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Checklist A. Manage Patches

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Use this task checklist if your source material is on tape and/or electronically downloaded files, you are managing your patches, and you are using a tape to apply: Print a copy of this checklist for each system that you are applying patches to.

Read and perform the steps only in the following sections:

Begin Preparation Tasks. Does not require exclusive access to the system.

  • Chapter 3 "Planning for Your Task"

    • 3.1 Verifying Required Materials

    • 3.2 General Planning Tasks

    • 3.4 Checking Tape Media

    • 3.6 Estimating Disk Space

      Record contiguous disk space:

      Record non-contiguous disk space:

  • Chapter 4 "Preparing Your System"

    • 4.1 Reserving Disk Space for Tape Tasks

    • 4.7 Starting the Patch Management Tools

    • 4.8 Selecting HP Patch/iX Activities

    • 4.9 Viewing Patches-Optional

    • 4.10 Qualifying Patches

    • 4.11 Creating a Patch Tape or Staging Area

      • Record manually installed products:

Preparation Tasks completed. Schedule downtime for exclusive access.

Begin Exclusive Access Tasks.

  • Chapter 5 "Modifying Your System"

    • 5.11 Securing the System

      Record any terminated logging processes:

      Record temporary filename for the COMMAND.PUB.SYS file:

    • 5.13 Applying the CSLT Modification

      If the installer utility created a STORE tape only, this section is not required; proceed to 5.17, "Rerunning HP Patch/iX."

      If the installer utility created a CSLT/STORE tape combined, perform the steps in this section.

    • 5.14 Restarting the System

      If the installer utility created a STORE tape only, this section is not required; proceed to 5.17, "Rerunning HP Patch/iX."

      If the installer utility created a CSLT/STORE tape combined, perform the steps in this section.

    • 5.17 Rerunning HP Patch/iX

  • Chapter 6 "Finishing the Process"

    • 6.1 Configuring Datacomm and UPS

    • 6.4 Setting Passwords, Lockwords, and UDCs

    • 6.7 Performing the Final Reboot

    • 6.8 Restarting Selected System Functions

    • 6.9 Backing Up Your System

    • 6.11 Finishing Up

Checklist A tasks completed.

Record system change:

  • System name:

  • System type:

  • Date change made:

  • Change performed by:

  • OS version from:

  • OS version to:

  • Comments:



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Checklist B. Manage Patches by Staging Area