Installing fix packs using a response file

You can update this product to a later version using IBM® Installation Manager with a response file.

Before you begin

Tip: As an alterative to the procedure that is described in this article, Installation Manager allows you to use the updateAll command in a response file or on the command line to search for and update all installed packages. Use this command only if you have full control over which fixes are contained in the targeted repositories. If you create and point to a set of custom repositories that include only the specific fixes that you want to install, you should be able to use this command confidently. If you enable searching service repositories or install fixes directly from other live web-based repositories, then you might not want to select this option so that you can select only the fixes that you want to install using the -installFixes option with the install command on the command line or the installFixes attribute in a response file.

Procedure

For a list of interim fixes and fix packs that are available for WebSphere® eXtreme Scale and specific information about each fix, perform the following actions.
1. Go to Fix Central.
2. Select WebSphere as the product group.
3. Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale as the product.
4. Select 8.x as the installed version.
5. Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
6. Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
7. Click More Information under each fix to view information about the fix.
8. Recommendation: Make a note of the name of the fix pack that you would like to install.
Update WebSphere eXtreme Scale with the fix pack using the following procedure.
- Download the file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central, and use local updating.
  You can download a compressed file that contains the fix pack from Fix Central. Each compressed fix-pack file contains an Installation Manager repository for the fix pack and usually has a .zip extension. After downloading and extracting the fix-pack file, use Installation Manager to update WebSphere eXtreme Scale with the fix pack.
  1. To download the fix pack, perform the following actions:
    
    Go to Fix Central.
    
    Select WebSphere as the product group.
    
    Select WebSphere eXtreme Scale as the product.
    
    Select 8.6 as the installed version.
    
    Select your operating system as the platform, and click Continue.
    
    Select Browse for fixes, and click Continue.
    
    Select the fix pack that you want to download, and click Continue.
    
    Select your download options, and click Continue.
    
    Click I agree to agree to the terms and conditions.
    
    Click Download now to download the fix pack.
    
    Transfer the compressed file in binary format to the system on which it will be installed.
    
    Extract the compressed repository files to a directory on your system.
  2. Perform the following actions:
    
    Log on to your system.
    
    If the repository requires a user name and password, create a keyring file to access this repository.
    For more information on creating a keyring file for Installation Manager, read the IBM Installation Manager Version 1.5 Information Center.
    
    Tip: When creating a keyring file, append /repository.config at the end of the repository URL location if the imutilsc command is unable to find the URL that is specified.
    
    To stop all processes that are running in your stand-alone eXtreme Scale environment, see Stopping stand-alone servers that use the ORB transportTo stop all processes that are running in your WebSphere Application Server environment, see Command-line utilities.
    
    Change to the Installation_Manager_binaries/eclipse/tools directory, where Installation_Manager_binaries is the installation root directory for the Installation Manager.
    
    Install the fix pack using a response file.
    For example:
    
    Administrator or non-administrator:
    imcl.exe -acceptLicense input C:\temp\update_response_file.xml -log C:\temp\update_log.xml -keyring C:\IM\im.keyring
    
    Administrator:
    ./imcl -acceptLicense input /var/temp/update_response_file.xml -log /var/temp/update_log.xml -keyring /var/IM/im.keyring
    
    Non-administrator:
    ./imcl -acceptLicense input user_home/var/temp/update_response_file.xml -log user_home/var/temp/update_log.xml -keyring user_home/var/IM/im.keyring