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IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM WebSphere Application Server Express 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM WebSphere Application Server Application Client 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM WebSphere Application Server Web Server Plug-ins 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM HTTP Server 7.0 Fix Pack 31
IBM WebSphere DMZ Proxy Server 7.0 Fix Pack 31


Table of Contents

	What is new with Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)
	About Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)
	Prerequisites
	Space requirements
	Steps for installing Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)
	Known issues
	Change history
	Additional information
	Trademarks and service marks

Compilation date: December 19, 2013

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What is new with Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)

• WebSphere Application Server V7 now offers web server load balancing and failover for up to 5 licensed application servers and a new merge tool for simplifying load balancing and failover configurations. This is provided by way of a free fix pack available to all base version WebSphere Application Server V7 customers.
  
  Delivered in the WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31) are the new merge tool and an update to the WebSphere Application Server V7 License Agreement:
• MergeTool - A multi-server auto configuration tool and documentation which helps you easily set up HTTP load balancing and failover to multiple WebSphere Application Server base servers. 
  
  For more details, see Configuring simple load balancing across multiple application server profiles.
  
  
• Updated License Agreement - An update to the WebSphere Application Server V7 License Agreement which relaxes the license restriction that previously allowed failover between only two WebSphere Application Server base servers to instead allow for HTTP load balancing and failover for up to 5 appropriately licensed servers. 
  
  See the Addendum to the WebSphere Application Server V7 License Agreement.
  
  
• One installation of Version 7.0 Update Installer can be used to update all WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 products installed on the entire machine.
  
  The Update Installer is not bundled with version 7.0 Fix Packs. It is available on the Version 7.0 product compact disc or as a download from IBM support site. See section on Prerequisites for installing Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31) for more details.
  
  Note: Customers wishing to install Fix Pack 7.0.0.31 must use the latest version of Update Installer, which is available from IBM Update Installer 7.0 for WebSphere Software download page.

About Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)

Several cumulative fixes are bundled into a single maintenance package for a specific combination of product and platform. Each maintenance package is referred to as version 7.0.0.31.

Installing Fix Pack 31 with version 7.0 Update Installer raises the fix level of your product to version 7.0.0.31.

See the installation instructions in the Steps for installing Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31) section for more information.

Fix Packs can be downloaded from the Fix Pack Version 7.0.0.31 download page.

Note: If a remote Web server plug-in or IBM HTTP Server is installed alongside WebSphere Application Server, you will need to download a separate Fix Pack in order to update the plug-in or HTTP Server to the most current level (if an update is available). All Fix Packs can be found on the Fix Pack Version 7.0.0.31 download page.

For IBM WebSphere DMZ Proxy Server users:
The DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application Server installation allows you to install your proxy server in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), while reducing the security risk that might occur if you choose to install an application server in the DMZ to host a proxy server. The risk is reduced by removing any functionality from the application server that is not required to host the proxy servers, but that could pose a security risk. Installing the secure proxy server in the DMZ rather than the secured zone presents new security challenges. However, the secure proxy server is equipped with capabilities to provide protection from these challenges.newfeat. For detailed information on WebSphere DMZ Secure Proxy Server see WebSphere DMZ Secure Proxy Server for IBM WebSphere Application Server.

Prerequisites

• Install the version 7.0 product from the appropriate compact disc or distribution media.
  
  
• Download and install the latest available Update Installer version (7.0) from the Update Installer version 7.0 download page.
  
  
• For customers installing WebSphere Application Server maintenance level 7.0.0.31, it is mandatory to use the latest version of Update Installer (7.0.0.31) to support all version 7.0.0.31 WebSphere Application Server products on the machine.
  
  
• The installation directory will be referred to as updi_install_root in this document.

Space requirements

Space requirements vary depending on what you are installing. The size of each download is available on the Support site. For a Fix Pack, you need approximately 600 MB of free space in the system temporary directory (typically /tmp on a Linux or UNIX system) and another 600 MB in the file system that hosts the WebSphere Application Server image (typically /usr or /opt on a Linux or UNIX platform), or approximately 1.2 GB of free space on the disk drive where you are installing on a Windows platform.

Verify that the free space is available before beginning the installation.

