January 2005
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A DB2 FixPak provides fixes to program defects. A fix to a program defect is also known as an Authorized Program Analysis Report (APAR). A FixPak may also provide new functionality. FixPaks are normally available every three months. There are two kinds of DB2 FixPaks: regular and alternate FixPaks. We will describe these in the next sections.
Regular FixPaks provide cumulative fixes that are applied on top of other regular FixPaks, or the base DB2 code also known as the generally available (GA) code.
When you apply a DB2 regular FixPak, you are in fact refreshing the DB2 code by overwriting some or all of the DB2 programs. You then need to ...
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