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HP 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.60.00): HP 3000 MPE/iX Computer Systems > Appendix F HP Patch/iX ReferenceHP Patch/iX Main Menu |
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The HP Patch/iX Main menu displays the following list of available activities:
If Stage/iX is initialized, the HP Patch/iX Main menu replaces Create [Tape] with the Stage/iX option Create [Stage] [Tape]. The Select Activities menu allows you to select the type of patching activity you are planning to perform, and prepares the system for the patch management activity you selected. These are the options:
Select Adding a PowerPatch if you have a PowerPatch tape to apply to your system. PowerPatch tapes contain a bundle of general release patches for a specific operating system version. Using HP Patch/iX to apply PowerPatch patches allows you to:
Select Adding Reactive Patches if the Hewlett-Packard Response Center has transmitted to you case specific patches. These patches may have been ordered in response to a problem, or may be installed to avoid a problem that you or the Response Center have determined has the potential of being experienced in the future. Select Adding (SUBSYS) Products if you have a SUBSYS product tape that was shipped with your PowerPatch tape. SUBSYS products are subsystem products that you specifically order. This option can be used only when a new product is being added to the system at the same time a PowerPatch is applied. Applying SUBSYS products to your system is known as the Add-On process. When you select this option, HP Patch/iX restores product information from the SUBSYS tape that will be used in patch qualification. If you are adding-on SUBSYS products with a PowerPatch, you can apply Reactive patches at the same time. You cannot add-on SUBSYS products and Reactive patches together without a PowerPatch. If you are adding SUBSYS products, you cannot stage the modification. When this item is selected, the Main menu replaces the Create [Stage] [Tape] option with the Create [Tape] option. When you select a patching activity, the default is to perform preparation operations for that patching activity. You can instead customize patch preparation. When you customize patch preparation, you are overriding the Hewlett-Packard recommended operations, unless you have downloaded patches from the HP SupportLine web site. If you downloaded patch files, you must deselect both "Purge all files in the PATCHXL.SYS group" and "Restore files from Reactive patch tape." Also if you downloaded files from the web site, confirm that you have the following files in the INSTALL.SYS group:
If the patch files are not in the PATCHXL.SYS group, or the A-files are not in the INSTALL.SYS group, Patch/iX will not allow you to unmark the item, "Restore files from Reactive patch tape." In the customized patch preparation activity, the possible patch preparation operations are the following:
When you select View Patches from the Main menu, the View Patches screen lists the following depending on the filter selected:
The list of patches displayed in the View Patches screen varies depending upon the filter selected for the viewer. The default View Patches filter displays Installed Patches. The current filter is displayed at the top right corner of the View Patches window. There are three View Patches filter options:
The Qualify Patches option provides three functions:
This part of the process is where you choose which patches you want to install. HP Patch/iX evaluates all the proposed patches and determines if each patch qualifies for installation. A patch qualifies for installation if:
To view selected lists of patches there are six filter settings available:
To change the View Patches filter, press [F5] Previous Filter or [F6] Next Filter (or press the number on the keyboard that corresponds to the filter view). HP Patch/iX toggles through the View Patches filter options and displays the selected list of patches. From any of the filter options, you can view detailed information about each patch. These are the types of detailed views:
To view detailed patch information.
View (1) - Summary The Summary view lists evaluation information about the selected patch. Qualification Status—indicates why the patch qualifies or not. Patch Installation Status—indicates whether the patch is installed already or not. Patch Recommendation—indicates when a patch should be installed. An alphabetic code displays in the Flags column of the Qualify Patches screen. The code is expanded in the Detailed Summary view. The Summary Detailed View Patch Recommendation Codes are:
The following three codes are for non-GR patches:
Installation Method—Indicates whether installation will be by CSLT or Store tape. Patch Criticality—A numeric code displays in the Flags column of the Qualify Patches screen. The code is expanded in the Detailed Summary view. The Summary Detailed View Patch Criticality Codes are:
blank Not a critical patch. View (2) - General Release (GR) Text Displays all of the General Release text that is available for the patch as shown in the following figure. View (3) - Special Instructions (SI) Text Displays any special instructions or configuration requirements that have been included for the patch. View (4) - Product Number Displays a list of products that are affected by the selected patch. View (5) - Known Problem Report (KPR) Numbers Displays a list of the KPR (Known Problem Report) numbers that are referenced by the patch. This is provided as cross reference information to determine what known problems are fixed by this patch. These are also known as Service Request (SR) numbers. View (6) - Patch Supersedes Displays the history of this patch. What patches it supersedes. All patches in the Supersedes tree of the current patch are included in the patch. View (7) - Patch Components Displays the files and procedures that are modified by this patch. See the following figure. View (8) - Patch Dependencies Often a patch will have some dependency on another patch being installed on the system to work correctly. HP Patch/iX handles dependencies automatically, by disqualifying patches when their dependencies are not present. If you force a patch on the system, all of its dependencies will also be forced onto the system. |
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