HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90325)
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Introduction
HP Stage/iX
a cumulative fashion. This means that if you create a new staging area while a staging
area is active, the new staging area will contain all the changes between the Base and the
active staging area,
plus
the new patches applied to the new staging area.
HP Stage/iX Task Overview
The following is a summary of the HP Stage/iX process. Refer to Appendix G , “HP
Stage/iX Reference,” for information on the full HP Stage/iX command set and staging area
handling.
1. HP Stage/iX is automatically installed with your 6.0 version of the system software.
2. You initialize HP Stage/iX.
3. Use HP Patch/iX to select the patches you want to apply to your system and specify that
the patches are applied to a staging area.
4. HP Stage/iX, through HP Patch/iX:
a. Creates a staging area.
b. Fills the staging area with the patches, that is, the changed files from the base
operating system that result from the patches.
c. Validates the staging area.
5. When it is convenient, activate HP Stage/iX to boot your system from the staging area
with the patched changes and complete the normal system modification procedures.
a. Use the SET command to specify the staging area.
b. Shutdown and boot your system.
The system boots using the files from the staging area.
c. HP Stage/iX archives an original version of the changed files of the base operating
system.
6. If you want to reverse the patched changes, set HP Stage/iX to boot from the Base OS.
a. Use the SET command to specify the Base.
b. Shutdown and boot your system.
The system boots using the files from the archive area for the Base OS.
7. If you want to keep the patched changes, use the COMMIT command.
HP Stage/iX deletes the staging area and removes the archived version of the original
operating system files. The files are already in their natural locations because the
staging area is active. The patched changes are incorporated into your base operating
system.
NOTE
You can only use the EXPORT and IMPORT commands of Stage/iX for applying
patches to systems that are on the identical base. Stage/iX will not verify
whether or not your machines are on the same base release.