This topic applies only to the IBM Business Process Manager Advanced configuration.

Installing fix packs for IBM Integration Designer interactively

You can install fix packs for IBM® Integration Designer interactively.

Before you begin

By default, Internet access is required unless your repository preferences points to your local update site.

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 the repository for the base version of the package is required. If you have deleted the files required for rollback in Installation Manager, then Installation Manager prompts for the original installation disk when you upgrade to a fix pack. If you installed the product from DVDs or other media, they must be available when you use the update feature.

See the Installation Manager information center for more information.
Important: If you created profiles in an earlier version, those profiles are preserved and you do not need to re-create them.

About this task

You cannot use this procedure to install updates on the underlying IBM DB2 Express or IBM Cognos® BI. You must update these products following their normal update processes.

Procedure

To find and install product package updates:

  1. Close all programs that were installed using Installation Manager before updating.
  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 Integration Designer > 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 new directory you created for the interim fix or fix pack files.
    5. Select the repository.config file and click Open.
    6. From the Repositories page, click OK.
  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. 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 below 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. On the left side of the Licenses page, 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.
  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 near the top of the page. 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.
Parent topic: Upgrading IBM Integration Designer