Updating the distribution libraries: the ACCEPT process

After you install corrective service into the target libraries, you must decide whether you want to update the distribution libraries. Base this decision on the products involved and on your processing requirements.

The following is a consideration for not accepting corrective service:

Corrective service has not been tested and, therefore, may be found to be in error at some later date. After you accept the SYSMODs, there is no RESTORE capability.

The following are some of the considerations for accepting corrective service:

If you do not accept the SYSMOD and you perform a system generation, all that service is lost and must be reinstalled.
If you must restore a SYSMOD, the work required increases with the number of SYSMODs that have been applied but not accepted. All intersecting SYSMODs must be restored, and then all but the desired SYSMOD must be reapplied. This is especially true for source-modified products.

The following topics describe the steps to follow, assuming that you are going to accept corrective service.