that contains the fix pack, and use web-based updating.