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

Appendix H 337
Error Messages and Warnings
HP Patch/iX and Stage/iX Error Handling
complete it displays a prompt window that describes how to continue.
5. Press the
[RETURN] key to continue.
HP Patch/iX displays the
Main Menu , with the recommended menu action highlighted.
HP Patch/iX allows you control over how to continue. You can choose to continue from
where you left off or select any of the previous menu items to start at an earlier step.
6. If the error occurred while you were processing a patch, Hewlett-Packard recommends
that you:
a. Return to and select, the
Qualify Patches Main menu option.
b. Requalify the patches.
c. Veto/Force required patches.
d. Requalify the patches again.
When you go back through qualification then all the steps in the
Create
[Stage][Tape]
or Create [Tape] screen will be done again
7. If the problem was caused by a non-patch related concern, such as a bad tape that you
have replaced, then you start where you left off, for example, in the
Create
[Stage][Tape]
or Create [Tape] screen.
When you go to
Create [Stage][Tape] or Create [Tape] immediately then HP
Patch/iX continues where it left off, since no changes were made.
8. Select the
Create [Stage][Tape] or Create [Tape] Main menu option, return to
“4.11 Creating a Patch Tape or Staging Area” to complete creating the staging area.
Patch/iX Error Logs
HP Patch/iX is built on a common installation tools library. This means that aside from its
window handling routines it calls library routines and system utilities for qualifying
patches, modifying system libraries, and creating the tape. HP Patch/iX logs information
about the run including error messages to the file PMLOG.INSTALL.SYS. The error
messages printed in this file may also point to other log files that are used by these other
routines or utilities. The set of potential log files are as follows:
• PMLOG.INSTALL.SYS — This is the first place to look for information about the last
run of HP Patch/iX. It contains the users choices, information about operations that
were performed and errors that were experienced. The errors may point to some of the
other log files if HP Patch/iX thinks that additional information may exist in the other
file.
• PATCHAUD.INSTALL.SYS — This is the logfile for the common installation tools
library routines used for patch qualification activities. It contains extensive (and often
hard to understand) information about the patch qualification results.
• AUTOLOG.INSTALL.SYS — A log file of most of the activity carried out by calls to
the common installation tools library from the
Create Tape screen. This file has all
OCT, LINK EDIT, SOMPATCH, BUILDINT, and ABLDINTX output. This file can be
checked for error messages that occur during the
Create Tape screen of HP Patch/iX.
This file is used in conjunction with the log file INTLOG.INSTALL.SYS.