Install interim fixes using the command line
Use the IBM Installation Manager imcl install command to update the product with the interim fixes that are available for our product offering. For the most current information about upgrades, see the IBM Software Support Center and Fix Central.
- Log on to the system.
- Choose whether to install from an online service repository or a local repository containing the interim fix installation files.
- Access the online service repository.
- Determine the URL for the product.
We can install from the service repositories using the same URLs that we used for the initial product installation. These URLs are based on the following pattern, where offering_ID is the offering ID that we can find in WAS product offerings for supported operating systems:
http://www.ibm.com/software/repositorymanager/offering_ID
These URLs do not load in a web browser and can be accessed only by Installation Manager.
- Optional: Create a master password file to secure credentials.
The master password file is a text file containing a passphrase such as "This text is the master password." This file is used to secure your authentication credentials.
If we create a master password file and use it when we create credentials, we must always specify the master password file.
Tip: To secure this file, set permissions to restrict access to this file.
- Create a credential storage file containing the IBM software user ID and password by running the imutilsc saveCredential command.
(Windows)
imutilsc.exe saveCredential -secureStorageFile storage_file -userName user_ID -userPassword user_password -url source_repository
(UNIX) (iSeries)
./imutilsc saveCredential -secureStorageFile storage_file -userName user_ID -userPassword user_password -url source_repository
Tip: When we create a storage file, append /repository.config at the end of the repository URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the specified URL.
For more information about storing authentication credentials, see Storing credentials in the Installation Manager documentation.
- Download files from Fix Central and extract them to create a local repository.
Each compressed fix-pack file contains an Installation Manager repository for the interim fix and usually has a .zip extension. After we download and extract the fix-pack file, we can use the resulting repository with Installation Manager to update the offering with the interim fix.
- Go to Fix Central.
- Select WebSphere as the product group.
- Select WAS as the product.
- Select your installed product version.
- Select the operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
- Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
- Under And fix type, select Interim fix.
- Click More Information under each fix to view information about the fix.
- Select your download options, and click Continue.
- Agree to the terms and conditions by clicking I agree.
- Click Download now.
- 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 the system.
- Stop the product installation that we are updating.
- Start the command line.
(iSeries) On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.
- Verify that we have the necessary permissions to install the interim fix in our chosen directories.
- Change to the eclipse/tools directory in the directory where we installed Installation Manager.
- Verify that the product repository is available.
The listAvailablePackages command lists one or more levels of the offering.
(Windows)
imcl.exe listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
(UNIX) (iSeries)
./imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository
- Install the interim fix.
(UNIX) (iSeries)
./imcl install fix_name -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories repository_URL -secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
(Windows)
imcl.exe install fix_name -installationDirectory product_installation_location -repositories repository_URL -secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file
- Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
(UNIX) (iSeries)
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long
(Windows)
imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long
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