5.9 Installing a Distributed Staging Area

Perform the steps in this section only if you are planning to Distribute a Staging Area to a Remote system.

If you are performing a Manage Patch by Staging Area for a Local system, skip this section and proceed to "5.10 Setting a Staging Area."

To install a distributed staging area on a remote system:

Log onto the remote system console (if you are not already logged on) and start the spooler and streams device.
```
  :HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI
  :LIMIT 1,1
  :SPOOLER LP;START
  :STREAMS streams_device
```
A common streams_device value is 10.
Ignore the group out of connect time warning, if it displays.
Physically transport the staging area file(s).
If you used a TAPE option, ship the tape to the remote location.
If you use the UNPACK or NOUNPACK option, use whatever electronic mechanism is appropriate for you, for example FTP to transport the staging area file(s) to the remote location.

NOTE: The file or files related to the staging area must be placed in the /SYS/hpstage/import directory.
Start HP Stage/iX.
```
  :STAGEMAN
```
Prepare the staging area, execute the IMPORT command.
```
  STAGEMAN>IMPORT sa_name;option
```
where:
sa_name-the name of the staging area to be distributed.
option-matches the option used to export the staging area. The default for EXPORT is NOPACK. The IMPORT options are:
- TAPE — For the tape option, reply to the tape request.
- UNPACK — For the pack option, specify the staging area name.
- NOUNPACK — The distributed staging area is created on the remote system.
Validate the new staging area.
```
  STAGEMAN>VALIDATE sa_name
```

Installing a Distributed Staging Area completed.
Go to the next section on your checklist.

5.8 Preparing a Staging Area for Remote Distribution

5.10 Setting a Staging Area