Step 3: Choose your fix installation scenario

You can install many kinds of fixes including cumulative PTF packages, HIPER fixes, i5/OS™ and other licensed program fixes, and fixes for the Licensed Internal Code.

Factors that can influence the method you choose include your environment (logical partitions), how you received your fixes (electronically or on media), or the type of device that you want to use (image catalog).

• Install cumulative PTF packages
  This topic describes the steps for installing a cumulative PTF package from a physical or virtual device.
• Install fixes received as save files
  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.
• Install fixes from media
  Fixes are either sent to your system over the electronic customer support service link or received on distribution media such as CD-ROM.
• Distribute fixes to multiple servers with iSeries Navigator
  If you have a network of iSeries™ servers that you want to keep at the same fix level, find out how simple your servers are to manage when you use the Compare and Update wizard. Find out how to install your fixes on remote systems with iSeries™ Navigator.
• Install fixes on systems with logical partitions
  Even though the basic steps of installing a fix on a system with logical partitions are the same as on a system without logical partitions, there are some items that you need to be aware of before you begin to install your fixes.
• Install fixes on systems managed by Hardware Management Console
  This topic describes how to install i5/OS fixes when your system is managed by the Hardware Management Console.
• Install fixes from an image catalog
  This topic discusses how you can use an image catalog to install PTFs that you receive on physical media or that you received using FTP when you downloaded fixes from Fix Central.