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<h1 class="topictitle1">Package and send your own software products using <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span></h1>
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<div><p><span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />You can also use <span class="keyword">iSeries™ Navigator</span> to
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package and send your own software products from one i5/OS™ server or logical partition to another <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> server or logical partition.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></p>
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<div class="section"> <p>Product packaging enables you to make your application programs
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into a packaged product that is installed and maintained in the same manner
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as the IBM<sup>®</sup>
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licensed programs. Once your application has been packaged as a product, you
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can manage all of the objects for that application as a single entity. Several
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methods are available that allow you to package your own products:</p>
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<ul><li>Product and package function in <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span></li>
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<li><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><span class="keyword">IBM System Manager for i5/OS</span> licensed
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program<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></li>
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<li><a href="../apis/sw1.htm">Software Product
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APIs</a></li>
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</ul>
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<p>One of the advantages to packaging your application with <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> is that it is part of the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> operating system; and therefore,
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involves no additional cost. With <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span>,
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you can distribute your applications and fixes in the same way that you distribute <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> licensed programs. You can
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track your fixes the same way as you track IBM fixes. A product definition contains
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all the information that you need to send and install a product across multiple
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systems.</p>
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<p>You need to create a product definition before you can package,
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or convert, your application into a product that your server recognizes as
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a product. The source system on which you create the product definition is
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used to manage the product. To package and distribute a product, do the following:</p>
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<ol><li class="stepexpand"><span>Create a product definition by following these steps:</span> <ol type="a"><li>In <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span>, expand <span class="uicontrol">Management
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Central</span>.</li>
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<li>Expand <span class="uicontrol">Definitions</span>.</li>
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<li>Right-click <span class="uicontrol">Product</span> and select <span class="uicontrol">New Definition</span>.</li>
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<li>Follow the wizard's instructions for creating a new product definition.
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The source system on which you create the Management Central product definition
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is used to manage the product. <p>As part of the wizard, you can indicate
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that you want to prompt users to accept a license agreement when the product
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is installed. Add the license documents from the Add License Documents dialog.
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For information on how to create these license documents, see <a href="../rzam8/rzam8swagreegenerate.htm">Generate online software
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agreements for your own products</a>.</p>
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</li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Install the product on the source system.</span></li>
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<li class="stepexpand"><span>Send and install the product on other systems by following these
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steps:</span> <ol type="a"><li>In <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span>, expand <span class="uicontrol">Management
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Central</span>.</li>
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<li>Expand <span class="uicontrol">Definitions</span>.</li>
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<li>Select <span class="uicontrol">Product</span>.</li>
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<li>Right-click the product definition that you want to send to and install
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on a target system and select <span class="uicontrol">Send and Install</span>.</li>
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<li>Follow the wizard's instructions for installing the product definition
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on a target system. Clicking <span class="uicontrol">Finish</span> causes the product
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to be sent and installed on the target system, and the status changes from <span class="uicontrol">Installed</span> to <span class="uicontrol">Managed</span>. <div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Note:</span> <ul><li>Only product definitions that have a status of <span class="uicontrol">Installed</span> or <span class="uicontrol">Managed</span> can
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be sent and installed.</li>
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<li>Only fixes that have been applied are sent when you send and install a
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product.</li>
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<div class="section"> <p>Because the product is installed on the source system, the product
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is available to be managed. A status of <span class="uicontrol">Managed</span> means
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that the definition can no longer be changed. To make any changes to the product
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for the current release requires that you generate a fix.</p>
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<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />After
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you have installed the product on the source system, you can generate fixes
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to that product. For information on how to do this, see <a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixobtaingenerate.htm">Generate fixes for
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installed products using Management Central</a>.<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<p>Detailed task help
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is available from the <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> window.
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Click <span class="uicontrol">Help</span> from the menu bar and select <span class="uicontrol">Help
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Topics</span>. Select <span class="uicontrol">What can I do with . . .?</span> to
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find out what you can do and where you need to be in the <span class="keyword">iSeries Navigator</span> window
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to make it happen. </p>
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<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" /><strong>What to do next:</strong><img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<p><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />After
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you package and send your own software products, send your fixes that you
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have generated. For specific information, see <a href="../rzam8/rzam8fixinstallremote.htm">Send and install fixes</a>. <img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></p>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="rzai4distswinav.htm" title="iSeries Navigator allows you to logically group a number of programs and files on a source i5/OS server or logical partition and distribute those objects to one or more target i5/OS servers or logical partitions. It is the quickest and most efficient way to distribute one or more licensed programs, your own software products, fixes, or user libraries.">Distribute software using iSeries Navigator</a></div>
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