# SoftwareAG update manager cheat sheet

**URL:** <https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/softwareag-update-manager-cheat-sheet/237145>\
**Category:** Knowledge base\
**Tags:** Update-Manager, SUM\
**Created:** [December 30, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/softwareag-update-manager-cheat-sheet/237145 "2018-12-30T07:12:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![manoj.jannu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@manoj.jannu](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/manoj.jannu)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/softwareag-update-manager-cheat-sheet/237145/1 "2018-12-30T07:12:22Z")

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This article contains cheat sheet for UpdateManager which will help to override some default behavior of it

_By Manoj Jannu, QA Specialist, Software AG_

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-showAll&nbsp;true

UpdateManager by default lists only the current / latest fix for each product. However, there is an undocumented option that will allow users to see (and install) older fixes as well.&nbsp;

Usage : SUM must be launched as follows:

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**UpdateManagerCMD|GUI.bat -showAll true**

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-showEOM true

This property pertains to product versions which have reached End-of-Maintenance (EOM)

customers who purchase an&nbsp;End-Of-Maintance-Extension license, SUM will show fixes built after the EOM deadline. All SAG employee userIDs see this "extended" (EOME) view by default. The " **-showEOM true**" option may be useful for GS engineers to know what the EOM (cutoff) fix levels are. To use this option, SUM must be launched as follows:

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**UpdateManagerCMD|GUI.bat -showEOM true**

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-action viewInstalledFixes

In CMD mode, you can capture the currently installed fixes for a target installation with the&nbsp; **-action viewInstalledFixes** &nbsp;option:

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**UpdateManagerCMD.bat -action viewInstalledFixes -installDir C:\SoftwareAG**

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SUM Self-Updates

Anytime SUM is run in an "online" mode (ie. "Action = Install fixes from Software AG Empower" or "Action = Create or add fixes to fix image"), as soon as the user is authenticated by Empower, SUM will self-update itself to the latest SUM build.

You can override this default behavior by setting the property selfUpdateMode=OFF in sum.cnf file

In C:\\<InstallationDirectory\>\UpdateManager\conf\sum.cnf

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**Author:** ![srikanth.prathipati1803](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/techcommunity/user_avatar/techcommunity.softwareag.com/srikanth.prathipati1803/32/37006_2.png) [@srikanth.prathipati1803](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/u/srikanth.prathipati1803)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 1:15am UTC](https://techcommunity.softwareag.com/t/softwareag-update-manager-cheat-sheet/237145/2 "2022-03-24T01:15:23Z")

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Thanks @manoj.jannu . It would be nice to add other options like overInstall true. This is useful article.