On the HP Patch/iX Main menu, View Patches is the second option.
It is an optional step for patch installation.
The list of patches displayed in the View Patches screen varies
depending upon the filter selected. The default View Patches filter
displays installed patches. The current View Patches filter setting
is displayed at the top right corner of the View Patches window. There
are three filters:
Installed Patches — are already on the
system.
Available Patches — are on the PowerPatch or
Reactive patch tapes. From this filter you can view detailed
information about each patch.
Available Products — are the products on the
SUBSYS tape.
Viewing Patches (optional)
To view the list of patches:
From the Main menu, highlight View Patches and
press [Return].
It displays the View Patches screen.
If this is the first time you are using HP Patch/iX, there will not
be any patch history. The screen will display the message:
No patches match this filter.
To change the View Patches filter from the View Patches screen,
press [F5] Previous Filter or [F6] Next Filter (or
enter the number that corresponds to the filter view).
The View Patches screen displays showing Patch ID, Origin, Date, and
Installed By columns. If you have not completed the Select Activities
portion of the HP Patch/iX process, the screen will be blank.
To display detailed patch information:
From the View Patches screen, Available Patches filter, highlight
the patch and press [Return].
The Patch Detail Summary screen displays.
Press [F5] Previous View or [F6] Next View (or press
the number on the keyboard that corresponds to the filter view).
It displays the selected detailed information about the selected
patch.
Press [F2] Previous Patch or [F3] Next Patch (or Tab
and Shift-Tab) to scroll through the list of patches from the View
Patches list and display the selected detailed information about the
selected patch in the View Patch Detail screen.
To return to the Main menu, press [F8] Previous Menu until the Main menu
displays.Patch/iX will NOT have a record for any patches installed by AUTOPAT.
Viewing Patches tasks completed.
Go to the next section on your checklist.