Change Management Services

This field indicates the status of change management services on the Hardware Management Console. The status of the services determines whether you can change internal code at this time, and controls the availability of applicable options for changing internal code.

Status indicators

Enabled
Indicates you can change internal code at this time. The applicable options for changing internal code are available.
Disabled
Indicates you cannot change internal code at this time. All options for changing internal code are unavailable.

Note: Options that do not change internal code remain available. For example, the Retrieve internal code changes option remains available while change management services are disabled.

When change management services are disabled

Change management services cannot be enabled or disabled directly. Instead, the console sets the status of change management services following any operation that involves internal code changes.

The console disables change management services to prevent you from using internal code changes that differ, in any way, from the changes provided to you by IBM.

Internal code changes may be altered unintentionally by errors that occur while retrieving them. For example, the changes may not be copied correctly from the source to the support element.

Note: If change management services are disabled following an unsuccessful attempt to retrieve internal code changes, try to retrieve the changes again. If the error occurs again, and change management services remain disabled, report the error to your IBM service representative or contact IBM.

Internal code changes may be altered intentionally by your IBM service representative. For example, your service representative may apply a temporary internal code change to modify internal code changes stored on the console.

Note: If change management services are disabled, yet no errors have occurred, the disabled condition may be due to the use of a temporary internal code change. Your IBM service representative must deactivate the temporary internal code change to enable change management services.