Upgrading the Embedded WebSphere Application Server v7.0 to latest fix pack level

At times, it becomes important to upgrade software that are bundled with a product to their latest fix pack level for maintenance purposes. IBM® Tivoli® Directory Server v6.3 provide embedded WebSphere® Application Server 7.0.0.7 to deploy and use IBM Tivoli Directory Server Web Administration Tool. To upgrade Embedded WebSphere Application Server to latest fix pack level, do the following:

1. Identify the install location of Embedded WebSphere Application Server. If Embedded WebSphere Application Server was installed using the InstallShield GUI, then the default location are as follows:
   • On AIX® and Solaris platforms: /opt/IBM/ldap/V6.3/appsrv
   • On Linux platforms: /opt/ibm/ldap/V6.3/appsrv
   • On Windows platforms: <TDS_V6.3_install_location>\appsrv
2. Find the version of the Embedded WebSphere Application Server that is installed on the system. This helps you determine the fix pack level required for upgrade. For this run the following commands:

   On AIX, Solaris, and Linux:

   cd <EWAS_InstallLocation>
   ./versionInfo.sh

   On Windows:

   cd <EWAS_InstallLocation>
   versionInfo.bat

   Latest recommended Tivoli Directory Server fixes can be downloaded from http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=767&uid=swg27009778, and Embedded WebSphere Application Server fixes from http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=767&uid=swg21404665.
3. To install Embedded WebSphere fix packs, you must use WebSphere Update Installer. If WebSphere Update Installer is not installed on the system, install it using the following steps:
   1. Stop all WebSphere Application Server and related processes. The product to be updated must not be running while you apply maintenance.
   2. Depending on your platform, download the most recent WebSphere Update Installer package.
   3. Extract the downloaded WebSphere Update Installer package (zip or tar) to a temporary directory and change to the UpdateInstaller subdirectory.
   4. To install the Update Installer, run the install or install.exe program.

      On Windows systems, run the install.exe command.

      On UNIX-based systems, run the ./install command

   To know how to install the Update Installer, see Installing the Update Installer for WebSphere Software.
4. Install Embedded WebSphere Application Server and its associated SDK fix packs using the following steps:
   1. Run the backupConfig command to back up configuration files.
   2. Verify required disk space, as described in the readme file for the maintenance package.
   3. Stop all WebSphere Application Server processes, and Java processes, if necessary. The product might not continue to operate successfully if you attempt to install fix pack while Embedded WebSphere Application Server-related Java processes are running.
   4. Download the Embedded WebSphere and SDK maintenance packages into the update installer maintenance directory, <updi_install_root>/maintenance, where <updi_install_root> is the install location of the Update installer.
   5. Refer to instructions in the Update Installer installation documentation directory, <updi_install_root>/docs/readme_updateinstaller.html, to install maintenance packages.
5. Verify the Embedded WebSphere Application Server version that you upgraded.

   On AIX, Solaris, and Linux:

   cd <EWAS_InstallLocation>
   ./versionInfo.sh

   On Windows:

   cd <EWAS_InstallLocation>
   versionInfo.bat

6. Start the Embedded WebSphere Application Server.

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