updateSilent command
Use the updateSilent command to run the update wizard in silent mode.
Purpose
The updateSilent command:
- Installs fixes
- Uninstalls fixes
- Reports on the current state of applied fixes
Note: The updateSilent command was called the updateLC command in previous releases of IBM Connections.
updateSilent.{sh|bat}
Parameters
-?Displays command usage information.
/?
Displays command usage information.
-configProperties<propertyFile>.properties
Specifies an externally supplied properties file containing IBM Connections properties and values. When specifying properties in a file, use the following conventions:
- Do not include trailing spaces after property values
- Do not enclose values in quotation marks
- When typing directory paths, use a forward slash (/) instead of a backward slash (\) regardless of the operating system
-fix
Identifies the update as an interim fix update.
-fixDetails
Instructs the command to display interim fix detail information.
-fixDir<directory>
Specifies the fully qualified directory to which you downloaded the interim fixes. The recommended directory is lotus_connections_root/update/fixes.
-fixes<fix1> <fix2>
Specifies a list of space-delimited interim fixes to install or uninstall.
-fixJars<JAR_file1> <JAR_file2>
Specifies a list of space-delimited interim fix JAR files to install or uninstall. Each JAR file has one or more interim fixes.
-help
Displays command usage information.
/help
Displays command usage information.
-install
Installs the update.
-installDir<directory>
Specifies the fully qualified installation root of the IBM Connections product. By default, this directory is lotus_connections_root.
Note: If you are applying an interim fix to applications in a cluster, apply the fix to the first node and then do a full synchronization to push the fix to the other nodes.
-uninstall
Uninstalls the identified fix.
-uninstallAll
Uninstalls all applied interim fixes.
-updateApplication<application_name>
Optional. Indicates that you want to update a subset of IBM Connections applications. Specify the application names as follows:
- activities
- blogs
- bookmarks
- communities
- files
- forums
- homepage
- profiles
- wikis
Use a comma or space to delimit multiple applications. If you want to update all applications, do not use this parameter. You cannot use this parameter to apply interim fixes to a specific set of applications.
-usage
Displays command usage information.
-wasPassword<password>
Required to install or uninstall. Identifies the succeeding text as a WAS dmgr administrative user password.
-wasUserId<AdminUserId>
Required to install or uninstall. Specifies the user ID of the WAS administrative user.
Syntax
Use the specified syntax to perform the following common tasks:
- To display command usage information:
updateSilent -help | -? | /help | /? | -usage
To process a fix: updateSilent -installDir <lotus_connections_root> -fix -fixDir <lotus_connections_root/update/fixes> -install | -uninstall | uninstallAll -fixes <space-delimited list of fixes> -fixJars <space-delimited list of JAR files> -wasUserId <AdminUserId> -wasPassword <AdminPwd> [-configProperties "property file name and path"] [-fixDetails]
To display a list of applied fixes: updateSilent -fix -installDir <lotus_connections_root>
To display a list of available fixes: updateSilent -fix -installDir <lotus_connections_root> -fixDir <lotus_connections_root/update/fixes>
Examples
The following examples demonstrate how to perform common tasks with the updateSilent command. They assume the following conditions:
- The location of the update wizard is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections\update
- The IBM Connections installation root is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections
- The fix repository is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes
Note: The examples include carriage returns after each parameter to make the example easier to read. When using the command, do not add carriage returns after the parameters.
To install a collection of interim fixes:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2 -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwdTo install a collection of interim fixes and display interim fix details:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2 -fixDetails -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwdTo install a collection of interim fixes using a custom properties file:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2 -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd -configProperties .\myProp.propertiesTo install interim fixes from a Java™ archive (JAR) file:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" -install -fixJar Fix1 -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwdTo uninstall a collection of interim fixes:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" -uninstall -fixes Fix1 Fix2 -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwdTo display a list of interim fixes:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections"To display a list of interim fixes available in the repository:
C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller updateSilent -fix -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes"
Parent topic
Install interim fixes in silent mode
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