Registering means entering installed software in the Software Configuration Inventory.
Registration can be triggered in two ways:
automatically after successful installation or parking
explicitly by the user for software already installed in the system by means of the IMON-BAS installation function (ADD-INSTALLATION-UNITS statement or Add... option in the Edit menu).
Automatic registration of installation units
Once installation is complete, IMON creates an internal IDF file and registers the installation units and installation items described in it in the SCI (the same as registration from an IDF file with the ADD-INSTALLATION-UNITS statement).
The registration is logged
(File name: <work_file_ID>.<package_name>.<time_stamp>.II).
Registration of installation units by the user
You register your installed software in the SCI using the IMON-BAS installation function (ADD-INSTALLATION-UNITS or the Add... option in the Edit menu).
As input, the statement expects an IDF file or a SYSSII file containing a description of the installation units that you would like to register together with their installation items.
The information (attributes) of the installation unit and installation items registered in the SCI is described on "Installation unit (IU) ".
During registration from an IDF file, the information relating to the structure of the installation unit is taken from various files if necessary:
The installation unit does not contain a SYSSII file:
The information on the structure of the installation unit is taken from the IDF. The ID of the installation unit (name and version) is simultaneously registered in IMON-GPN. The subordinate installation items are not registered by IMON-GPN.
The installation unit contains a SYSSII file:
The information on the structure of the installation unit is taken from the SYSSII file.
The structure registered in the SYSSII file must match the structure in the IDF. Consequently, the following conditions apply:
Only one SYSSII file is permissible for each installation unit.
Each item described in the IDF must also be present in the SYSSII file.
If these two conditions are satisfied, the installation unit and its associated installation items are registered in the SCI. IMON-GPN takes the logical IDs from the SYSSII file.
The appropriate installation paths are then set in IMON-GPN.
An installation item described only in the SYSSII file (and not in the IDF) is not registered unless it is flagged as a dummy installation item. The file attributes of the installation item (including the name) are not registered in the SCI.