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

96 Chapter4
Preparing Your System
4.9 Viewing Patches
4.9 Viewing Patches
Overview
On the HP Patch/iX Main menu,
View Patches
is the second option. It is an optional
step for patch installation.
The list of patches displayed in the View Patches screen varies depending upon the filter
selected. The default View Patches filter displays installed patches. The current View
Patches filter setting is displayed at the top right corner of the View Patches window.
There are three filters:
Installed Patches
—are already on the system.
Available Patche
s—are on the PowerPatch or Reactive patch tapes. From this filter
you can view detailed information about each patch.
Available Products
—are the products on the SUBSYS tape.
Viewing Patches (optional)
To view the list of patches:
1. From the Main menu, highlight
View Patches
and press [Return].
It displays the View Patches screen.
If this is the first time you are using HP Patch/iX, there will not be any patch history.
The screen will display the message:
No patches match this filter.
2. To change the View Patches filter from the View Patches screen, press [F5] Previous
Filter or
[F6] Next Filter (or enter the number that corresponds to the filter view).
The View Patches screen displays showing Patch ID, Origin, Date, and Installed By
columns. If you have not completed the Select Activities portion of the HP Patch/iX
process, the screen will be blank.
To display detailed patch information:
1. From the View Patches screen, Available Patches filter, highlight the patch and press
[Return].
The Patch Detail Summary screen displays.
2. Press
[F5] Previous View or [F6] Next View (or press the number on the keyboard that
corresponds to the filter view).
It displays the selected detailed information about the selected patch.
3. Press
[F2] Previous Patch or [F3] Next Patch (or Tab and Shift-Tab) to scroll through the
list of patches from the View Patches list and display the selected detailed information
about the selected patch in the View Patch Detail screen.
To return to the Main menu, press
[F8] Previous Menu until the Main menu displays.