Generate fixes for installed products using Management Central

Use iSeries™ Navigator to generate fixes for the packaged products that you have defined and installed on your server.

A product is an application program that can be packaged with Management Central. Management Central gives you the capability to package your own products and distribute them to other systems in your network. As is true for most products, once you have installed the product, you can encounter situations when you need to provide fixes to correct problems or potential problems found within your installed product.

To generate fixes for non-IBM software that you have defined and installed, follow these steps:

  1. In iSeries Navigator, expand Management Central.
  2. Expand Definitions.
  3. Select Product.
  4. Right-click the product definition that you want to generate fixes for and select Generate Fix. The product definition must have a status of Installed or Managed.
  5. Specify the appropriate information for the Generate Fix dialog. Click OK. A fix is created on the source system, but the fix is not yet installed.
  6. Start of changeInstall the fix. (See Install fixes).End of change

Start of changeFor information about what criteria an object must meet to be part of a fix, see the Create Program Temporary Fix API available from the software product APIs.End of change

Parent topic: Build and manage your own software products