Run the installation program to update the IBM®
Sametime® 9.0.1 Meeting Server to Feature Pack
1.
Before you begin
To prevent users from using the system during the upgrade, stop the Sametime servers in the deployment, except the Sametime System Console and Deployment Manager. Leave the WebSphere® Application
Server running.
About this task
While upgrading the Sametime Meeting Server, you might
need to download the most recent Installation Manager and update the WebSphere Network Deployment.
Procedure
Complete the following steps on every Sametime Meeting Server in your deployment:
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Prepare the server for updating to Feature
Pack 1.
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On the computer where you will install the Sametime
Meeting Server, log on as root (Linux™) or as the system
administrator (Microsoft™
Windows™).
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Download the FP1 update for this server from IBM Fix
Central.
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Extract all downloaded packages.
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Upgrade IBM Installation
Manager.
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Upgrade IBM
WebSphere Network Deployment.
Attention:
WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment must
be updated to V8.5.5.11 using Installation Manager V1.8.4.1 or later on all Sametime Proxy Servers
and WebSphere proxy servers.
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Verify that the
SSCConnector.ear module is mapped to a valid server or cluster.
Important: If this setting is mapped incorrectly, then the upgrade will fail.
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Start Installation Manager by running the following command:
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Disable the automatic web update search to allow the installation to run successfully.
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Set the repository location by completing the following steps:
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In the Installation Manager window, click .
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On the Preferences page, click .
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Add the repository for the Sametime Meeting Server
installation package:
- On the Repositories page, click Add Repository.
- On the Add Repository page, click Browse.
- On the Select Repository page, browse to the location where you stored the
extracted files for Sametime Meeting Server, and open the
STMeetings subdirectory.
- Click the repository.config file to select it, and then click
Apply.
- Deselect any listed repositories that you will not use for installing the Sametime Meeting Server.
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Click OK.
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Back in the main Installation Manager window, click
Update.
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Select IBM Sametime Server Platform package group and click
Next.
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Accept the terms in the license agreements, and click Next.
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On the Update Packages screen, ensure that IBM Sametime Meeting Server
9.0.1 is selected, then click Next.
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In the Common Configurations window, supply values for connecting to the
Sametime System Console, and then click
Next:
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Provide the WebSphere administrator user name and
password for the Sametime Meeting Server that you are
updating, and then click Validate.
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Review the summary, then click Upgrade to start the update.
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When the update is complete, click Finish.
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Click Exit to close Installation Manager.
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Remap the virtual host for the Sametime Meeting
Server applications. Return to the navigation pane, and click
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.
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On the Configuration page, click Virtual hosts in the Web
Module Properties section.
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In the Virtual host column, verify that the virtual host is defined
correctly as in step 3 of the procedure Setting up a distinct virtual host for a Sametime Meeting Server or cluster
(stmeetings_host in this example).
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Restart the Sametime Meeting Server and Meeting
Server node(s) for the changes to take effect.