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GROUPEXTEND Mode

CA MSM lets you invoke the SMP/E utility with the GROUPEXTEND option enabled for managing (applying and accepting) maintenance.

For some maintenance packages, before you install them, you must first install other maintenance packages (SYSMODs).

If a SYSMOD that is defined as a prerequisite for the product maintenance package that you want to install has not been applied or cannot be processed (for example, the SYSMOD is held for an error, a system, or a user reason ID; it is applied in error; it is not available), you can install the maintenance package in GROUPEXTEND mode, and the SMP/E environment where the product is installed automatically includes a superseding SYSMOD.

Note: For applying maintenance in GROUPEXTEND mode, the SMP/E environment must have all SYSMODs received to be included by the GROUPEXTEND option.

When you apply maintenance in GROUPEXTEND mode, the following installation modes are available:

Apply Check

Checks if the maintenance can be applied to the selected SMP/E environment in GROUPEXTEND mode.

Apply

Applies the maintenance to the selected SMP/E environment in GROUPEXTEND mode.

Apply Check and Apply

Checks if the maintenance can be applied to the selected SMP/E environment in GROUPEXTEND mode, and applies it if it can be applied.

For the GROUPEXTEND option, CA MSM does not automatically receive and display prerequisites for maintenance or HOLDDATA that needs to be bypassed when applying the maintenance. Apply check mode lets you check if any prerequisites or HOLDDATA exist and report them in the task output.