Space is also required for backup files in the WebSphere Application Server Product's install_root/properties/version/update/backup directory. The space required is about the same as the size of the Fix Pack, somewhere between 27 MB to 750 MB, varying by product and platform.

Steps for installing Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31)

1. Run the backupConfig command to back up configuration files. See Backing up and restoring administrative configurations in the on-line Information Center.
   
   
2. Verify required disk space, as described in the readme file for the maintenance package.
   
   
3. After backing up the configuration and before installing Fix Pack 7.0.0.31, stop all Java™ processes associated with Java SDK shipped with WebSphere Application Server to support Java 1.6 SDK.
   
   
4. Stop all application server processes, the nodeagent process, the deployment manager process, and all server processes that belong to serviceable products, such as the IBM HTTP Server. Stop all Java processes, if necessary. The product might not continue to operate successfully if attempts to install Fix Pack 7.0.0.31 while a WebSphere Application Server-related Java processes are still running.
   
   
5. Download the latest available Update Installer version from the Update Installer version 7.0 download page. Extract the downloaded Update Installer package to a temporary directory. Navigate into the UpdateInstaller subdirectory which was extracted in the previous step. Install the Update Installer by running the install or install.exe executable.
   
   
6. Obtain downloadable maintenance packages (Fix Pack 31) from the Fix Pack Version 7.0.0.31 download page.
   
   Tip:Do not attempt to unpack the *.pak file. If your browser changes the download package from *.pak file to *.zip, do not attempt to unzip the package. Instead, rename the file to *.pak and proceed to the next step without unzipping the renamed *.pak file.
   
   Important note to WebSphere DMZ Proxy Server users:
   If WebSphere DMZ Proxy Server product is installed on your system, you can also download WebSphere DMZ Proxy Server Fix Pack 31 (7.0.0.31) from the same location as other Fix Packs for 7.0.0.31 - Fix Pack Version 7.0.0.31 download page.
   
   
7. Download the packages into the update installer maintenance directory:
   
   

updi_install_root/maintenance

8. To install downloaded maintenance packages, refer to instructions found in the Update Installer installation documentation directory:
   
   

updi_install_root/docs/readme_updateinstaller.html

Additional instructions can be found in the V7.0 Information Center, Installing maintenance packages. Installation instructions are summarized and repeated here for convenience only, refer to the preceding official published sources.

9. Open a command shell window and change directories to the updi_install_root install location of the V7.0 Update Installer.
   
   

cd updi_install_root

10. Use the update command to install the maintenance package that you downloaded into updi_install_root/maintenance directory.
    
    The Update Installer wizard can run in silent mode without graphical user interface and responsefile can be configured for automatic installation.
• For Windows:
  
  

update –silent –options  responsefile

• For Linux or UNIX platforms:
  
  

./update.sh –silent –options  responsefile

And, graphical user interface mode is available by update command without any parameter:
• For Windows:
  
  

update.bat

• For Linux or UNIX platforms:
  
  

./update.sh

Refer to the following file for detailed information about using the update command:



updi_install_root/docs/readme_updateinstaller.html

Known issues

Known side-effects
The following are useful tips:

• Customers wishing to install Fix Pack 7.0.0.31 must use the latest version of Update Installer, which can be obtained from the Update Installer version 7.0 download page.
  
• Adjustments are required to WebSphere MQ resource adapter configuration when updating WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 profiles. Users of WebSphere MQ messaging provider, WebSphere MQ link, or the WebSphere MQ server may need to perform some manual steps when changing maintenance levels. Information on the affected profiles and what steps are required can be obtained from Adjusting the WebSphere MQ resource adapter configuration when migrating profiles between maintenance level 7.0.0.0 and later levels.

• Users who install WebSphere Application Server Fix Pack 7.0.0.31, or later, along with the CEA Feature Pack might experience an error when using the Web Services functionality. APAR PM93402 was created to address this issue. For more details about this issue, please see the description of APAR PM93402::http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM93402

Change history

Date	Change
13 Jan 2014	Initial publication for Fix Pack 7.0.0.31

Additional information

You can find additional information in the WebSphere Application Server Version 7.0 Information Center.

For additional information, refer to Recommended fixes for WebSphere Application Server.

Trademarks and service marks

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