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Add a Product

Sometimes, a product is not currently available from the CA Support Online website. For example, if you are testing a beta version of a product, the version is delivered to you by other means. You can add these types of product packages to CA MSM using the Insert New Product action.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click the Software Catalog tab, and click the Insert New Product link in the Actions section at the left.

    The screen capture shows the location of the Insert New Product link.

    You are prompted to supply information about the product.

  2. Specify the name, release, and gen level of the product, and click OK.

    The product is added to the software catalog.

  3. Click the gen level of the product you want to install on the product tree at the left.

    The Base Install Packages section appears at the right.

  4. Click the Add External Package button.

    You are prompted to identify the package.

  5. Specify the USS path to the package you want to add, and click OK.

    Note: If you need to add several packages from the same location, you can use masking.

    Information about the package is saved in the CA MSM database.

    Note: To see the added package, refresh the page.