Add Products and Features

On the Add Products and Features page in the Add Software Instance wizard, you can define a new product and associate that product with the subject software instance, or select an existing defined product that might be associated with a different software instance and associate it with the subject software instance.

The Add Products and Features page gives you the option to either define a new product or select an existing defined product. For a description of each option see Defining a new product or Select existing defined product.

Defining a new product

When you specify the wanted properties for the product and click OK to add it, Software Management verifies that the new product is unique. If another non-SMP/E managed product is already defined in the Software Management database, then an error message is displayed.

Table 1. Fields on the Defining a new product page
Fields Description
Product name Name for the product.
Product ID Identifier for the product.
Release Release level for the product.
Vendor Name of the vendor that provides the product.
General availability date Date when the product became generally available.
End of service date Last date on which the vendor will deliver standard support services for a given version or release of the product. This date is the general end of service date. It does not account for lifecycle extensions.
Additional product information URL that links to additional information about the product. This information can include, for example, product life cycle dates, product highlights, planning information, and technical descriptions.
Features Name of the features contained in the product. You can perform the add action to add features to a product.

Select existing defined product

The Select existing defined product option displays a list of existing defined non-SMP/E managed products. These products can be associated with other software instances. You can select one or more of those existing products to associate with the subject software instance.

Table 2. Properties for an existing product entry
Property Description
Name Name for the product.
Id Identifier for the product.
Release Release level for the product.
Vendor Name of the vendor that provides the product.
URL URL that links to additional information about the product. This information can include, for example, product life cycle dates, product highlights, planning information, and technical descriptions.
General availability date Date that a version or release of the product is available to all users. To retrieve this information, complete the steps provided in help topic Retrieving product information from product information files.
End of service date Last date on which the vendor will deliver standard support services for a given version or release of the product. This date is the general end of service date. It does not account for lifecycle extensions.
One of the following status icons is also displayed:
  • Critical alert or error icon The end of service date has passed.
  • Major warning icon The end of service date equals the current date or will occur within six months of the current date.
  • Warning icon The end of service date will occur more than six months after the current date.
  • Normal icon The end of service date has not been announced.

To retrieve this information, complete the steps provided in help topic Retrieving product information from product information files.
Product / Features Name for the product or feature. The tree has the following structure:
  • Product. Name of the products contained in the software instance.
    • Feature. Name of the features contained in the product.
Product Information File Version Version of the most recent product information file that was retrieved that contains the corresponding product. The version represents the date that file was created or last updated. To retrieve this information, complete the steps provided in help topic Retrieving product information from product information files.
Locked Date and time the product was locked. This column is blank if the product is not currently locked.
Locked by User ID of the user who locked the product. This column is blank if the product is not currently locked.
Last modified User ID of the user who last modified the product.
Last modified by Userid that last updated the product.
Created Date and time the product was created.
Created by User ID of the user who created the product.