Managing Software Changes (G06.24+)

Resources for Managing RVUs and SPRs

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Software Release Management Documentation

The following manuals and documents are available to help you evaluate new software

release version updates and the impact of upgrading from one RVU to another.

Release and Migration Information Manuals

The manuals in the TIM User Documentation collection’s “Release and Migration

Information” folder provide an overview of each RVU and describe the installation

activities and changes for the RVU.

G-Series Highlights and Migration Planning Guide

For G05.00 through G06.16 RVUs, this guide provides an overview of each RVU;

summarizes the principal new features and products of the RVU; and describes how

migrating or upgrading to a G-series RVU affects installation, configuration, operations,

system management, maintenance, and the migration of applications, networks, and

database files. For G06.17 and forward RVUs, use the Interactive Upgrade Guide to

obtain this information.

Interactive Upgrade Guide

This guide simplifies the planning of software and hardware upgrades. Select the

products and RVUs you use, and the Interactive Upgrade Guide displays customized

upgrade instructions and lists of new features.

G06.xx Release Version Update Compendium

The compendium for an RVU provides categorized information about new features,

migration issues, and fallback considerations for that RVU. It describes how upgrading

to the RVU affects installation, configuration, operations, system management,

maintenance, applications, networks, and databases. It also includes references and

sources for detailed upgrade planning.

G06.xx Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

For G04.00 and later G-series RVUs, the G06.xx Software Installation and Upgrade

Guide for a particular RVU gives instructions for upgrading to the RVU and for

recommended or required software configuration changes.

Site Update Tape (SUT) Documentation

All the product version updates for a release are stored in distribution subvolumes

(DSVs) on a site update tape (SUT). A DSV contains the object files and executables

for a product, in addition to the product softdoc.

The DSV for the RLSEDOC product (T9230), sometimes referred to as the release

subvolume, contains the Content File and README File for the RVU as a whole.