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Checklist B. Manage Patches by Staging Area

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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 staging area on disk to apply:
  • Reactive patches


NOTE: Not all patches are stageable. For more information, refer to item 19 in section 3.2, "General Planning Tasks."

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

    • 4.4 Initializing HP Stage/iX

    • 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:

  • Chapter 5 "Modifying Your System"

    • 5.10 Setting a Staging Area

Preparation Tasks completed. Schedule downtime for exclusive access.

Begin Exclusive Access Tasks.
    • 5.11 Securing the System

      Record terminated logging processes:

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

    • 5.12 Shutting Down the Remote System

    • 5.14 Restarting the System

  • Chapter 6 "Finishing the Process"

    • 6.4 Setting Passwords, Lockwords, and UDCs

    • 6.8 Restarting Selected System Functions

    • 6.9 Backing Up Your System

    • 6.10 Permanently Applying a Staging Area-optional.

    • 6.11 Finishing Up

Checklist B tasks completed.

Record system change:
  • System name:

  • System type:

  • Date change made:

  • Change performed by:

  • OS version from:

  • OS version to:

  • Comments:




Checklist A. Manage Patches


Checklist C. Distributing Staging Areas to Remote Systems