This topic describes the steps for installing preventive service. After an introduction to preventive service and a summary of the preventive service process, it discusses the following topics:

• Preparing your system
• Staging the SYSMODs with the RECEIVE command
• Requesting preventive service with the RECEIVE ORDER command
• Updating the target libraries with the APPLY command
• Testing the new service level
• Updating the distribution libraries with the ACCEPT command