Installing an Interim Fix
Update your Sterling B2B Integrator V5.2.6 clustered or non-clustered installation with an interim fix.
Complete the following tasks before you apply an interim fix to V5.2.6 installation:
- Download the latest interim fix image from IBM Fix Central.
- Extract the package to a folder, go to the media directory and locate the following files:
- IM_<operating system>.zip in the InstallationManager folder
- Common_Repo.zip
- Extract the files to a common directory. After you extract the files, the directory has b2bifixrepo and gmfixrepo as the sub directories.
- For Linux servers, set the
ulimit
andlanguage
as follows:ulimit -n 4096
ulimit -u 16000
export LANG=en_US
You can install the interim fix to one node at a time or bring down the entire cluster.
Installing the interim fix to one node at a time, does not impact the functioning of the cluster,
thereby avoiding any interruption to the transactions and trading partners. Whereas, if you stop the
complete cluster, there will be some downtime during which the transactions cannot be processed. You
must decide the type of update based on your requirement and considering the update in the interim
fix. For example, if the interim fix contains updates to the database or database schema, then you
must bring down all the nodes (the complete cluster), apply the fix, and restart the cluster.
Important: If the interim fix contains updates to the database schema, then you must create a
backup of the current database before applying the interim fix. If for some reason the update is
interrupted or stopped midway, you must manually revert the database changes by using the backup,
and then restart interim fix installation. Refer to the download document for details of fixes
included in the interim fix.
If Global Mailbox is installed, refer to the following information: Installing an interim fix.
To install an interim fix to Sterling B2B Integrator V5.2.6 and higher by using the user interface:
Important: For information to install a fix pack with a response file, see Installing or updating with a response file (V5.2.6 or later).
To verify the interim fix installation, go to the Rollback panel and
check that the appropriate version number is displayed.