Communicator 3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 (Platform Software Release C.60.00) (30216-90269)

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Overview—MPE/iX Release 6.0 (C.60.00)

Communicator Summary

Following are brief descriptions of the articles and chapters.

MPE/iX Patches on HP Electronic Support Center

MPE patches are now available on HP Electronic Support Center via

the Internet to all customers. For more details, refer to the article,

"MPE/iX Patches Now on HP Electronic Support Center," in this

chapter.

HP Instant Information CD-Rom

HP Instant Information is a replacement for the HP LaserRom on-line

document delivery system. For more details, refer to the article, "HP

Instant Information for Delivery of Learning Products," in this chapter.

Chapter 2, System Information/Before You Install

• "Updating To and Backdating From MPE/iX 6.0" brieﬂy describes

the requirements for updating to MPE/iX 6.0 and backdating from

MPE/iX 6.0.

• "Planning Your Move to MPE/iX Release 6.0" describes the

requirements and procedures for updating to MPE/iX Release 6.0,

including the disk space requirements.

• "Upgrading a Pre-997 Corporate Business Server to a 997" explains

some conﬁguration considerations when upgrading to a 997 server.

• "Special Note on SCSI Device Conﬁguration for MPE/iX 6.0"

explains some considerations in conﬁguring SCSI devices.

• "New MPE/iX Obsolescence Strategy" explains Hewlett-Packard’s

revised plan for obsoleting operating systems.

• "HP System Account and Directory Naming Structure" adds

information on reserved directory names and a list of these names.

Chapter 3, System Management

• "User Deﬁned Job Queues" explains that MPE/iX can now have more

than one job queue. It also explains the HIPRI option of ALTJOB.

• "Overview of HP Patch/iX" gives an overview of the Patch

Management tool, HP Patch/iX. For a technical overview, see the

technical article, "HP Patch/iX Technical Overview," in Chapter 10,

"Technical Articles."