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Maintenance and schedule information

We provide SMP/E maintenance, which is required for all products that Installation System installs.

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Maintaining your products

Maintenance types

The following table describes the types of available maintenance that we provide.

Warning

Important

You can maintain your BMC products by using IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER. The SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER simplifies ordering and retrieving maintenance. For more information, see Using SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.

Maintenance type

Description

Recommended Service Level (RSL)

RSL files contain program temporary fixes (PTFs) and HOLDDATA for products. We have certified PTFs against the IBM Recommended Service Update (RSU). You can obtain quarterly RSL maintenance at any time by using IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.

PTFs

You can obtain individual PTFs at any time by using IBM SMP/E RECEIVE ORDER.

SMP/E service files (packaged with the corresponding products on the installation media)

SMP/E service files contain additional maintenance to be applied during installation to bring the product to the GA level or to a specific RSL level.

All PTFs and APARs that are required for creating the GA level of the product are added to the service files. However, if we incorporate an APAR into a maintenance update concurrently with the release of a new product, that APAR is not added to the service files. The service files are packaged with the installation media.

Warning

Important

Use the SMP/E service files only when performing a new installation of a product. 

Maintenance schedule

Recommended Service Level (RSL) maintenance is available on a quarterly basis. We release a technical bulletin to alert you when a new RSL is available. You can sign up for proactive alerts at the BMC Support Central.

RSL maintenance is labeled as RSLyymm:

  • yy is the last two digits of the calendar year.
  • mm is the two digits that represent the month.

The following RSL releases are scheduled or available. Click an available RSL number to list the PTFs contained in the RSL. A brief description of each PTF is included. 

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BMC RSL 

Maintenance period

Availability

BMC-certified IBM RSU level 

2026 RSL maintenance

RSL2604November 8, 2025 through February 6, 2026April 1, 2026RSU2601
RSL2607February 7, 2026 through May 8, 2026July 1, 2026RSU2604
RSL2610May 9, 2026 through August 7, 2026October 1, 2026RSU2607
RSL2701August 8, 2026 through November 6, 2026January 4, 2027RSU2610
                                                                                                           2025 RSL maintenance

November 9, 2024 through February 7, 2025

April 1, 2025

RSU2501

February 8, 2025 through May 9, 2025

July 1, 2025

RSU2504

May 10, 2025 through August 8, 2025

October 1, 2025

RSU2507

August 9, 2025 through November 7, 2025

January 2, 2026

RSU2510

 

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