Installing fix packs using the command line

You can use the IBM® Installation Manager from the command line to update the product with the fix packs that are available for WebSphere® eXtreme Scale product offerings.

1. For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available for WebSphere eXtreme Scale and specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
   1. Go to Fix Central.
   2. Select WebSphere as the product group.
   3. Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale as the product.
   4. Select the installed version.
   5. Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
   6. Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
   7. Click More Information under each fix to view information about the fix.
   8. Recommendation: Make a note of the name of the fix pack that you would like to install.
2. Update the WebSphere eXtreme Scale version with the fix pack using the following procedure.
   • Download the file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central, and use local updating.
     You can download a compressed file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central. Each compressed fix-pack file contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix pack and usually has a .zip extension. After downloading and extracting the fix-pack file, use Installation Manager to update WebSphere Application Server Version 8.x with the fix pack.

     1. To download the fix pack, perform the following actions:
        1. Go to Fix Central.
        2. Select WebSphere as the product group.
        3. Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale as the product.
        4. Select 8.x as the installed version.
        5. Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
        6. Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
        7. Select the fix pack that you want to download, and click Continue.
        8. Select your download options, and click Continue.
        9. Click I agree to agree to the terms and conditions.
        10. Click Download now to download the fix pack.
        11. Transfer the compressed file in binary format to the system on which it will be installed.
        12. Extract the compressed repository files to a directory on your system.
     2. To install a fix pack from a downloaded file, perform the following actions:
        1. Log on to your system.
        2. Stop all processes that are running in your environment. To stop all processes that are running in your WebSphere Application Server environment, see Command-line utilities.
        3. Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
        4. Install the fix pack.
           

           ./imcl install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
             -installationDirectory product_installation_location
             -repositories location_of_expanded_files
             -acceptLicense
           

           

           imcl.exe install offering_ID_offering_version,optional_feature_ID
             -installationDirectory product_installation_location
             -repositories location_of_expanded_files
             -acceptLicense
           

           Tips:

           • The offering_ID is the offering ID that is listed in Offering IDs for WebSphere eXtreme Scale product offerings.
           • The offering_version, which optionally can be attached to the offering ID with an underscore, is a specific version of the offering to install (8.5.0.20110503_0200 for example).
             • If offering_version is not specified, the latest version of the offering and all interim fixes for that version are installed.
             • If offering_version is specified, the specified version of the offering and no interim fixes for that version are installed.
             The offering version can be found attached to the end of the offering ID with an underscore when you run the following command against the repository:

             imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories source_repository

           • You can also specify none, recommended or all with the -installFixes argument to indicate which interim fixes you want installed with the offering.
             • If the offering version is not specified, the -installFixes option defaults to all.
             • If the offering version is specified, the -installFixes option defaults to none.
           • You can add a list of features that are separated by commas. If a list of features is not specified, the default features are installed.
        5. Optional: List all installed packages to verify the installation:
           

           ./imcl listInstalledPackages -long

           

           imcl.exe listInstalledPackages -long