Creating and Removing Third-Party Software Components

Use

You can use this procedure to create a third-party software component and add it to a third-party product that you have created earlier. You can also use it to remove third-party components.

For more information, see: Creating and Removing Third-Party Products .

Note

You can create different versions of a registered third-party software component. You have to specify exactly the same vendor and name for the software component, but you have to specify version numbers accordingly.

Prerequisites

You have a user assigned to the LcrInstanceWriterCR role.

Procedure

Creating Third-Party Software Components

Choose Home Software Components .
Choose New .
Choose whether to:
- Create a new version for an existing software component
- Create a new software component and version
Choose Next .
From the Product Version dropdown box, select the third-party product to which you want to define a third-party software component.
From the Unit dropdown box, select a software unit of the third-party product.

Note
Alternatively, to create a new software unit, choose Create New Unit , enter the required data, and then choose Create .

The software unit is automatically selected in the Unit dropdown box.
In the corresponding fields, enter the vendor, name, and version of the software component.
From the Production State dropdown box, select the production state you want.
Choose Finish .

Instances for the Software Component and Software Component Version CIM classes, as well as the association instances are created.

Removing Third-Party Software Components

Choose Home Software Components .
From the table with software component versions, select the software component you want to remove.
Choose Remove .