IBM Sterling Commerce 9.2, 9.2.1, 9.3 Apply Fix Pack (FP) without IBM Installation Manager

Since 9.2, Sterling Commerce installation and FP are integrated with IBM Installation Manager. It might not be possible or desirable to use IBM Installation Manager (imcl) in all scenarios.

It is possible to install IBM Sterling Commerce FP (Fix Pack) without IBM Installation Manager (imcl).

First, download the fix pack. For example, you can download the SMCFS 9.3.0 FP from IBM Fix central:
http://www-933.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/swg/selectFixes?parent=ibm~Other%2Bsoftware&product=ibm/Other+software/Sterling+Selling+and+Fulfillment+Foundation&release=9.3.0&platform=All&function=all

After download the installer (In the example 9.3.0.0-Sterling-SSFF-All-fp0009.zip for SMCFS 9.3.0 FP 9). Unzip it and you should have something like:

[scmfsuser@pocsea03 SSFS0009]$ ls -lh * -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 3.5K Dec 22 05:34 Files_Modified.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 3.1K Dec 22 05:34 Fix_Pack_Installation.txt -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser   74 Dec 22 05:34 repository.config -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 1.6K Dec 22 05:34 repository.xml atoc: total 8.0K -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser  788 Dec 22 05:34 atoc.xml drwxrwxr-x 2 demouser demouser 4.0K Dec 22 05:34 nq files: total 234M -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 234M Dec 22 05:34 Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 1.3K Dec 22 05:34 installfoundation93fp_9.3.0.9.xml Offerings: total 12K -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 1.4K Dec 22 05:34 com.ibm.is.commerce.foundation93fp_1.0.0.20141222_1704.jar -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 1.7K Dec 22 05:34 com.ibm.is.commerce.foundation93fp_1.0.0.20141222_1704_SE.jar -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser  342 Dec 22 05:34 toc.xml plugins: total 12K -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 11K Dec 22 05:34 com.ibm.is.sterling.sbi.locationcheck_9.3.0.jar ShareableEntities: total 12K -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser 3.3K Dec 22 05:34 com.ibm.is.commerce.foundation93fp_1.0.0.20141222_1704.su -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser  450 Dec 22 05:34 com.ibm.is.commerce.foundation93fp.main_1.0.0.20141222_1704.assembly -rw-rw-r-- 1 demouser demouser  255 Dec 22 05:34 toc.xml

The files that we are interested are in the "files" folder:

• installfoundation93fp_9.3.0.9.xml
  
• Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip
  

If your installfoundation93fp_9.3.0.9.xml is similar as the one below, you can

1. Unzip the Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip file
   
2. Utilize the InstallService.sh (or InstallService.cmd) in the Sterling Foundation's bin folder (example/opt/Sterling/Foundation/bin/InstallService.sh) to install the smcfs_93_FP9.jar
   

Command line Example from one environment:

[smcfsuser@pocsea03 ~]$ mkdir /opt/Sterling/Runtime/FPTemp [smcfsuser@pocsea03 ~]$ cd /opt/Sterling/Runtime/FPTemp [smcfsuser@pocsea03 FPTemp]$ unzip /opt/Sterling/fp/SSFS0009/files/Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip [smcfsuser@pocsea03 FPTemp]$ /opt/Sterling/Runtime/bin/InstallService.sh /opt/Sterling/Runtime/FPTemp/smcfs_93_FP9.jar

You should inspect the installfoundation93fp_9.3.0.9.xml file to verify if the FP is using the InstallService which is referred by ${INSTALL_SCRIPT}.



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<project name="IBM Sterling Foundation FixPack Install project" default="executefoundation93fp">
<target name="executefoundation93fp">
<mkdir dir="${FinalInstallDir}/FPtemp"/>
<unzip src="Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip" dest="${FinalInstallDir}/FPtemp"/>
<echo message="Executing InstallService on smcfs_93_FP9.jar"/>
<exec dir="${FinalInstallDir}/bin" executable="${FinalInstallDir}/bin/${INSTALL_SCRIPT}" resultproperty="installfoundation93fp.result" failonerror="true" output="${FinalInstallDir}/logs/Foundation93FP_PreInstallSI.log" logError="${FinalInstallDir}/logs/Foundation93FP_PreInstallSI.log" append="true">
<arg value="${FinalInstallDir}/FPtemp/smcfs_93_FP9.jar"/>

</exec>
<condition property="installfoundation93fp.success">
<equals arg1="${installfoundation93fp.result}" arg2="0" />
</condition>
<delete dir="${FinalInstallDir}/FPtemp"/>
<delete file="${FinalInstallDir}/Foundation93-FP9_9.3.0.9.zip"/>
</target>
</project>