HP e3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.75.00) (30216-90344)

Appendix E
CD-ROM Resources
Creating a Product List
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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.
Figure E-1 shows a sample PRODLIST file.
Figure E-1 Sample PRODLIST File