Websphere Application Server Fixpack Installation using IMCL

Mar22

Steps to Install a WAS  FixPack

a) Check if the Fixpack which you are going to install will be compatible with the WAS, OS , Applications which runs on it etc
b) Download the Fixpack from the IBM Fix Central
c) Extract the Fixpack
d) Run “versionInfo.sh -long” to get the version before fixpack

NOTE : TAKE THE BACKUP OF THE IIM Installation PATH and DATA Path , TAKE THE BACKUP OF THE COMPLETE WAS INSTALLATION DIRECTORY

 

/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/versionInfo.sh -long > ~/versionInfo_beforeFixpack.txt

 

[root@wasnode tools]# /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2012; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.1.48, dated 2/8/12——————————————————————————–
IBM WebSphere Product Installation Status Report
——————————————————————————–Report at date and time March 12, 2015 9:27:36 PM ISTInstallation
——————————————————————————–
Product Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logsProduct List
——————————————————————————–
ND installedInstalled Product
——————————————————————————–
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 8.5.5.0
ID ND
Build Level gm1319.01
Build Date 5/14/13
Package com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5000.20130514_1044
Architecture x86 (32 bit)
Installed Features IBM 32-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
WebSphere Application Server Full Profile

e) Stop All the JAVA Processes like dmgr , nodeagent or servers based on which server you are installing
f) For a distributed server , Apply Fixpack for the DMGR first and then the Nodes
g) Execute ./imcl listInstalledPackages to check the versions currently Installed

[root@wasnode tools]# ./imcl listInstalledPackages
com.ibm.cic.agent_1.6.2000.20130301_2248
com.ibm.websphere.IBMJAVA.v70_7.0.4001.20130510_2103
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5000.20130514_1044
[root@wasnode tools]#

h) Execute ./imcl listInstalledPackages to check the directory where WAS currently Installed

[root@wasnode tools]# ./imcl listInstallationDirectories
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

i) List the packages which are available in the Fixpack extracted Directory “/IBMSoftware/was8.5_IHS_8.5/was8.5.5/FP/”

We need to update “com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85” Package as the Product which is installed is “com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5000.20130514_1044”  ( From the versionInfo and listInstalledPackages )

[root@wasnode tools]# ./imcl listAvailablePackages -repositories /IBMSoftware/was8.5_IHS_8.5/was8.5.5/FP/
com.ibm.websphere.BASE.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.BASETRIAL.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.DEVELOPERS.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.DEVELOPERSILAN.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.EXPRESS.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.EXPRESSTRIAL.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.NDDMZ.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.NDDMZTRIAL.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
com.ibm.websphere.NDTRIAL.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249

j) Install the Fixpack by running “imcl install”

Command: imcl install packageID[_version][,featureID]
-repositories source_repository
-installationDirectory installation_directory
-acceptLicense
-sP — Show Progress

[root@wasnode tools]# ./imcl install com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249 -repositories /IBMSoftware/was8.5_IHS_8.5/was8.5.5/FP -installationDirectory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer -acceptLicense -sP
                         25%                       50%                     75%                     100%
——————|——————|——————|——————|
……………………………………………………………………………………………Updated to com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249 in the /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer directory.

k) Verify the Installation
We will see that the Websphter.ND is v85_8.5.5003.20140730

[root@wasnode tools]# ./imcl listInstalledPackages
com.ibm.cic.agent_1.6.2000.20130301_2248
com.ibm.websphere.IBMJAVA.v70_7.0.4001.20130510_2103
com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249

 

[root@wasnode tools]# /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2012; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.1.48, dated 2/8/12——————————————————————————–
IBM WebSphere Product Installation Status Report
——————————————————————————–Report at date and time March 12, 2015 10:41:14 PM ISTInstallation
——————————————————————————–
Product Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory /var/ibm/InstallationManager/logsProduct List
——————————————————————————–
ND installed
IBMJAVA7 installedInstalled Product
——————————————————————————–
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment
Version 8.5.5.3
ID ND
Build Level cf031430.01
Build Date 7/30/14
Package com.ibm.websphere.ND.v85_8.5.5003.20140730_1249
Architecture x86 (32 bit)
Installed Features IBM 32-bit WebSphere SDK for Java
WebSphere Application Server Full Profile
EJBDeploy tool for pre-EJB 3.0 modules
Embeddable EJB container
Stand-alone thin clients and resource adapters

l) Recheck the Ownership of the “/opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer” change the ownership to the owner of the WAS Instance

[root@wasnode tools]# chown -R wasadmin:wasadmin /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer

m) Start the JVM servers and veiw the System logs to check if there are any errors

 

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