updateSilent command

updateSilent command

Overview

Use the updateSilent command to run the update wizard in silent mode.
The updateSilent command:

Installs fixes
Uninstalls fixes
Reports on the current state of applied fixes

The updateSilent command was called the updateLC command in previous releases of Connections.

Parameters

-? Display command usage information.
/? Display command usage information.
-fix Identify the update as an interim fix update.
-fixDetails Display interim fix detail information.
-fixDir <directory> Fully qualified path to directory containing interim fixes. The recommended directory is connections_root/update/fixes.
-fixes <fix1> <fix2> List of space-delimited interim fixes to install or uninstall.
-help Display command usage information.
/help Display command usage information.
-install Install the update.
-installDir <directory> Fully qualified installation root of the Connections product. By default, this directory is connections_root. To apply 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 Uninstall the identified fix.
-uninstallAll Uninstall all applied interim fixes.
-usage Display command usage information.
-wasPassword <password> Required to install or uninstall. Identify the succeeding text as a WAS dmgr admin user password.
-wasUserId <AdminUserId> Required to install or uninstall. User ID of the WAS administrative user.
-featureCustomizationBackedUp <backup_status> Confirms whether you backed up any customizations made to the Connections interface. The possible values are yes|no. This parameter does not validate any such backup; it is just a reminder to consider backing up any customizations because updates to the deployment could overwrite the customizations.

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 <connections_root> \
             -fix \
             -fixDir <connections_root/update/fixes>  \
             -install | -uninstall | uninstallAll -fixes <space-delimited list of fixes> \
             -wasUserId <AdminUserId>  \
             -wasPassword <AdminPwd> \
             [-configProperties "property file name and path"] \
             [-fixDetails] \
             -featureCustomizationBackedUp yes 
To display a list of applied fixes:
updateSilent -fix  \
             -installDir <connections_root>
To display a list of available fixes:
updateSilent -fix  \
             -installDir <connections_root> \
             -fixDir <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\Connections\update
The IBM Connections installation root is: C:\IBM\Connections
The fix repository is: C:\IBM\Connections\updateInstaller\fixes

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.
Install a collection of interim fixes:
 
cd /IBM/Connections/
./updateInstaller updateSilent \
                  -fix  \
                  -installDir "/IBM/Connections"  \
                  -fixDir "/IBM/Connections/updateInstaller/fixes"  \
                  -install  \
                  -fixes Fix1 Fix2 \
                  -wasUserId wsadmin \
                  -wasPassword wspwd  \
                  -featureCustomizationBackedUp yes 
Install a collection of interim fixes and display interim fix details:
 
cd /IBM/Connections
./updateInstaller updateSilent  \
                  -fix  \
                  -installDir "C:\IBM\Connections"  \
                  -fixDir "C:\IBM\Connections\updateInstaller\fixes"  \
                  -install  \
                  -fixes Fix1 Fix2  \
                  -fixDetails \
                  -wasUserId wsadmin \
                  -wasPassword wspwd  \
                  -featureCustomizationBackedUp yes 
Uninstall a collection of interim fixes:
 
cd /IBM/Connections
./updateInstaller updateSilent  \
                  -fix  \
                  -installDir "C:\IBM\Connections"  \
                  -fixDir "C:\IBM\Connections\updateInstaller\fixes"  \
                  -uninstall  \
                  -fixes Fix1 Fix2 \
                  -wasUserId wsadmin  \
                  -wasPassword wspwd   \
                  -featureCustomizationBackedUp yes 
Display a list of interim fixes:
 
cd /IBM/Connections
./updateInstaller updateSilent  \
                  -fix \
                  -installDir /IBM/Connections 
Display a list of interim fixes available in the repository:
 
cd /IBM/Connections \
./updateInstaller updateSilent 
                  -fix  \
                  -installDir /IBM/Connections  \
                  -fixDir /IBM/Connections/updateInstaller/fixes
Parent topic:
Install interim fixes in silent mode

-?	Display command usage information.
/?	Display command usage information.
-fix	Identify the update as an interim fix update.
-fixDetails	Display interim fix detail information.
-fixDir <directory>	Fully qualified path to directory containing interim fixes. The recommended directory is connections_root/update/fixes.
-fixes <fix1> <fix2>	List of space-delimited interim fixes to install or uninstall.
-help	Display command usage information.
/help	Display command usage information.
-install	Install the update.
-installDir <directory>	Fully qualified installation root of the Connections product. By default, this directory is connections_root. To apply 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	Uninstall the identified fix.
-uninstallAll	Uninstall all applied interim fixes.
-usage	Display command usage information.
-wasPassword <password>	Required to install or uninstall. Identify the succeeding text as a WAS dmgr admin user password.
-wasUserId <AdminUserId>	Required to install or uninstall. User ID of the WAS administrative user.
-featureCustomizationBackedUp <backup_status>	Confirms whether you backed up any customizations made to the Connections interface. The possible values are yes\|no. This parameter does not validate any such backup; it is just a reminder to consider backing up any customizations because updates to the deployment could overwrite the customizations.