HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 6.5 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90325)

258 AppendixE
CD-ROM Resources
Creating a Product List
Creating a Product List
To simplify the update process, you can manually create a product list. HPINSTAL uses the
product list to determine which products to update.
Two types of product lists are useful when using HPINSTAL:
• Master Product List —PRODLIST.PUB.SYS—lists all products that are on your
Hewlett-Packard Software Support contract. These products are also listed on the
product list included with the keyword certificate that comes with the CD-ROM disks.
• Local Product List —PRODLIST.INSTALL.SYS—lists a subset of the master product
list and reflects the set of products to be updated on a remote or central system.
Every central system should have a master product list. You only need to create a local
product list if you ever need to install a subset of the full product list purchased, such as
when creating tapes for distribution to a remote system.
NOTE If you decide to customize the list of products when using option 1 or 2, you
will install a subset of the master list of products to which you are entitled.
You will not be able to use the Add Subsystems option of HPINSTAL after that
to “add” any products from your master list of products that were not
included in the subset list of products. You will have to use option 1 or 2 again
and recustomize the list of products in order to install those products left out
because of the original subset customization. Your master list of products will
remain unaffected by this subset customization.
Creating a Master PRODLIST
When you first install a system, you must create a master product list. This is the full list
of products that appears on your keyword certificate.
You can make the master product list in one of two ways:
• You can create a file listing product numbers using any editor.
• You can create a file listing product numbers by supplying the numbers to HPINSTAL.
To make the master product list by editing a file:
1. Use any text editor to create a text file.
2. List all products that appear on the master product list (part of your keyword
certificate). Type only the product numbers, one per line. If you ordered all possible HP
products, you can specify “ALL” in the file on a line by itself instead of typing all of the
product numbers.
3. Save the file and call it PRODLIST.PUB.SYS.
If you add on SUBSYS products to your system, HPINSTAL prompts you for the names of
new products to be added. The new product names are added to the PRODLIST.PUB.SYS
file.