PMC recipient procedure (CE)The PMC recipient procedure contains:
Setup PMC recipient is fully configured by the Infor Installation Wizard during the installation of the base Infor products such as LN and Infor Enterprise Server. This setup and how to make changes to the setup are described. The setup consists of these sections:
Parameters For details see the Parameters (ttpmc0100s000) session. Note Because parameter definition is a one-time step, you must be aware of the impact if you change the parameters afterwards. If you change the operating system paths, you must move the directories and files according to the new path specifications. Hint If you have more than one ERP environment running, for example, a Production and a Test environment, you can share the solution dump directories on the ERP environments, which reduces disk-space consumption. Update VRCs PMC uses update VRCs. The software of an initial standard master product is installed in a root VRC that is predefined by the software supplier. The update VRC is created on top of this root VRC. The update VRCs are created automatically during the installation of the master product. In addition, you can define update VRCs using the Update VRC's (ttpmc2140m000) session. In general, the VRC structure for standard LN resembles this diagram: ![[...]](../images/pmc_update_vrc.png) B61_a is the VRC that contains the baseline, which is the very first shipment of LN 6.1. From this point on, Individual solutions and Service Packs are installed in the B61U_a_stnd VRC. For the Infor Enterprise Server (packages tt, tl, tm, da and nt) no new update VRCs are created and used. After a fresh installation of LN, these update VRCs are present in PMC: The heading of the first column in the table, Pack., refers to the package to determine the VRC structure. ![[...]](../images/pmc_recipient_procedure_1.png) To install updates This section describes the procedures for the recipient of updates to manage the PMC administration. The procedure consists of:
Procedure steps This section provides a summary of the procedure steps to install and uninstall software updates through PMC. The following sections provide a detailed explanation of the procedure. To install updates:
To uninstall updates:
Scan updates The first step to make the solutions available to the PMC registry is to scan the solution files by using the Scan Solution/Patch File (ttpmc2200s000) session. The solutions receive the status Available in the update VRC for which the scan is carried out. All the relevant PMC data is stored in the PMC registry. Check to install All the following functionality is controlled by the Process Solutions (ttpmc2101m000) session. The solutions with the status Available that are connected to the update VRCs must be checked with the Check Solution/patch to Install (ttpmc2203s000) session. The related solutions are checked as well. The solutions, including the related solutions, which must be installed receive the status To Install. Optionally, detailed information is given on customized components and components that exist in non-supported languages. Install You can install the solutions with status To Install, with the Install Solution/Patch (ttpmc2205s000) session. If the PMC registry was changed after the solution received the To Install status, the solution must be checked again before the solution can be installed. The related solutions are installed as well. After the solutions are installed, the status of the solutions is Installed. Check to uninstall All the following functionality is controlled by the Process Solutions (ttpmc2101m000) session and the Installation runs (ttpmc2503m000) session. If a solution must be uninstalled, for example, because the solution was a bad fix, use the Check Solution/Patch to Uninstall (ttpmc2206s000) session. The solution status and the status of related solutions becomes To Uninstall. Note You can use Check to uninstall from the Installation runs (ttpmc2503m000) session if you want to uninstall all solutions that were installed together in one run, for example, a solution including all prerequisite solutions or solutions of a collection that were installed in a range. Uninstall Run the Uninstall Solution/Patch (ttpmc2208s000) session to set the status of the solution, including the related solutions, back to 'Available'. Note If during installation or uninstallation the process is stopped, for example, due to a system crash, process kill, and so on, the solution that was being processed at that point still has the status Installing or Uninstalling. With the next start of a processing session from the Process Solutions (ttpmc2101m000) session, PMC recognizes this situation and starts the stopped process again for the interrupted solution. If a sequence of solutions was to be installed or uninstalled, you must restart the process for the remaining solutions.
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