Fixes are either sent to your system over the electronic customer support service link or received on distribution media such as CD-ROM, depending on the size and number of fixes that you ordered.
If the fixes are sent over the electronic customer support service link, you can select to receive them as save files or as images. If you receive them as save files, they are stored in library QGPL. You can use either Management Central or the GO PTF menu to install fixes that you received as save files. For fixes received as images, refer to Install fixes from an image catalog.
Because Management Central uses inventory for many of its tasks, the inventory becomes out of date after actions are performed on endpoint systems that change the state of an item in the inventory. You need to ensure that your inventory is current before you perform the install fixes task with Management Central.
Before you install fixes using Management Central, ensure that your inventory is current. Management Central uses inventory for many of its tasks. The inventory becomes out of date after actions are performed on endpoint systems that change the state of an item in the inventory.