Installing a WebSphere Commerce Developer interim fix silently

You can use a silent method to install an interim fix on a WebSphere Commerce Developer environment.

Important: Review the readme file that is included with the interim fix package. The readme file might contain additional steps that are required for the specific interim fix.

Before you begin

Ensure that you are logged in with a user ID that is a member of the Windows Administration group.
Stop all instances of WebSphere Commerce Developer.
Ensure that Rational Application Developer is not running.

Warning: If you need to install a newer version of Update Installer (UPDI), do not overwrite the original Update Installer that is in the WCDE_installdir/UpdateInstaller directory. Install the new version to a different directory and use the new UPDI version to install an interim fix. The original UPDI version is used by Installation Manager when you upgrade a fix pack in WebSphere Commerce Developer. If you overwrite the original UPDI version, Installation Manager will fail during a fix pack upgrade.

Procedure

Navigate to the UPDI_installdir/responsefiles/ directory and open the install.txt file in a text editor. If you installed a newer version of UPDI, navigate to the directory of the newest UPDI.
Ensure the following sections are set appropriately:
1. Ensure that the -W maintenance.package parameter contains the full path name for the interim fix.
  
  For example: -W maintenance.package="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\UpdateInstaller\V70\UPDI\maintenance\APAR.pak"
2. Ensure that the -W product.location [parameter contains the full path name of the WebSphere Commerce Developer installation directory.
  
  For example: -W product.location="C:\Program Files\IBM\WebSphere\WCDE_ENT70"
Set the following licence agreement parameters to true.
```
-OPT silentInstallLicenseAcceptance="true"
-OPT silentInstall3rdPartyLicenseAcceptance="true"
```
Note: Add the two parameters to the file if the parameters do not exist.
Verify that the -W update.instancename and -W update.db entries do not exist or are commented out. Save the file and exit.
Run the following command from the UPDI_installdir:
- update.bat -silent -options UPDI_installdir/responsefiles/install.txt
Refer to the log files in WCDE_installdir/logs/update/ to verify that your install was successful.

Results

You successfully installed an update.

Note: WebSphere Commerce Developer fix packs and interim fixes might include updates to the workspace_dir folder, the WCDE_installdir/components folder and the workspace_dir/Stores folder. If you restore the development environment to a previous state, the updates to those folders will still exist.

What to do next

Important: Review the readme file that is included with the interim fix package. The readme file might contain additional steps that are required for the specific interim fix.