Applying an emergency fix

Interim fixes and fix packs are applied to virtual system instances as emergency fixes. You can apply emergency fixes to your virtual system images.

Before you begin

You must be assigned the all access to the virtual system instance or be assigned the Appliance administration role with full permissions to perform these steps. The virtual system instance must be started for service to be scheduled or applied. The emergency fix must be added to the catalog before it can be applied to a virtual system.

About this task

When you add a new emergency fix, you define the virtual images for which the fix is applicable. The list of fixes available when you schedule a service request is constructed using all the fixes applicable to the virtual image used to create your virtual system instance. If a fix has already been applied to your virtual system, you can see it in the History listing and it is not included in the list of available fixes.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to apply an interim fix.

  1. Select a virtual system instance to which to apply the fix from the Virtual System Instances window.
  2. Click the Apply service icon.
  3. Optional: Schedule a service request. By default, the fix is applied immediately. To schedule it to be applied at a later time, click Schedule service and provide the necessary information.
  4. Click Select service level or fixes.
  5. Click Apply emergency fixes to see and select the fix to apply. The emergency fix is applied to all virtual machines in the virtual system instance. The status of the virtual system instance shows that the service has been applied on the virtual system.
  6. Check for errors. Check the following files to ensure that no errors occurred during the process of applying the emergency fixes:
    • Remote_std_out.log
    • Remote_std_err.log
    You can access the log files from the Virtual System Instances window.

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Timestamp icon Last updated: Thursday, 3 July 2014
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