Use the interim fix tool to verify that your product environment
contains the recommended interim fixes that are necessary for WebSphere® Virtual Enterprise to function correctly
Before you begin
- You can use the interim fix tool with WebSphere Virtual Enterprise Version 6.1.0 and later.
The tool is not supported for Version 6.0.2.
- You must run the tool on the deployment manager.
About this task
Run the interim fix tool on the deployment manager to
check if any recommended interim fixes for
Virtual Enterprise are not installed
in your cell. Because
Virtual Enterprise runs
in an existing
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment environment,
the tool checks for recommended interim fixes for both products. The
tool creates two ZIP files: one file contains the interim fixes for
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment and one file contains
the interim fixes for
Virtual Enterprise.
Note: The recommended interim fixes for
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment include only the interim
fixes that are needed for the features of
Virtual Enterprise to operate and
function correctly. However, you might need to install other
WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment fixes that are not identified
as recommended by the interim fix tool. See
Recommended fixes for WebSphere Application Server for
more information.
Procedure
To start the interim fix tool, run the WAS_install_root/bin/ifixtool.sh|.bat script,
and specify the following commands. - downloadAndCheckCell
- Downloads the interim fixes that are not yet applied to the cell.
- checkCell ND path_to_ND_zip_file
- Creates a ZIP file containing only the WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment interim fixes that are
needed for the cell.
- checkCell VE path_to_VE_zip_file
- Creates a ZIP file containing only the Virtual Enterprise interim fixes
that are needed for the cell.
- download ND version
- Downloads a ZIP file containing WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment interim fixes to the
current directory.
- download VE version
- Downloads a ZIP file containing Virtual Enterprise interim fixes
to the current directory.
If your deployment manager node
has Internet access, you can use the downloadAndCheckCell command.
Assuming there are both WebSphere Application Server
Network Deployment and WebSphere Virtual Enterprise interim fixes for the
product releases in your cell, the downloadAndCheckCell command
creates two ZIP files of interim fixes in the WAS_install_root/cimrepos directory.
If
your deployment manager node does not have Internet access, manually
download the appropriate ZIP files for each product release from ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/websphere/extended/support/ifixInfo/latest/ and transfer the files to the deployment
manager node. You can then run the checkCell ND path_to_ND_zip_file and checkCell
VE path_to_VE_zip_file commands separately to create the
corresponding ZIP file for each product in the WAS_install_root/cimrepos directory.
Each
ZIP file in the WAS_install_root/cimrepos directory
contains a README.txt file and a HIERARCHY.txt file.
The README.txt files provide a list and descriptions
of the interim fixes. The HIERARCHY.txt files
list any superseded interim fixes. You can review the lists of interim
fixes to determine which ones you want to install.