Prerequisite Scanner Architecture And Scanning Process - IBM Prerequisite Scanner User Manual

Figure 8. Prerequisite Scanner architecture and scanning process
The scanning process in Figure 8 is summarized as follows:
1. Prerequisite Scanner verifies the format of the input parameters that are passed
2. The Scanner determines whether the product code that is passed as one of the
3. The Scanner automatically detects the operating system of the machine.
4. The Scanner verifies whether the actual operating system of the machine is a
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input parameters is a valid product code in the codename.cfg file.
supported operating system. It uses one of the following methods:
v Product code file
The Scanner checks the actual operating system against the expected
supported operating system listed for the product code in the codename.cfg
file.
v Section title in the configuration file