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4.3 Apply maintenance
Overview
Maintenance for WebSphere products can be downloaded from IBM Support Fix Central.
For WebSphere eXtreme Scale v7.1 Client and Server instances, we will need Cumulative Fix 1.
The upgrade process is documented in the product Information Center in Upgrading and migrating WebSphere eXtreme Scale v7.1
Install fix packs
- Install the WAS Update Installer on appserver
- Download and unarchive Update Installer to...
/opt/isv/install/UpdateInstaller_WAS/
- Back up responsefile...
cd /opt/isv/install/UpdateInstaller_WAS/UpdateInstaller
cp responsefilefile.updiiinstaller.txt responsefilefile.updiiinstaller.txt.bak
- Edit responsefile...
responsefile.updiinstaller.txt
- Install update installer
./install -options "responsefile.updiinstaller.txt" -silent
- Verify successful install...
/opt/isv/WXS71/UpdateInstaller/logs/install/log.txt
- Copy fixpacks to Update Installer maintenance directory
scp 7.1.0.0-WS-WXS-IFPM22469.pak /opt/isv/WXS71/UpdateInstaller/maintenance
- Edit responsefile
/opt/isv/WXS71/UpdateInstaller/responsefiles/install.txt
- As user root, run slibclean
- As user root, install WXS fix packs
cd /opt/isv/WXS71/UpdateInstaller
./update.sh -silent -options responsefiles/install.txt
- Check logs and verify successful install...
/opt/isv/WXS71/UpdateInstaller/logs