Code fixes

IBM® iSeries™ Integrated Server Support code fixes provide the most current and error-free code possible without requiring you to wait for the next software release. They update the iSeries Integrated Server Support code that enables Microsoft® Windows server to run on the integrated server and are separate from the service packs for Windows itself, which you must get from Microsoft.

Read about the Types of code fixes.

The process of installing code fixes on your integrated servers is called synchronization. When you synchronize an integrated server, the integration software ensures that the integration software on the integrated server is at the same service pack and release level as the i5/OS™ integration software. The level of code on the Windows side is dependant on the level of code on the i5/OS side.

When you use the integration software to synchronize an integrated server, there are potentially four actions which you may cause to occur 'under the covers'.

  1. If i5/OS has been upgraded to a new release, for example, from V5R3 to V5R4, the software for the new release will replace that of the old release.
  2. If a new IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support service pack has been installed on i5/OS, it will be copied over to the integrated server.
  3. If an IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support service pack has been removed from i5/OS, it will be removed from the integrated server as well, and replaced with the code currently existing in i5/OS.
  4. If the i5/OS integration code and integrated server code are at the same level, the synchronization operation can still be performed. This allows for recovery of a deleted or damaged file on the integrated server.

In all cases the integrated server will be brought to the same level of software which exists in i5/OS.

There are three ways to perform a synchronization

If you have problems performing a synchronization, see IBM iSeries Integrated Server Support snap-in program.