Installing Fixes from Passport Advantage Online

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About this task

You can install the latest fixes directly from the IBM Passport Advantage Online website on a single machine. Use this method when you want to install the latest versions of fixes, or if you want to install on a single machine, and the machine can go outside your corporate firewall.

To install fixes from Passport Advantage Online:

Procedure

  1. Start the Update Manager application (command line or graphic interface) in online mode as described in Connecting to Passport Advantage Online.
  2. Go to Manage fixes and select Install fixes from Passport Advantage Online.
  3. Select a product directory for which to list available fixes on Passport Advantage Online or specify a test patch key to find a specific support patch for the selected product installation.

    To list the latest fixes that are available for all products you have licensed from IBM, do not select a product directory. This list of fixes can change over time when a given product version reaches its end of maintenance date. After the end of maintenance date you can only see the latest fixes if you have extended maintenance available for your products.

    You can also specify the location of a script that Update Manager will run to install fixes from Passport Advantage Online.

  4. Check which fixes are available for a product.
    (Deprecated) You can view the fix contents and readme of each fix on the list.
    Read the readmes of the fixes you intend to install to check for critical information or steps you must perform before or after you install the fixes.
  5. Select the fixes you want to install from the product tree.
    If a product requires a shutdown before fix updates, Update Manager will ask for the product connection details to shut down the product. Update Manager installs the selected fixes and any other fixes that the selected fixes depend on or require.