Interim fixes and fix packs are applied to virtual system
instances as emergency fixes. You can add emergency fixes to your
catalog to be applied to your virtual images.
Before you begin
You must be assigned the
Create new catalog content permission
or the
IBM® Workload
Deployer Appliance
Administrator role
with full permissions to perform these steps.
About this task
Fixes are provided by IBM or
an image provider and must be downloaded. New fixes are downloaded
from IBM Fix Central. The fixes
are then uploaded to the catalog and can be applied to all the applicable
virtual system instances.
Procedure
Complete the following steps to add an emergency fix
to your catalog.
- Locate and download the emergency fix (or fixes) from Fix
Central.
- Optional: You can add multiple interim fixes
at once. To add multiple fixes at once, download the compressed files
from Fix Central and package them into a single compressed file.
- From the menu, select .
- Click the add icon in the left panel.
- Enter a name for the fix to add. Optionally, you can also
add a description of the fix you are adding. The fix is shown in the
left panel of the Emergency Fixes window and information for the fix
is shown in the right panel.
- Browse to the location where you stored the fix and click Upload.
For security, only .zip, tgz, and pak files can be uploaded. Red Hat
RPM is also supported.
- Complete the information about the fix. You can grant access
to users and supply a severity rating. Use the Applicable
to field to specify the virtual image or virtual images
to which this fix applies.
Results
The emergency fix is in the catalog and available to be applied
to virtual system images.