You can update WebSphere® eXtreme Scale Client to
a later version using IBM® Installation
Manager with a response file.
Before you begin
Tip: As an alterative to the procedure that is
described in this article, Installation Manager allows you to use
the updateAll command in a response file or on
the command line to search for and update all installed packages.
Use this command only if you have full control over which fixes are
contained in the targeted repositories. If you create and point to
a set of custom repositories that include only the specific fixes
that you want to install, you should be able to use this command confidently.
If you enable searching service repositories or install fixes directly
from other live web-based repositories, then you might not want to
select this option so that you can select only the fixes that you
want to install using the -installFixes option with the install command
on the command line or the installFixes attribute in a response file.
Procedure
- For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available
for WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client and
specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client as
the product.
- Select 8.x as the installed version.
- 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 WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client with the fix pack using the following procedure.
- 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 and extracting the fix-pack
file, use Installation Manager to update
WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client with
the fix pack.
- To download the fix pack, perform the following actions:
- Go to Fix
Central.
- Select WebSphere as
the product group.
- Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale Client as the product.
- Select 8.6 as the installed version.
- 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.
- Extract the compressed repository files to a directory on your
system.
- Perform the following actions:
- Log on to your system.
- If the repository requires a user name and
password, create a keyring file to access this repository.
For more
information on creating a keyring file for Installation Manager, read
the IBM Installation
Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
Tip: When
creating a keyring 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.
- Change 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 using a response file.