Install Liberty interim fixes on IBM i operating systems using the command line

Install Liberty interim fixes on IBM i operating systems using the command line

Fix packs contain bundled service to bring WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i up to a new level. Interim fixes provide corrective service for specific known problems. You can use the IBM Installation Manager command-line function to update the offering with the fixes available for the service level of WAS Liberty for IBM i.

Contact the IBM Software Support Center for information about updates for WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i. The most current information is available from the IBM Software Support Center and Fix Central.
IBM Installation Manager is used to apply maintenance to WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i.
Use this procedure whenever to apply a new interim fix to the system.
We can also install interim fixes using silent response files with Installation Manager. For information on creating and using response files, read the IBM Installation Manager Information Center.
Restriction: You cannot use the iRemoteInstall command to install an interim fix.

For a list of interim fixes available for WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i and specific information about each interim fix, perform the following actions.

Go to Fix Central.

Select WebSphere as the product group.

Select WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i as the product.

Select the version of the offering to be updated.

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

Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.

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

Recommendation: Make a list of the names of the interim fixes that we would like to install.

Update WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i with the interim fixes using one of the following procedures.

Access the live service repository containing the fixes, and use web-based updating.
Use Installation Manager on your local system to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i with the interim fixes from the live web-based service repositories.

For the live service repositories, use the same URLs as those used for the generally available product-offering repositories during

These locations do not contain web pages that we can access using a web browser. They are remote web-based repository locations that we specify for Installation Manager so that it can maintain the offering.

To install an interim fix from a service repository, perform the following actions:

If we do not already have Installation Manager credential-storage and master-password files containing the IBM software user ID and password, create files that will allow you to access the repository.
These are the credentials that we use to access protected IBM software websites.
When creating a credential-storage file, append /repository.config at the end of the repository URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the URL specified.
When we use Installation Manager v1.6.2 and later, we should use the -secureStorageFile and -masterPasswordFile options to store credentials in a credential-storage file. In versions of Installation Manager earlier than v1.6.2, the -keyring and -password options were used to access credentials in a keyring file. These options were deprecated in v1.6.2. There is no migration path from keyring files to storage files because of the differences in the file structures. For more information on using the -secureStorageFile and -masterPasswordFile options to store credentials in a credential-storage file, see the Installation Manager Version 1.6 Information Center. For more information on using the -keyring and -password options to store credentials in a keyring file, see the Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.

Sign on to the IBM i system with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i installation that is being updated.

On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.

Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask setting, issue the following command:
umask
To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022

Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.

Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name -installationDirectory offering_installation_location -repositories repository_URL -secureStorageFile storage_file -masterPasswordFile master_password_file

Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long

Download the files containing the fixes from Fix Central, and use local updating.
We can download compressed files containing the fixes from Fix Central. Each compressed fix file contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix and usually has a .zip extension. After downloading the fix files, we can use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i with the interim fixes.

To download the interim fixes, perform the following actions:

Go to Fix Central.

Select WebSphere as the product group.

Select WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i as the product.

Select the version of the offering to be updated.

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

Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.

Select the interim fixes to download, and click Continue.

Select the download options, and click Continue.

Click I agree to agree to the terms and conditions.

Click Download now to download the interim fixes.

Transfer the compressed fix files in binary format to the IBM i system on which they will be installed.

To install an interim fix from a downloaded file, perform the following actions:

Sign on to the IBM i system with a user profile that has *ALLOBJ and *SECADM special authorities.

Stop all servers and applications on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty for IBM i installation that is being updated.

On a CL command line, run the STRQSH command to start the Qshell command shell.

Make sure that the umask is set to 022.
To verify the umask setting, issue the following command:
umask
To set the umask setting to 022, issue the following command:
umask 022

Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
On IBM i systems, the root directory for the Installation Manager is /QIBM/ProdData/InstallationManager.

Install the interim fix.
./imcl install interim_fix_name -installationDirectory offering_installation_location -repositories compressed_file

Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
./imcl listInstalledPackages -long

Parent topic:

Install Liberty on IBM i operating systems
Tasks:

Install Liberty on IBM i operating systems using the command line

Install Liberty on IBM i operating systems using response files

Install Liberty remotely on IBM i operating systems using the iRemoteInstall command

Add and remove features from Liberty on IBM i operating systems using response files

Verify the installation

Uninstall Liberty from IBM i operating systems using the command line

Uninstall Liberty from IBM i operating systems using response files

Install Liberty fix packs on IBM i operating systems using the command line

Install Liberty fix packs on IBM i operating systems using response files

Uninstall Liberty interim fixes from IBM i operating systems using the command line

Uninstall Liberty fix packs from IBM i operating systems using the command line

Uninstall Liberty fix packs from IBM i operating systems using response files

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