Install the Update Installer interactively
You can install the Update Installer using an interactive method which uses a graphical install wizard. After navigating through the install panels, the Update Installer will be installed.
- Navigate to the UPDI_tempdir/UpdateInstaller directory and launch the installation wizard by issuing one of the following commands:
- AIX|Linux|Solaris|./install
- I5/OS|install.exe
You must complete this step on your Windows client machine.
- Windows: install.exe
- I5/OS|On the iSeries Logon panel, specify the System Name, User Name, and Password for the target iSeries machine.
- Complete the installation wizard panels. Record the directory where the Update Installer is installed. This installation directory will be referred to as the UPDI_installdir.
When installing the WebSphere Commerce Update Installer, you may receive a warning that indicates that there is a another version of the Update Installer on the system. A list of Update Installer locations will be provided. This list will include Update Installers for ALL WebSphere Software.
If any of these locations is the WebSphere Commerce Update Installer, IBM recommends that you uninstall the other copies and install the latest version. If the list contains the locations of an Update Installer that is not used for WebSphere Commerce, these do not need to be uninstalled and the warning can be safely ignored.
To determine if the location specified contains an Update Installer for WebSphere Commerce, check the version.txt file found in the detected product path. For WebSphere Commerce, this file will contain the message:
WebSphere Commerce Update Installer.For other WebSphere Software, the file will contain the messageIBM Update Installer for WebSphere Software.The WebSphere Commerce Update Installer can only apply maintenance to WebSphere Commerce software. You must use the Update Installer for WebSphere Software to apply maintenance to the WAS.
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Install the Update Installer silently