HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90272)
Table Of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Task Checklists
- 3 Planning for Your Task
- 4 Preparing Your System
- 5 Modifying Your System
- 6 Finishing the Process
- A Manually Installed Products
- B Configuration Tables
- C Managing Disk Space
- D Backdating Your System
- E CD-ROM Resources
- F HP Patch/iX Reference
- G HP Stage/iX Reference
- H Error Messages and Warnings
- A
Chapter 4 83
Preparing Your System
4.7 Starting the Patch Management Tools
4.7 Starting the Patch Management Tools
Overview
HP Patch/iX is the recommended method for applying patches and is required for applying
Reactive patches. It is delivered with each PowerPatch tape set and each Reactive patch.
Hewlett-Packard recommends that you always restore HP Patch/iX from the patch tape.
This ensures that you are using the most recent version of HP Patch/iX.
HP Patch/iX is a screen-based, menu-driven patch management tool. Refer to Chapter 1
for an introduction to HP Patch/iX. For an user's guide, refer to Appendix F, “HP Patch/iX
Reference.”
HP Stage/iX is another patch management tool. It uses the HP Patch/iX interface for
creating staging areas, then uses a command line interface for applying the staging areas
to your system software. Refer to Chapter 1 for an introduction to HP Stage/iX. For an
user's guide, refer to Appendix G , “HP Stage/iX Reference.”
For Phase I of HP Patch/iX, log on from a terminal, not the console; otherwise the console
messages interfere with Patch/iX. If you are using a PC as a terminal, it must have
Reflection installed with MPE/iX option. When you are ready for Phase II of Patch/iX, you
must log onto the console.
Installing HP Patch/iX
To install the current version of HP Patch/iX:
1. Issue the following restore commands.
:FILE PPT;DEV=TAPE
:RESTORE *PPT;PATCH@.INSTALL.SYS;SHOW;DEV=1
2. Mount the PowerPatch or Reactive tape and reply to the tape request.
3. Check the version of HP Patch/iX:
:PATCHIX VERSION
Starting HP Patch/iX
To start HP Patch/iX:
1. Log on from a terminal, not a console:
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI
2. Optionally, adjust the screen length to view more or less of the HP Patch/iX screen. The
following command works for window terminal emulators, but is not required for
standard HP terminals.
:SETVAR LINES #
where
#
is the number of lines per screen.
There is no option for adjusting screen width.