Websphere : How to apply a Fix Pack

Posted By Sagar Patil

I will list here steps carried out to patch websphere 6.1. ND deployment (vertical cluster with 2 JVMs ) from 6.1.0.21 to 6.1.0.29

[spatil@~]$ cat /etc/redhat-release
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga)

[spatil@~]$ uname -a
Linux server1.domain.com 2.6.18-194.8.1.el5 #1 SMP Wed Jun 23 10:52:51 EDT 2010 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

1. Locate current version of websphere using versioninfo.sh
2. Download upgrade patches certified for above release
3. Shutdown IHS,Websphere Services
4. If needed download & install “IBM Update Installer”
5. Use new installer to apply fix pack to IHS,WAS & PLUG-IN
6. Startup IHS,Websphere services
7. Locate version of websphere using versioninfo.sh, it should show the new release number

While installing AppServer components, you may see that installer freezes at 76% .  To see progress of an installer monitor “Install log”

[was61@Server1 tmp]$ pwd
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/logs/tmp
[was61@Server1 tmp]$ tail -f updatelog.txt
(Aug 21, 2011 10:38:13 AM), Install, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.InstallNIFMaintenance, msg1, Installing component: startupbean, percent complete: 75%
(Aug 21, 2011 10:38:15 AM), Install, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.InstallNIFMaintenance, msg1, Installing component: transaction.impl, percent complete: 76%
(Aug 21, 2011 10:38:19 AM), Install, com.ibm.ws.install.ni.ismp.actions.InstallNIFMaintenance, msg1, Installing component: uddi.bundle, percent complete: 76%

1. Locate current version of Websphere components using $PROFILE/Node/bin/versioninfo.sh , $HTTP_HOME/bin/versioninfo.sh & $HTTP_HOME/Plugins/bin/versioninfo.sh command.

[was61@Server1 bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.2, dated 6/5/08
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IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
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Report at date and time March 31, 2010 8:29:16 PM GMT
Installation
———————————————————————
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
ND                       installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server – ND
Version                  6.1.0.21
ID                       ND
Build Level              cf210844.13
Build Date 11/6/08
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
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2. Download upgrade patches certified for above release

After download the patches looked like below
-rw-rw-r– 1 was61 was61 439113810 Mar 31 09:44 6.1.0-WS-WAS-LinuxX64-FP0000029.pak
-rw-rw-r– 1 was61 was61  18690237 Mar 31 09:44 6.1.0-WS-PLG-LinuxX64-FP0000029.pak
-rw-rw-r– 1 was61 was61  12795097 Mar 31 09:44 6.1.0-WS-IHS-LinuxX64-FP0000029.pak
-rwxrwxr-x 1 was61 was61 108644602 Mar 31 10:17 7.0.0.9-WS-UPDI-LinuxAMD64.zip

3. Shutdown IHS,Websphere Services

Stop JVM – /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/stopServer.sh
Stop DMGR- /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/stopNode.sh
Stop IHS – sudo /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/apachectl -k stop

4. Intall “IBM Update Installer”  : Xwindows GUI Needed
Unzip 7.0.0.9-WS-UPDI-LinuxAMD64.zip
Navigate to UpdateInstaller and run “install”
Follow the screens as listed below

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Please make sure “Lauch IBM Update Installer” is selected before you click on FINISH.

5. Use new installer to apply fix pack to IHS, WAS & PLUG-IN

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Click on dropdown and then select HTTPServer

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Please navigate to directory where fix pack patches have been downloaded.

