Task summary for applying maintenance

Checking for product fixes

Check notices for your product on the A-Z Supported Product List for new fixes or PTFs that BMC released after your installation media was prepared.

A-Z Supported Product List (http://www.bmc.com/available/supported-product-az-list.html)

Perform the following steps:

1. Prepare to use SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.

2. Create the RECEIVE ORDER job.

3. Run the RECEIVE ORDER job.

Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER

Requesting RECEIVE ORDER via a batch job

Perform the following steps:

1. Request a maintenance package.

2. Retrieve a maintenance package.

3. Process a maintenance package.

Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER

Requesting RECEIVE ORDER via the web

Perform the following steps:

1. Generate jobs to download and perform maintenance.

2. Run jobs to apply maintenance.

Deploying maintenance to runtime data sets

Perform the deployment maintenance tasks.

Deploying maintenance to BMC product runtime data sets

Performing maintenance for a system administration product for IMS

Perform the following steps:

1. Back up option modules.

2. Perform maintenance.

3. Reassemble the options module.

Backing up and reassembling option modules for system administration products for IMS

Reassembling the options module for system administration products for IMS

Performing maintenance for any BMC product for IMS that does not use SMP/E for maintenance

Run the DBUCOPY utility.

Maintenance issue for BMC database products for IMS

Performing maintenance for an Online Reorg product when you do not want an IMS system outage

Update the products by using non-disruptive maintenance.

Non-disruptive maintenance for Reorg Online products