Installing fix packs

In order to install a fix pack, you must first download and uncompress the fix pack.

About this task

Fix packs are available for download from IBM® Fix Central website. A fix pack involves moving from one minor release to another within a point version, for example, from 4.2.0.0 to 4.2.0.1.

Procedure

  1. Go to IBM Fix Central to download your fix pack: http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/. Search the site for your product and version to locate the fix pack for your installation (for example: pcm-4.2.0.1.x64_fix.tar.gz).
  2. Download and extract the fix pack tar file on the IBM Spectrum Cluster Foundation Community Edition management node. If you have a high availability environment enabled, extract the fix pack tar file on both the active and standby management node.
  3. Apply the fix pack from the command line.
    • If you have a high availability environment enabled, complete the following steps.
      1. Set the failover mode to manual.
        # pcmhatool failmode -m manual
      2. From the directory where the fix pack files are extracted to, run the installation script to install the fix pack. Run the installation script on both the active and standby management node.
        # ./patchinstall apply
      3. Change the failover mode from manual back to automatic.
        # pcmhatool failmode -m auto
    • Otherwise, if you do not have a high availability environment enabled, complete the following steps on the management node.
      1. From the directory where the fix pack files are extracted to, run the installation script to install the fix pack.
        # ./patchinstall apply
  4. Optional: Verify your installation by viewing the related log file. See the patch.log file in the /opt/pcm/patch directory.