Updating to the latest fix pack silently

WSRR can be updated silently by running a script.

About this task

Before using this feature, read the overview of updating to the latest fix pack in Installing fix packs.

The silent installation command calls a response file named template_update_response.xmlthat is located in the response files directory at the top level of your WSRR product DVD or download directory. You edit the response file to customize your silent installation.

To update WSRR, you must first have installed IBM Installation Manager. IBM Installation Manager is supplied with the WSRR installation media.

You must ensure that the WebSphere Application Server profile ID specified in the response file matches the profile ID that was specified when your WebSphere Application Server was installed. If you do not know the profile ID, check the file /var/ibm/InstallationManager/installed.xml on UNIX or Linux, C:\Users\All Users\IBM\Installation Manager\installed.xml or C:\ProgramData\IBM\Installation Manager\installed.xml on Windows systems. The profile ID is listed under the <location> section for your WebSphere Application Server installation.

You must complete these steps for every node on a cluster or federated server update, to ensure that all the required files are updated.

Procedure

To update to the latest fix pack silently.

  1. If the computer on which you want to install the fix pack does not have internet access, complete the following actions, otherwise proceed to Step 2.
    1. Download the fix pack from the Recommended fixes support page.
    2. Extract the contents of the download package to a directory on the local file system on the target computer. On a Windows system, you can use Winzip or Unzip. You can also use the following command to extract the contents:
      jar -xvf file.zip
  2. Edit the template_update_response.xml file (found in the directory wsrr_dvd_location/responsefiles or passport_advantage_download_location/responsefiles) and add a repository entry that identifies the fix pack location. Add the repository location to the existing repository list, between the <server></server> tags.
    • If you have internet access, add the following line:

      <repository
              location="http://public.dhe.ibm.com/software/websphere/bpm/
              repositories/server/wsrr/850/updates/repository.config" />      , and remove the version attribute from the product offering.

    • If you do not have internet access, add a line that identifies the location to which you copied the fix pack. Replace 8.5.0.0 in the line starting <offering id="com.ibm.wsrr.server"> with the version number from the repository.xml file that is stored in the WSRRServer package in the repository.
    • If you are not updating WebSphere Application Server, remove this choice from the offerings.
  3. Run the command to complete the update:

    For Windows operating system
    IM_DIR\tools\imcl.exe -input template_update_response.xml -acceptLicense
    For Linux operating systemFor Unix operating system
    IM_DIR/tools/imcl -input template_update_response.xml -acceptLicense
    where IM_DIR is the Installation Manager installation directory, for example, /opt/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse.
    Note:
Parent topic: Installing fix packs