Installing WebSphere Application Server 7 interim fixes

Use the IBM® WebSphere® Application Server Update Installer to apply interim fixes to the installed WebSphere Application Server. Be sure to complete this task on every server where you installed WebSphere Application Server 7.

About this task

If a fixpack is already installed on the deployment manager, and you attempt to install Fixpack 33, the update installer attempts to install to that location. For example, if Fixpack 15 is installed to the default path /opt/IBM/WebSphere, and you are installing Fixpack 33, the update installer will attempt to install Fixpack 33 to a location such as /opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller1. You can remove the older UpdateInstaller folder from the default path and the Fixpack 33 will install to that path. Be sure that 32-bit or 64-bit architecture fixpacks are used to match the WebSphere Application Server architecture already installed.

To avoid issues while installing a fixpack, verify that you are using the correct fixpack architecture, either 32-bit or 62-bit according to what is already installed. Also, verify that the path to the *.pak file is correct so that the installer can locate the fixes.

Procedure

  1. If your browser changed the downloaded fixes package from *.pak file to *.zip, rename the file to *.pak before proceeding.
  2. Ensure that you stop all running processes as described in Starting and stopping servers running on WebSphere Application Server..
  3. Stop all Java™ processes that use the IBM Software Developer Kit provided with WebSphere Application Server, as described in Installing and uninstalling interim fixes and fix packs.
  4. Start the Update Installer by running the following command:
    • Linux™: ./update.sh
    • Windows™: update.bat
  5. At the Welcome screen, click Next.
  6. Verify that the directory path is correct, and then click Next. If the directory path is not correct, browse to the location of the product that you want updated, and then click Next.
  7. Accept the default to Install maintenance package and click Next.
  8. At the prompt, enter the directory name containing the Sametime® update packages (for example, maintenance), and then click Next.
  9. When the installer displays names and versions of the packages to be updated, click Next.
  10. At the Installation Summary screen, verify the fixes that will be applied, and click Next.
  11. When the installation finishes, click Finish. Check the installation log to verify that the install is successful.

    Linux: The log is stored in the following location: was_install_root/logs/update/maintenance_package.instal.

    Windows: The log is stored in the following location: was_install_root\logs\update\maintenance_package.instal.

  12. Start WebSphere Application as described in Starting and stopping servers running on WesSphere Application Server..

Results

To see the complete list of fixes installed on the server, create a file called version.txt by running the versionInfo command from the correct location according to platform:

From this Linux location: was_install_root/bin directory

Run this Linux command: ./versionInfo.sh -maintenancePackages > version.txt

From this Windows location: was_install_root\bin directory

Run this Windows command: versionInfo.bat -maintenancePackages > version.txt