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.

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. Browse to the location of the product that you want updated.
  7. Accept the default to Install maintenance 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 name and version of the product to be updated, Next.
  10. At the Confirmation screen, verify the fixes that will be applied, and click Next.
  11. When the installation finishes, 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 WebSphere 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