Datastage Client Patch Installation Steps

Datastage Client Patch Installation Steps:
This post will help you to install patch/updates in datastage client machine.


 Kindly follow below instruction for installing Patches/Updates on datastage client machine. Copy the installation files from IBM sites. and keep those files into updates folder and follow below steps to complete the instalation.

·                     Windows: (All tiers)

a.           Log in as a user with administrator privileges to install update packages. Use the same user name that you used to install IBM InfoSphere Information Server to ensure that you have the correct privileges.

b.           Open a command prompt window.

Windows Vista, Windows 2008, and Windows 7 must open an elevated command window. To install update packages, you must use a command window that is elevated to full administrative privileges.

                             i.                Click the Start menu.

                            ii.                Enter cmd.exe in the Start Search box.

                           iii.                Press Ctrl+Shift+Enter.

                          iv.                Click Continue to accept the prompt asking for your permission to continue.

c.           In the command prompt window, type the following command to start the Update Installer program in the C:\IBM\InformationServer\Updates\bin directory:

·                                             Graphical (wizard) mode:

installUpdates.exe

Note: Graphical mode opens a web browser. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to complete the installation.

·                                             Console mode:

installUpdates.exe -console

Enter the required values as you are prompted during the installation.

d.           Alternatively, you can provide all of the parameters and values and enter the following command to install an update package as shown in the following example:

e. installUpdates.exe -installLocation C:\IBM\InformationServer

f. -patchPackage C:\IBM\InformationServer\Updates\Downloads\UpdatePackageName

g. -user isadmin -password isadminpassword -wasadmin WebSphereUsername

h.            -waspassword WebSpherePassword -console -verbose

i.             where:

·                                             UpdatePackageName = the update package that you want to install

·                                             isadmin = InfoSphere Information Server administrator user

·                                             isadminpassword = InfoSphere Information Server administrator password

·                                             WebSphereUsername = WebSphere Application Server user name

·                                             WebSpherePassword = WebSphere Application Server password