Updating software

You can search for product updates and install the updates for your IBM product.

Before you begin

By default, Internet access is required unless your repository preferences points to a 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, select Search service repositories during installation and updates on the Repositories preference page. This preference is selected by default. You can find this preference in the Preferences window of Installation Manager.

For more information, see the Installation Manager help.

Important:
  • Close all programs that you used Installation Manager to install.
  • 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 CDs or other media, you must have that media available when you use the update feature.

About this task

To find and install product package updates:

Procedure

  1. From the Start page of Installation Manager, click Update.
  2. If Installation Manager is not detected on your computer, you will be prompted to install it. Follow the instructions in the wizard to complete the installation.
  3. In the Update wizard, select the location of the package group where the product you want to update is installed or select Update All, and then click Next. Installation Manager searches for updates in its repositories and the predefined update sites for the product. A progress indicator shows that the search is taking place.
  4. If updates for a package are found, they are displayed in the Updates list on the Update Packages page after the corresponding package. By default, only the recommended updates are displayed. To display all updates found for the available packages, click Show all.
    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 at the end of the description. Click the link to display the information in a browser. Before you install the update, review this information.
  5. Select the updates to install or click Select Recommended to restore the default selections. Updates that have dependency relationships are automatically selected and cleared together.
  6. Click Next.
  7. On the Licenses page, read the license agreements for the selected updates. On the side of the License page, the list of licenses for the updates you select is displayed.
  8. Click each item to display the corresponding license agreement text.
    1. If you agree to the terms of all the license agreements, click I accept the terms of the license agreements.
    2. Click Next to continue.
  9. On the Summary page, review your choices.
    1. To change the choices that you made on previous pages, click Back, and make your changes.
    2. When you are ready to install the updates, click Update to download and install the updates. A progress indicator shows the percentage of the installation that is completed.
  10. Optional: When the update process is completed, a message that confirms the process is displayed near the top of the page. To open the log file for the current session in a new window, click View log file. Close the Installation Log window to continue.
  11. Click Finish to close the wizard.
  12. Optional: The Update wizard can update only the features that you have installed. If the update contains new features that you want to install, run the Modify wizard, and select the new features to install.
Parent topic: Installing