WDSC Fixpacks

WDSC 6.0

This IBM site has useful info on installing or updating V6.0...

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?rs=715&context=SSZND2&dc=D410&dc=D430&dc=D400&dc=D420&dc=DB550&q1=WDSC+6.0.1&uid=swg24010773&loc=en_US&cs=utf-8&lang=en

WDSC 7.0

http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24016073

• To install a WDSC fixpack, you cannot use the Workbench's Window->Update.
• You must use the IBM Installation Manager.
• Start->All programs->IBM Installation Manager. Choose Update Packages.

• I strongly advise looking at the README before doing this!

How to determine the version of WDSC you are running

• Start->All Programs->IBM Installation Manager->View Installed Packages gives an XML file that has this URL: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\IBM\Installation Manager\installed.xml

For 7.0.0.4, this shows:

 IBM® WebSphere® Development Studio Client for iSeries® 
 V 7.0.0.4 (7.0.0.20071003_2001) 

Fix pack 7.0.0.6

Fix pack 6 for WDSC V7.0 was released on or about 24 June 2008. The previous fix pack was fix pack 4: there is no fix pack 3 or 5. Fix packs are cumulative: fix pack 6 contains all previous fixes released in fix packs 1, 2 and 4.

The fix pack can be installed only through the Installation Manager. Installation manager can download the fix pack either real-time, or you can download a .zip file, extract that and point Installation Manager to that location instead of the Web.

• WDSC Fix pack 7.0.0.6 home page
• WDSC Release Notes
• WDSC Downloadable zip (1.16GB)

• WDSC AE Fix pack 7.0.0.6 home page.
• WDSC AE Release Notes
• WDSC AE Downloadable zips

Instructions on installing the fix pack are in the release notes cited above. The installation says to stop WDSC and all programs opened by it (like a help session in a browser.) I am personally more cautious and reboot prior to the installation process. Steps I follow:

• At the end of my work day, visit the IBM .zip file download site above, start the download.
• Close down WDSC.
• Make a copy of my workspace folder - all of it.
• Go home.
• In the morning, unzip the .zip file to a temporary directory.
  • Fix pack 6 .zip file is 1.16GB, and the unzipped directory is 1.19GB, so have at least 2.5BG of free disk space available to try the .zip method!
• Once the .zip file is extracted, reboot
• Start → All Programs → IBM Installation Manager
• Don't choose Update! Instead, choose File → Preferences → Repositories.
  • Add a new repository and drill down into your temporary directory until you find wdsc\updates\repository.config
• Start the update. On my machine, it took about an hour to complete.
• The first time you start WDSC will take longer (maybe 10 minutes more.)