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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