Creating a Patch Tape or Stage Tape

• Creates a staging area that contains a set of system software files that are modified by the patches you are applying to your system.

• Creates a CSLT/STORE of patches and (optionally) SUBSYS products that you are applying to your system.

  The CSLT/STORE tape created at the end of this section contains all the SUBSYS library components. The balance of the files are restored and applied during Phase II of the modification process.

• Creates a STORE tape of patches that you are applying to your system.

• A CSLT can be created if any patch with YES in the Qualified column also has CSLT/Store in the Tape column.

• A store tape can be created if all of the patches with YES in the Qualified column have Store-Only in the Tape column.

• A Staging area on disk can be created if all of the patches with YES in the Qualified column also have YES in the Stage column.

  If HP Stage/iX is not initialized, the Stage column does not display.

  The status of the Tape column does not affect whether patches can be staged or not.

• If HP Stage/iX is initialized, HP Patch/iX prompts you to specify if you want to create a CSLT/STORE tape, a staging area, or both.

1. From the HP Patch/iX Main menu, highlight Create [Stage] [Tape] or Create [Tape] and press [Return].

2. If HP Stage/iX is initialized, select the appropriate option:

   S

   Create a staging area.

   T

   Create a CSLT/STORE tape.

   B

   Create both a staging area and a CSLT/STORE tape.

   Hewlett-Packard recommends that you select T to create a CSLT/STORE tape for backup purposes.

3. Complete the steps as shown in Chapter 4 "Preparing Your System"