(Dist) Install interim fixes on distributed operating systems using the GUI

Use the IBM Installation Manager GUI to update the product with the interim fixes available for our service level of the product.

For the most current information about interim fixes, see the IBM Software Support Center and Fix Central.

Verify the web-based or local service repository location is listed and checked or that the Search service repositories during installation and updates option is selected on the Repositories panel in your Installation Manager preferences. For more information on using service repositories with Installation Manager, read the Installation Manager documentation.

Tasks

1. Choose whether to install from an online service repository or a local repository containing the interim fix installation files.
   • Access the online service repository.

     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.

   • Download files from Fix Central and extract them to create a local repository.

     Each compressed file contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix and usually has a .zip extension. After we download and extract the compressed file, we can use the resulting repository with Installation Manager to update the offering with the interim fix.

     1. Go to Fix Central.

     2. Select WebSphere as the product group.

     3. Select WAS as the product.

     4. Select your installed product version.

     5. Select the operating system as the platform, and click Continue.

     6. Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.

     7. Under And fix type, select Interim fix.

     8. Click More Information under each fix to view information about the fix.

     9. Select your download options, and click Continue.
     10. Agree to the terms and conditions by clicking I agree.

     11. Click Download now.
     12. Transfer the compressed file in binary format to the system on which it will be installed.

     13. Extract the compressed repository files to a directory on the system.

2. Log on to the system.

3. Stop the product installation that we are updating.

4. Start Installation Manager.

5. Click Update.

   If we are prompted to authenticate, use the IBM ID and password used to access protected IBM software websites.

6. Select the package group to update with the fix, and click Next.

   Tip: If the Search service repositories during installation and updates option is selected on the Installation Manager Repository preference page and we are connected to the Internet, we can click Check for Other Versions and Extensions to search for updates in the default update repositories for the selected packages. In this case, we do not need to add the specific service-repository URL to the Installation Manager Repository preference page.

7. Select the fixes to install, and click Next.

   Any recommended fixes are selected by default.

   If there are recommended fixes, we can select the option to show only recommended fixes and hide non-recommended fixes.

8. Review the summary information, and click Update.

9. Click Finish.

10. Click File > Exit to close Installation Manager.

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