Values on the View Updates in Progress window
The View Updates in Progress window contains elements and values with which you interact when you install software updates.
The View Updates in Progress window applies to the following tasks:
Updates in Progress
- Search field
- Provides a search capability for the list of update processes in the Updates in Progress table. Enter one or more characters of a value in any column to filter the list and more quickly find an update. As you type, the list dynamically filters to include only the update processes for software instances with values that match the string.
- Updates in Progress table
- Lists in-progress software update processes. You can sort the information for all columns except
Notes
. The table defaults to displaying 10 items per page. You can change the number of items that are displayed on each page, and you can toggle between the pages if not all software update processes are displayed on one page. Note that the search functionality queries the entire list of software update processes, not just those that are currently displayed. - For more information about the information that is displayed in the Updates in Progress table,
see Table 1.
Table 1. Columns in the Updates in Progress table Column Description Software Instance Name of the software instance on which the updates are installing. Zone Name of the software instance zone on which the updates are installing. System z/OSMF host system that has access to the volumes and data sets where the target software instance resides. For more information about systems, see Defining your systems to z/OSMF. Type The type of update that is currently installing on the software instance. The following values are possible: - C
- Corrective updates were selected for installation on the software instance.
- F
- Functional updates were selected for installation on the software instance.
- R
- Recommended updates were selected for installation on the software instance.
For more information about the different types of software updates, see Types of software updates.
Notes Notes about the update. A user who performs any step of the update installation process has the opportunity to create or update notes with any pertinent information. If notes are available, the notes icon ( 
) appears in this column. Click the notes icon to display a read-only version of
the notes.Last Modified (local) The local system date and time at which the update installation process was last modified. This value is updated when a step in the update process is accessed, not only when a step is completed. Last Completed Step The last step that was completed in the update process. The following values are possible:
- Preparing Updates
- The update process was stopped after the preparing updates step. For more information about this process step, see Preparing updates.
- Resolve HOLDs
- The update process was stopped after the resolving HOLDs step. For more information about this
process step, see Resolving HOLDs.Note: When you resume an update process that lists Resolve HOLDs as its last completed step, you are returned to the preparing updates step.
- Verifying Updates
- The update process was stopped after the verifying updates step. For more information about this process step, see Verifying updates.
- Pre-install Summary
- The update process was stopped after the reviewing the pre-installation summary step. For more information about this process step, see Reviewing the pre-installation summary.
- Installing Updates
- The update process was stopped after the installing updates step. For more information about this process step, see Installing updates.
- Review post-installation HOLDs
- The update process was stopped after the reviewing the post-installation HOLDs step. For more
information about this process step, see Resolving post-installation holds.Note: When you resume an update process that lists Review post-installation HOLDs as its last completed step, you are returned to the installing updates step.
- Refresh
- Refreshes the information that is displayed in the Updates in Progress table.
- Cancel Update
- Cancels the selected in-progress update process.
- Resume Update
- Resumes the selected in-progress update process.
Resume update in progress window
The Resume update in progress window is displayed if you select to resume an update process that has a last completed step of any value other than Installing updates, meaning that the updates are not yet installed. You get the opportunity to rerun the last completed step before resuming where the update process left off. This is helpful if you want to take an action during a step, for example resolving additional holds, that was perhaps not previously taken.
The following actions are available on the Resume update in progress window:
- Rerun last step on resume
- Selecting Rerun last step on resume before clicking Resume reruns the last completed step in the update process.
- Cancel
- Cancels the resume action and returns you to the View Updates in Progress window.
- Resume
- Opens the window that is associated with the last completed step in the update process. Unless Rerun last step on resume was selected, the last completed step is not rerun. You can then resume installing the updates from that step.