HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90317)

56 Chapter3

Planning for Your Task

3.1 Verifying Required Materials

Perform the activities in this section for all the checklists. Be sure to read all of these

subsections:

• Source Material Components

• Tool Options

• Media Requirements

• Operating System Version Requirements

Verify that you have all the required materials. Each task has speciﬁc requirements

including: source material and media, current system version, UPDATE utilities, and media

for compiling and applying the changes to the system.

Source Material Components

When you apply a modiﬁcation to the system software, the modiﬁcation data is distributed

to you through various components. You will need this source data to prepare for and apply

the modiﬁcation. The following are the source modiﬁcation material components:

Factory SLT contains the operating system (OS) base to perform basic functions. This

includes the functions needed to boot the system, conﬁgure disks, and

restore ﬁles. It does not contain any purchased products.

FOS contains the utilities required, in addition to the Factory SLT, for a fully

functioning OS. This includes editors, linkers, and minimum networking

utilities.

SUBSYS contains the purchased products you have ordered for your system.

PowerPatch consists of a bundled set of patches for a speciﬁc version of the operating

system. Used to avoid experiencing known problems and increase your

system's reliability.

Reactive patch ﬁxes a speciﬁc problem that you are encountering. This patch is sent to

you from the HP Response Centers or downloaded from HPSL.

Table 3-1. on page 56 lists source materials required for each task.

Table 3-1. System Software Media Requirements

Task Source Media for Modiﬁcation Components

Factory

SLT

FOS SUBSYS PowerPatch Reactive

Patch

Apply Patches Only Tape

Tape

Add-on Purchased SUBSYS

Products

Tape or CD