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

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Finishing the Process

6.10 Permanently Applying a Staging Area

You have these two options:

• If you want to continue testing the set of patches you applied with the booted staging

area, proceed to “Finishing Up.”

• If you have tested and conﬁrmed that you want to keep the set of patch changes, and if

you have determined that you will not want to back out the patches, then proceed to

Step 1 and commit to the staging area.

CAUTION

You will no longer be able to re-create the original base system software

without performing a backdate if you proceed to Step 1.

To permanently apply a staging area:

1. Start HP Stage/iX, type at the MPE/iX prompt:

:STAGEMAN

2. Ensure that you are currently running from the desired staging area:

STAGEMAN> STATUS

The following is a sample HP Stage/iX return:

Last booted with: stage_1

Next boot will be with: BASE

3. Commit to the staging area.

STAGEMAN> COMMIT

stage_name

HP Stage/iX permanently places the staging area changes onto the base, removes the

archive of the previous base and removes the staging area. This releases the disk space

taken by the archive and the staging area.

• Permanently Applying a Staging Area completed. Go to the next section on

your checklist.