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

Chapter 4
Preparing Your System
4.11 Creating a Patch Tape or Staging Area
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3. If you are creating a staging area, respond to the prompt for a staging area name. The staging area name
can be up to 16 characters. The characters can be alphanumeric, including underbar (_), dash (-), and
period (.).
Please enter the name for the new staging area. It can be 16
characters using HFS naming syntax conventions.
What is the name for the staging area?
4. Respond to the HP Patch/iX prompts that display. They are specific to the patch activities you selected.
HP Patch/iX prompts for the LDEV as appropriate for your task:
• PowerPatch tape
• SUBSYS tape
• Write-enabled blank tape that will become the CSLT/STORE tape, if the CSLT/STORE tape option is
selected.
If you have two tape drives, you can specify different LDEVs for the PowerPatch and CSLT/STORE tape.
This way you will not need to wait for HP Patch/iX to restore the necessary files from the PowerPatch tape
and then respond to the prompt for the CSLT/STORE tape.
5. When prompted, insert the appropriate tape and reply to any tape request on the console. HP Patch/iX
then restores patch files.
Wait for the staging area and/or patch installation tape to be created.
The Start Time and Elapsed Time are updated as activities are processed, but it may take much less than
the estimated time.
HP Patch/iX performs the following:
• Restores PowerPatch files, if a PowerPatch is being added.
• Modifies the libraries, if needed.
• Creates a new START PME, if needed.
• Creates the patch installation tape (CSLT/store), if selected.
• Creates a staging area on disk, if selected.
6. A warning message displays and lists any manually installed products that HP Patch/iX cannot
completely install, if applicable.
WARNING -- This program cannot install the products listed
below. (INSTWARN #1)
Record on your checklist any products it cannot completely install.
7. HP Patch/iX automatically returns you to the Main menu. The status indicates “Stage Created,”
“CSLT/STORE Tape Created,” or “Stage and Tape Created,” as appropriate for your selection.
NOTE Exiting HP Patch/iX is a required action for patch installation.
To exit HP Patch/iX:
1. From the HP Patch/iX Main menu, highlight the fifth option, Exit HP Patch/iX and press
[Return]
. Do
not just press
[F8]
.
The messages displays: