You can install updates for packages that were installed
with IBM® Installation
Manager.
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 IBM 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.
Internet access along with an IBM ID is required.
See the IBM Installation Manager help for
more information.
Note: Close all programs that were installed using IBM Installation Manager before
updating.
Note: The
Fix List document lists all updates available
for the product.
About this task
To find and install product package updates:
Procedure
- From the Start page of the Installation Manager,
click Update.
- If a new release or an update of IBM Installation
Manager is
found, you must continue with the installation of the new release
or update. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation
or update of Installation Manager.
- In the Update wizard, select the product package group
you want to update is installed or select the Update All check
box, and then click Next. IBM Installation Manager searches
for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for
the product.
- 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 recommended updates are
displayed by default. Click Show all to display
all updates found for the available packages.
- To learn more about an update, click the update and
review its description under Details.
- If additional information about the update is available,
a More info link will be 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.
- Select the updates that you want to install or click Select
Recommended to restore the default selections. Updates
that have a dependency relationship are automatically selected and
cleared together.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the
selected updates. On the left side of the License 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.
- Click Next to continue.
- On the Summary page, review your choices before installing
the updates.
- If you want to change the choices you made on previous
pages, click Back, and make your changes.
- When you are satisfied, click Update to
download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage
of the installation completed.
Note: 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.
- 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.
- Click Finish to close the wizard.