Install PTFs

The PTF Group for Websphere Application Server - Express includes the PTF Groups for IBM DB2, Java, and HTTP Server. The group PTFs must be loaded and applied prior to starting WebSphere Application Server - Express for the first time.

See the PTFs page to determine which group PTF you must order and install for your WebSphere Application Server - Express edition and for your i5/OS release level.

All product prerequisites must be installed before you install the group PTF packages, or WebSphere Application Server - Express may fail when it is started. For example, the Java PTFs are not installed if IBM Developer Kit for Java 1.3 (5722-JV1, Option 5) is not installed on the server.

These instructions describe how to install the WebSphere Application Server - Express for iSeries group PTFs:

Note: Because some of these PTFs in the Group PTF may require a restart of your iSeries server, the instructions include steps for placing the server in a restricted state and doing the IPL of the server. If it is not convenient to restart your server, you can simply load and apply the PTFs specifying that the PTFs requiring an IPL be applied at the next normal IPL of the server. However, you should not attempt to start or use the WebSphere Application Server - Express environment until all of the PTFs have been successfully loaded and applied.

Verify that all of the prerequisite software is installed.
Place the PTF CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive on your iSeries server.
Sign on to your server. Your user profile must have *ALLOBJ authority.
Enter this command to bring your system into a restricted state:
```
ENDSBS SBS(*ALL)
```
Enter this command from an CL command line when the system is in a restricted state:
```
GO PTF
```
Select option 8 (Install program temporary fix package) from the menu.

Specify these parameter values and press Enter:

Device: (Specify the device name of your CD-ROM drive, for example, OPT01.)
Automatic IPL: Y
PTF type: 1 (All PTFs)

Note: If it is not convenient to restart your server, specify No for Automatic IPL.

		 Install Options for Program Temporary Fixes
		                                            System: your.server
Type choices, press Enter.

Device . . . . . . . . . . . . .      OPT01   Name, *SERVICE
Automatic IPL . . . . . . . . . .     Y       Y=Yes
                                              N=No
Restart type . . . . . . . . . .      *SYS    *SYS, *FULL
PTF type . . . . . . . . . . . .      1	      1=All PTFs
                                              2=HIPER PTFs and HIPER
                                                  LIC fixes only
                                              3=HIPER LIC fixes only
                                              4=Refreshed Licensed Internal Code
Other options . . . . . . . . . .     N       Y=Yes
                                              N=No
F3=Exit		F12=Cancel

After all of the PTFs have been installed, your iSeries server restarts.

After you have installed the group PTFs, see the product release notes for information about the release, including a description of known problems and workarounds. The release notes are available on the WebSphere Application Server - Express documentation page .