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Click on “RELAUNCH” to invoke updateinstaller again.
We have finished patching IHS but need to carry update for Appserver(WebSphere) and PLUG-IN.
Select Appserver at drop down list box

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Finally select PLUG-IN from drop down list box after invoking updateinstaller again

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Image:UpdateInstaller_32.jpgWe can safely ignore the warning above
Log files could be located at Directory selected for UpdateInstaller/logs/tmp
[was61@tmp]$ pwd
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/logs/tmp
[was61@ tmp]$ ls -lrt
total 12
-rw-r–r– 1 was61 web 6488 Jun 14 18:38 updatetrace.log
-rw-r–r– 1 was61 web 3552 Jun 14 18:38 updatelog.txt

6. Startup IHS,Websphere services
Start JVM – /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/startServer.sh
Start DMGR- /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/startNode.sh
Start IHS – sudo /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/apachectl -k start

7. Locate version of websphere using versioninfo.sh, it should show the new release number

[was61@Server1 bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 14 August 2011 05:09:45 BST
Installation
———————————————————————
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
ND                       installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server – ND
Version                  6.1.0.29
ID                       ND
Build Level              cf290949.16
Build Date 12/11/09
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————

/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin
[was61@Server1 bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 18 August 2011 14:12:27 BST
Installation
——————————————————————————–
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
IHS                      installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM HTTP Server
Version                  6.1.0.29
ID                       IHS
Build Level              cf311015.02
Build Date 4/15/10
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————

[was61@Server1 bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 18 August 2011 14:13:41 BST
Installation
———————————————————————

Product Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
PLG                      installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name                     Web server plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server
Version                  6.1.0.29
ID                       PLG
Build Level              cf311015.02
Build Date 4/15/10
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report

We can safely ignore the warning above
Log files could be located at Directory selected for UpdateInstaller/logs/tmp
[was61@tmp]$ pwd
/opt/IBM/WebSphere/UpdateInstaller/logs/tmp
[was61@eugbbopg09ld tmp]$ ls -lrt
total 12
-rw-r–r– 1 was61 web 6488 Jun 14 18:38 updatetrace.log
-rw-r–r– 1 was61 web 3552 Jun 14 18:38 updatelog.txt

6. Startup IHS,Websphere services
Start JVM – /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/startServer.sh
Start DMGR- /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/profiles/Profile01/Node/bin/startNode.sh
Start IHS – sudo /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin/apachectl -k start

7. Locate version of websphere using versioninfo.sh, it should show the new release number
[was61@eugbbopg03lt bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 31 March 2010 12:06:26 BST
Installation
———————————————————————
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
ND                       installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server – ND
Version                  6.1.0.29
ID                       ND
Build Level              cf290949.16
Build Date 12/11/09
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————

Using the same update process I have updated STG from 6.1.0.29 to 6.1.0.31

[was61@eugbbopg03lt bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 14 August 2011 05:09:45 BST
Installation
———————————————————————
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
ND                       installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM WebSphere Application Server – ND
Version                  6.1.0.29
ID                       ND
Build Level              cf290949.16
Build Date 12/11/09
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
/opt/IBM/HTTPServer/bin
[was61@eugbbopg03lt bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 18 August 2011 14:12:27 BST
Installation
——————————————————————————–
Product Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
IHS                      installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name IBM HTTP Server
Version                  6.1.0.31
ID                       IHS
Build Level              cf311015.02
Build Date 4/15/10
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
[was61@eugbbopg03lt bin]$ ./versionInfo.sh
WVER0010I: Copyright (c) IBM Corporation 2002, 2005; All rights reserved.
WVER0012I: VersionInfo reporter version 1.15.4.3, dated 11/12/08
———————————————————————
IBM WebSphere Application Server Product Installation Status Report
———————————————————————
Report at date and time 18 August 2011 14:13:41 BST
Installation
———————————————————————Product Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins
Version Directory        /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version
DTD Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version/dtd
Log Directory            /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/logs
Backup Directory         /opt/IBM/HTTPServer/Plugins/properties/version/nif/backup
TMP Directory            /tmp
Product List
———————————————————————
PLG                      installed
Installed Product
———————————————————————
Name                     Web server plug-ins for IBM WebSphere Application Server
Version                  6.1.0.31
ID                       PLG
Build Level              cf311015.02
Build Date 4/15/10
———————————————————————
End Installation Status Report

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