HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90272)

Chapter 5 119
Modifying Your System
5.9 Installing a Distributed Staging Area
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:
1. 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
:SPOOLERLP;START
:STREAMS streams_device
A common streams_device value is 10.
Ignore the group out of connect time warning, if it displays.
2. 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.
3. Start HP Stage/iX.
:STAGEMAN
4. 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.
5. Validate the new staging area.
STAGEMAN>VALIDATE sa_name