Installing service on Windows

Apply maintenance updates and program fixes to runtime components.

Before you can apply maintenance to WebSphere® Event Broker, download the update, which is typically a fix pack, as described in Applying service to runtime components.
Fix packs are supplied as self-extracting executable programs. To install the updates that you have downloaded:
  1. Ensure that the user ID you are logged on with is a member of the Windows® Administrator group in the local security domain. If you can, use the same user ID as the one that you used for installing WebSphere Event Broker.
  2. Ensure that all WebSphere Event Broker function is stopped:
    1. Stop the Configuration Manager, the User Name Server, and all brokers on this computer by using the mqsistop command, or by stopping the Windows services for these components from Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services.
    2. Close all instances of the workbench.
    3. Ensure that you do not have any WebSphere Event Broker files open.
  3. Close all Windows programs before applying maintenance to WebSphere Event Broker to ensure that data is not lost.
  4. Start of changeRun the fix pack self-extracting program from either Windows Explorer or the command line.

    The program is referred to as FixPackLauncher and its name is in the form V.R.M-prod-platform-fixpack.exe, where V.R.M-prod represents the version, release, and modification level of the product, -platform identifies the platform, and -fixpack identifies the fix pack.

    For example, the file name 6.0.0-WS-EB-WIN32-FP0006.exe identifies the file for Fix Pack 6 on Version 6.0.0 of WebSphere Event Broker on Windows.
    • If you start this program from Windows Explorer, or you start it from the command line with no options, the FixPackLauncher runs with default options. It extracts the updates from the fix pack file, and starts the WebSphere Event Broker installation program in graphical mode.
    • If you run the program from the command line with options, you can choose the mode in which it runs, and how the WebSphere Event Broker installation program runs.

      For further details of how you can install, and other options that you can specify, see Modes of installation and uninstallation.

      If you start this program from a directory other than the one in which the file is saved, you must include the fully qualified path of the file and its name.

      Graphical mode
      Use the following command format:
      FixPackLauncher -a -gui

      -gui specifies that you want the installation program to run in graphical mode. Graphical is the default mode if you specify only FixPackLauncher.

      For example, use either of the following commands

      6.0.0-WS-EB-WIN32-FP0006.exe
      6.0.0-WS-EB-WIN32-FP0006.exe -a -gui
      Console mode
      Use the following command format:
      FixPackLauncher -a -console

      -console specifies that you want the installation program to run in console mode. You must specify this option if you want the installation to run in this mode.

      For example:

      6.0.0-WS-EB-WIN32-FP0006.exe -a -console
      Silent mode
      Use the following command format:
      FixPackLauncher -s -a -options "path" -silent

      -s specifies that you want the extraction to run in silent mode. You must specify this option if you want the extraction to be completed in this mode.

      -a specifies that you want to pass options to the installation program.

      -options "path" specifies the path to the silent installation response file.

      -silent specifies that you want the installation program to run in silent mode.

      If you do not specify a response file, the default options are used from the supplied response file. If you want to tailor the options to suit your installation requriements, create your own response file and specify its location on the command.

      For example, to run both the extractor program and the WebSphere Event Broker installation program silently with a response file, enter the following command:

      FixPackLauncher -s -a -options "C:\response1.txt" -silent
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  5. If you run the WebSphere Event Broker installation program in graphical or console mode, follow the prompts given and provide any input that is required to complete the installation.
  6. If you run the fix pack installation program or the WebSphere Event Broker installation program silently, check the installation log to ensure that the process was successful. File mqsi6_install.log is stored in your home directory,

    Start of changeThe location of your home directory is typically C:\Documents and Settings\UserID. If you are unsure of your home directory, enter echo %HOMEPATH% on the command line; your home directory is displayed.End of change

  7. When installation has successfully completed, review the release notes that are supplied in the directory readmes, and complete any manual post-installation tasks that are required.
  8. Start of changeRestart the components by using the mqsistart command.End of change
Related tasks
Applying service to the Message Brokers Toolkit
Uninstalling service for runtime components
Finding the latest information
Related reference
Modes of installation and uninstallation
Using response files
mqsistart command
mqsistop command
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