Applying fixes to a virtual system instance

You can apply emergency fixes, interim fixes, or cumulative fixes to your IBM® Business Process Manager virtual system instances that are running in your cloud.

Before you begin

Ensure that the following prerequisites are met:

You have all access to the virtual application instance or the Appliance administration role with Full permissions.
The virtual system instance is started.
The fix is added to the catalog.

Important:

The virtual system instance is unavailable when fixes are being installed because IBM BPM runtime instances are restarted during the process.

About this task

When you add a fix, you define the pattern types that the fix applies to. When you schedule a service request, the list of available fixes contains the fixes that are applicable to the pattern type that is used to create your virtual system instance.

Procedure

To apply a fix, complete the following steps from the Virtual System Instances window:

Select the virtual system instance that you want to apply the fix to.
Click Maintain to set the virtual system instance to maintenance mode.
Click Manage.
Click the Operations tab.
From the left panel of the Operations page, click the MAINTENANCE role type.
From the Fundamental section in the right panel, click Maintenance fixes and select the fix.
Click Submit.
After the fix is successfully applied, click Maintenance mode to turn off maintenance mode.

Results

Important: If you apply a fix to a virtual system instance and then scale out custom nodes in that virtual system instance, the new custom nodes also contain the fix that you installed if the fix package remains on IBM PureApplication®.

What to do next

After applying an interim fix, you should check the readme file for any manual steps that need to be performed. Similarly, after applying a cumulative fix, you should check the technote "Installing IBM Business Process Manager V8.6.0 Cumulative Fix" for any post-upgrade steps. For both interim fixes and cumulative fixes, you should perform any manual or post-upgrade steps with the user virtuser rather than the user root.