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

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Preparing Your System
4.8 Selecting HP Patch/iX Activities
3. Press [F4] Process List, when you have marked all the activities you plan to perform.
HP Patch/iX proceeds to prepare the system for creating the CSLT or store tape, or
staging area.
Preparing Your System With HP Patch/iX
Preparing the system for creating the CSLT is tailored to the specific type of patch
processes selected. Depending upon the patch activities selected, preparing the system
consists of:
• Purging old patch and installation files that may interfere with the successful
completion of HP Patch/iX or the installer AUTOINST.
• Restoring patches, patch information, and product information files from tape.
• Copying relevant libraries.
You have the option to implement default patch preparation or customized patch
preparation.
CAUTION If you have downloaded patch and information files from the HP SupportLine
web site and placed these files in the patchxl.sys group, use the Customized
Patch Preparation process.
If you want to accept the default patch preparation, proceed to “Default Patch
Preparation.”
If you have downloaded patches from the HP SupportLine web site or need to customize
your patch preparation for another reason, proceed to “Customized Patch Preparation.”
Default Patch Preparation
When you process your selections, HP Patch/iX performs the default preparation
operations for that patching activity.
To accept the default patch preparation process:
1. After you mark your patch activities on the Select Activities screen and press
[F4], you
will get a prompt to accept defaults.
Respond Y to the prompt:
HP Patch/iX can perform the default setup operations for
you or you can choose to customize what setup operations
are to be performed.
Do you wish to accept the defaults? (y/n)
2. The prompts that display are specific to the patch activities you selected. Respond to the
prompts as appropriate.
HP Patch/iX prompts for the LDEV of tapes as appropriate for your task:
• Reactive tape
• PowerPatch tape
• SUBSYS tape