What is new for installers

 

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Installation is an easier, more consistent, and functionally rich experience across platforms, installable components, and types of installations.

• Install maintenance packages, interim fixes, fix packs, and refresh packs

  • The V7.0 Update Installer supports multiple releases. The V7.0 Update Installer is also compatible with earlier releases; it works with V6.0.2.21 and newer maintenance and any maintenance for V6.1.0.x and V7.0 releases. This allows a single instance of the Update Installer to apply maintenance to more than one version of the appserver. For V6.0.2.19 and previous releases, apply maintenance with the V6.0.2.x Update Installer.

  • The Update Installer has a file permission verification feature. This feature saves time and allows you to resolve potential file permission problems for Application Server maintenance before you install it.

  • The Update Installer can update language packs to add new languages.

  • The Update Installer supports updates for DMZ Secure Proxy Server.

  • The Update Installer is available in .tar format on Unix type operating systems.

  • When installing the Update Installer, we can choose to create or not create start menu shortcuts.

• Install ND

  Language support has been modularized into language packs for the admin console and appserver runtime components. This allows you to update the current language packs or add new language packs released by IBM using the Update Installer. The language pack design also allows you to defer installing non-English language packs for these two components to save disk space.

• Non-root installation

  • A major enhancement to non-root support for the appserver is the ability to verify and set file permissions. Users can now verify adequate file permissions before installing the product, and can use a utility to change ownership to another user for the file system after installation for future operations on that product.

  • IBM HTTP Server and the Web server plug-ins installers now install a private copy of IBM Global Security Kit (GSKit) which allows both root and non-root users to enable SSL support.

• Uninstall WAS ND

  The uninstaller for WAS is now able to detect other products which extend the appserver and have claimed a dependency on the appserver. If we have installed other products which extend the appserver, then you will be unable to uninstall the appserver before uninstalling the other products. Products which extend the appserver are feature packs and other products which rely on the appserver runtime environment.