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

Chapter 5 127
Modifying Your System
5.10 Setting a Staging Area
option -matches the option used to export the staging area. The default for EXPORT is
NOPACK. The IMPORT options are:
TAPE—For the tape option, reply to the tape request.
UNPACK—For the pack option, specify the staging area name.
NOUNPACK—The distributed staging area is created on the remote system.
5. Validate the new staging area.
STAGEMAN>VALIDATE sa_name
• Installing a Distributed Staging Area completed. Go to the next section on
your checklist.
5.10 Setting a Staging Area
In this section you set a staging area, that is, you select the staging area that the system
will boot and operate from on the next reboot. This activity requires system manager
capabilities.
To set a staging area:
1. Log on from the console (if you are not already logged on) and start the spooler and
streams device.
:HELLO MANAGER.SYS,INSTALL;HIPRI
:LIMIT 1,1
:SPOOLER print_device ;START
:STREAMS streams_device
Common print_device values are LP or 6. A common streams_device value is 10.
Ignore the group out of connect time warning, if it displays.
2. Start HP Stage/iX:
:STAGEMAN
3. Remove any old staging areas. Use DELETE (DEL) in stageman.
4. Set the staging area the system will boot and operate from:
STAGEMAN> SET STAGE= stage_name
where stage_name is the name of the staging area that contains the patches and
operating system changes you are making.
Refer to Appendix G , “HP Stage/iX Reference,” for additional information on the HP
Stage/iX commands.
NOTE The changes do not take place until the next reboot. In other words, the
staging area is not activated until boot time (section 5.14).