Installing V6.0.2 WebSphere Application Server on Solaris systems

Locate your operating system and hardware platform to determine which compact disc or Passport Advantage download to use.

1. Install the product from the appropriate compact disc or download image.
   
   You have very likely already installed the product and are updating an existing system.
   
   
2. Run the backupConfig command to back up configuration files. See Backing up and restoring administrative configurations (trun_svr_conf_backup) in the online information center located at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ws60help/index.jsp
   
   
3. IMPORTANT: Back up and delete any older copy of the Update Installer before downloading the current Update Installer. To use a newer version of the Update Installer, you must first remove the older version.
   
   1. Back up any files and subdirectories in the install_root/updateinstaller/maintenance directory, if necessary.
      
      
   2. Delete the install_root/updateinstaller/maintenance directory and all of its subdirectories.
      
      
4. Verify required disk space, as described in the readme file for the maintenance package.
   
   For instance, the space requirements for V6.0.2 are specified in the readme file.
   
   
5. After backing up the configuration and before installing V6.0.2, stop all Java processes that use the IBM Developer Kit that WebSphere Application Server provides to support the Java 2 SDK that IBM provides for WebSphere Application Server products running on Solaris systems.
   
   
6. Stop all application server processes, the nodeagent process, the deployment manager process, and all server processes that belong to serviceable products, such as the IBM HTTP Server. Stop all Java processes, if necessary. The product might not continue to run successfully if you install V6.0.2 while a WebSphere Application Server-related Java process is running.
   
   
7. Obtain the V6.0.2 downloadable package that you need from the product support Web site located at:
   http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=180&uid=swg24010069
   
   Download the package into a temporary disk location.
   
   
8. Untar the package into the install_root directory. This process will unpack the downloaded package automatically into the install_root/updateinstaller directory and several subdirectories, including the maintenance subdirectory.
   
   For example, change directories to the installation_root directory of your product before issuing the tar command to extract the Update Installer and maintenance package. The tar command unpacks a TAR file into the current working directory. So change directories to the installation root directory to make it the working directory, as in the following example for a WebSphere Application Server product.
   
   

   cd /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer tar -xvf  /tmp/downloads/ 6.0.0-WS-WAS-SolarisSparc-RP0000002.tar

   The V6.0.2 downloadable package contains both the Update Installer and the actual V6.0.2 maintenance package. The V6.0.2 Update Installer for WebSphere Software is in the install_root/updateinstaller directory. The maintenance package is in the install_root/updateinstaller/maintenance directory.

9. Check the Recommended updates page to see if the Update Installer has been updated since the V6.0.2 file was created.
   
   If so, download and unpack the new Update Installer into the installation root directory to replace the Update Installer files that are in V6.0.2.
   
   
   
10. (Optional) Delete the TAR file if you need more space.
    
    
11. Open a command shell window and change directories to the install_root/bin directory of the product that you are updating.
    


    cd install_root/bin

12. Using the same command shell, source the setupCmdLine.sh command:
    


    . ./setupCmdLine.sh

13. Using the same command shell, switch to the updateinstaller directory to clone the SDK to begin the update.
    


    cd install_root/updateinstaller

    Use the following command to clone the Java 2 Software Development Kit (SDK) that the product uses, so that you can update the original SDK when you install the maintenance package:

    ./update -silent  -W relaunch.active=false

14. Using the same command shell, begin the update.
    


    Use the following command to install the last maintenance package that you downloaded and unpacked:

    ./update -silent

    The Update Installer wizard runs as a background process and does not display the graphical user interface when running in silent mode. Or, use the following command to specify a maintenance package to install:

    ./update -silent -W / maintenance.package=./maintenance/6.0.0-WS-WAS-SolarisSparc-RP0000002.pak

    Or, issue the update command without a parameter to start the graphical user interface:

    ./update

    Refer to the install_root/updateinstaller/docs/readme_updateinstaller.html file for detailed information about using the update command.