WebSphere Application Server

Updated: July 28, 2006

PTFs for WebSphere Application Server – Express, V5.0 for iSeries are shipped via a Group PTF. This Group PTF allows all prerequisite PTFs to be shipped and installed as a singlepackage. The group PTF includes the most current group PTFs (most current at the time of ordering) for the following products:

• DB2/400
• Java/400
• IBM HTTP Server
• IBM Business Solutions

In addition to these Group PTFs, the Express Group PTF may also include additional PTFs which are not a part of any group PTF or cumulative PTF package. See the OS/400 Group PTFs web page to view the contents of a particular group PTF. See the following topics for information on the Express group PTF number, required cumulative PTF package, required level of group PTFs for DB2/400, Java/400 and IBM HTTP Server, and any additional PTFs which are not part of a group or cumulative PTF package.

• Cumulative Package
• WebSphere Application Server – Express Group PTF
• Other Group PTFs
• Previous Levels of Group PTF

The recommended preventive service procedure for WebSphere Application Server – Express for iSeries is to periodically apply the most recent version of the appropriate group PTF. All of the PTFs listed in a group PTF must be applied together.

Cumulative Package
This level (V5.0.2.18) of WebSphere Application Server – Express,V5.0 was tested with the V5R2 Cumulative PTF Package C6080520. You may be able to successfully run with an earlier or later cumulative PTF package.

WebSphere Application Server – Express Group PTF
The latest version of the WebSphere Application Server – Express, V5.0 for iSeries Group PTF contains fixes required to run the product and upgrades the product to version 5.0.2.18. The following is the Group PTF number for the WebSphere Application Server – Express, V5.0 for iSeries product:

Click on the link to display the Group PTF coverletter:

• 5722IWE - SF99271

The following command may be executed on the iSeries to display the current WebSphere Application Server – Express, V5.0 for iSeries product version:

• WRKPTFGRP SF99271
  • Specify option 5 on the option line next to the group PTF to display it. The output should be as follows:
    

    PTF group:		SF99271
    Level:		29
    Text:		WAS – Express V5.0.2.18 5722IWE
    Status:		Installed

  Note: The Level field is not the WebSphere Application Server – Express level. It is the number of times the group PTF has been updated.

Please view the the WebSphere Application Server – Express V5.0 for iSeries Release Notes for Version 5.0.2 for installation instructions and information about known problems.

Other Group PTFs
The following table lists the iSeries Group PTFs that are included in the WebSphere Application Server – Express Group PTF, along with the versions that were tested with WebSphere Application Server – Express, V5.0 for iSeries. You should have the listed versions or newer installed on your iSeries system. The WebSphere Application Server – Express for iSeries group PTF always includes the most recent version of the group PTFs listed.