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

Appendix G
HP Stage/iX Reference
HP Stage/iX Commands
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If the system manager has been using a particular HP Stage/iX staging area for a period of time, and is
satisfied with the overall quality of the patched system software environment (including reliability and
performance), then the system manager can make the patched software environment the new Base. The
action of making the current staging area the new Base is not reversible. For this reason, HP Stage/iX refers
to the action as “committing.” The COMMIT command can be used to make the current staging area the new
Base without re-booting the system or doing an UPDATE.
In order to use the COMMIT command, the system must be booted from an HP Stage/iX staging area, and there
must not be an alternate staging area designated for the next boot.
The COMMIT command will perform several steps. It will first prompt you for confirmation to commit to the
current software environment. (The ;NOCONFIRM option can be used to suppress the confirmation prompt.)
The COMMIT command makes all of the necessary changes to the system software environment so that the
current system software becomes the new Base. Finally, the COMMIT command deletes the HP Stage/iX
staging area.
When you commit to a stage, any other stages that were created from the same Base, as the committed stage,
may no longer be valid with respect to the new Base.
The COMMIT command cannot be abbreviated.
Syntax
COMMIT [;{ CONFIRM}]
{NOCONFIRM}
Parameters
[;{ CONFIRM}] (optional) {NOCONFIRM}
The ;CONFIRM or ;NOCONFIRM option specifies whether or not the COMMIT command will prompt you for
confirmation. If you specify ;NOCONFIRM, then STAGEMAN will NOT prompt you for confirmation. The default is
;CONFIRM.
Example
To “commit” to the current staging area (“stage1” in the example below):
STAGEMAN> STATUS
Currently active staging area: stage1
Staging area to be used for next boot: stage1.
STAGEMAN> COMMIT ;NOCONFIRM
COMPLETE
The COMPLETE command marks a staging area as complete. When a staging area is marked as complete, it
tells STAGEMAN that all files that should belong to it have successfully been staged, and the staging area is
now a complete unit. A staging area will not validate until it has been marked as complete.
Syntax
COMPLETE [STAGE=]stage_name
Parameters
[STAGE=]stage_name (required)
The name of the staging area to be marked as complete.