Chapter 10. Product Maintenance
An important role of a WebSphere administrator is to ensure that the product is up-to-date and patched accordingly. IBM frequently makes product updates available as they release improvements as part of their product lifecycles. The goal of this chapter is to instruct you on the options available to you to locate and download product updates, then apply them in the correct manner to your WebSphere Application Server installation.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
Locating and downloading updates
Update installers
Applying updates
Verification of updates
Silent updates
Feature packs
Interim features and fixes
Backing up your system
Installer logs
Troubleshooting tips
Understanding updates
All software products can have defects often termed as bugs. Product updates are often released to address known defects. IBM WebSphere has an aggressive product update strategy to keep your product up-to-date, stable, and secure, which will ensure that applications...
