Installing fix packs and interim fixes interactively

You can install updates to software packages using IBM® Installation Manager interactively.

You cannot use this procedure to install updates on the underlying IBM Db2® Advanced Workgroup Server Edition database. You must update Db2 AWSE by following its normal update process.

Before you begin

Visit the IBM Support website to check for available fix packs and interim fixes.

Before you install a fix pack or interim fix, perform the following tasks:
  1. Read the fix pack and interim fix documentation thoroughly. The documentation lists dependencies, such as WebSphere® Application Server fix pack levels or other IBM product fixes that you must install before you apply the fix pack or interim fix.
  2. To ensure that your implementation is performing the same way that it did before you applied the fix pack or interim fix, prepare a regression test plan.
  3. Back up your databases and profiles.
  4. Before you deploy the fix pack or interim fix to a production environment, install the fix pack or interim fix in a development or quality-assurance environment.
  5. You must perform the installation using the same user account that you used to install the product packages.

Each installed package has the location embedded for its default IBM update repository. For Installation Manager to search the IBM update repository locations for the installed packages, the preference Search service repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page must be selected. This preference is selected by default.

During the update process, Installation Manager might prompt you for the location of the repository for the base version of the package. If you installed the product from DVDs or other media, they must be available when you use the update feature.

For more information about Installation Manager, see the documentation link in related information.
Important: Any existing profiles are preserved and do not need to be re-created.

Procedure

To find and install product package updates:

  1. Stop all software for the product that you are updating.
    Close programs and stop servers that have profiles for this product.
  2. Start Installation Manager. From the Start page of the Installation Manager, click Update.
    • For Windows operating systemYou can also click Start > Programs > IBM > package group name > Update. For example, click Start > Programs > IBM > IBM Business Automation Workflow > Update.
  3. If IBM Installation Manager is not detected on your system or if an older version is already installed, then you must continue with the installation of the latest release. Follow the on-screen instructions in the wizard to complete the installation of IBM Installation Manager.
  4. If you do not have Internet access, download the interim fix or fix pack locally, extract it to its own directory, and add the new directory to Installation Manager.
    1. Start Installation Manager.
    2. From the Start page, click File > Preferences > Repositories.
    3. From the Repositories page, click Add Repository.
    4. In the Add Repository window, browse to the directory where the extracted files for the interim fix or fix pack are located.
    5. Double-click the repository.config file.
    6. Click OK in the Add Repository window. Click OK to close the Preferences window.
  5. In the Update Packages wizard, select the package group containing the product package you want to update or select the Update all check box, and then click Next. Enter your IBM user ID and password.
    Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for the software you are updating. A progress indicator shows the search is taking place.
  6. If updates for a package are found, then they are displayed in the Updates list on the Update Packages page under their corresponding package. Only the latest recommended updates are displayed by default. Click Show all to display all updates found for the available packages.
    1. To learn more about an update, click the update and review its description under Details.
    2. If additional information about the update is available, a More info link is included at the end of the description text. Click the link to display the information in a browser. Review this information before installing the update.
  7. Select the updates that you want to install or click Select Recommended to restore the default selections, and click Next. Updates that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected and cleared together.
  8. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected updates. The list of licenses for the updates you selected is displayed; click each item to display the license agreement text. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements. Then click Next.
    If you do not accept the terms of the license agreements, you cannot install the fix pack or interim fix.
  9. On the Summary page, review your choices before installing the updates.
    1. If you want to change the choices you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes.
    2. When you are satisfied, click Update to download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation completed.
  10. Optional: When the update process completes, a message that confirms the success of the process is displayed. Click View log file to open the log file for the current session in a new window. You must close the Installation Log window to continue.
  11. Click Finish to close the wizard.
  12. Close Installation Manager.