Websphere upgrade example steps
WAS6.0.0ND to WAS6.0.2.3ND
Install WAS6.0.0(AppServer,IHS,Plugin)
Create a Deployment manager profile in profile creation wizard and a custom profile in the same wizard.(Keep All Value Default)
Do not start anything (any node or node manager)(else upgradation will not be successful)
If by mistake you have started then go and stop them all use the following commands to stop them all.
1. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/stopNode.sh -profileName Custom01
2. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/stopManager.sh
Update to WAS6.0.2ND
Untar and copy the updateinstaller folders to /opt/IBM/Websphere/AppServer/ , /opt/IBM/IBMIHS/Updateinstaller, /opt/IBM/Websphere/plugin for WAS Appserver, IHS , Plugin respectively
Go to each of the updateinstaller folders from there run “./update” and update it
/Appserver/updateinstaller
/IBMIHS/updateinstaller
/Websphere/Plugin/updateinstaller
Once updation finishes rename all the folders like updateinstaller602ND to avoid over writting by WAS6023ND updateinstaller folder.
Upgradation to WAS 6.0.2.3ND
Copy all the extracted( use tar -xvf
/opt/IBM/Websphere/AppServer/ , /opt/IBM/IBMIHS/Updateinstaller, /opt/IBM/Websphere/plugin
Run update in each folder
If any error like java is still running appears during updating then run the three commands to stop them.
1. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/stopNode.sh -profileName Custom01
2. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/stopManager.sh
3. ps -eaf | grep -i ibm
If still any ports are used then kill them all.(cmd: kill -9 processid’s)
Once all Updation completes follow the below given steps:
To make the server up do run the following commands:
1. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/startNode.sh -profileName Custom01
2. /opt/IBM/WebSphere/AppServer/bin/startManager.sh
Once server is up then
Browse to URL http://
or http://
If still the console is not comming then try with the ipaddress instead of host name
http://
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