Use these instructions to use the Update Installer to install patches, fixes, fix packs, and updates to InfoSphere® Information Server and its product modules.
This file is an attachment to the support document, Updating IBM® InfoSphere Information Server, Version 11.3 with patches, fix packs, or other updates
Update packages
Visit Fix Central to download the packages that you want to apply. An IBM.com user ID is required to obtain the downloads.
On the Select product tab, make the following selections:
Field | Value |
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Product Group | Information Management |
Select from Information Management | InfoSphere Information Server |
Installed Version | Select the version and fix pack level that you currently have installed. |
Platform | Select the platform on which to install. In a multitier topology with different platforms, you will go through this process again for each platform. |
Click Continue to proceed through the wizard and find and download the package or packages that you want.
Update packages contain patches, fixes, fix packs, or updates. Update packages can be provided for all operating systems, multiple operating systems, or a single operating system.
The instructions in this document use the default installation location. Your path varies if you installed InfoSphere Information Server in a different location.
Before you install update packages, perform the preparation procedure on all computers in your installation. The installation instructions include specific preparation procedures, including downloading the appropriate update package, performing a full backup, and disabling firewalls and antivirus software.
Install the update packages on all computers in your installation, as appropriate. You must complete the preparation procedures, run the Update Installer program to install the update, and then complete the post-installation procedures.
Each computer hosts one or more software tiers. Some update packages apply to more than one tier. In distributed installations, you must install the update package on all computers that have tiers installed that the patch, fix, fix pack, or update applies to. Install the update package on the tiers in this order:
If two or more tiers are on the same computer, the Update Installer installation automatically installs the update on all tiers on the computer in the appropriate order.
Single computer and distributed installations
Certain steps in the preparation and installation procedures apply only when you are installing the update on a computer that hosts a particular tier. Each time you complete the preparation or installation procedures, perform only the steps that apply to the tiers that are installed on the computer you are preparing or installing on.
For example, if the tiers are each installed on separate computers, perform the procedure on the computer that hosts the services tier, completing only the steps that apply to the services tier. Then repeat the procedure on the computer that hosts the engine tier, completing only the steps that apply to the engine tier. Finally, repeat the procedure on the computer that hosts the client tier, completing only the steps that apply to the client tier.
When more than one tier is installed on a computer, complete the steps that apply to all tiers installed on the computer. For example, if your services tier and engine tier are installed on the same computer, first perform the procedure once for the computer, completing steps that apply to the services tier or the engine tier, or to both tiers. Finally, repeat the procedure on each computer that hosts the client tier, completing only the steps that apply to the client tier.
Certain steps in the preparation and installation procedures apply only to certain operating systems. These steps identify the operating systems that require these steps.
The installation package contains a script that replaces the required files on the installation instance. Run the script on every computer that contains an installation instance and from which you will run the Update Installer.
After the script runs successfully, the installation instance of the Update Installer is updated with the new version of the Update Installer.
You can install multiple updates after InfoSphere Information Server is installed. To install multiple updates, you use the Update Installer in graphical mode.
Before installing multiple updates, review the readme file that is included with each update package.
About this task
Procedure
Perform a complete backup of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server installation to ensure that you can recover your installation in the event of hardware failure or other disaster. For detailed backup and restore instructions for your installation, see http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSZJPZ_11.3.0/com.ibm.swg.im.iis.found.admin.burest.doc/topics/t_admin_backup_restore_super.html.
Fix packs cannot be uninstalled. Some fixes or updates can be uninstalled. See the installation instructions or readme file that is provided in the update package to determine if the update can be uninstalled.
Fixes or updates must be uninstalled in reverse order of their installation. Only the last fix or update that was installed can be uninstalled. To uninstall a fix or update that is not the latest fix, or update that was installed, you must first uninstall the latest installed fix or update, and then uninstall earlier fixes or updates. Installing a fix pack, or installing a fix or update that cannot be uninstalled prevents all previously installed fixes or updates from being uninstalled.
IBM InfoSphere Information Server Version Information
Report date: 2014/07/12
Installer Version: 11.3.0.0-632
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Patches Installed:
PATCH_XMLPACK3_all_113_1,616
Description = XMLPack3 11.3.0.0 Patch
Version = 11.3.0.0
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The installation entries shown by the versionInfo command
are not the same file name of your installed update packages. The
entries that are returned by versionInfo are the patchName attributes
in the PatchManifest.xml file or the installerId values
in the HistoricalEvent entries in Version.xml file. You must use the Update Installer in console mode to uninstall updates. Follow the same instructions for uninstallation that you used for installation. To uninstall a package, you must specify the -rollback parameter and the update name (patch name) on the command line.
After you uninstall fixes or updates, some files that were created during installation might not be removed by the uninstall process. Files that are not removed in the uninstallation process do not affect the functionality of the installation after the fixes or updates are uninstalled.
Limitations and problems for the Update Installer are available on the IBM Support Portal.
You can search the IBM Support Portal, or for a complete list of customized queries for APARs and technotes, refer to the Known Problems section of the IBM InfoSphere Information Server 9.1 release notes.