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

Chapter 4

Preparing Your System

4.7 Starting the Patch Management Tools

3. Type at the MPE/iX prompt.

:PATCHIX

The Logon screen displays.

4. Type your HP Patch/iX logon name at the prompt.

The text entered in this field (25 characters, no spaces) is referenced in the Installed Patches filter of the

View Patches screen. You may use this field to identify individuals from the generic manager.sys logon.

The Main menu displays the HP Patch/iX process options:

• Select Activities

•View Patches

• Qualify Patches

• Create [Tape]

•Exit HP Patch/iX

If HP Stage/iX is initialized, Create [Stage] [Tape] replaces Create [Tape].

NOTE If you need to stop HP Patch/iX for any reason, you are allowed to return and continue. See the

following instructions.

To exit HP Patch/iX:

1. Select Exit HP Patch/iX from the main menu and press

[Return]

Do not use only the

[F8]

key.

To return to a partially completed Phase I process in HP Patch/iX with the files and settings intact:

1. Type at the MPE prompt:

:PATCHIX

A prompt allows you to continue where you stopped, in the event that you started the HP Patch/iX process

but exited prior to completing the CSLT creation (Phase I).

2. To resume, respond YES to the prompt:

Should the installer resume with the previous installation?_

If you respond NO, HP Patch/iX purges all audit files and rebuilds them. You will have to start your

patching process from the beginning, unless you have completed Phase I, the CSLT creation.

• Starting the Patch Management Tools completed. Go to the next section on your checklist.