Configuring software updates and news subscriptions

Learn how to configure your IBM® Software Update Notifier preferences.

Software updates subscriptions

By default, Software Update Notifier monitors all IBM software that you installed with Installation Manager. To change your subscription preferences, click File > Preferences > Software Updates Subscriptions. By unselecting the offering, Software Update Notifier does not monitor and alert you when there are new product updates.

To effectively monitor the software updates, Software Update Notifier needs to store your IBM ID and password so that the tool can detect the relevant software updates. The installation wizard prompts you to enter the information. You can also provide the information in the Connections Management section.

In some cases, your software needs to look for updates that use other login credentials. Select the offering and click Configure. Then, configure that offering to use other credentials to check for updates.

Software news subscriptions

By default, Software Update Notifier monitors all of the software news that is related to the IBM offerings you installed with Installation Manager. To change your subscription preferences, click File > Preferences > Software News Subscriptions.

You can also control the type of news the tool monitors. Select the check box for the news categories that you are interested in monitoring.


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