Excluding specified components from a fix pack

If you wish to exclude any InfoSphere® MDM components from being updated by a fix pack, you must modify the extracted FeatureFixpackApplied.properties file before running the script that installs the fix pack.

Before you begin

You must already have downloaded and extracted the fix pack artifacts before you can complete this procedure. See the related links for details.

About this task

If your InfoSphere MDM instance includes components that have been modified or extended, then you may wish to exclude those components from being updated by a fix pack. For example, if you have made changes to a specific InfoSphere MDM user interface, then you can choose to exclude that user interface from the fix pack update to preserve your customizations.

Procedure

  1. Navigate to MDM_INSTALL_HOME/backup/fix_pack_version.
  2. Open FeatureFixpackApplied.properties.

    This properties file contains a list of properties, with each property corresponding to an InfoSphere MDM component. You can choose to include or exclude each component in the fix pack update. By default, all of the component properties have a value of NO, meaning that the component is not excluded, and will be updated.

  3. To exclude a component from being updated by the fix pack, change its corresponding value to YES.
  4. Save any changes in the file.
    When you run the fix pack installation script, components that you marked YES will not be updated.