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The information contained in this section applies to IBM WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9 and Feautre Pack 8. The documentation also applies to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions.
Installing
Review this section for information about installing the WebSphere Commerce product, associated maintenance, and WebSphere Commerce enhancements.
Deploying WebSphere Commerce virtual system patterns or virtual application patterns
WebSphere Commerce provides virtual system patterns and virtual application patterns that you can use to deploy a virtual WebSphere Commerce environment. You can use the patterns with IBM PureApplication System V2.1.0, IBM PureApplication Software V2.1.0, or the IBM PureApplication Service V2.1.0.
Deploying production virtual environments
IBM WebSphere Commerce Patterns V2.1.0.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux provide virtualization of a multitier environment for production purposes. Deploy these virtual system patterns with IBM PureApplication Software V2.1.0, IBM PureApplication System V2.1.0, or IBM PureApplication Service V2.1.0 to get a 64-bit virtual machine with WebSphere Commerce Enterprise Version 7, Feature Pack 8, and Fix Pack 9 installed and enabled on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. After deployment, use the Virtualization WebSphere Commerce environment for production purposes, as if you installed and configured WebSphere Commerce in a native environment. If you have customizations in a WebSphere Commerce Build and Deployment tool server deployment package, you can deploy them along with the newly created virtual system. The virtual system instance has the latest fix pack, feature pack, and interim fixes applied. If you want to apply any newer fix pack, or interim fixes in the future, you can deploy them to the virtual system instance in the workload console.
Updating deployed instances with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes
You can update your deployed virtual system instances with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes.

WebSphere Commerce Enterprise

Linux

Feature Pack 8

WebSphere Commerce Version 7.0.0.9

Updating deployed instances with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes

You can update your deployed virtual system instances with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes.

Before you begin

Prepare a file server to host the files that are used by the pattern. The file server must be accessible from the deployed virtual machines. The scripts that are part of the pattern download the files from your file server. The supported file server protocols are FTP, HTTP, and HTTPS.

For information about how to add the latest fix pack, feature pack or interim fixes to your file server, see Obtaining and hosting files. If you want to install multiple interim fixes together, you must place them under the same directory.

About this task

The following steps can be repeated multiple times. You can apply the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes together or separately.

Procedure

Click Patterns > Virtual System Instances
Select the instance that you want to upgrade with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes.
Expand the Virtual Machine perspective folder.
Expand the virtual machine hostname-Standalone-Commerce
Under Commerce Upgrade, click Execute.
Enter the IBM PureApplication System administrator ID, password, and update the parameters for the Commerce Upgrade script.
Click OK.
Use the WebSphere Application Server administration console to ripple start both the Commerce and search clusters. For more information, see Starting clusters.

Results

The clusters take some time to start. After a while, return to check the status of the Commerce upgrade. If the update is successful, your virtual system instance is updated with the latest fix pack, feature pack, or interim fixes.