Fields on the Emergency Fixes pane

You can manage the emergency fixes in your catalog by using the fields on the Emergency Fixes pane in the console.

The left pane

The left pane of the Emergency Fixes pane provides the following options to work with emergency fixes:

New
Use the New icon to define an emergency fix. Clicking New opens a pane in which you can define the new emergency fix.
Search
Enter the name of an emergency fix in this field to search for it. You can use the up and down arrow keys to sort through the listing of emergency fixes.
Sort
Click to sort the list of emergency fixes. You can sort by the following attributes:
  • Sort by name
  • Sort by status
  • Sort by created time
  • Sort by type
List of emergency fixes
The listing of emergency fixes contains the default emergency fixes that are already defined to Cloud Pak System Software, by name.

To work with an emergency fix, first select it from the list in the left pane of the Emergency Fixes pane.

Icons on the upper right

The upper right of the Emergency Fixes pane provides the following icons:

Refresh
Refreshes the status of the emergency fixes and updates the fields on the Emergency Fixes pane.
Clone
Creates a copy of the emergency fix, even a locked emergency fix, that can be edited.
Lock
Makes the emergency fix read-only and locks it against further editing.
Delete
Removes the emergency fix from the Cloud Pak System Software catalog.

The right pane

Selecting an emergency fix shows the name of the emergency fix at the top of the right pane and the following fields on the right pane:

Description
The description of the emergency fix. You can edit this description to provide meaningful information about the emergency fix.
Type
The emergency fix can be one of the following types:
  • Disk
  • NIC
  • User
The type of emergency fix is selected when the emergency fix is created and this field cannot be changed after creation of the emergency fix.
Created on
The creation time of the emergency fix, as the number of seconds since midnight January 1, 1970 Coordinated Universal Time. When the emergency fix is displayed, this value is shown as the date and time in the local timezone.
Current status
The status of the emergency fix can be one of the following status types:
The edit icon
The emergency fix can be edited.
Read-only
The emergency fix is locked to editing. For information about making an emergency fix read-only, see the topic, Making add-ons read-only.
Updated on
The time the emergency fix was last updated, as number of seconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 Coordinated Universal Time. When the emergency fix is displayed, this value is shown as the date and time in the local timezone. This field is read-only.
Emergency fix package files
If you are cloning one of the provided default emergency fixes, you can create custom emergency fixes by downloading and modifying the emergency fix package. The emergency fix package is defined for each type of emergency fix:
Default add disk
Download the defaultadddisk.zip package.
Default add NIC
Download the defaultaddnic.zip package.
Default add user
Download the defaultadduser.zip package.
Default raw disk
Download the defaultaddrawdisk.zip package.
The Download link beside existing script package compressed files enables these packages in the catalog to be loaded.

For new emergency fixes, you can upload a custom script package by clicking the Browse field. The Browse filed opens a system file upload pane to browse to the location of the package to load. After you locate the package, click Upload to load the emergency fix package to your catalog.

Included in patterns
Specifies the patterns that this emergency fix is included in.
In cloud now
Specifies whether the emergency fix is deployed into a cloud group.
Environment
The environment property holds the emergency fix keys and default values for the emergency fix. What this field contains depends on the type of emergency fix and the situation in which you are viewing it:
  • If you are creating a new emergency fix, you can define the environment variables. The Add variable field, with the name and value entry fields, is used to list the environment variables to add. The Add link adds the provided environment variable to the emergency fix.
  • If you are viewing an emergency fix that is read-only, which has environment variables that are set, those environment variables are shown.
  • If you are working with a NIC emergency fix, no environment variables can be set. A NIC emergency fix must be deployed by using an environment profile.
Working directory
The directory, on the virtual machine, into which files for this emergency fix package are to be placed.
Logging directory
The directory, on the virtual machine, that is to contain the log files that are generated by this emergency fix.
Executable
Specifies the command to be invoked for this emergency fix package. This command can already be on the virtual machine, for example wsadmin, tar, ant, or another system command. You can also provide your own script to be run as part of the script package.
Arguments
The field to enter any arguments that are to be passed to the command, the command line that is passed to the executable command. This field can optionally contain environment variables and other valid command-line syntax. You can also access environment by using standard techniques, for example shell, or ant.
Timeout
The maximum amount of time to wait for this emergency fix to finish running on a virtual machine. Specify the timeout as the number of milliseconds to wait, or 0 to wait indefinitely for the emergency fix to complete.
Access granted to
The access control list for this emergency fix. Users or groups who have access this emergency fix are listed in this field as links. The Add more... entry field enables the owner or anyone with appropriate access to the emergency fix to provide access for more users or groups of users.