6.10 Permanently Applying a Staging Area

You have these two options:

If you want to continue testing the set of patches you applied with the booted staging area, proceed to "Finishing Up."

If you have tested and confirmed that you want to keep the set of patch changes, and if you have determined that you will not want to back out the patches, then proceed to Step 1 and commit to the staging area.

CAUTION: You will no longer be able to re-create the original base system software without performing a backdate if you proceed to Step 1.

To permanently apply a staging area:

Start HP Stage/iX, type at the MPE/iX prompt:
```
  :STAGEMAN
```
Ensure that you are currently running from the desired staging area:
```
  STAGEMAN> STATUS
```
The following is a sample HP Stage/iX return:
```
  Last booted with: stage_1
  Next boot will be with: BASE
```
Commit to the staging area.
```
  STAGEMAN> COMMIT stage_name
```
HP Stage/iX permanently places the staging area changes onto the base, removes the archive of the previous base and removes the staging area. This releases the disk space taken by the archive and the staging area.

Permanently Applying a Staging Area completed.
Go to the next section on your checklist.

6.9 Backing Up Your System

6.11 Finishing Up