Upgrading WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base

Optionally upgrading WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base to the latest supported version.

About this task

This is an optional step you might want to perform before you upgrade the Dynamic Workload Console and the master components in the following scenarios:

Performing a direct upgrade from version 9.5.0.x to version 10.1.0.x. For the full list of steps, see Performing a direct upgrade from v 9.5.0.x to v 10.1.0.x.
Installing a fix pack, for example from version 10.1. to version 10.1.0.x. For the full list of steps, see Installing the fix pack.

Perform the following steps to upgrade WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base to the latest supported version on the workstations hosting the Dynamic Workload Console and the master components

Procedure

Download WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base from Recommended updates for WebSphere Application Server Liberty.
Each WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base image is packaged as a .jar file named wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar.
Check the release notes or the latest readme to ensure the latest WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base version is supported by HCL Workload Automation. You can find the Release Notes at Product Requirements, while the link to the latest readme is available in Fix pack readmes.
Stop the application server as described in Application server - starting and stopping.
Also stop HCL Workload Automation and all other applications running on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base instance.
Optionally create a backup of the current WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base instance in a directory different from the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation directory.
Uninstall WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.
Install WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base by extracting the archive file to a directory of your choice.
On Windows operating systems
```
java -jar liberty_download_dir\wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar 
--acceptLicense install_dir
```
On UNIX operating systems
```
java -jar liberty_download_dir/wlp-base-all-fix_pack.jar 
--acceptLicense install_dir
```
where:

liberty_download_dir

The directory where you downloaded WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.

install_dir

The directory where you want to upgrade WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base.
Note: Install the new WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base in the exact location of the previous WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base installation.
Restart the application server as described in Application server - starting and stopping.
Also restart HCL Workload Automation and all other applications running on the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base instance.

What to do next

You have now successfully upgraded WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base and can proceed to Updating the Dynamic Workload Console.