You create a script by recording yourself installing fixes from Empower or an image, and you then use that script to install fixes on one or more machines. You might use this method if you want to install fixes on multiple machines that have identical product installations, or if you want to automate fix installation.

If you want a script to always install the latest version of fixes, record yourself installing from Empower, which always offers only the latest fix versions. When you run the script, the script gets the fixes from Empower.

If you want the script to always install a specific version of each fix, record yourself installing from an image that contains those fix versions. When you run the script, the script gets the fixes from the image. You can also record yourself installing from an image if you do not want a script to go outside your corporate firewall.

When you run the script, you cannot provide any input. Because you use scripts only to install on machines with identical product installations, all fixes you include in the script are automatically installed in each product installation. In addition, scripts include installation-specific options such as product connection values, and the same installation-specific options are used for each product installation. You can install fixes from any script on any operating system, regardless of the operating system on which the script was created.

When additional fixes become available on the Update Manager, you cannot add them to existing scripts. Instead you must create new scripts.

The Update Manager saves scripts as .txt files.