PH64427: ROLLING BACK A LIBERTY FIX PACK USING THE IBM INSTALLATION MANAGER GUI RESULTS IN ALL LIBERTY FEATURES BEING REMOVED.

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• The issue of missing Liberty features after performing a
  rollback, via the IBM Installation Manager GUI, occurs when the
  Liberty version rolling back to does not have features that
  exist in the current version.
  For example, versionless features were introduced in 24.0.0.x
  and do not exist in previous versions of Liberty.  Previous
  versions of Liberty use version-specific features.  This
  difference leads to incompatibility issues and removal of the
  features during rollback.
  
  Example of errors can include:
  CRIMA1186E:  An issue has occurred with the package that cannot
  be resolved by Installation Manager.
  and
  CWWKF1259E:  Unable to obtain the following assets:
     com.ibm.websphere.appserver.wsSecurity-1.1
     com.ibm.websphere.appserver.openidConnectServer-1.0
     com.ibm.websphere.appserver.oauth2.0
     ...
  

Local fix

• To avoid this issue, use the imcl command line tool to perform
  the rollback.
  If the rollback has already been performed via the GUI and the
  feature have been removed, you will need to reinstall the
  missing features.
  

Problem summary

• ****************************************************************
  * USERS AFFECTED:  All users of WebSphere Liberty performing   *
  *                  rollback with Installation Manager.         *
  ****************************************************************
  * PROBLEM DESCRIPTION: The issue of missing Liberty features   *
  *                      after performing a                      *
  *                      rollback, via the IBM Installation      *
  *                      Manager GUI, occurs when the            *
  *                      Liberty version rolling back to does    *
  *                      not                                     *
  *                      have features that                      *
  *                      exist in the current version.           *
  *                      For example, versionless features were  *
  *                      introduced in 24.0.0.x                  *
  *                      and do not exist in previous versions   *
  *                      of                                      *
  *                      Liberty.  Previous                      *
  *                      versions of Liberty use version-        *
  *                      specific                                *
  *                      features.  This                         *
  *                      difference leads to incompatibility     *
  *                      issues and removal of the               *
  *                      features during rollback.               *
  *                      Example of errors can include:          *
  *                      CRIMA1186E:  An issue has occurred with *
  *                      the package that cannot                 *
  *                      be resolved by Installation Manager.    *
  *                      and                                     *
  *                      CWWKF1259E:  Unable to obtain the       *
  *                      following assets:                       *
  *                      com.ibm.websphere.appserver.wsSecurity- *
  *                      1.1                                     *
  *                      com.ibm.websphere.appserver.openidConne *
  *                      c                                       *
  *                      tServer-1.0                             *
  *                      com.ibm.websphere.appserver.oauth2.0    *
  ****************************************************************
  * RECOMMENDATION:                                              *
  ****************************************************************
  ROLLING BACK A LIBERTY FIX PACK USING THE IBM INSTALLATION
  MANAGER GUI RESULTS IN ALL LIBERTY FEATURES BEING REMOVED
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix for this APAR is targeted for inclusion in fix pack
  25.0.0.1. For more information, see 'Recommended Updates for
  WebSphere Application Server':
  https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/715553
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  LIBERTY PROFILE

• Fixed component ID

  5724J0814

Applicable component levels