Generating reports about your software
You can use the maintenance reports provided in the Software Management task to obtain information that will help you maintain your software. The following table lists the reports, provides a brief description of each report, and supplies a link to additional information about each report.
Tip: To
hide, re-display, or discard your reports,
complete the steps provided in help topic Managing maintenance reports.
Report | Description | Additional Information |
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End of Service | Helps you determine if any of the products contained in your software instances are approaching or have reached end of service support. | Determining if your software is nearing end of service |
Missing Critical Service | Helps you determine if any unresolved PE PTFs, HIPERs, or other exception SYSMODs identified by ERROR HOLDDATA are contained in your software instances, and helps you identify the SYSMODs that will resolve those exceptions. | Identifying missing HIPER or PE fixes |
Missing FIXCAT SYSMODs | Helps you identify any unsatisfied hardware or software requisites that are required for a specific category of software fixes. | Identifying missing SYSMODs by fix category |
Software Instance Comparison | Helps you determine the functional and service differences between two software instances. | Comparing the SYSMODs in two software instances |
Software Instance Validation | Helps you verify that the software libraries that are associated with a software instance exist and contain the appropriate parts. | Verifying the integrity of your software instance |
SYSMOD Search | Helps you determine if your software instances contain the SYSMODs in which you are interested. This could be useful in determining if you already installed a suggested fix or security APAR and how many software instances are affected by a specific PE PTF. | Searching your software for specific SYSMODs |
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