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How to disable Installation Manager check for running processes when applying WebSphere fixpack to Solaris zone VM

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Question

I have WebSphere installed to a Solaris global zone installation. There are 4 vm systems in the zone where each has its own WebSphere installation.

When I try to apply a fixpack to one of the vm's it fails the pre-requisite checking because running processes from other vm's in the zone are detected.

Is there a way to ignore / disable the check for running processes in cases like the above?

Cause

This is caused by the Installation Manager detecting processes from other VM's where 
WebSphere has been installed in the Solaris zone.

Answer

To disable the Installation Manager running process pre-requisite check,
If using the Installation Manager GUI

You can add the following line in IM_ROOT/configuration/config.ini:

was.install.disable.detect.running.process=true

and then restart IM GUI or run imcl command again.

You can specify preferences by passing the following parameter to the imcl command.
[ -preferences preference_key=value ] 
For example,
-preferences offering.service.repositories.areUsed=false,PassportAdvantageIsEnabled=false,com.ibm.cic.common.core.preferences.searchForUpdates=false
For details about the preference settings, see:
Silent installation preference keys
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSDV2W_1.8.5/com.ibm.silentinstall12.doc/topics/r_silent_prefs.html

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Document Information

Modified date:
18 April 2020

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ibm16189861