updateSilent command 

Use the updateSilent command to run the update wizard in silent mode.

Purpose

The updateSilent command:

• Installs fixes

• Uninstalls fixes

• Reports on the current state of applied fixes
  

Note: The updateSilent command was called the updateLC command in previous releases of IBM Connections.

updateSilent.{sh|bat}

Parameters

-?

Displays command usage information.

/?

Displays command usage information.

-configProperties<propertyFile>.properties

Specifies an externally supplied properties file containing IBM Connections properties and values. When specifying properties in a file, use the following conventions:

• Do not include trailing spaces after property values

• Do not enclose values in quotation marks

• When typing directory paths, use a forward slash (/) instead of a backward slash (\) regardless of the operating system

-fix

Identifies the update as an interim fix update.

-fixDetails

Instructs the command to display interim fix detail information.

-fixDir<directory>

Specifies the fully qualified directory to which you downloaded the interim fixes. The recommended directory is lotus_connections_root/update/fixes.

-fixes<fix1> <fix2>

Specifies a list of space-delimited interim fixes to install or uninstall.

-fixJars<JAR_file1> <JAR_file2>

Specifies a list of space-delimited interim fix JAR files to install or uninstall. Each JAR file has one or more interim fixes.

-help

Displays command usage information.

/help

Displays command usage information.

-install

Installs the update.

-installDir<directory>

Specifies the fully qualified installation root of the IBM Connections product. By default, this directory is lotus_connections_root.
Note: If you are applying an interim fix to applications in a cluster, apply the fix to the first node and then do a full synchronization to push the fix to the other nodes.

-uninstall

Uninstalls the identified fix.

-uninstallAll

Uninstalls all applied interim fixes.

-updateApplication<application_name>

Optional. Indicates that you want to update a subset of IBM Connections applications. Specify the application names as follows:

• activities

• blogs

• bookmarks

• communities

• files

• forums

• homepage

• profiles

• wikis
  

Use a comma or space to delimit multiple applications. If you want to update all applications, do not use this parameter. You cannot use this parameter to apply interim fixes to a specific set of applications.

-usage

Displays command usage information.

-wasPassword<password>

Required to install or uninstall. Identifies the succeeding text as a WAS dmgr administrative user password.

-wasUserId<AdminUserId>

Required to install or uninstall. Specifies the user ID of the WAS administrative user.

Syntax

Use the specified syntax to perform the following common tasks:

• To display command usage information:

  updateSilent -help | -? | /help | /? | -usage

  
  

• To process a fix:
  updateSilent -installDir <lotus_connections_root> -fix -fixDir <lotus_connections_root/update/fixes> -install | -uninstall | uninstallAll -fixes <space-delimited list of fixes> -fixJars <space-delimited list of JAR files> -wasUserId <AdminUserId> -wasPassword <AdminPwd> [-configProperties "property file name and path"] [-fixDetails]
  

• To display a list of applied fixes:
  updateSilent -fix -installDir <lotus_connections_root>
  

• To display a list of available fixes:
  updateSilent -fix -installDir <lotus_connections_root> -fixDir <lotus_connections_root/update/fixes>
  

Examples

The following examples demonstrate how to perform common tasks with the updateSilent command. They assume the following conditions:

• The location of the update wizard is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections\update
  

• The IBM Connections installation root is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections

• The fix repository is: C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes
  

Note: The examples include carriage returns after each parameter to make the example easier to read. When using the command, do not add carriage returns after the parameters.

To install a collection of interim fixes:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller 
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" 
   -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2
   -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd

To install a collection of interim fixes and display interim fix details:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller 
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" 
   -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2 -fixDetails
   -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd

To install a collection of interim fixes using a custom properties file:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller 
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" 
   -install -fixes Fix1 Fix2
   -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd
   -configProperties .\myProp.properties

To install interim fixes from a Java™ archive (JAR) file:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller 
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" 
   -install -fixJar Fix1
   -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd      

To uninstall a collection of interim fixes:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller 
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes" 
   -uninstall -fixes Fix1 Fix2
   -wasUserId wsadmin -wasPassword wspwd

To display a list of interim fixes:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller
   updateSilent -fix
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 

To display a list of interim fixes available in the repository:

   C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller
   updateSilent -fix 
   -installDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections" 
   -fixDir "C:\IBM\LotusConnections\updateInstaller\fixes"

Parent topic

Install interim fixes in silent mode

   

 

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