IBM Update Assistant wizard

This topic describes the IBM Update Assistant wizard in IBM Director.

Introduction

The IBM Update Assistant provides the ability to import IBM updates and distribute them with the IBM Director Software Distribution. IBM Updates can be imported from UpdateXpress media, Director CDs, and from files downloaded from an IBM Web site. The importer lets you import one or multiple updates in one instance. Each update consists of multiple files, including the actual update and an XML file that describes the update. Both files are required to import the update into Director Update Assistant.

Fields

Get files from the local system
Click here if the files reside on the local system.
Get files from the IBM Director Server
Click here if the files reside on the server and the server is running on a remote system.
XML File:
Enter the drive and directory location for the update software package file. The update package may be identified by an XML, JAR, or Zip file. Click Browse to search for the file if you do not know the file path.
Make Category Private
Marking a category private makes it visible and usable only to its creator. However, the packages that are created are visible in the all software distribution packages folder to all users.

The default for categories created in IBM Update Assistant is to be visible/available to all users.

Additional information

Packages
This pane lists the packages.
Packages Details
This pane lists the detailed information for the selected package.
Options
Alternate install script:
Windows only: If you want to use an alternate install script, you can type the path to the file, or browse for it, if you do not know the name.
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