Adding an emergency fix to the catalog

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.

  1. Locate and download the emergency fix (or fixes) from Fix Central.
  2. 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.
  3. From the menu, select Catalog > Emergency Fixes.
  4. Click the add icon in the left panel.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.

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Timestamp icon Last updated: Thursday, 3 July 2014
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