To increase the quality of service, use the IBM Update Installer for WebSphere Software to update your product
environment with various types of maintenance, such as interim fixes,
fix packs, and refresh packs.
Before you begin
Install the product.
About this task
Use the Update Installer to
install and apply various types of maintenance packages for the product.
Because the Update Installer undergoes
regular maintenance, you must use the most current version of the
tool to ensure optimal functionality.
Procedure
- Stop all processes that are running in your environment.
To stop the deployment manager, run the following command
from the profile_root/bin directory of the deployment
manager profile:
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./stopManager.sh
stopManager.bat
To stop each node agent, run the following command from the profile_root/bin directory
of each node:
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./stopNode.sh
stopNode.bat
- Download the latest version of the Update Installer. See Recommended fixes for more information.
- Install the Update Installer. See Installing the Update Installer for WebSphere® Software in
the WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment Information
Center for more information.
Attention: To
enable the centralized installation manager to call the copy of the
Update Installer that you install, you must install the Update Installer
into the WAS_HOME/UpdateInstaller directory.
Otherwise, the centralized installation manager installs an additional
copy of the Update Installer into the WAS_HOME/UpdateInstaller directory.
- Download into the updi_root/maintenance directory
the maintenance packages that you intend to install. See
the Support site for more information.
- Use the Update Installer to install the maintenance package. You can install the maintenance package by running the graphical
user interface (GUI), or by running the Update Installer in silent
mode.
Run the following command from the updi_root directory
to start the GUI:
Run the following command from the updi_root directory
to run the Update Installer in silent mode:
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./update.sh -silent -options
responsefile/file_name
update.bat -silent -options responsefile\file_name
If the installation process fails, refer to the temporary
log file, which is located in the updi_root/logs/update/tmp directory.
Results
Your product environment is now updated with the latest
maintenance packages. The Update Installer creates
the install_root/logs/update/maintenance_package.install directory
in which the installation log files are located.